§ 665.70 - Bottomfish fishery area management.

(a) Guam large vessel bottomfish prohibited area (Area GU-1). A large vessel of the United States may not be used to fish for bottomfish management unit species in the Guam large vessel bottomfish prohibited area, defined as the U.S. EEZ waters surrounding Guam that are enclosed by straight lines connecting the following coordinates in the order listed:

PointN. lat.E. long.GU-1-A14° 16′144° 17′GU-1-B13° 50′143° 52′GU-1-C13° 17′143° 46′GU-1-D12° 50′143° 54′GU-1-E12° 30′144° 14′GU-1-F12° 25′144° 51′GU-1-G12° 57′145° 33′'GU-1-H13° 12′145° 43′GU-1-I13° 29′ 44″145° 48' 27″GU-1-A14° 16'144° 17'

(b) CNMI medium and large vessel bottomfish prohibited areas. A medium or large vessel of the United States may not be used to fish commercially for bottomfish management unit species in the following areas:

(1) CNMI Southern Islands (Area NM-1). The CNMI Southern Islands prohibited area is defined as the waters of the U.S. EEZ surrounding the CNMI that are enclosed by straight lines connecting the following coordinates in the order listed:

PointN. lat.E. long.NM-1-A14° 9′144° 15′NM-1-B16° 10′ 47″145° 12′NM-1-C16° 10′ 47″146° 53'NM-1-D14° 48′146° 33′NM-1-E13° 27′145° 43′NM-1-A14° 9′144° 15′

(2) CNMI Alamagan Island (Area NM-2). The CNMI Alamagan Island prohibited area is defined as the waters of the U.S. EEZ surrounding the CNMI that are enclosed by straight lines connecting the following coordinates in the order listed:

PointN. lat.E. long.NM-2-A17° 26′145° 40′NM-2-B17° 46′145° 40′NM-2-C17° 46′146° 00′NM-2-D17° 26′146° 00′NM-2-A17° 26′145° 40′