Regulations last checked for updates: Jun 02, 2024

Title 50 - Wildlife and Fisheries last revised: May 30, 2024
§ 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