50 C.F.R. § 648.97   Closed areas.


Title 50 - Wildlife and Fisheries


Title 50: Wildlife and Fisheries
PART 648—FISHERIES OF THE NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES
Subpart F—Management Measures for the NE Multispecies and Monkfish Fisheries

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§ 648.97   Closed areas.

(a) Oceanographer Canyon Closed Area. No fishing vessel or person on a fishing vessel may enter, fish, or be in the area known as Oceanographer Canyon Closed Area (copies of a chart depicting this area are available from the Regional Administrator upon request), as defined by straight lines connecting the following points in the order stated, while on a monkfish DAS:

                    Oceanographer Canyon Closed Area------------------------------------------------------------------------                     Point                        N. Lat.      W. Long.------------------------------------------------------------------------(1) OC1                                         40°10[m  68°12[m                                                        in]          in](2) OC2                                         40°24[m  68°09[m                                                        in]          in](3) OC3                                         40°24[m  68°08[m                                                        in]          in](4) OC4                                         40°10[m  67°59[m                                                        in]          in](5) OC1                                         40°10[m  68°12[m                                                        in]          in]------------------------------------------------------------------------

(b) Lydonia Canyon Closed Area. No fishing vessel or person on a fishing vessel may enter, fish, or be in the area known as Lydonia Canyon Closed Area (copies of a chart depicting this area are available from the Regional Administrator upon request), as defined by straight lines connecting the following points in the order stated, while on a monkfish DAS:

                       Lyndonia Canyon Closed Area------------------------------------------------------------------------                     Point                        N. Lat.      W. Long.------------------------------------------------------------------------(1) LC1                                         40°16[m  67°34[m                                                        in]          in](2) LC2                                         40°16[m  67°42[m                                                        in]          in](3) LC3                                         40°20[m  67°43[m                                                        in]          in](4) LC4                                         40°27[m  67°40[m                                                        in]          in](5) LC5                                             40°  67°38[m                                                    27[min]          in](6) LC1                                         40°16[m  67°34[m                                                        in]          in]------------------------------------------------------------------------

[70 FR 21946, Apr. 28, 2005]

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