Regulations last checked for updates: Feb 10, 2026

Title 50 - Wildlife and Fisheries last revised: Jan 22, 2026
§ 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
Oceanographer40.029.050.068.010.030.0
40.029.030.068.08.034.8
40.025.051.668.06.036.0
40.022.022.868.06.050.4
40.019.040.868.04.048.0
40.019.05.068.02.019.0
40.016.041.068.01.016.0
40.014.028.068.011.028.0
Lydonia40.031.055.267.043.01.2
40.028.052.067.038.043.0
40.021.039.667.037.04.8
40.021.04.067.043.01.0
40.026.032.067.040.057.0
40.028.031.067.043.00.0
Veatch40.00.040.069.037.08.0
40.00.041.069.035.025.0
39.054.043.069.033.054.0
39.054.043.069.040.052.0
Norfolk37.05.050.074.045.034.0
37.06.058.074.040.048.0
37.04.031.074.037.046.0
37.04.01.074.033.050.0
36.058.037.074.036.058.0
37.04.026.074.041.02.0
[76 FR 60647, Sept. 29, 2011]
authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801
source: 61 FR 34968, July 3, 1996, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 50 CFR 648.297