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 Title 50 - Wildlife and Fisheries
 Chapter VI - Fishery Conservation and Management, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
 Part 648 - Fisheries of the Northeastern United States
 Subpart N - Management Measures for the Tilefish Fishery

  § 648.297 - Tilefish gear restricted areas.  

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  • § 648.297 Tilefish gear restricted areas.

    No vessel of the United States may fish with bottom-tending mobile gear within the areas bounded by the following coordinates:

    Canyon N. lat. W. long.
    Degrees Min Seconds Degrees Min Seconds
    Oceanographer 40.0 29.0 50.0 68.0 10.0 30.0
    40.0 29.0 30.0 68.0 8.0 34.8
    40.0 25.0 51.6 68.0 6.0 36.0
    40.0 22.0 22.8 68.0 6.0 50.4
    40.0 19.0 40.8 68.0 4.0 48.0
    40.0 19.0 5.0 68.0 2.0 19.0
    40.0 16.0 41.0 68.0 1.0 16.0
    40.0 14.0 28.0 68.0 11.0 28.0
    Lydonia 40.0 31.0 55.2 67.0 43.0 1.2
    40.0 28.0 52.0 67.0 38.0 43.0
    40.0 21.0 39.6 67.0 37.0 4.8
    40.0 21.0 4.0 67.0 43.0 1.0
    40.0 26.0 32.0 67.0 40.0 57.0
    40.0 28.0 31.0 67.0 43.0 0.0
    Veatch 40.0 0.0 40.0 69.0 37.0 8.0
    40.0 0.0 41.0 69.0 35.0 25.0
    39.0 54.0 43.0 69.0 33.0 54.0
    39.0 54.0 43.0 69.0 40.0 52.0
    Norfolk 37.0 5.0 50.0 74.0 45.0 34.0
    37.0 6.0 58.0 74.0 40.0 48.0
    37.0 4.0 31.0 74.0 37.0 46.0
    37.0 4.0 1.0 74.0 33.0 50.0
    36.0 58.0 37.0 74.0 36.0 58.0
    37.0 4.0 26.0 74.0 41.0 2.0

    [76 FR 60647, Sept. 29, 2011]