(2)
Area Boundaries.
(a)
LCMA 1. Beginning at the Massachusetts/New Hampshire
border, following the outer boundary of the territorial waters of New Hampshire
and Maine to the US/Canada border, thence to the intersection of LORAN C
9960-Y-44400 with the boundary of the US Exclusive Economic Zone, thence to the
intersection of 9960-Y-44400 with 70 E West Longitude, thence following the
70th meridian to its intersection with 9960-W-13700,
thence following 9960-W-13700 to its intersection with 9960-Y-44120, thence
following 9960-Y-44120 westerly to its intersection with 9960-W-13850, thence
following 9960-W-13850 southeasterly to its intersection with 9960-Y-44110,
thence following 9960-Y-44110 easterly to Race Point in Province town, thence
following the MA shoreline back to the beginning.
(b)
Outer Cape LCMA
(OCCLCMA). Beginning at Race Point in Province town, following
9960-Y-44110 westerly to its intersection with 9960-W-13850, thence following
9960-W-13850 northwesterly to 9960-Y-44120, thence following 9960-W-44120
easterly to its intersection with 9960-W-13700, thence following 9960-W-13700
southerly to 9960-Y-43780, thence following 9960-Y-43780 westerly to its
intersection with 70 E five minutes West Longitude, thence following 70 E five
minutes West Longitude north through Nantucket Island to the shoreline of
Harwich, thence following the shoreline of Cape Cod east and north back to the
beginning.
(c)
Overlap-
Area 1/OCCLCMA. Beginning at Race Point in Province town,
following 9960-Y-44110 westerly to its intersection with 9960-W-13850, thence
following 9960-W-13850 southeasterly to its intersection with 9960-X-25330,
thence following 9960-X-25330 northeasterly to the shoreline of Great Island in
Wellfleet, thence following the shoreline northerly back to the beginning.
Fishermen endorsed for either LCMA 1 or OCLMA may fish in the
overlap zone under the rules of the area(s) endorsed on their permits.
Fishermen with both areas endorsed must observe the most restrictive
rules.
(d)
Overlap- Area 1/Area 2. The Cape Cod Canal, from the
Massachusetts Maritime Academy pier at the southern end to the end of the east
breakwater on the northern end.
Fishermen from either LCMA 1 or LCMA 2 may fish in the overlap
zone under the rules of the area(s) endorsed on their permits. Fishermen with
both areas endorsed must observe the most restrictive rules.
(e)
LCMA 2.
Beginning at the shoreline of Harwich, following the 70 E five minutes West
Longitude south through the Island of Nantucket to its intersection with
9960-Y-43780, thence following 9960-Y-43780 easterly to its intersection with
9960-W-13700, thence following 9960-W-13700 southerly to its intersection
9960-W-14610, thence following 9960-14610 northerly to the outer boundary of
New York territorial waters, thence following the outer boundary of the
territorial waters of New York and Rhode Island to the Massachusetts/Rhode
Island boundary, thence following the Massachusetts/Rhode Island boundary to
the shoreline, thence following the shoreline of Massachusetts back to the
beginning.
(f)
LCMA
3. All waters of the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of the United
States seaward of LCMA 1, OC, 2, 4, 5, and 6.
(g)
Overlap- Area 2/Area
3. Fishermen from either Area 2 or Area 3 may fish in an area
bounded as follows under their respective LCMA rules: Beginning at the
intersection of 9960-W-13700 and 9960-Y-43700, thence westerly along the 43700
line to the intersection with 9960-W-14610, thence southwesterly along a line
whose extension reaches the intersection of 9960-Y-43500 with 9960-X-26400 to
9960-Y-43600, thence easterly along the 43600 line to 9960-W-13700, thence
northwesterly along the 13700 line to the beginning.
(h)
LCMA 4. All
waters including state and federal waters that are near-shore in the northern
Mid-Atlantic area, as defined by the area bounded by straight lines connecting
the following points:
|
Point
|
LATITITUDE (°N)
|
LONGITUDE (°W)
|
|
M
|
40° 27.5'
|
72° 14'
|
|
N
|
40° 45.5'
|
71° 34'
|
|
o
|
41° 07'
|
71° 43'
|
|
P
|
41° 06.5'
|
71° 47'
|
|
s
|
40° 58'
|
72° 00'
|
|
T
|
41° 00.5
|
72° 00'
|
|
From pt. "T", along the NY/NJ coast to pt. "W"
|
|
W
|
39° 50'
|
74° 09'
|
|
V
|
39° 50'
|
73° 01'
|
|
u
|
40° 12.5'
|
72° 48.5'
|
|
From pt. "U" back to pt. "M".
|
(i)
LCMA 5. All waters including state and federal waters
that are near-shore in the southern Mid-Atlantic area, as defined by the area
bounded by straight lines connecting the following points, in the order stated:
|
Point
|
LATITITUDE (°N)
|
LONGITUDE (°W)
|
|
W
|
39° 50'
|
74° 09'
|
|
V
|
39° 50'
|
73° 01'
|
|
X
|
38° 39.5'
|
73° 40'
|
|
Y
|
38° 12'
|
73° 55'
|
|
Z
|
37° 12'
|
74° 44'
|
|
ZA
|
35° 34'
|
74° 51'
|
|
ZB
|
35° 14.5'
|
75° 31'
|
|
From pt "ZB", along the coasts of NC/VA/MD/DE/NJ back
to pt. "W".
|
(j)
LCMA 6. All state waters as defined by the area
bounded by straight lines connecting the following points, in the order stated:
|
Point
|
LATITITUDE (°N)
|
LONGITUDE (°W)
|
|
T
|
41° 00.5'
|
72° 00'
|
|
S
|
40° 58'
|
72° 00'
|
|
From pt. "S", boundary follows the three mile limit
of NY state waters as it curves around Montauk Pt. To pt. "P"
|
|
P
|
41° 06.5'
|
71° 47'
|
|
Q
|
41° 18'30"
|
71° 54'30"
|
|
R
|
41° 11'30"
|
71° 47'15"
|
|
From pt. "R", along the maritime boundary between CT
& RI to the coast; then west along the coast of CT to the western entrance
of Long Island Sound; then east along the NY coast of Long Island Sound and
back to pt. "T".
|
(k)
Gulf of Maine Recreational Lobster Area means those
state waters north of Cape Cod Bay to the New Hampshire border including waters
of the Cape Cod Canal.
(l)
Outer Cape Cod Recreational Lobster Area means all
state waters eastward of 70° longitude off Nantucket and eastward and
northward of Outer Cape Cod from Chatham to Provincetown's Race Point,
including a portion of upper Cape Cod Bay as defined by a line drawn from the
three nautical mile line northwest of race Point at 42° 7 minutes latitude
and 70° 16 minutes longitude south to the Race Point Buoy then southeast to
the Wood End Buoy and east to the shoreline at 42° 01.32 minutes latitude
and 70° 05.26 minutes longitude.
(m)
Southern New England
Recreational Lobster Area means those statewters west of 70°
and south of Cape Cod.
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