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 Title 50 - Wildlife and Fisheries
 Chapter VI - Fishery Conservation and Management, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
 Part 679 - Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone off Alaska

  Figure 3 to Part 679 - Gulf of Alaska Reporting Areas  

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  • Figure 3 to Part 679 - Gulf of Alaska Reporting Areas

    b. Coordinates

    Code Description
    610 Western GOA Regulatory Area, Shumagin District. Along the south side of the Aleutian Islands, including those waters south of Nichols Point (54°51′30″ N lat) near False Pass, and straight lines between the islands and the Alaska Peninsula connecting the following coordinates in the order listed:
    52°49.18′ N, 169°40.47′ W;
    52°49.24′ N, 169°07.10′ W;
    53°23.13′ N, 167°50.50′ W;
    53°18.95′ N, 167°51.06′ W;
    53°58.97′ N, 166°16.50′ W;
    54°02.69′ N, 166°02.93′ W;
    54°07.69′ N, 165°39.74′ W;
    54°08.40′ N, 165°38.29′ W;
    54°11.71′ N, 165°23.09′ W;
    54°23.74′ N, 164°44.73′ W; and
    southward to the limits of the US EEZ as described in the current editions of NOAA chart INT 813 (Bering Sea, Southern Part) and NOAA chart 500 (West Coast of North America, Dixon Entrance to Unimak Pass), between 170°00′ W long and 159°00′ W long.
    620 Central GOA Regulatory Area, Chirikof District. Along the south side of the Alaska Peninsula, between 159°00′ W long and 154°00′ W long, and southward to the limits of the US EEZ as described in the current edition of NOAA chart 500 (West Coast of North America, Dixon Entrance to Unimak Pass) except that all waters of the Alitak/Olga/Deadman's/Portage Bay complex of Kodiak Island are included in this area.
    630 Central GOA Regulatory Area, Kodiak District. Along the south side of continental Alaska, between 154°00′ W long and 147°00′ W long, and southward to the limits of the US EEZ as described in the current edition of NOAA chart 500 (West Coast of North America, Dixon Entrance to Unimak Pass) excluding all waters of the Alitak/Olga/Deadman's/Portage Bay complex of Kodiak Island and Area 649.
    640 Eastern GOA Regulatory Area West Yakutat District. Along the south side of continental Alaska, between 147°00′ W long and 140°00′ W long, and southward to the limits of the US EEZ, as described in the current edition of NOAA chart 500 (West Coast of North America, Dixon Entrance to Unimak Pass), excluding area 649.
    649 Prince William Sound. Includes those waters of the State of Alaska inside the base line as specified in Alaska State regulations at 5 AAC 28.200.
    650 Eastern GOA Regulatory Area, Southeast Outside District. East of 140°00′ W long and southward to the limits of the US EEZ as described in the current edition of NOAA chart 500 (West Coast of North America, Dixon Entrance to Unimak Pass), excluding area 659.
    659 Eastern GOA Regulatory Area, Southeast Inside District. As specified in Alaska State regulations at 5 AAC 28.105 (a)(1) and (2).
    690 GOA Outside the U.S. EEZ. As described in the current editions of NOAA chart INT 813 (Bering Sea, Southern Part) and NOAA chart 500 (West Coast of North America, Dixon Entrance to Unimak Pass).

    NOTE: A statistical area is the part of a reporting area contained in the EEZ.

    [64 FR 61987, Nov. 15, 1999; 65 FR 25291, May 1, 2000, as amended at 67 FR 4134, Jan. 28, 2002; 69 FR 21977, Apr. 23, 2004; 73 FR 76168, Dec. 15, 2008; 74 FR 18158, Apr. 21, 2009]