1. Regulations
  2. title 50
  3. chapter VI
  4. part 648
  5. subpart F
  6. § 648.97

View all text of Subpart F [§ 648.80 - § 648.97]

§ 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) OC140°10′68°12′ (2) OC240°24′68°09′ (3) OC340°24′68°08′ (4) OC440°10′67°59′ (5) OC140°10′68°12′

(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) LC140°16′67°34′ (2) LC240°16′67°42′ (3) LC340°20′67°43′ (4) LC440°27′67°40′ (5) LC540° 27′67°38′ (6) LC140°16′67°34′
[70 FR 21946, Apr. 28, 2005]

AUTHORITY: 16 U.S.C. 1801

SOURCE: 61 FR 34968, July 3, 1996, unless otherwise noted.

CITE AS: 50 CFR 648.97