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‘‘(B) These factors enter into the 

specification of the time period for 

rebuilding as follows:

(1) The lower limit of the specified 

time period for rebuilding is determined 

by the status and biology of the stock or 

stock complex and its interactions with 

other components of the marine 

ecosystem, and is defined as the amount 

of time that would be required for 

rebuilding if fishing mortality were 

eliminated entirely.

(2) If the lower limit is less than 10 

years, then the specified time period for 

rebuilding may be adjusted upward to 

the extent warranted by the needs of 

fishing communities and 

recommendations by international 

organizations in which the United 

States participates, except that no such 

upward adjustment can result in the 

specified time period exceeding 10 

years, unless management measures 

under an international agreement in 

which the United States participates 

dictate otherwise.

(3) If the lower limit is 10 years or 

greater, then the specified time period 

for rebuilding may be adjusted upward 

to the extent warranted by the needs of 

fishing communities and 

recommendations by international 

organizations in which the United 

States participates, except that no such 

upward adjustment can exceed the 

rebuilding period calculated in the 

absence of fishing mortality, plus one 

mean generation time or equivalent 

period based on the species’ life-history 

characteristics. For example, suppose a 

stock could be rebuilt within 12 years in 

the absence of any fishing mortality, and 

has a mean generation time of 8 years. 

The rebuilding period, in this case, 

could be as long as 20 years.≥

The overfished species harvest 

specifications implemented via this 

final rule were set according to the 

rebuilding plans and rebuilding 

parameters set for these species in the 

FMP and in Federal regulations. 

Allowable rebuilding periods for the 

eight overfished species were analyzed 

and discussed in and developed through 

Amendments 16–2 and 16–3 to the 

FMP. Rebuilding plans for the eight 

overfished West Coast groundfish 

species are found within the FMP at 

Section 4.5.4. Harvest parameters to 

implement rebuilding requirements are 

found in Federal regulations at 50 CFR 

660.365.

In the preamble to the proposed rule 

for this action (69 FR 56550, September 

21, 2004), NMFS provided details for 

each overfished species on minimum 

time to rebuild (TMIN), maximum time to 

rebuild (TMAX) and target rebuilding 

time (TTARGET). All of the minimum, 

maximum, and target rebuilding times 

for all of the overfished species were 

determined following stock assessments 

and rebuilding analyses for each 

species, using the best scientific 

information available at the time of the 

assessment. None of the overfished 

species, except lingcod, have TTARGET

values equal to or exceeding their TMAX

values. Lingcod’s TTARGET and TMAX are 

both 2009, which is ten years after 

lingcod was declared overfished and 

also in compliance with the MagnusonStevens Act and national standard 

guidelines. All of the TTARGET values for 

the overfished species were determined 

following the requirements and 

guidance of the Magnuson-Stevens Act 

and the national standard guidelines. 

Thus, the rebuilding periods for all West 

Coast groundfish species and the 

harvest specifications implemented 

herein for those species comply with the 

Magnuson-Stevens Act; the 

commenter’s assertion is incorrect.

Comment 2: One commenter stated 

that the harvest levels NMFS proposed 

conflict with NMFS’s ‘‘Technical 

Guidance on the Use of the 

Precautionary Approaches to 

Implementing National Standard 1 of 

the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act’’

(Technical Guidance). This commenter 

stated that the Technical Guidance 

directs NMFS to select overfished 

species harvest levels that have a 90–

percent probability of rebuilding before 

TMAX and that result in a rebuilding 

period no longer than the midpoint 

between TMIN and TMAX. Further, this 

commenter stated that the OYS NMFS 

proposed for overfished species violate 

one or both of these directives. A second 

commenter stated that, under the 

Technical Guidance, overfished species 

harvest levels should be set so that the 

probability of achieving rebuilding by 

TMAX should be 90–percent or greater 

for those species whose assessments 

involve uncertainty. This second 

commenter also supported rebuilding 

periods no longer than the midpoint 

between TMIN and TMAX.

Response: NMFS has discussed this 

issue thoroughly in the preambles to its 

final rules to implement Amendment 

16–1 (69 FR 8861, February 26, 2004,) 

Amendment 16–2 (69 FR 19347, April 

13, 2004) and Amendment 16–3 (69 FR 

57874, September 28, 2004.) These same 

commenters submitted these same 

comments on those rules and NMFS 

responded to those comments in each of 

those final rules. NMFS herein 

summarizes its responses to these 

comments and refers interested readers 

to the cited final rules for further 

information.

The first commenter is incorrect in 

calling the Technical Guidance a 

‘‘directive.’’ The Technical Guidance is 

not a binding regulation that must be 

followed. As mentioned in the Preface 

to the Technical Guidance itself, it 

provides guidance on ‘‘those aspects of 

scientific fishery management advice 

that have biological underpinnings’’ and 

it recognizes that there are other 

important factors for fisheries 

management, such as the social and 

economic goals of the MagnusonStevens Act. Overfished species 

rebuilding plan probabilities of 

achieving BMSY within TMAX years that 

are less than 90 percent, and TTARGET 

dates that are greater than the midpoint 

between TMIN and TMAX, have been 

established in order to meet varying 

needs of West Coast fishing 

communities. As discussed in the 

response to Comment 1, all of the 

TTARGET dates for all of the overfished 

species are in compliance with the 

Magnuson-Stevens Act and the national 

standard guidelines.

Comment 3: A commenter referred to 

the Technical Guidance, stating that 

agreed upon fishing mortality rates and 

strategies to rebuild depleted species 

should be upheld when large year 

classes appear to ensure a successful 

rebuilding plan.

Response: The response to Comment 

2 explained the status of the Technical 

Guidance. Amendments 16 2 and 16–3 

amended the FMP to include overfished 

species rebuilding plans for lingcod, 

canary rockfish, darkblotched rockfish, 

Pacific ocean perch (POP), cowcod, 

bocaccio, yelloweye rockfish, and 

widow rockfish within the FMP. To 

implement these plans, two rebuilding 

parameters were added to the Code of 

Federal Regulations (CFR) for each 

overfished stock, the target year for 

rebuilding and the harvest control rule. 

The target year for rebuilding 

(TTARGET)is the year in which there is a 

50 percent likelihood that the stock will 

have been rebuilt with a given mortality 

rate. The harvest control rule expresses 

a given fishing mortality rate that is to 

be used over the course of rebuilding. 

These parameters are used to establish 

the annual OYS.

The FMP also provides that, after a 

new stock assessment, if the Council 

and NMFS conclude that either or both 

the target year for rebuilding and the 

harvest control rule defined in 

regulation should be revised, the 

revision will be implemented through 

notice and comment rulemaking, and 

the updated values codified in the 

Federal regulation. Any change to a 

harvest control rule must be fully 

supported by a corresponding analysis.

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The harvest control rule for lingcod is 

being revised by this action from 

F=0.0531 to F=0.17 in the north and 

from F=0.061 to F=0.15 in the south. 

These revisions are being made because 

of new data that became available from 

a new stock assessment and a revised 

rebuilding analysis. Rebuilding 

projections for the northern areas, if 

considered in isolation, indicate that the 

stock is above the rebuilt threshold of 

B40%. However, the southern portion of 

the stock has not yet rebuilt. When the 

total biomass is viewed coastwide, it is 

less than 1 percent below the rebuilt 

target of B40%.

For lingcod, the new assessment and 

rebuilding plan results indicated that 

the same TTARGET as is currently in 

regulation (69 FR 19347; April 13, 2004) 

could be maintained, but would allow a 

higher harvest rate while also increasing 

the probability of rebuilding the stock to 

TTARGET from 60 percent to 70 

percent. The Magnuson-Stevens Act 

requires the Secretary of Commerce to 

review the adequacy of rebuilding plans 

at intervals that may not exceed 2 years. 

The rebuilding plans for all eight 

overfished species will be reviewed 

following their 2005 stock assessments. 

The Council’s Scientific and Statistical 

Committee (SSC) is also drafting 

revisions to its Rebuilding Analyses 

Terms of Reference to incorporate 

rebuilding plan adequacy reviews. 

These reviews will aid NMFS and the 

Council in determining how and 

whether harvest targets and 

management measures need to be 

revised for the 2007 2008 fishing period.

Comment 4: A commenter stated that 

the PFMC has not adhered to its FMP’s 

40–10 policy (at Section 4.5 of the FMP) 

in developing its alternatives for 2005–

2006 harvest levels for species in the 

precautionary zone (between B25 and 

B40 abundance.)

Response: The Council uses a 

precautionary policy, which was 

adopted as guidance in 1999 through 

Amendment 11 to the FMP, for setting 

OYS. The precautionary policy, also 

referred to as the 40–10 harvest policy, 

is intended to prevent species or stocks 

from becoming overfished. The biomass 

level needed to produce maximum 

sustainable yield (MSY) is referred to as 

BMSY. The Council uses 40 percent of a 

stock’s unfished biomass as a default 

proxy for BMSY, or B40%. If the stock 

biomass is larger than BMSY, the OY may 

be set equal to or less than ABC. A stock 

with a current biomass between 25 

percent of the unfished level (B25%) and 

the BMSY precautionary threshold is said 

to be in the ‘‘precautionary zone.’’ The 

Council’s 40–10 policy reduces the 

fishing mortality rate when a stock is at 

or below its precautionary threshold. 

The lower a stock is in that B25%-B40%

range, the greater the reduction in OY 

relative to the ABC. This is a default 

rebuilding policy for precautionary zone 

species that is intended to foster a 

quicker return to the BMSY level for 

those species. Stocks that fall below the 

B25% level are designated as 

overfished. Each of the eight overfished 

groundfish stocks is managed with 

species-specific harvest levels intended 

to rebuild that stock within its target 

rebuilding date, rather than with the 

default 40–10 policy. For further 

information on the 40–10 policy, see the 

preamble of the final rule to implement 

Amendment 16–1 (69 FR 8861, February 

26, 2004) or the FMP at Section 4.5.

In 2005 and 2006, three stocks 

previously known to be in the 

precautionary zone were identified in 

section 2.4.2 of the FEIS for this action: 

Dover sole, sablefish, and shortspine 

thornyhead north. As discussed in the 

footnotes to Tables 1a–2b in this rule 

and in those same tables for and the 

preamble to the proposed rule for this 

action, the 2005 and 2006 OYS for these 

three precautionary zone species are all 

based on the 40–10 harvest policy. The 

first stock assessment for cabezon was 

prepared in 2003 for use in setting the 

2005 and 2006 specifications and 

management measures. As a result of 

this stock assessment, cabezon was 

believed to be at 34.7 percent of its 

unfished biomass, which also makes it 

a precautionary zone stock. A 

description of the stock assessment and 

further discussion on the alternative 

ABCs and OYS may be found in the 

preamble of the proposed rule for this 

action (69 FR 56550, September 21, 

2004).

During the specifications 

development process for 2005 and 2006, 

three alternative OYS were considered 

for each year for cabezon. The low OY 

alternatives of 44 mt for 2005 and 63 mt 

for 2006 were based on a harvest rate 

proxy of F50% with the application of 

the 60–20 harvest policy. A 60–20 

harvest policy is used by the state of 

California for nearshore species in 

which the biomass is estimated to be 

within the precautionary zone, below 60 

percent of their unfished biomass. The 

60–20 harvest policy is similar to the 

40–10 harvest policy described above, 

in that it reduces the fishing mortality 

rate when a stock is at or below its 

precautionary threshold. The difference 

is that the precautionary threshold is set 

at 60 percent of a stock’s unfished 

biomass rather than at 40 percent. The 

OY is reduced in relation to the ABC, 

until, at B20%, the OY would be set at 

zero. California uses this more 

precautionary policy for its nearshore 

species to buffer against the strong 

fishing effort levels in California’s 

nearshore waters. The mid-range OY 

alternatives of 69 mt for both 2005 and 

for 2006 were based on a constant 

harvest rate recommended by the CDFG. 

The high OY alternatives of 91 mt for 

2005 and 107 mt for 2006 were based on 

the harvest rate proxy of F45% with the 

application of the 40–10 harvest policy. 

The Council considered these 

alternatives at its April 2004 meeting 

and recommended an ABC of 103 mt for 

2005 and 108 mt for 2006, with a 

constant harvest OY of 69 mt for each 

year. Using a constant harvest rate over 

the 2 year period is expected to help 

stabilize the fishery and management 

measures.

Thus, the commenter is correct in 

stating that cabezon OY for 2005 and 

2006 is not based on a strict 40–10 

harvest policy. This is because the 40–

10 harvest policy was the high OY 

option and the OY that is being adopted 

is a more conservative option. Adopting 

an OY that is more conservative than 

the 40–10 is expected to foster quicker 

return to the MSY level and is not 

contrary to the FMP. There are no other 

stocks in the precautionary zone.

Comment 5: A commenter urged 

NMFS to adopt catch levels that achieve 

OY on a continuing basis, saying that 

the MSY harvest levels should be 

treated as harvest limits that are rarely 

exceeded and that OY should be used as 

a management target safely below the 

MSY threshold.

Response: The harvest specifications 

implemented via this final rule are 

intended to achieve OY on a continuing 

basis. They are based on the 

requirements of and guidance from the 

Magnuson-Stevens Act, the national 

standard guidelines, and the FMP. 

Harvest specifications for overfished 

species are specific to and based on the 

rebuilding needs of each particular 

stock. Under the FMP ABCs are set at 

the MSY level. As discussed in the 

response to Comment 4, species in what 

the FMP refers to as the precautionary 

zone are managed with the 40–10 

harvest policy to reduce OY from ABC. 

Species with less rigorous or no stock 

assessments are also managed using 

precautionary policies, described in the 

footnotes to Tables 1a–2b. In brief, those 

that have less rigorous stock 

assessments have OYS that are 56.25 

percent of their ABCs and those that 

have no quantifiable stock assessments 

have OYS that are 37.5 of their ABCs.

Stocks that are above B40% and which 

have been assessed through formal stock 

assessments are permitted under the 

FMP to have their harvest specifications 

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set so that OY=ABC. These stocks in 

2005–2006 are: petrale sole, arrowtooth 

flounder, chilipepper rockfish, 

yellowtail rockfish, longspine 

thornyhead, and black rockfish. Pacific 

whiting was also in this category in 

2004, but its assessment for 2005 is not 

yet complete. Other species, such as 

blackgill rockfish, are estimated be 

above B40%, but have had precautionary 

reductions to their harvest levels 

because they have not been rigorously 

assessed. Some of these more abundant 

stocks, such as chilipepper, have also 

had their OYS reduced from their ABCs 

in order to prevent strong target fishing 

on stocks that co-occur with overfished 

species. Management measures to 

constrain the incidental catch of 

overfished species will result in the 

OYS of most of the more abundant 

species not being fully harvested in 

2005 and 2006.

NMFS is in the process of revising its 

National Standard 1 guidelines. 

Through that process, NMFS is 

considering the commenter’s idea that 

OY levels for all species be set below 

MSY levels. To revise the National 

Standard 1 guidelines, NMFS will issue 

a proposed rule and provide a public 

comment period. The agency urges the 

commenter and others to track this 

process and review the proposed 

revisions to the national standard 

guidelines when they become available. 

NMFS has provided a preliminary study 

of revisions to the guidelines and draft 

regulatory language online at: http://

www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/domeslfish/

index.htm#PR. The agency expects to 

publish a proposed rule discussing 

these potential revisions in January 

2005.

Comment 6: A commenter stated that 

in proposing fishing harvest levels for 

the eight overfished groundfish species, 

NMFS has failed to disclose and 

consider adequately the total fishing 

mortality for these species in recent 

years, including repetitive overharvest 

for many of these species in recent 

years. This commenter further stated 

that in doing so, NMFS violated the 

Magnuson-Stevens Act at 16 U.S.C. 

1853(a)(5), violated the reasoned 

decisionmaking duties imposed by the 

Administrative Procedure Act (APA), 

and the environmental analysis and 

disclosure obligations imposed by the 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA). This same commenter had 

commented on the EIS for this action 

and incorporated the comments they 

had provided on the EIS into the 

comments on the proposed rule for this 

action.

Response: Fishing mortality estimates 

of overfished groundfish species, also 

referred to as total catch estimates, are 

calculated by summing the best 

available data from recreational fishing, 

research activities, non-groundfish 

fishing, and commercial (including 

exempted fishing permit (EFP) fishing) 

fishing. The total catch values for the 

commercial fisheries, where discard 

mortality occurs at-sea, include both the 

landed catch values and at-sea discard 

mortality estimates. NMFS’s bycatch 

and total catch modeling efforts were 

discussed in the preamble to the 

proposed rule for this action.

The commenter incorrectly states that 

NMFS has failed to disclose total fishing 

mortality for overfished species in 

recent years. Numerous tables in the 

FEIS provide historical total catch 

estimates that include data from recent 

years as well as projected total catch 

estimates of overfished species for 2005 

and 2006. Overall total catch estimates 

for 2002 and 2003 from commercial 

fisheries (including EFP fishing), tribal 

and recreational fisheries are presented 

in Tables 4–1 and 4–2 of the FEIS. 

These tables display the total catch ABC 

and OY values (exceeding the ABC is 

considered overfishing), total landed 

catch, estimated total discard mortality, 

and an estimate of total catch (landed 

catch plus discard mortality). Total 

catch estimates from research activities 

in 2002 and 2003 are summarized in 

Tables 2–6 to 2–7. Tables 2–8 and 2–9 

contain projections of scientific research 

catch for 2005 and 2006, which are 

based on the historic scientific 

activities. In addition, historical total 

catch is also incorporated into stock 

assessments. Landed catch and discard 

values can be found in the various stock 

assessments.

The commenter is also incorrect in 

stating that NMFS has failed to consider 

adequately the total fishing mortality of 

overfished species in recent years, 

including years in which the OY was 

exceeded (overharvested). The potential 

risk of exceeding the OY was disclosed 

in Section 9.7 of the FEIS, as part of the 

discussion of unavoidable adverse 

impacts. It is disclosed that overfishing 

is a potential adverse impact that could 

jeopardize the sustainability of a stock. 

However, this discussion emphasized 

that this is a potential adverse effect, 

which would depend on a continuing 

mis-specification of harvest levels or an 

inability to constrain total mortality to 

correctly specified OYS. NMFS 

addresses the effects of past over-harvest 

by accounting for historical harvests in 

the stock assessments used to set OYS. 

These analyses, which are discussed in 

Section 4.3 of the FEIS, form the basis 

for the range of OYS considered in the 

EIS. In addition, for fisheries that have 

shown a risk of exceeding the OY in the 

past, the Council has set more 

precautionary management measures in 

order to reduce the chance of exceeding 

the OY. For example, high catch rates in 

the California recreational groundfish 

fishery during 2003, which contributed 

to overfishing of lingcod stocks, were 

given greater weight in the catch 

projection model for 2005–2006 used to 

develop management measures for that 

fishery, resulting in more restrictive 

management measures.

Finally, NMFS responded to 

comments on the EIS from this 

commenter within the FEIS for this 

action. Those comments and agency 

responses are not included herein, but 

are available from the Council (see 

ADDRESSES).

Comment 7: A commenter 

recommended that, on an annual basis, 

NMFS and/or the Council should 

compare annual total mortality levels 

with specified OY values to determine 

if any overages have occurred. This 

commenter further recommended that, 

if overages have occurred, an inseason 

adjustment be made to the current year’s 

OYS to compensate for the prior year’s 

overages.

Response: The purpose of harvest 

limits is to achieve, ‘‘on a continuing 

basis, the OY from each fishery’’ (50 

CFR 600.310(a.)) It is not NMFS’

practice to adjust OYS for one year by 

the overages or underages from previous 

years. NMFS makes adjustments to 

harvest limits (ABCs and OYS) after 

conducting an assessment of the 

population of a particular species, an 

assessment that occurs every 2–4 years. 

However, NMFS and the Council 

continually address over- and underharvests by adjusting management 

measures to try to achieve, but not 

exceed OYS. (OYS of several of the 

more abundant stocks will, of necessity, 

not be achieved in order to protect cooccurring overfished species.) 

Management measures are adjusted 

inseason using the best available 

scientific information. For example, 

after the 2003–2004 limited entry trawl 

and fixed gear observer program data 

becomes available in January 2005, it 

will be incorporated into the bycatch 

model for inseason use in management 

of the 2005 fisheries. In addition, NMFS 

is required to report annually to 

Congress on the status of overfished 

species and on whether overfishing has 

occurred on any managed species or 

species group (http://

www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/

reports.html#sos).

Comment 8: A commenter stated that 

the darkblotched rockfish OY proposed 

by NMFS is the same as the ABC 

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proposed for darkblotched rockfish. 

This commenter further stated that both 

the Magnuson-Stevens Act and the FMP 

bar NMFS from setting the OY for an 

overfished species at that species’ ABC. 

The commenter cited the MagnusonStevens Act at 16 U.S.C. 1802(28), 

stating that the Act requires NMFS to set 

OYS for rebuilding species at a level 

below that which would result in the 

maximum sustained yield from the 

fishery, in order to allow for rebuilding. 

The commenter also cited the FMP at 

4.6 as reading ‘‘Reduction in catches or 

fishing rates for either precautionary or 

rebuilding purposes is an important 

component of converting values of ABC 

to values of OY.’’

Response: When setting the 2005 and 

2006 ABCs, the Council again followed 

its policy of using a default harvest rate 

as a proxy for the fishing mortality rate 

that is expected to achieve MSY. Since 

2001, the Council has used the 

following harvest rate proxies to set 

ABC values at MSY values: F40% for 

flatfish, F50% for rockfish (including 

thornyheads), and F45% for other 

groundfish such as sablefish and 

lingcod. The 2005–2006 OYS were set at 

levels that are expected to prevent 

overfishing; they are equal to or less 

than the ABCs. For overfished species, 

the OYS are consistent with adopted 

rebuilding plans, which allow each 

stock to rebuild within a period of time 

specific to that stock. For further 

discussion on the process for setting 

OYS, see the Amendment 16–2 final 

rule preamble’s response to Comment 7 

(69 FR 19347, April 13, 2004.)

A rebuilding analysis projects stock 

growth into the future given specific 

parameters. These parameters include 

potential growth of the stock, referred to 

as recruitment, or the amount of young 

fish that mature and enter the fishery. 

The rebuilding analysis methodology 

uses a Monte Carlo simulation 

technique in which many simulations 

project the change in a stock’s biomass 

over time for a given fishing mortality 

rate, and is based on the biological 

characteristics of the species, including 

the known recruitment variability. A 

rebuilding analysis is different from a 

stock assessment which uses past 

biological and fishery information to 

judge the current state of the stock.

Selecting OYS for species managed 

under rebuilding plans is a different 

process than that used for species 

managed under the 40–10 harvest policy 

or the precautionary approach taken in 

setting OYS for species with no stock 

assessments or only rudimentary ones. 

For species without rebuilding plans, 

the ABC is the starting point and 

precautionary deductions are made to 

derive the OY.

Because darkblotched rockfish has 

been designated as an overfished 

species, a rebuilding analysis was 

prepared and a rebuilding plan was 

implemented in 2004. The 2003 stock 

assessment update and rebuilding 

analysis for darkblotched rockfish 

showed a sensitivity to relatively high 

2000 and 2001 recruitment estimates 

(numbers of young fish from the 2000 

and 2001 year classes that are expected 

to grow large enough to be caught in the 

fisheries.) Including recruitment 

estimates from 2000 and 2001 in the 

rebuilding analysis resulted in higher 

OY estimates because those recruits are 

predicted to enter the fishery and help 

rebuild the stock before the maximum 

allowable time. The ABCs on the other 

hand, were not as affected because the 

2000 and 2001 recruits are too small to 

have already entered the fishery.

The darkblotched rockfish OYS being 

adopted for 2005 and 2006 are based on 

the species’ rebuilding analysis using 

the recruitment estimates from the 2000 

year class, but not from the 2001 year 

class. Using 2000 as the last year for 

recruitment estimates is more 

conservative than using model runs 

where the last year of recruitment 

estimates were from 2001, as was 

considered during the adoption of 2004 

specifications and the darkblotched 

rockfish rebuilding plan. At that time, 

the Stock Assessment Review (STAR) 

panel had recommended that the model 

include the 2000 year class recruitment 

estimate, in order to balance the 

conflicting effects of the need to use the 

most recent information and the higher 

uncertainty levels associated with the 

most recent information on the sizes of 

younger year classes. The Council’s 

recommendation was consistent with 

the STAR panel’s recommendation. The 

OY generated from the rebuilding 

analysis was greater than the ABC 

generated from the stock assessment, 

both of which were reviewed by the 

Council’s SSC. However, the Council 

recognized that they could not set a 

species’ OY to exceed its ABC, and 

therefore recommended that the 2004 

darkblotched rockfish OY be set equal to 

its 240 mt ABC. No new darkblotched 

rockfish stock assessment or rebuilding 

analysis was conducted in 2004, thus 

the 2005–2006 ABC and OY values are 

based on the 2003 stock assessment 

update and rebuilding analysis.

The commenter is incorrect in stating 

that the Magnuson-Stevens Act and the 

FMP bar NMFS from setting the OY for 

an overfished species at that species’

ABC. The Magnuson-Stevens Act 

defines OY as being a value based on 

MSY; as reduced by any relevant 

economic, social, or ecological factor. 

Because of the rebuilding analysis, no 

factors require a reduction from the ABC 

to establish the darkblotched rockfish 

OY. An OY must be no higher than MSY 

for all stocks. For overfished fisheries 

(stocks), the OYS must be based upon a 

rebuilding schedule that increases 

stocks’ biomass levels to those that 

would produce MSY within an 

appropriate time frame. On April 13, 

2004 (69 FR 19347), Amendment 16–2 

to the groundfish FMP implemented a 

rebuilding plan for darkblotched 

rockfish. The OYS being adopted for 

2005 and 2006 are based on the 

darkblotched rockfish rebuilding plan. 

For darkblotched rockfish the ABC and 

OY for 2005 are being set at 269 mt and 

the ABC and OY for 2006 are being set 

at 294 mt.

Comment 9: A commenter stated that 

‘‘NMFS’s proposed fishing harvest level 

for darkblotched rockfish violates the 

Magnuson-Stevens Act and the APA 

because it fails to correct, or even give 

reasoned consideration to correcting, for 

repetitive overharvests of the species in 

recent years.’’ This commenter further 

stated that NMFS has more often 

exceeded its darkblotched rockfish OYS 

than has complied with them in recent 

years, which the commenter considers 

relevant factors within the meaning of 

the APA’s requirement for reasoned 

decisionmaking.

Response: A full coastwide stock 

assessment for darkblotched rockfish 

was prepared for 2000. This stock 

assessment was updated in 2001 with 

data from the 2000 slope survey 

conducted by the Alaska Fisheries 

Science Center (AFSC)and available 

2000 fishery data. In 2003 the 

assessment was updated for the 2003 

rebuilding analysis and further added 

2001 AFSC slope and shelf survey data 

and fishery data through 2002. As stated 

above, NMFS addresses the effects of 

past over-harvest during new stock 

assessments by accounting for historical 

harvests in the stock. These stock 

assessments are used as the basis for 

rebuilding plans, which define the range 

of OYS for overfished species.

As described below, the darkblotched 

rockfish OY was exceeded in 2001 and 

2002, but not in 2003. The ABC was not 

exceeded in any of these years, so there 

was no ‘‘overfishing’’ during these 

years. Tables on Page 4 of the July 11, 

2003, darkblotched rockfish stock status 

and rebuilding update display the 

harvest estimates (total catch estimates 

available at the time of the update for 

2001 and 2002) that were incorporated 

into the analysis. In this comment, 

when the commenter uses the term 

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‘‘overharvesting’’ NMFS assumes that 

the commenter is using this term to 

indicate that the OY has been exceeded. 

The total estimated 2001 catch of 

darkblotched rockfish that was used in 

the rebuilding analysis was 161 mt, the 

2001 ABC was a range between 302 and 

349 mt and the total catch OY was 130 

mt. Although the OY was exceeded, the 

ABC was not exceeded, therefore 

overfishing did not occur on 

darkblotched rockfish in 2001.

Overall 2002 and 2003 total catch 

estimates from commercial fisheries 

(including EFP fishing), tribal, and 

recreational fisheries are presented in 

Tables 4–1 and 4–2 of the FEIS. Total 

catch estimates for research activities in 

recent years are summarized in Tables 

2–6 to 2–7. In 2002, the total estimated 

catch of darkblotched rockfish was 

202.28 mt, the 2002 ABC was 205 mt 

and the total catch OY was 168 mt. 

Though the OY was exceeded, the ABC 

was not, therefore overfishing did not 

occur on darkblotched rockfish in 2002. 

In 2003, the total estimated catch of 

darkblotched rockfish was 144.9 mt, the 

2003 ABC was 205 mt and the total 

catch OY was 172 mt. Neither the ABC 

or the OY were exceeded, therefore 

overfishing did not occur on 

darkblotched rockfish in 2003. Table 2–

7 was incorrectly labeled as 2002 in the 

DEIS which may have lead the 

commenter to believe that an additional 

5 mt of darkblotched rockfish had been 

taken in 2002. This typographical error 

was corrected in the FEIS.

In September 2004, the total catch of 

darkblotched rockfish was believed to 

have reached the 2004 OY, which is the 

same as the ABC. Therefore, NMFS 

made 2004 inseason fishery adjustments 

that were intended to drastically reduce 

the total mortality of darkblotched 

rockfish. As a result of projected 

overfishing in 2004 and to prevent 

overharvest in 2005 and 2006, the 

Council recommended enlarging the 

trawl Rockfish Conservation Area (trawl 

RCA) in 2005–2006 by moving the 

seaward boundary of the limited entry 

trawl RCA north of 38° N. lat. from a 

boundary line approximating the 150 fm 

(274 m) depth contour to one 

approximating the 200 fm (366 m) depth 

contour, with petrale sole fishing areas 

open in January-February and 

November-December. In addition, since 

the same trawl RCA also generally 

applies to the open access nongroundfish trawl fisheries, NMFS is 

extending this change to the open access 

non-groundfish trawl fleet between 

40°10′ N. lat. and 38° N. lat. The 

Council also recommended reducing 

their initially-recommended slope 

rockfish trip limit north of 38° N. lat. 

from 8,000 lb (3,629 kg) to 4,000 lbs 

(1,814 kg) per two months. These 

recommendations were based on higherthan-expected incidental catches of 

darkblotched rockfish in 2004 resulting 

from trawl vessels targeting slope 

rockfish offshore of the trawl RCA. The 

Council recommended the reduced trip 

limits to allow slope rockfish retention 

at incidental levels in the DTS (Dover 

sole, thornyheads, sablefish) fishery 

without encouraging directed slope 

rockfish targeting. NMFS concurred 

with the Council’s recommendation and 

has made the appropriate changes to the 

trawl RCAs and trip limits.

For 2005 and 2006, the predicted total 

darkblotched rockfish fishing mortality 

from all directed and incidental 

groundfish fisheries and research 

activities is expected to be substantially 

lower than the annual OYS (these 

values can be found in the footnotes to 

Table 1a). These darkblotched rockfish 

mortality savings are a secondary 

benefit of management measures 

intended to constrain canary rockfish 

total mortality. Designing management 

measures that result in total mortality 

levels that are lower than a species’ OY 

leaves a residual amount of available 

harvest. This residual amount can 

reduce the risk of exceeding a species 

OY, particularly when there are 

difficulties in catch accounting or when 

new information becomes available that 

changes NMFS’ understanding of total 

catch.

In summary, NMFS disagrees with the 

commenter’s assertion that NMFS’s 

proposed fishing harvest level for 

darkblotched rockfish fails to correct or 

give reasoned consideration to 

correcting, for having exceeded the OY 

(overharvests) in recent years. NMFS 

has disclosed recent total catch levels of 

darkblotched rockfish in relation to the 

annual ABCs and total catch OYS. As 

fishery data has become available, it has 

been incorporated into assessments, 

assessment updates and the rebuilding 

analyses. NMFS has modified 2005–

2006 management measures following 

the September 2004 Council meeting 

when it was determined that 

overharvest might occur in 2004. This 

reconsideration resulted in changes to 

this final rule that are intended to keep 

the harvest of darkblotched rockfish 

within its OY.

Comment 10: A commenter stated that 

the proposed specifications, including 

but not limited to those for canary 

rockfish, fail to correct for past 

overharvests of overfished species or 

even to give reasoned consideration to 

correcting for those past overharvests.

Response: Fishing mortality, the rate 

at which animals are removed from the 

stock as a result of fishing, is 

incorporated into the stock assessment 

models. It is important for stock 

assessment scientists to use data 

regarding stock growth and mortality 

(fishing and natural) to understand the 

level of fishing a stock can sustain such 

that enough fish survive to replenish the 

stock and, in the case of overfished 

species, to rebuild it to the MSY level. 

As stated above, NMFS addresses the 

effects of past overharvest during stock 

assessments by accounting for historical 

harvests of the stock. These stock 

assessments are used as the basis for 

rebuilding plans which define the range 

of OYS for overfished species.

Table 2b from the 2001 canary 

rockfish stock assessment, which was 

prepared in April 2002, shows the 

commercial and recreational canary 

rockfish catch data from 1941–2001 that 

were used in the most recent canary 

rockfish stock assessment model. This 

was the best data available at the time 

of the assessment. The appropriate 

discard rates were applied to 

commercial landings to derive estimates 

of total catch. Similar data can also be 

found in the stock assessments for other 

species. 

Overall, total catch estimates for 2002 

and 2003 from commercial fisheries 

(including EFP fishing), tribal, and 

recreational fisheries are presented in 

Tables 4–1 and 4–2 of the FEIS. Total 

catch estimates for research activities in 

recent years are summarized in Tables 

2–6 to 2–7. In 2002, the estimated total 

catch of canary rockfish was 109.7 mt, 

the 2002 ABC was 272 mt and the total 

catch OY was 93 mt. In 2003, the 

estimated total catch of canary rockfish 

was 49.8 mt, the 2003 ABC was 272 mt 

and the total catch OY was 44 mt. 

Although the OYS were exceeded in 

both of these years, the ABC was not, 

therefore overfishing did not occur on 

canary rockfish in 2002 or 2003. Similar 

data can also be found in the FEIS for 

overfished and other species. 

Darkblotched rockfish was addressed 

above in the response to Comment 9.

Canary rockfish are a schooling 

continental shelf rockfish taken in 

commercial and recreational fisheries 

coastwide. In June 2004, the Council’s 

Groundfish Management Team (GMT) 

reported that a single early-June tow 

taken by a catcher vessel operating in 

the whiting mothership fishery was 

estimated to contain 3.9 mt of canary 

rockfish. This single haul exceeded the 

0.9 mt total catch projection for the 

mothership sector. In response to the 

elevated catches of canary rockfish in 

the whiting fishery, the Council 

requested that NMFS implement an 

emergency rule that would allow 

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appropriate sectors of the commercial 

whiting fishery to be closed if the 

impacts of the fishery on canary 

rockfish reached 7.3 mt for all sectors 

combined. NMFS implemented this 

emergency authority on August 3, 2004 

(69 FR 46448).

NMFS monitored the whiting fishery 

throughout the summer and fall for its 

catch of overfished species, particularly 

canary and darkblotched rockfish. Based 

on canary rockfish harvest in nonwhiting fisheries and the low canary 

bycatch rates in the whiting fishery 

following the June Council meeting, the 

Council lowered the canary rockfish 

bycatch limit on the whiting fisheries to 

6.2 mt at its September Council meeting. 

Additionally, the Council recommended 

a limit of 9.5 mt of darkblotched 

rockfish bycatch in the whiting 

fisheries. NMFS retained the emergency 

authority to close sectors of the whiting 

fishery in between Council meetings. 

The Council recommended to NMFS 

that the agency propose for the 2005–

2006 fishing period to retain mid-season 

whiting sector closure authority and to 

exercise that authority if 7.3 mt of 

canary rockfish are taken in the whiting 

fishery prior to the fishery’s achieving 

the Pacific whiting OY. The Council 

also recommended the same authority 

for mid-season whiting sector closures if 

231.8 mt in 2005 or 243.2 mt in 2006 of 

widow rockfish are taken in the whiting 

fishery prior to the fishery’s achieving 

the Pacific whiting OY. As the 2005 and 

2006 fishing seasons progress, NMFS 

and the Council will monitor the 

fisheries to determine whether 

additional or modified bycatch limits 

are necessary for the whiting fisheries. 

Similar to 2004, bycatch limits of 

overfished species would likely be 

based on the GMT’s bycatch scorecard 

amounts. NMFS concurs with this 

recommendation and has implemented 

it with this action at § 660.370(c)(1)(ii) 

and § 660.373(b)(4).

In summary, NMFS finds that the 

commenter is incorrect in stating that 

NMFS’s proposed fishing harvest level 

for canary rockfish fails to correct or 

give reasoned consideration to 

correcting, for having exceeded the OY 

(overharvests) in recent years. NMFS 

has disclosed recent total catch levels of 

canary rockfish in relation to the annual 

ABCs and total catch OYS. As fishery 

data has become available, it has been 

incorporated into assessments, 

assessment updates and the rebuilding 

analyses. Management measures are 

designed, using the best and most 

current information available, to keep 

harvests within OYS. The Council’s 

recommendations and NMFS’s 

proposed rule were based in part on 

their experiences managing the 2004 

fisheries.

Comment 11: A commenter stated that 

NMFS has proposed to more than triple 

the OY for lingcod, despite its 

admission that recruitment of the 1999 

year class is uncertain and that there is 

uncertainty in the catch projections and 

the stock assessment for the species. 

This commenter further stated that, in 

light of this uncertainty and the lingcod 

overharvests in 2002 and 2003, NMFS 

cannot increase the rate of lingcod 

harvest and still comply with its duties 

to prevent overfishing and rebuild 

overfished species as quickly as 

possible. Finally, the commenter stated 

that NMFS has claimed to make 

management changes to address past 

lingcod overharvests, but that 

management changes made in 2003 to 

respond to 2002 overharvests were 

unsuccessful at preventing overharvests 

in 2003.

Response: A new coastwide stock 

assessment was prepared for lingcod in 

2003. As a result of the revised 

assessment, the spawning stock biomass 

was estimated to be at 31 percent of its 

unfished biomass in the north and 19 

percent of its unfished biomass in the 

south. This is a substantial increase 

from the previous assessment which 

had estimated the lingcod biomass to be 

at 15 percent coastwide in 2000. As a 

result of the new adopted stock 

assessment, the coastwide ABCs will be 

2,922 mt (1,874 north and 1,048 south) 

in 2005 and 2,716 mt, (1,694 north and 

1,021 south) in 2006. NMFS recognizes 

that this is a large increase from the 

2004 ABC of 1,385 mt which was based 

on the previous assessment.

A new rebuilding analysis was also 

prepared for lingcod. Rebuilding 

projections for the northern areas, if 

considered in isolation, indicate that the 

stock is above the rebuilt threshold of 

B40%. (It should be noted that the 

assessment model estimate of current 

biomass can differ from the estimate 

obtained from the rebuilding analysis, 

because the rebuilding analysis 

computes B0 using average recruitment 

from 1973–2002, while the Coleraine 

assessment model uses the estimate of 

average recruitment in an unfished state 

(R0), and references the 2003 spawning 

biomass.) The southern portion of the 

stock has not yet rebuilt. When the total 

biomass is viewed coastwide, it is less 

than 1% percent below the rebuilt target 

of B40%.

The Council considered the 

alternative OYS and recommended the 

mid-range OY, with the modification 

that the OY be fixed at 2,414 mt (the 

2006 value, which was the lower of the 

two values) for both years. For lingcod, 

the new assessment and rebuilding plan 

results indicated that the same TTARGET

as is currently in regulation for the 

lingcod rebuilding plan (69 FR 19347; 

April 13, 2004) could be maintained, 

but would allow a higher harvest rate 

while also increasing the probability of 

rebuilding the stock by TMAX from 60 

percent to 70 percent. The commenter is 

correct that this increase is more than 3 

times the 735 mt OY in 2004; however, 

the increase in the OY conforms with 

the lingcod rebuilding plan and is not 

unexpected given the increased size of 

the lingcod biomass.

In support of their selection, the 

Council indicated that the lingcod 

harvest guidelines needed to be 

conservative because the 1999 year class 

is moving through the fishery and 

recruitment is uncertain. There is 

uncertainty in catch projections and 

assessments, and the Council did not 

want to see an increase in effort in the 

fishery. The estimated mortality from all 

directed and incidental groundfish 

fisheries and research activities are 

predicted to result in total fishing 

mortality of lingcod that is substantially 

lower than the annual OYS (these 

values can be found in the footnotes to 

Table 1a). These lingcod mortality 

savings are a secondary benefit of 

management measures intended to 

constrain canary rockfish total 

mortality. Designing management 

measures that result in total mortality 

levels that are lower than that species’

OY leaves a residual amount of 

available harvest. This residual amount 

can reduce the risk of exceeding a 

species’ OY, particularly when there are 

difficulties in catch accounting or when 

new information becomes available that 

changes NMFS’ understanding of total 

catch.

Throughout the specification and 

management measure process, NMFS 

has acknowledged the scientific 

uncertainty in setting ABCs and OYS 

and has disclosed, in various supporting 

documents and in the rulemaking 

process, the precautionary measures 

taken to address the inherent 

uncertainty in fisheries management. 

Although greater scientific certainty can 

improve management decisions, 

scientific uncertainty is an inherent part 

of fisheries management. Uncertainties 

must be acknowledged, as has been 

done within the stock assessments, 

FEIS, and in the proposed rule 

supporting this action. In general, 

NMFS has been precautionary when 

implementing measures to protect the 

fishery resources against the harm that 

could result from those uncertainties. 

Many other overfished species’

rebuilding measures are intended to 

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acknowledge scientific uncertainty in 

fisheries management and to guard 

against potential negative effects of that 

uncertainty.

In 2002, the estimated catch of 

lingcod was 983 mt, the 2002 ABC was 

841 mt and the total catch OY was 577 

mt. In 2003, the estimated catch of 

lingcod was 1,371.6 mt, the 2003 ABC 

was 841 mt and the total catch OY was 

651 mt. These total catch estimates for 

2002 and 2003 were updated with new 

observer program data on bycatch rates 

in summer 2004 for the FEIS for this 

action.

The commenter who submitted this 

particular comment also commented on 

the proposed rule to implement the 

2004 specifications and management 

measures (69 FR 1380), stating that the 

agency needed to do something about 

reducing the effect of the 2004 fisheries 

on lingcod. This comment and NMFS’s 

response are found in the final rule to 

implement the 2004 specifications and 

management measures, see Comment 12 

and response, 69 FR 11064, March 9, 

2004. In short, NMFS acknowledged 

that overfishing had occurred on 

lingcod in 2002 and 2003, and that 

restrictive measures taken in 2003 had 

not been adequate to prevent 

overfishing. The agency then detailed 

changes it had made between the 

proposed and final rules for 2004 in 

order to further constrain fishing, 

particularly in the recreational fishery 

off California.

NMFS has revised its specifications 

and management measures process 

through Amendment 17 to the FMP, in 

order to provide a public notice-andcomment period on a proposed rule 

prior to the start of the fishing year. This 

new process requires the agency to 

prepare the proposed and final rules for 

the 2005–2006 specifications and 

management measures prior to the 

completion of either the 2004 fishing 

year or the datasets on total 2004 fishing 

mortality. NMFS anticipates that, as 

new 2004 fishing year data becomes 

available in 2005, the Council and 

NMFS will consider whether revisions 

are needed to management measures 

intended to constrain lingcod harvest. 

This final rule implements the 

California recreational fishery measures 

initially proposed for this action, which 

are more constraining in season length 

and area closures than those 

implemented for 2004. Lingcod bag 

limit changes generally do not have 

much effect on the overall catch of 

lingcod, since most anglers only take 

one lingcod per trip.

Comment 12: A commenter stated that 

NMFS is proposing to manage canary 

rockfish in an aggressively risky way 

that fails to offer the protection it needs 

because it has provided only a small 

reserve in the canary rockfish OY 

compared with those provided for 

lingcod, bocaccio and darkblotched 

rockfish.

Response: As discussed in the 

preamble to the proposed rule for this 

action, and in the footnotes to Tables 

1a–2b, the canary rockfish OY has been 

divided between the commercial, 

recreational, tribal, and research 

fisheries. There is a small, residual 

amount of canary rockfish, 2.5 mt in 

2005 and 1.8 mt in 2006, that is 

currently not projected to be harvested 

by these fisheries. This residual amount 

is held in reserve for possible use during 

the 2005 and/or 2006 fisheries. Also 

discussed in the preamble to the 

proposed rule for this action is the fact 

that harvest restrictions to protect 

canary rockfish will constrain all 

fisheries in their achievement of target 

species’ OYS. A secondary effect of the 

constraints required to protect canary 

rockfish is protection for other, 

associated overfished species. The 

residual amounts of lingcod, bocaccio, 

and darkblotched rockfish that may be 

unharvested in 2005 and/or 2006 are 

expected to go unharvested because 

canary rockfish co-occurs with these 

species. Management measures to 

protect canary rockfish are not only 

constraining to the achievement of 

target species OYS, they also keep 

harvests of other overfished species 

below their OYS. In other words, NMFS 

expects there to be residual unharvested 

amounts of lingcod, bocaccio, and 

darkblotched rockfish because the 

harvest of these species will be 

restricted by canary rockfish protection 

measures. To eliminate confusion over 

the use of varying terms, NMFS has 

corrected the footnotes to Tables 1a–2b 

to refer to the expected residual 

amounts of unharvest fish as ‘‘residual 

amounts’’ not expected to be taken in 

any sector, rather than as ‘‘reserves,’’

which might be confused as being 

available to a particular sector.

The trip limits are based on the best 

available information, and are designed 

to keep harvests within the OYS. These 

residual amounts of overfished species 

that are not currently projected to be 

harvested result in part from the design 

of the overall fishery. They are not 

specifically designed as a management 

tool to keep harvests under the OY, but 

NMFS acknowledges this secondary 

benefit from the reserves. These reserves 

reduce the need for intensive inseason 

management to keep the harvest within 

the OY, and to reduce the risk of 

exceeding the OY. However, the overall 

management regime balances these 

benefits and risks with the other 

benefits and risks inherent in the 

management system.

Comment 13: A commenter stated that 

NMFS’s proposed status quo 

management of canary rockfish violates 

the Magnuson-Stevens Act because of 

the large overharvest of canary rockfish 

in recent years.

Response: NMFS discussed recent 

years’ canary rockfish harvest in the 

response to Comment 10. The 2002 total 

catch is estimated to be 16.7 mt above 

the OY of 93 mt and 162.3 mt below the 

ABC of 272 mt. The 2003 total catch is 

estimated to be 5.8 mt above the OY of 

44 mt and 222.2 mt below the ABC of 

272 mt.

The commenter has incorrectly 

asserted that NMFS has proposed status 

quo management to protect canary 

rockfish and other overfished species. 

The canary rockfish ABCs for 2005 and 

2006 were set in accordance with the 

Council’s precautionary policy of setting 

rockfish ABCs based on an F50% 

harvest rate. The 2005 and 2006 OYS for 

canary rockfish were set in accordance 

with the FMP’s overfished species 

rebuilding plan for this species (Section 

4.5.4) and implementing Federal 

regulations at 50 CFR 660.365(a).

Canary rockfish are taken in a wide 

range of fisheries and NMFS has revised 

management measures from 2004, 

particularly making them more 

conservative in fisheries with a greater 

tendency to incidentally catch canary 

rockfish. As discussed above in the 

response to Comment 10, NMFS is 

implementing in this final rule a 

bycatch limit program for the Pacific 

whiting fisheries. The mothership 

fishery for whiting took an unexpected 

amount of canary rockfish in 2004, 

leading to an emergency rule to 

establish a canary rockfish bycatch 

limit. For 2005 and 2006, NMFS has 

implemented canary and widow 

rockfish bycatch limits for the whiting 

fishery at § 660.373(b)(4). Regulations at 

§ 660.370(c)(1)(ii) allow the Council and 

NMFS, via routine inseason action, to 

establish new bycatch limits or adjust 

bycatch limits inseason for overfished 

species taken in the whiting fisheries. 

NMFS has also implemented a new 

requirement for a bycatch-reducing 

trawl gear, the selective flatfish trawl 

gear, for use in nearshore waters north 

of 40°10′ N. lat. As discussed in the 

preamble to the proposed rule for this 

action, this modified trawl net design 

has shown itself successful in several 

years of experiments at reducing 

incidental rockfish catch in trawl 

fisheries targeting more abundant 

flatfish. Management measures to 

control canary rockfish catch in the 

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California recreational fisheries are also 

more restrictive than in 2004, with 

shorter fishing seasons and larger closed 

areas.

Comment 14: A commenter stated that 

NMFS is not proposing to allow for a 

harvest reserve for widow rockfish in 

2005 or 2006. The commenter asks why 

a significant harvest reserve is necessary 

for lingcod, darkblotched, and bocaccio, 

but not for widow rockfish.

Response: As discussed above in the 

response to Comment 12, the residual 

amounts of lingcod, darkblotched 

rockfish, and bocaccio that are expected 

to go unharvested are the result of 

management measures intended to 

constrain the harvest of canary rockfish. 

The Council did not set specific harvest 

reserves for these species; rather, it has 

simply indicated the amounts of these 

species expected to go unharvested 

because the fisheries are constrained to 

protect canary rockfish.

Widow rockfish is a schooling, 

pelagic shelf rockfish that is similar to 

yellowtail rockfish in its open water 

schooling tendencies, whereas canary 

rockfish tend to school near rockpiles. 

The bulk of the widow rockfish OYS in 

2005 and 2006 are expected to be taken 

in the Pacific whiting fisheries, a 

primarily open water fishery. Although 

the Pacific whiting biomass is estimated 

to be above B40%, NMFS reduced the 

2004 whiting ABC from 514,441 mt to 

a 250,000 mt OY to protect co-occurring 

widow rockfish from incidental catch in 

the whiting fisheries. NMFS anticipates 

that the 2005 and 2006 ABCs for Pacific 

whiting will be similarly large, and will 

again have to be reduced so that the 

OYS are set at levels that protect widow 

rockfish. The at-sea whiting fisheries 

will continue to be monitored inseason 

by mandatory observers (69 FR 31751, 

June 7, 2004) with near realtime data 

while the shore-based fishery will be 

monitored under a full retention 

program which will have a monitoring 

mechanism and timely inseason data. 

The whiting fishery may take less 

widow rockfish than expected; but as an 

initial prediction, NMFS and the 

Council expect the whiting fisheries to 

take the majority of the widow rockfish 

OYS in 2005 and 2006, leaving little or 

no residual amounts of widow rockfish 

unharvested. Given the level of inseason 

monitoring in the whiting fisheries, it is 

reasonable to expect that fishing can be 

constrained to stay within the specified 

limit for widow rockfish.

In 2004, the whiting harvest was 

constrained to 250,000 mt with an 

estimated take of 211 mt of widow 

rockfish. Through the end of the 

primary season, the preliminary 

estimate of widow rockfish in the 

whiting fishery was 49.86 mt, well 

below the projected value of 211 mt. 

However, because the incidental take of 

widow rockfish has been associated 

with rare events where a substantial 

amount is taken in an individual tow, 

effective monitoring is essential. In 

addition, NMFS supports the at-sea 

whiting industry’s efforts to self monitor 

bycatch through the use of the Sea State 

program, in which bycatch data is 

exchanged within the fleet so that the 

participating vessels can take immediate 

action when bycatch concerns arise.

Comment 15: A commenter stated 

that, without explanation, NMFS 

proposed to decrease slightly the 

cowcod OY for 2005 then to raise it 

again for 2006. This commenter also 

stated that NMFS has proposed 

substantial increases for bocaccio and 

yelloweye rockfish harvest levels. 

Finally, the commenter stated that 

NMFS had failed to explain these 

increases, thereby failing to meet its 

duties to engage in reasoned 

decisionmaking, to prevent overfishing, 

and to rebuild overfished species as 

quickly and effectively as possible.

Response: NMFS is not raising the 

cowcod OY for 2006. There was a 

typographical error in the Table 2a 2006 

OY for cowcod. With this final rule, 

OYS for the Monterey and Conception 

areas have been revised from 2.4 mt for 

each to 2.1 mt for each, which is 

consistent with the approved rebuilding 

plan for cowcod. Footnote ‘‘y’’ from 

Table 2a had correctly stated this, and 

the ‘‘Overfished Species’’ section of the 

preamble to the proposed rule for this 

action provided details from the cowcod 

rebuilding plan, including the correct 

OY. A typo in the harvest control value 

in footnote ‘‘Y’’ for Table 1a was 

identified and revised from F=0.0009 to 

F=0.009. The F=0.009 is the rebuilding 

harvest rate in Federal regulations 

implementing the cowcod rebuilding 

plan at § 660.365(f) and was used to 

determine the 2005 and 2006 OYs for 

cowcod. This harvest control rule was 

correctly listed in the ‘‘Overfished 

Species’’ section of the proposed rule 

for this action.

The bases for the bocaccio and 

yelloweye rockfish OYS for 2005 and 

2006 were explained in the footnotes to 

Tables 1a through 2b and in the 

‘‘Overfished Species’’ section of the 

preamble to the proposed rule for this 

action. These species are being managed 

in accordance with the approved 

rebuilding plans at Section 4.5.4 of the 

FMP and implementing Federal 

regulations at 50 CFR 660.365(a). 

Changes in the OYS result when 

rebuilding harvest rates are applied to 

the annual biomass projections from the 

most recent stock assessments. In this 

case, the stocks are projected to have 

increased slightly, resulting in slight 

increases to the OYS. An error in the 

harvest control rule in the bocaccio 

footnote to Table 2a (2006) has been 

revised from F= 0.041 to F=0.0498. The 

F=0.0498 is the rebuilding harvest rate 

in Federal regulations implementing the 

bocaccio rebuilding plan at § 660.365(e) 

and was used to determine the 2005 and 

2006 OYS for bocaccio. This harvest 

control rule was correctly listed in the 

‘‘Overfished Species’’ section of the 

proposed rule for this action. NMFS 

identified a typo in the PMAX value in 

Table 2–2 of the FEIS the correct value 

is 80 percent (the value adopted for 

yelloweye rockfish rebuilding under 

amendment 16–3.)

Comment 16: A commenter stated that 

NMFS has proposed to dramatically 

shrink the size of the RCAs off the 

Pacific Coast. This commenter was 

opposed to this proposal, stating that 

nothing has changed that warrants a 

rolling back of these RCAs. This 

commenter stated that doing so is 

forbidden by the Magnuson-Stevens Act 

because it reduces the use of practicable 

bycatch-reduction measures, as defined 

at 16 U.S.C. 1851(a)(9) and 1853(a)(11). 

This commenter also states that since 

the RCAs serve to protect essential fish 

habitat (EFH), they may not be 

abandoned or scaled back. And, this 

commenter states that because the RCAs 

are used to prevent overfishing and 

rebuild overfished species, scaling them 

back violates the Magnuson-Stevens Act 

requirement to rebuild overfished stocks 

as quickly as possible. The commenter 

states that NMFS has failed to explain 

the roll-back in the size of the RCAs or 

to explain how the increased mortality 

caused by the scaling back of the RCAs 

can be squared with NMFS’s legal 

obligations under the APA.

Response: RCAs are gear and fisheryspecific, so that there is a Trawl RCA, 

a Non-Trawl RCA, and a Recreational 

RCA. These RCAs vary in size and in 

area covered depending on how the gear 

type affected interacts with overfished 

species. For 2005 and 2006, NMFS is 

implementing a status quo Non-Trawl 

RCA; a status quo Recreational RCA off 

Washington and Oregon, and a 

Recreational RCA off California that 

covers a larger area and which is closed 

for longer periods during the year than 

in 2004. The Trawl RCA that NMFS 

initially proposed would have allowed 

fishing in a larger area both shoreward 

and seaward of the 2004 Trawl RCA. 

However, as explained in the preamble 

to this final rule in the section ‘‘Changes 

from the Proposed Rule,’’ this final rule 

established the seaward boundary of the 

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RCA at 200 fm (369 m) throughout the 

year, with modifications for petrale sole 

fishing areas in the winter months of 

January-February and NovemberDecember. The final rule for the 2004 

fisheries had this same seaward 

boundary, except that it only extended 

to 150 fm (276 m) in the July-August 

period. Therefore, the only changes in 

the Trawl RCA are the increase in size 

from a deeper seaward boundary in 

July-August and the shoreward 

boundary changes described below. The 

Trawl RCA implemented here is 70.6 

percent the size of the initially 

established 2004 Trawl RCA. The 

reductions in the size of the Trawl RCA 

are detailed in Table 3–1 of the FEIS for 

this action.

The RCAs were intended and 

designed to reduce the bycatch of adult 

life stage overfished species. For 2005 

and beyond, NMFS is implementing a 

new gear requirement for trawl vessels 

participating in the area shoreward of 

the RCA north of 40°10’ N. lat. Council 

discussion documents leading up to 

their final recommendations including 

the results of a set of ODFW gear 

experiments, the EIS for this action, and 

the preamble to the proposed rule all 

discussed the new selective flatfish 

trawl gear and its rockfish bycatchreduction properties. Selective flatfish 

trawl gear reduces the bycatch of 

rockfish in targeted flatfish fisheries, 

including overfished rockfish, and 

increases the areas where trawl vessels 

may operate with lower bycatch rates. 

Using a gear restriction in order to 

reduce the restrictiveness of other 

fishery management measures is the 

FMP’s eighth objective. NMFS is able to 

reduce the size of the Trawl RCA in 

2005–2006 because it has implemented 

this new trawl gear requirement. This 

reduction in the size of the Trawl RCA 

as a result of the new gear requirement 

was also explained in Council and 

NMFS background, NEPA, and Federal 

Register documents. Thus, the 

commenter is incorrect in asserting that 

NMFS has failed in its obligations to 

explain the revision in the size of the 

RCAs. The commenter also draws an 

erroneous conclusion in equating a 

reduction in the size of the RCAs with 

an increase in rockfish mortality. NMFS 

expects that rockfish bycatch mortality 

rates in the nearshore trawl fishery 

north of 40°10’ N. lat. will be reduced 

with this new gear requirement. The 

combination of the new gear 

requirement and the smaller RCA is 

projected to keep the mortality of 

overfished species within the rebuilding 

OYS and allow harvest of healthy 

stocks.

As stated above, the RCAs were 

designed to reduce the bycatch of adult 

life-stage overfished species. Under 

Amendment 11 to the FMP, groundfish 

EFH includes the entire West Coast EEZ. 

Thus, with the RCAs being inside the 

EEZ and closed to fishing for 

groundfish, they do afford some habitat 

protection for EFH from groundfish 

fishing gear. They do not, however, 

target particular groundfish habitat for 

habitat protection from fishing gear. 

NMFS is exploring measures for 

groundfish habitat protection with its 

EIS on Groundfish EFH, a draft of which 

is scheduled to be made available to the 

public in February 2005. NMFS 

anticipates that EIS will result in an 

FMP amendment that provides habitat 

protection measures to reduce the 

effects of fishing gear on EFH. If those 

habitat protection measures result in 

fishing area closures, NMFS expects to 

subsequently re-evaluate the area and 

location of its RCAs to better mesh its 

EFH protection and bycatch reduction 

responsibilities.

Finally, the RCAs have been set in 

accordance with overfished species 

harvest specifications, which are based 

on overfished species rebuilding rates 

set in the FMP’s rebuilding plans. 

Regulations that impose additional gear 

restrictions, reduce the size of the Trawl 

RCA, and increase the size of the 

Recreational RCA continue to 

implement the approved rebuilding 

plans for groundfish, in accordance with 

the Magnuson-Stevens Act. The 

commenter’s misinterpretation of the 

rebuilding provisions of the MagnusonStevens Act were addressed in the 

response to Comment 1, above.

Comment 17: A commenter expressed 

a concern that the shift of fishing effort 

from the continental shelf to the slope 

due to the RCA closures has placed 

greater pressure on slope and offshore 

habitats and marine life. This 

commenter urged NMFS to analyze and 

address the adverse impacts of fishing 

gears used in the groundfish fishery on 

EFH through the use of habitat-friendly 

gears, no-take marine protected areas, 

and time and effort restrictions.

Response: NMFS agrees that it is 

likely that fishing effort has increased in 

continental slope areas as a result of the 

closure of large portions of the 

continental shelf to fishing for 

groundfish. The agency notes, however, 

that approximately 35 percent of the 

limited entry trawl fleet were removed 

from the fishing grounds altogether with 

the December 2003 trawl vessel/permit 

buyback program. Thus, while 

continental shelf RCAs may have 

increased slope fishing effort, the 

buyback decreased trawl fishing effort 

on the slope and elsewhere. NMFS is 

analyzing the adverse impacts of fishing 

gear on EFH and the measures proposed 

by the commenter as part of its EIS on 

West Coast Groundfish EFH. NMFS 

expects to make the Draft EIS available 

for public review in February 2005. In 

the interim, this final rule implements 

measures the commenter has proposed 

in the form of: requirements that 

prevent large-footrope gear from 

operating within and shoreward of the 

RCAs to prevent those vessels from 

accessing overfished rockfish in their 

rocky habitat; RCAs designed to reduce 

incidental catch of overfished 

groundfish and which, as an added 

benefit, protect EFH within the RCAs 

from the effects of groundfish fishing 

gear; and, season closures used in most 

of the fisheries to reduce overfished 

species bycatch, although those have 

only brief and temporary incidental 

benefits for habitat. Fishing effort has 

been restricted in the Federal 

commercial fisheries through the 

limited entry program, the sablefish 

endorsement permit stacking program, 

and the trawl permit buyback program.

Comment 18: A commenter stated that 

NMFS has refused to even seriously 

consider the alternative of managing the 

fishery under a system of bycatch caps. 

This commenter also stated that NMFS 

has failed to establish adequate bycatch 

assessment requirements for the fishery 

because there are no bycatch assessment 

requirements contained in the proposed 

specifications. A second commenter 

stated that a standardized reporting 

methodology has not been established 

for all fisheries and urges NMFS to 

establish a standardize reporting 

methodology as soon as possible to 

accurately count bycatch of groundfishrelated fishing. This second commenter 

also urged NMFS to assess the bycatch 

of all marine life in the groundfish 

fishery and take steps to minimize this 

bycatch in accordance with Federal law.

Response: The first commenter is 

incorrect in asserting that NMFS has not 

considered implementing bycatch caps 

to manage the fisheries. In September 

2004, NMFS published a Programmatic 

FEIS on groundfish bycatch mitigation. 

This document discusses bycatch cap 

programs and the requirements for 

implementing one. Because the 

requirements for establishing a program 

have not been met, it is currently not 

practicable to implement caps in most 

of the fishery at this time. However, 

NMFS and the Council are working to 

implement the preferred alternative in 

the EIS. Nonetheless, this final rule 

implements a bycatch limit provision 

for the high volume whiting fisheries. 

This fishery is monitored inseason with 

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real-time observer data, which makes 

bycatch limits a viable management 

measure to reduced incidental catch of 

overfished species. Under the 

provisions at 50 CFR 660.370(c)(1)(ii), 

the Council may recommend and NMFS 

may establish or adjust overfished 

species bycatch limits inseason for the 

Pacific whiting fisheries. At 

§ 660.373(b)(4), NMFS has implemented 

initial bycatch limits for canary rockfish 

of 7.3 mt in 2005 and 2006 and for 

widow rockfish of 231.8 mt in 2005 and 

243.2 mt in 2006. If an overfished 

species bycatch limit were achieved, 

NMFS would have the authority to close 

one or more sectors of the whiting 

fishery without further consultation 

with the Council. NMFS first 

implemented this provision in 2004 

with an emergency rule (69 FR 46448, 

August 3, 2004).

The first commenter is also incorrect 

in asserting that there are no bycatch 

assessment requirements in place for the 

fisheries because there are no bycatch 

assessment requirements in this action. 

NMFS discussed its bycatch reporting 

and assessment methodologies in the 

preamble to the proposed rule for this 

action (69 FR 56550, September 21, 

2004). Regulations implementing 

requirements for fishing and at-sea 

processing vessels to participate in 

Federal observer programs that gather 

bycatch data may be found at 50 CFR 

660.314.

West Coast standardized bycatch 

reporting methodologies collect total 

catch (landed + discard) data from the 

commercial and recreational fisheries. 

As discussed in the preamble to the 

proposed rule for this action, the West 

Coast Groundfish Observer Program and 

the at-sea whiting observer program, in 

combination with state logbooks, state 

EFP data-gathering programs, vessel 

monitoring system coverage, and 

landings reporting requirements 

together constitute the standardized 

total catch reporting methodology for 

West Coast commercial groundfish 

fisheries. The standardized total catch 

reporting methodology for recreational 

fisheries is a combination of Federal and 

state efforts using at-dock port sampling 

programs, charterboat logbooks, and 

state and Federal in-person and 

telephone interviews. NMFS and the 

states work together through the Pacific 

States Marine Fisheries Commission 

and through the Council process to 

constantly improve and update their 

standardized total catch reporting 

methodologies. In 2005–2006, NMFS 

will be revising its bycatch model to 

incorporate data on limited entry fixed 

gear fisheries other than the primary 

sablefish fishery, which will also 

include improvements in our 

understanding of bycatch in the directed 

open access fisheries. NMFS also 

expects to incorporate observer data 

from the directed open access fisheries 

into the groundfish management process 

in 2005 for inseason management of the 

nearshore open access fisheries.

The second commenter also requested 

that NMFS assess the bycatch of all 

marine life in the groundfish fishery and 

take steps to minimize this bycatch in 

accordance with Federal law. In the 

West Coast groundfish fisheries, the 

need to protect and rebuild overfished 

groundfish and to prevent incidental 

catch of endangered and threatened 

salmon has driven the agency’s 

priorities for bycatch assessment. 

However, the agency collects data on a 

broad range of bycatch species and 

assesses marine life bycatch as staff time 

and funding permits. Both the 

Northwest and Southwest Fisheries 

Science Centers are researching Pacific 

ecosystem interactions between a broad 

range of marine species and between 

these species and their physical 

environment.

Comment 19: A commenter stated that 

NMFS and the Council must remain 

committed to using information from 

the groundfish observer program to 

adjust management measures inseason 

based on higher than anticipated 

bycatch mortality.

Response: The agency’s past practice 

has been to incorporate new observer 

data inseason into the management 

process. The Council used newly 

received observer data to revise its 

management measures inseason in both 

2003 and 2004. NMFS and the Council 

plan to continue this practice in the 

2005–2006 management cycle, as 

explained above in the response to 

Comment 7.

Comment 20: Two commenters 

asserted that NMFS has failed to adopt, 

or even analyze, all practicable bycatch 

reduction measures.

Response: NMFS has evaluated the 

practicability of bycatch reduction 

measures in an EIS published in 

September 2004, and is currently 

working on implementation of the 

preferred alternative. In addition, NMFS 

has explained in the preamble to the 

proposed rule, in a section entitled, 

‘‘Management Measures to Reduce 

Bycatch,’’ the currently practicable 

bycatch reduction measures that are in 

place in the fishery, through this final 

rule and through associated regulatory 

programs.

Comment 21: A commenter asserted 

that the proposed specifications fail to 

show that NMFS is proposing 

management measures sufficient to 

enforce the harvest levels mandated by 

the specifications.

Response: The preamble to the 

proposed rule for this action explains 

how and why the management measures 

were designed, and the EIS and other 

documents referred to in the proposed 

rule provide additional explanatory 

information.

Comment 22: The CDFG requested 

that NMFS align the limited entry fixed 

gear trip limit for shortspine 

thornyheads north and south of 40°10’

N. lat. so that they are both 2,000 lb 

(907.2 kg) per 2–month period.

Response: NMFS consulted with 

representatives of the States of Oregon 

and Washington on this request from 

the State of California, who did not 

oppose California’s proposal. 

Subsequent to that consultation, NMFS 

agrees with and is implementing this 

recommendation. This is a minor 

change to the regulation and will reduce 

confusion for fishermen and 

enforcement personnel. With this final 

rule, the shortspine thornyhead 2–

month cumulative limit for limited 

entry fixed gear participants operating 

north of 40°10′ N. lat. will be 2,000 lb 

(907.2 kg) instead of 2,100 lb, as 

proposed. This cumulative limit is 

currently in place for vessels operating 

in this fishery and area, and will be the 

same as the limit for this fishery 

operating south of 40°10′ N. lat.

Comment 23: The CDFG requested 

that NMFS specify that dip nets are a 

legal open access gear for groundfish. 

Dip nets are defined in Section 1.43 of 

Title 14 California Code of Regulations 

as, ‘‘Webbing supported by a frame, and 

hand held, not more than six feet in 

greatest dimension, excluding handle.≥

Response: NMFS is not implementing 

this recommendation. Although dip nets 

themselves may have minimal impact 

on the environment, the open access 

fishery is already overcapitalized and it 

would be inappropriate to add a new 

gear type to the fishery in this final rule. 

The groundfish regulations currently list 

the gears that are permitted in this 

fishery at § 660.310, and dip nets are not 

listed there. Proposals to add a new 

permitted gear to the groundfish fishery 

should be proposed by the Council 

under one of the management 

frameworks in the FMP.

Changes from the Proposed Rule

At its September 13–17 meeting in 

San Diego, CA, the Council reviewed its 

June recommendations for the 2005–

2006 fishery specifications and 

management measures. The Council 

provided NMFS with comments on its 

June recommendations, asking that 

NMFS make a few refinements to the 

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2005–2006 specifications and 

management measures that the agency 

had published as proposed in the 

Federal Register. On September 24, 

2004, Council staff transmitted the 

Council’s recommended refinements in 

a letter to NMFS. That letter did not 

detail the Council’s rationale for the 

recommended refinements, referring 

instead to public discussions held at the 

September 2004 Council meeting. Thus, 

the Council’s September 2004 

recommendations are discussed in this 

section on changes from the proposed 

rule, rather than above in responses to 

comments received during the comment 

period.

The Council recommended reducing 

limited entry fixed gear limits for 

longspine (from 19,000 lb (8618.4 kg)/

two months to 10,000 lb (4,536 kg)/2 

months) and shortspine thornyheads 

(from 4,200 lb (1905.12 kg)/two months 

to 2,000 lb (907.2 kg)/two months) south 

of 40°10′ N. lat. The trip limits the 

Council had recommended in June had 

been based on the limited entry trawl 

trip limits for these species, and the 

trawl limits had been based in part on 

the reduced number of trawl fishery 

participants following the trawl 

buyback. The Council and its advisory 

bodies felt that it was inappropriate to 

increase thornyhead landings limits for 

a sector of the fishery that had not 

participated in, and which would not be 

paying for, the trawl buyback program. 

The thornyhead limits the Council had 

recommended in June were higher than 

those in place for the limited entry fixed 

gear fishery in 2004. The Council was 

also concerned that these higher 

thornyhead limits would allow the 

fisheries to attain the thornyhead OYS 

early in the year, requiring early fishery 

closures. NMFS concurs with this 

recommendation and has made the 

recommended changes to the limited 

entry trip limits in Table 4 (South).

NMFS provided the Council with a 

revised projection in the level of 

expected 2006 research catch of 

sablefish in advance of the September 

2004 Council meeting. As a result of the 

projected increase in 2006 research 

catch of sablefish, the Council 

recommended slight decreases in the 

limited entry fixed gear tier sablefish 

limits for 2006. The tier limits the 

Council had recommended in June 

were: Tier 1 at 63,000 lb (28,576 kg), 

Tier 2 at 28,600 lb (12,973 kg), and Tier 

3 at 16,400 lb (7,394 kg). The Council 

has recommended revising those limits 

to: Tier 1 at 62,700 lb (28,440 kg), Tier 

2 at 28,500 lb (12,927 kg), and Tier 3 at 

16,300 lb (7,394 kg). Prior to publishing 

the proposed rule for this action, NMFS 

had mistakenly calculated the 2006 tier 

limits from the amount of sablefish 

available to the fisheries after the 

increase in research catch estimates had 

been accounted for. Thus, the proposed 

rule for this action proposed to 

implement the 2006 tier limits that the 

Council recommended at its September 

meeting. For this reason, no changes 

will be made to this action as a result 

of the Council’s confirmation of the 

needed increase in sablefish research set 

aside.

Although lingcod is considered to be 

a coastwide stock, the Council indicated 

that the OY should be set to avoid the 

disproportionate catch of lingcod 

coming from either the northern or 

southern areas of the coast. Therefore, 

the Council recommended establishing 

separate northern and southern lingcod 

OYS, with the north-south division 

occurring at 42° N. lat, the OregonCalifornia border.

For the states to better manage the 

catch of lingcod in their recreational 

fisheries to stay within their respective 

OYS, the Council also recommended 

setting recreational harvest guidelines 

for the same areas. With state specific 

harvest guidelines, each state can 

monitor its recreational catches and 

adjust state management measures to 

keep the harvests within the harvest 

guideline. For the recreational fisheries 

in the southern area, the harvest 

guideline will be 422 mt in both 2005 

and 2006. For the recreational fisheries 

in the northern area, the harvest 

guidelines announced in the proposed 

rule were 206 mt for 2005 and 239 mt 

for 2006. 

The northern recreational fishery for 

2005 and 2006 was calculated in June 

2004 using an increasing linear trend of 

lingcod catches since 2001. The 

increasing trend appears to be the result 

of increasing availability of lingcod to 

the recreational fishery due to 

successful rebuilding of the stock. 

Because angler effort, angler success, 

and average fish weight also show an 

increasing trend, it was necessary to 

recalculate the anticipated catches using 

actual inseason catch estimates from 

2004. The recalculation resulted in 

slightly higher recreational catch 

estimates for 2005 and 2006 for the 

northern area. At its September 2004 

meeting, the Council considered this 

new information and recommended that 

the lingcod harvest guideline for the 

northern recreational fishery be revised 

to accommodate the increased 

projections. For 2005, the northern area 

recreational harvest guideline for 

lingcod is being revised from 206 mt to 

234 mt, and for 2006 it is being revised 

from 239 mt to 271 mt. Because a large 

portion of the lingcod OY was not 

anticipated to be taken in either 2005 or 

2006, these will not result in the OY 

being exceeded. NMFS concurs with 

this recommendation and has made the 

recommended changes to Tables 1 and 

2 of 50 CFR part 660 subpart G.

At its September meeting, the Council 

also recommended moving the 2005–

2006 seaward boundary of the limited 

entry trawl RCA north of 38° N. lat. from 

a boundary line approximating the 150 

fm (274 m) depth contour to one 

approximating the 200 fm (366 m) depth 

contour, with petrale sole fishing areas 

open in January-February and 

November-December in order to protect 

darkblotched rockfish. Historically, the 

limited entry and open access exempted 

trawl RCAs have had the same 

boundaries unless otherwise specified. 

Darkblotched rockfish is also in need of 

protection from exempted trawl 

fisheries in this area and the Council 

did not specify a separate open access 

trawl RCA for this area. Therefore, 

NMFS is applying the Council’s 

boundary revision recommendation to 

both the limited entry and open access 

non-groundfish trawl fleets between 

40°10′ N. lat and 38° N. lat. [Note: The 

open access non-groundfish trawl fleet 

north of 40°10’ N. lat. is not subject to 

RCA restrictions.] Additionally, the 

Council recommended reducing their 

initially-recommended slope rockfish 

trip limit north of 38° N. lat. from 8,000 

lb (3,629 kg) to 4,000 lb (1,814 kg) per 

two months. These recommendations 

were based on higher-than-expected 

incidental catches of darkblotched 

rockfish in 2004 resulting from trawl 

vessels targeting slope rockfish offshore 

of the trawl RCA. The Council 

recommended the reduced trip limits 

and increased RCA size to allow slope 

rockfish retention at incidental levels in 

the DTS (Dover sole, thornyheads, 

sablefish) fishery without encouraging 

directed slope rockfish targeting. NMFS 

concurs with this recommendation and 

has made the appropriate changes to the 

trawl RCAs and trip limits in Table 3 

(North) and (South) and in the open 

access RCAs in Table 5 (South.)

Finally, the Council’s GMT had 

noticed a typo in the limited entry fixed 

gear and open access trip limit tables for 

deeper nearshore rockfish between 

40°10′’ N. lat. and 34°27′ N. lat. Table 

4 (South) and Table 5 (South) in the 

proposed rule had indicated a deeper 

nearshore rockfish trip limit of 400 lb 

(181 kg) per month in SeptemberOctober. Those tables should have 

indicated a deeper nearshore rockfish 

trip limit of 400 lb (181 kg) per two 

months in September-October. NMFS 

concurs with this recommended 

correction and has made the appropriate 

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changes to Tables 4 (South) and 5 

(South). [NOTE: After the Council 

recommended this change, CDFG 

realized that this trip limit was 

intentionally modeled as the original 

400 lb per month. Therefore, this trip 

limit may be changed back to 400 lb per 

month during an inseason action in 

2005.]

In addition to Council recommended 

changes, NMFS is also clarifying limited 

entry trawl gear requirements based on 

feedback received during a NMFS 

Enforcement training session held in 

Seattle on September 21, 2004. 

Language specifying skirt mesh size on 

midwater trawl gear is re-worded to 

relieve an unnecessary restriction. 

Previously, Federal regulations at 50 

CFR 660.310 had required that skirt 

mesh size be the same as and coincide 

knot-to-knot with the net to which it is 

attached. The intent of this regulation is 

to facilitate the escape of small fish from 

the net by ensuring that skirt mesh size 

is not smaller than the mesh size on the 

net to which it is attached. The 

regulation is not intended to prevent 

skirt mesh size from being larger than 

the mesh size on the net to which it is 

attached. Therefore, language specifying 

skirt mesh size is reworded to require 

that skirt mesh size must be equal to or 

larger than the mesh size on the net to 

which it is attached.

NMFS is clarifying language at 

§ 660.382(a) and § 660.383(a) on weekly 

trip limits for sablefish. This is not a 

change to the regulations, rather in these 

paragraphs, new examples are provided 

to clarify regulations prohibiting vessels 

from landing sablefish under both the 

weekly and daily trip limits within the 

same calendar week.

NMFS is clarifying language at 

§ 660.370(h)(7) regarding operating in 

both limited entry and open access 

fisheries to include closed areas as 

follows, ‘‘Open access trip limits and 

closed areas apply to any fishing 

conducted with open access gear,...’’

Since open access closed areas are not 

always the same as limited entry closed 

areas, the phrase ‘‘closed areas’’ was 

added to this paragraph to clarify that 

open access closed areas also apply to 

limited entry vessels when those vessels 

are fishing with open access gear.

There has been some confusion about 

whether gear other than the open access 

gear listed in the open access fishery 

section could be used to participate in 

the open access fishery. In order to 

eliminate this confusion, NMFS is 

clarifying language at Section 660.383(b) 

to state that gear used to fish in the open 

access fishery must be one of the gears 

listed in the open access fishery section 

at 660.383(b). This is not a substantive 

change in the regulations because other 

sections of the regulations (§§ 660.310 

and 660.306(a)(5) make it clear that only 

specifically authorized gear may be used 

in the groundfish fishery. This is merely 

a clarification of a section of the 

regulations.

As explained above in the responses 

to Comments 10 and 18 and in the 

preamble to the proposed rule for this 

action, NMFS is implementing 

overfished species bycatch limits as a 

routine management measure for the 

whiting fishery in 2005–2006. In the 

proposed rule for this action, NMFS had 

proposed codifying bycatch limits as a 

routine management measure for the 

whiting fishery, but had not included 

specific limits for any overfished 

species. During review of an internal 

draft of this final rule, Council staff 

pointed out to NMFS that the Council 

had, as part of its specifications and 

management measures package, 

recommended bycatch limits of 7.3 mt 

for canary rockfish in 2005 and 2006 

and 231.8 mt and 243.2 mt for widow 

rockfish in 2005 and 2006, respectively. 

These limits were discussed in the DEIS 

at Sections 2.2 and 4.3. Therefore, 

NMFS has revised this final rule to 

include a new sub-paragraph 

§ 660.373(b)(4) on bycatch limits in the 

Pacific whiting fishery that codifies the 

limits the Council recommended for 

canary and widow rockfish. None of 

these changes are substantive; rather, 

they clarify how a new regulatory 

program is to be used.

Finally, NMFS made corrections to 

Tables 1 and 2 of 50 CFR 660 Subpart 

G to correct typos from these tables as 

they had appeared in the proposed rule 

for this action. NMFS corrected the 2006 

cowcod OYS in Table 2a the OY value 

for the Monterey area was revised from 

2.4 mt to 2.1 mt, and the OY value for 

the Conception area was changed from 

2.4 mt to 2.1 mt. NMFS corrected the 

amount of lingcod estimated to be taken 

in non-groundfish fisheries in footnote 

b/ for Table 1a from 2.0 mt to 2.8 mt. 

NMFS corrected the estimated tribal 

catch value for yelloweye rockfish in 

footnote aa/ for Table 2a, changing it 

from 2.4 mt to 2.3 mt. Finally, NMFS 

also corrected some harvest rates 

referenced in footnotes, as described 

above in the response to Comment 15.

Changes to RCA boundary coordinates 

announced by NMFS in this final rule 

are in response to feedback NMFS 

received from the commercial trawl 

industry and CDFG. The commercial 

trawl industry contacted NMFS and 

CDFG to let the agencies know that the 

200 fm (366 m) RCA boundary, 

specifically designed to allow fishing in 

petrale sole areas, did not, in fact, allow 

fishing in petrale sole areas off northern 

California. CDFG reviewed the 200 fm 

(366 m) RCA boundary in question and 

concurred with industry that, unlike the 

250 fm (457 m) RCA boundary, 

modified to allow fishing in petrale sole 

areas, the 200 fm (366 m) RCA boundary 

it did not allow access to petrale sole 

areas. Therefore, CDFG recommended 

revising the 200 fm (366 m) RCA 

boundary, that is modified to allow 

fishing in petrale sole areas, to provide 

fishery access to two important petrale 

sole fishing areas off northern 

California. During CDFG’s review of 

petrale sole fishing areas, they also 

discovered that both RCA boundaries 

(the 200 fm (366 m) and the 250 fm (457 

m)) specifically designed to allow 

fishing in petrale sole areas did not 

adhere to their respective depth 

contours as closely as possible. To 

ensure that these RCA boundaries 

adhere to the proper depth contours, 

CDFG additionally recommended minor 

revisions to the 200 fm (366 m) RCA 

boundary, that is modified to allow 

fishing in petrale sole areas, and minor 

revisions to the 250 fm (457 m) RCA 

boundary, that is modified to allow 

fishing in petrale sole areas. Another 

RCA boundary revision suggested by 

CDFG involves the 100 fm (183 m) RCA 

boundary around the California’s 

Cordell Banks. The 100 fm (183 m) RCA 

boundary around Cordell Banks is 

designed to fully enclose the Banks, 

with a series of specific latitude and 

longitude coordinates, in order to 

prohibit fishing for groundfish in the 

Banks’s shallow waters. Because the 100 

fm (183 m) RCA boundaries coordinates 

published in the proposed rule (69 FR 

56550, September 21, 2004) did not 

fully enclose the Cordell Banks area, 

CDFG recommended revising the 

coordinates to ensure that they fully 

enclose Cordell Banks. NMFS concurs 

with these recommendations and 

revisions to the 200 fm (366 m) and the 

250 fm (457 m) RCA boundaries, 

modified to allow fishing in petrale sole 

areas, can be found in § 660.394 and 

revisions to the 100 (183 m) RCA 

boundary around Cordell Banks can be 

found in § 660.390.

Revisions to Paperwork Reduction Act 

References in 15 CFR 902.1(b)

Section 3507(c)(B)(i) of the PRA 

requires that agencies inventory and 

display a current control number 

assigned by the Director, Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB), for 

each agency information collection. 

Section 902.1(b) identifies the location 

of NOAA regulations for which OMB 

approval numbers have been issued. 

Because this rule will move gear 

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identification regulations from § 660.310 

to § 660.382, 15 CFR 902.1(b) is revised 

to reference correctly the new section 

resulting from this regulations 

reorganization.

Classification

These final specifications and 

management measures for 2005–2006 

are issued under the authority of, and 

are in accordance with, the MagnusonStevens Act, the FMP, and 50 CFR part 

660 subpart G (the regulations 

implementing the FMP).

The 2005–2006 specifications and 

management measures are intended to 

protect overfished and other depressed 

stocks while also allowing as much 

harvest of more abundant groundfish 

stocks as possible during the course of 

the year. If these measures are not 

effective on January 1, 2005, the 

management measures from January 1, 

2004 will remain in effect. Management 

measures from January 2004 were based 

on the best scientific information 

available at that time. Since then, stock 

assessments on lingcod and cabezon, 

plus new observer data and revisions to 

NMFS’s bycatch model have become 

available and have been used to develop 

the 2005–2006 management measures. 

The 2004 management measures are 

also not tailored to the 2005–2006 

harvest levels and, for some species, are 

not conservative enough to meet the 

Council’s rebuilding goals for 2005–

2006. Leaving the 2004 management 

measures in place could cause harm to 

some stocks. The commercial fishery is 

managed with two-month cumulative 

limits, so even a short delay in 

effectiveness could allow the fleets to 

harvest the entire two-month limit 

before the 2005 measures are effective. 

Delaying the effectiveness of this rule by 

30 days would also be confusing to the 

public, since it would result in a change 

in trip limits in the midst of the twomonth January-February cumulative trip 

limit period. The comment period on 

the proposed rule for this action ended 

on October 20, 2004; NMFS has been 

working expeditiously since then to 

review and respond to comments 

received, and to make the modifications 

discussed earlier in this notice to trip 

limits and area closures. Finally, delay 

in publishing these measures could also 

require unnecessarily restrictive 

measures, including possible fishery 

closures, later in the year to make up for 

the excessive harvest that would be 

caused by late implementation of these 

regulations. Thus, a delay in 

effectiveness could ultimately cause 

economic harm to the fishing industry 

and associated fishing communities. For 

these reasons, the AA finds good cause 

under 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3) to waive the 

requirement to delay the effective date 

of this rule for 30 days.

The Council prepared an FEIS for this 

action; a notice of availability was 

published on November 12, 2004 (69 FR 

65427). A copy of this FEIS is available 

from the Council (see ADDRESSES). On 

December 13, 2004, NMFS issued a ROD 

that documents the agency’s final 

decisions on NMFS’s approval of the 

Council’s preferred OY alternative for 

the 2005–2006 Pacific Coast groundfish 

specifications and management 

measures. On the whole, the 2005–2006 

specifications and management 

measures are structured to protect and 

rebuild overfished groundfish species 

and are expected to have short-term 

positive effects on the biological 

environment and negative effects on 

fishing communities and the socioeconomic environment. Over the longterm and beyond the two-year scope of 

these specifications and management 

measures, this action is expected to 

have positive effects on both the 

biological and socio-economic 

environment.

This final rule has been determined to 

be not significant for purposes of 

Executive Order 12866.

Pursuant to Executive Order 13175, 

this final rule was developed after 

meaningful consultation and 

collaboration with tribal officials from 

the area covered by the FMP. Under the 

Magnuson-Stevens Act at 16 U.S.C. 

1852(b)(5), one of the voting members of 

the Council must be a representative of 

an Indian tribe with federally 

recognized fishing rights from the area 

of the Council’s jurisdiction. In 

addition, regulations implementing the 

FMP establish a procedure by which the 

tribes with treaty fishing rights in the 

area covered by the FMP request new 

allocations or regulations specific to the 

tribes, in writing, before the first of the 

two meetings at which the Council 

considers groundfish management 

measures. The regulations at 50 CFR 

660.324(d) further state ‘‘the Secretary 

will develop tribal allocations and 

regulations under this paragraph in 

consultation with the affected tribe(s) 

and, insofar as possible, with tribal 

consensus.’’ The tribal management 

measures in this rule have been 

developed following these procedures. 

The tribal representative on the Council 

made a motion to adopt the tribal 

management measures, which was 

passed by the Council. Those 

management measures, which were 

developed and proposed by the tribes, 

are finalized via this rule.

NMFS prepared an FRFA that 

describes the impact of this action on 

small entities. The IRFA was 

summarized in the proposed rule 

published on September 21, 2004 (69 FR 

56550). The following is a summary of 

the FRFA. A SECG for this final rule is 

available from the Regional 

Administrator (see ADDRESSES) or online 

at www.nwr.noaa.gov/1press/

sfdpress.htm. The need for and 

objectives of this final rule are 

contained in the SUMMARY and in the 

Background section under 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. NMFS did 

not receive any comments on the IRFA 

or on the proposed rule regarding the 

economic effects of this final rule.

These final 2005–2006 specifications 

and management measures are intended 

to allow West Coast commercial and 

recreational fisheries participants to fish 

the harvestable surplus of more 

abundant stocks while also ensuring 

that those fisheries do not exceed the 

allowable catch levels intended to 

protect overfished and depleted stocks. 

The form of the specifications, in ABCs 

and OYS, follows the guidance of the 

Magnuson-Stevens Act, the national 

standard guidelines, and the FMP for 

protecting and conserving fish stocks. 

Fishery management measures include 

trip and bag limits, size limits, time/area 

closures, gear restrictions, and other 

measures intended to allow year-round 

West Coast groundfish landings without 

compromising overfished species 

rebuilding measures.

Approximately 1,700 vessels 

participated in the West Coast 

commercial groundfish fisheries in 

2001. Of those, about 420 vessels were 

registered to limited entry permits 

issued for either trawl, longline, or pot 

gear. Of the remaining approximately 

1,280 vessels, about 770 participated in 

the open access fisheries and derived 

more than 5 percent of their fisheries 

revenue from groundfish landings. All 

but 10–20 of the 1,700 vessels 

participating in the groundfish fisheries 

are considered small businesses by the 

Small Business Administration. In the 

2001 recreational fisheries, there were 

106 Washington charter vessels engaged 

in salt water fishing outside of Puget 

Sound, 232 charter vessels active on the 

Oregon coast, and 415 charter vessels 

active on the California coast. Although 

some charter businesses, particularly 

those in or near large California cities, 

may not be small businesses, all are 

assumed to be small businesses for 

purposes of this discussion.

The Magnuson-Stevens Act requires 

that actions taken to implement FMPs 

be consistent with the ten national 

standards, one of which requires that 

conservation and management measures 

shall, consistent with the conservation 

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requirements of the Act, ‘‘take into 

account the importance of fishery 

resources to fishing communities in 

order to (A) provide for the sustained 

participation of such communities and, 

(B) to the extent practicable, minimize 

adverse economic impacts on such 

communities.’’

Fishing communities that rely on the 

groundfish resource and people who 

participate in the groundfish fisheries 

have weathered many regulatory 

changes in recent years. NMFS and the 

Council introduced the first overfished 

species rebuilding measures in 2000, 

which severely curtailed the fisheries 

from previous fishing levels. Since then, 

NMFS has implemented numerous 

management measures and regulatory 

programs intended to rebuild overfished 

stocks and to better monitor the catch 

and bycatch of all groundfish species. 

These programs are expected to improve 

the status of West Coast groundfish 

overfished stocks over time and, by 

extension, the economic health of the 

fishing communities that depend on 

those stocks. Initially, however, the 

broad suite of new regulatory programs 

that NMFS has introduced since 2000 

have: reduced overall groundfish 

harvest levels, increased costs of 

participating in the fisheries, and 

caused confusion for fishery 

participants trying to track new 

regulatory regimes.

The Council considered five 

alternative specifications and 

management measures regimes for 2005 

and 2006: the no action alternative, 

which would have implemented the 

2004 regime for 2005 and 2006; the low 

OY alternative, which set a series of 

conservative groundfish harvest levels 

that were either intended to achieve 

high probabilities of rebuilding within 

TMAX for overfished species or modest 

harvest levels for more abundant stocks; 

the high OY alternative, which set 

harvest levels that were either intended 

to achieve lower probabilities of 

rebuilding within TMAX for overfished 

species or higher harvest levels for more 

abundant stocks; the medium OY 

alternative, which set harvest levels 

intermediate to those of the low and 

high alternatives, and; the Council OY 

alternative (preferred alternative,) which 

was the same as the medium OY 

alternative, but with more precautionary 

OY levels for lingcod, Pacific cod, 

cowcod, canary and yelloweye rockfish. 

Each of these alternatives included both 

harvest levels (specifications) and 

management measures needed to 

achieve those harvest levels, with the 

most restrictive management measures 

corresponding to the lowest OYS. The 

most notable difference between the 

Council’s preferred alternative and the 

other alternatives is that alternative’s 

requirement that trawl vessels operating 

north of 40°10′ N. lat. use selective 

flatfish trawl gear. Because selective 

flatfish trawl gear has lower rockfish 

bycatch rates than conventional trawl 

gear, the targeted flatfish amounts 

available to the trawl fisheries are 

higher under the Council’s preferred 

alternative than under the other 

alternatives.

Each of the alternatives analyzed by 

the Council was expected to have 

different overall effects on the economy. 

Among other factors, the EIS for this 

action reviewed alternatives for 

expected changes in revenue and 

income from 2003 levels. The low OY 

alternative was expected to decrease 

annual commercial income from the no 

action alternative by $1.99 million in 

2005 and 2006, decrease commercial 

fishery-related annual employment from 

the no action alternative by 0.3 percent 

in 2005 and 2006, and result in no 

changes in recreational fishery income 

from the no action alternative. The high 

OY alternative was expected to increase 

annual commercial income from the no 

action alternative by $2.54 million in 

2005 and 2006, increase commercial 

fishery-related annual employment from 

the no action alternative by 0.4 percent 

in 2005 and 2006, and result in no 

changes in recreational fishery income 

from the no action alternative. The 

medium OY alternative was expected to 

increase annual commercial income 

from the no action alternative by $1.51 

million in 2005 and 2006, increase 

commercial fishery-related annual 

employment from the no action 

alternative by 0.3 percent in 2005 and 

2006, and result in no changes in 

recreational fishery income from the no 

action alternative. The Council’s OY 

alternative was expected to increase 

annual commercial income from the no 

action alternative by $3.02 million in 

2005 and 2006, increase commercial 

fishery-related annual employment from 

the no action alternative by 0.5 percent 

in 2005 and 2006, and result in no 

changes in recreational fishery income 

from the no action alternative. The 

Council’s preferred alternative would 

have had commercial fisheries effects 

that were similar to or less beneficial 

than the medium OY alternative had the 

Council preferred alternative not 

included the requirement that trawl 

vessels north of 40°10’ N. lat. fish with 

selective flatfish trawl gear in nearshore 

waters. The Council’s preferred 

alternative is intended to meet the 

conservation requirements of the 

Magnuson-Stevens Act while reducing 

to the extent practicable the adverse 

economic impacts of these conservation 

measures on the fishing industries and 

associated communities.

The following collection-ofinformation requirement has already 

been approved by OMB for U.S. fishing 

activities:

a. Approved under 0648–0305 Gear 

identification requirements, estimated at 

15 minutes per response (§ 660.382).

List of Subjects in 50 CFR Part 660

Administrative practice and 

procedure, American Samoa, Fisheries, 

Fishing, Guam, Hawaiian Natives, 

Indians, Northern Mariana Islands, 

Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements.

Dated: December 13, 2004.

Rebecca Lent,

Deputy Assistant Administrator for 

Regulatory Programs, National Marine 

Fisheries Service.

■ For the reasons set out in the preamble, 

50 CFR part 660 is amended as follows:

PART 660—FISHERIES OFF WEST 

COAST STATES AND IN THE 

WESTERN PACIFIC

■ 1. The authority citation for part 660 

continues to read as follows:

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

■ 2. In § 660.302, the definition for ‘‘

Trawl fishing line,’’ is removed, the 

definitions for ‘‘Fishing gear,’’

‘‘Groundfish,’’ ‘‘land or landings,’’

‘‘North-South management area,’’ and 

‘‘Trip limits,’’ at paragraph (3) are 

revised and the definition for ‘‘fishery,’’

is added to read as follows:

§ 660.302 Definitions.

* * * * *

Fishery (See § 600.10).

* * * * *

Fishing gear includes the following 

types of gear and equipment used in the 

groundfish fishery:

(1) Bobbin trawl. The same as a roller 

trawl, a type of bottom trawl.

(2) Bottom trawl. A trawl in which the 

otter boards or the footrope of the net 

are in contact with the seabed. It 

includes roller (or bobbin) trawls, 

Danish and Scottish seine gear, and pair 

trawls fished on the bottom. Any trawl 

not meeting the requirements for a 

midwater trawl in § 660.322 is a bottom 

trawl.

(3) Breastline. A rope or cable that 

connects the end of the headrope and 

the end of the trawl fishing line along 

the edge of the trawl web closest to the 

towing point.

(4) Chafing gear. Webbing or other 

material attached to the codend of a 

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trawl net to protect the codend from 

wear.

(5) Codend. (See § 600.10).

(6) Commercial vertical hook-andline. Commercial fishing with hook-andline gear that involves a single line 

anchored at the bottom and buoyed at 

the surface so as to fish vertically.

(7) Double-bar mesh. Two lengths of 

twine tied into a single knot.

(8) Double-walled codend. A codend 

constructed of two walls of webbing.

(9) Fixed gear (anchored nontrawl 

gear). Longline, trap or pot, set net, and 

stationary hook-and-line (including 

commercial vertical hook-and-line) 

gears.

(10) Gillnet. (See § 600.10).

(11) Headrope. A rope or wire 

attached to the trawl webbing forming 

the leading edge of the top panel of the 

trawl net.

(12) Hook-and-line. One or more 

hooks attached to one or more lines. It 

may be stationary (commercial vertical 

hook-and-line) or mobile (troll).

(13) Longline. A stationary, buoyed, 

and anchored groundline with hooks 

attached, so as to fish along the seabed. 

It does not include commercial vertical 

hook-and-line or troll gear.

(14) Mesh size. The opening between 

opposing knots. Minimum mesh size 

means the smallest distance allowed 

between the inside of one knot to the 

inside of the opposing knot, regardless 

of twine size.

(15) Midwater (pelagic or off-bottom) 

trawl. A trawl in which the otter boards 

may be in contact with the seabed but 

the footrope of the net remains above 

the seabed. It includes pair trawls if 

fished in midwater. A midwater trawl 

has no rollers or bobbins on the net.

(16) Non-groundfish trawl gear. Any 

trawl gear other than bottom or 

midwater trawl gear authorized for use 

in the limited entry groundfish trawl 

fishery. Non-groundfish trawl gear 

generally includes trawl gear used to 

target pink shrimp, ridgeback prawns, 

California halibut and sea cucumber.

(17) Nontrawl gear. All legal 

commercial groundfish gear other than 

trawl gear.

(18) Pot. A trap.

(19) Roller trawl (bobbin trawl). A 

trawl with footropes equipped with 

rollers or bobbins made of wood, steel, 

rubber, plastic, or other hard material 

that keep the footrope above the seabed, 

thereby protecting the net. A roller trawl 

is a type of bottom trawl.

(20) Set net. A stationary, buoyed, and 

anchored gillnet or trammel net.

(21) Single-walled codend. A codend 

constructed of a single wall of webbing 

knitted with single or double-bar mesh.

(22) Spear. A sharp, pointed, or 

barbed instrument on a shaft.

(23) Trammel net. A gillnet made 

with two or more walls joined to a 

common float line.

(24) Trap (or pot). A portable, 

enclosed device with one or more gates 

or entrances and one or more lines 

attached to surface floats.

(25) Trawl fishing line. A length of 

chain or wire rope in the bottom front 

end of a trawl net to which the webbing 

or lead ropes are attached.

(26) Trawl riblines. Heavy rope or line 

that runs down the sides, top, or 

underside of a trawl net from the mouth 

of the net to the terminal end of the 

codend to strengthen the net during 

fishing.

* * * * *

Groundfish means species managed 

by the PCGFMP, specifically:

(1) Sharks: leopard shark, Triakis 

semifasciata; soupfin shark, 

Galeorhinus zyopterus; spiny dogfish, 

Squalus acanthias.

(2) Skates: big skate, Raja binoculata; 

California skate, R. inornata; longnose 

skate, R. rhina.

(3) Ratfish: ratfish, Hydrolagus colliei.

(4) Morids: finescale codling, 

Antimora microlepis.

(5) Grenadiers: Pacific rattail, 

Coryphaenoides acrolepis.

(6) Roundfish: cabezon, 

Scorpaenichthys marmoratus; kelp 

greenling, Hexagrammos decagrammus; 

lingcod, Ophiodon elongatus; Pacific 

cod, Gadus macrocephalus; Pacific 

whiting, Merluccius productus; 

sablefish, Anoplopoma fimbria.

(7) Rockfish: In addition to the species 

below, longspine thornyhead, S. 

altivelis, and shortspine thornyhead, S. 

alascanus, ‘‘rockfish’’ managed under 

the PCGFMP include all genera and 

species of the family Scorpaenidae that 

occur off Washington, Oregon, and 

California, even if not listed below. The 

Scorpaenidae genera are Sebastes, 

Scorpaena, Scorpaenodes, and 

Sebastolobus. Where species below are 

listed both in a major category 

(nearshore, shelf, slope) and as an areaspecific listing (north or south of 40°10′

N. lat.) those species are considered 

‘‘minor’’ in the geographic area listed.

(i) Nearshore rockfish includes black 

rockfish, Sebastes melanops and the 

following minor nearshore rockfish 

species:

(A) North of 40°10′ N. lat.:black and 

yellow rockfish, S. chrysomelas; blue 

rockfish, S. mystinus; brown rockfish, S. 

auriculatus; calico rockfish, S. dalli; 

China rockfish, S. nebulosus; copper 

rockfish, S. caurinus; gopher rockfish, S. 

carnatus; grass rockfish, S. rastrelliger; 

kelp rockfish, S. atrovirens; olive 

rockfish, S. serranoides; quillback 

rockfish, S. maliger; treefish, S. 

serriceps.

(B) South of 40°10′ N. lat., nearshore 

rockfish are divided into three 

management categories:

(1) Shallow nearshore rockfish 

consists of black and yellow rockfish, S. 

chrysomelas; China rockfish, S. 

nebulosus; gopher rockfish, S. carnatus; 

grass rockfish, S. rastrelliger; kelp 

rockfish, S. atrovirens.

(2) Deeper nearshore rockfish consists 

of black rockfish, S. melanops, blue 

rockfish, S. mystinus; brown rockfish, S. 

auriculatus; calico rockfish, S. dalli; 

copper rockfish, S. caurinus; olive 

rockfish, S. serranoides; quillback 

rockfish, S. maliger; treefish, S. 

serriceps.

(3) California scorpionfish, Scorpaena 

guttata.

(ii) Shelf rockfish includes bocaccio, 

Sebastes paucispinis; canary rockfish, S. 

pinniger; chilipepper, S. goodei; 

cowcod, S. levis; shortbelly rockfish, S. 

jordani; widow rockfish, S. entomelas; 

yelloweye rockfish, S. ruberrimus; 

yellowtail rockfish, S. flavidus and the 

following minor shelf rockfish species:

(A) North of 40°10′ N. lat.: 

bronzespotted rockfish, S. gilli; 

bocaccio, Sebastes paucispinis; 

chameleon rockfish, S. phillipsi; 

chilipepper, S. goodei; cowcod, S. levis; 

dusky rockfish, S. ciliatus; dwarf-red, S. 

rufianus; flag rockfish, S. rubrivinctus; 

freckled, S. lentiginosus; greenblotched 

rockfish, S. rosenblatti; greenspotted 

rockfish, S. chlorostictus; greenstriped 

rockfish, S. elongatus; halfbanded 

rockfish, S. semicinctus; harlequin 

rockfish, S. variegatus; honeycomb 

rockfish, S. umbrosus; Mexican 

rockfish, S. macdonaldi; pink rockfish, 

S. eos; pinkrose rockfish, S. simulator; 

pygmy rockfish, S. wilsoni; redstripe 

rockfish, S. proriger; rosethorn rockfish, 

S. helvomaculatus; rosy rockfish, S. 

rosaceus; silvergray rockfish, S. 

brevispinis; speckled rockfish, S. ovalis; 

squarespot rockfish, S. hopkinsi; starry 

rockfish, S. constellatus; stripetail 

rockfish, S. saxicola; swordspine 

rockfish, S. ensifer; tiger rockfish, S. 

nigrocinctus; vermilion rockfish, S. 

miniatus.

(B) South of 40°10′ N. lat.: 

bronzespotted rockfish, S. gilli; 

chameleon rockfish, S. phillipsi; dusky 

rockfish, S. ciliatus; dwarf-red rockfish, 

S. rufianus; flag rockfish, S. 

rubrivinctus; freckled, S. lentiginosus; 

greenblotched rockfish, S. rosenblatti; 

greenspotted rockfish, S. chlorostictus; 

greenstriped rockfish, S. elongatus; 

halfbanded rockfish, S. semicinctus; 

harlequin rockfish, S. variegatus; 

honeycomb rockfish, S. umbrosus; 

Mexican rockfish, S. macdonaldi; pink 

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rockfish, S. eos; pinkrose rockfish, S. 

simulator; pygmy rockfish, S. wilsoni; 

redstripe rockfish, S. proriger; rosethorn 

rockfish, S. helvomaculatus; rosy 

rockfish, S. rosaceus; silvergray 

rockfish, S. brevispinis; speckled 

rockfish, S. ovalis; squarespot rockfish, 

S. hopkinsi; starry rockfish, S. 

constellatus; stripetail rockfish, S. 

saxicola; swordspine rockfish, S. 

ensifer; tiger rockfish, S. nigrocinctus; 

vermilion rockfish, S. miniatus; 

yellowtail rockfish, S. flavidus.

(iii) Slope rockfish includes 

darkblotched rockfish, S. crameri; 

Pacific ocean perch, S. alutus; splitnose 

rockfish, S. diploproa and the following 

minor slope rockfish species:

(A) North of 40°10’ N. lat.: aurora 

rockfish, Sebastes aurora; bank rockfish, 

S. rufus; blackgill rockfish, S. 

melanostomus; redbanded rockfish, S. 

babcocki; rougheye rockfish, S. 

aleutianus; sharpchin rockfish, S. 

zacentrus; shortraker rockfish, S. 

borealis; splitnose rockfish, S. 

diploproa; yellowmouth rockfish, S. 

reedi.

(B) South of 40°10′ N. lat.: aurora 

rockfish, Sebastes aurora; bank rockfish, 

S. rufus; blackgill rockfish, S. 

melanostomus; Pacific ocean perch, S. 

alutus; redbanded rockfish, S. babcocki; 

rougheye rockfish, S. aleutianus; 

sharpchin rockfish, S. zacentrus; 

shortraker rockfish, S. borealis; 

yellowmouth rockfish, S. reedi.

(8) Flatfish: arrowtooth flounder 

(arrowtooth turbot), Atheresthes 

stomias; butter sole, Isopsetta isolepis; 

curlfin sole, Pleuronichthys decurrens; 

Dover sole, Microstomus pacificus; 

English sole, Parophrys vetulus; flathead 

sole, Hippoglossoides elassodon; Pacific 

sanddab, Citharichthys sordidus; petrale 

sole, Eopsetta jordani; rex sole, 

Glyptocephalus zachirus; rock sole, 

Lepidopsetta bilineata; sand sole, 

Psettichthys melanostictus; starry 

flounder, Platichthys stellatus. Where 

Tables 3–5 of this subpart refer to 

landings limits for ‘‘other flatfish,’’

those limits apply to all flatfish 

cumulatively taken except for those 

flatfish species specifically listed in 

Tables 1–2 of this subpart. (i.e., ‘‘other 

flatfish’’ includes butter sole, curlfin 

sole, flathead sole, Pacific sanddab, rex 

sole, rock sole, sand sole, and starry 

flounder.)

(9) ‘‘Other fish’’: Where Tables 3–5 of 

this subpart refer to landings limits for 

‘‘other fish,’’ those limits apply to all 

groundfish listed here in paragraphs (1)-

(8) except for those groundfish species 

specifically listed in Tables 1–2 of this 

subpart with an ABC for that area 

(generally north and/or south of 40°10’

N. lat.). (i.e., ‘‘other fish’’ may include 

all sharks, skates, ratfish, morids, 

grenadiers, and kelp greenling listed in 

this section, as well as cabezon in the 

north and Pacific cod in the south.)

* * * * *

Land or landing means to begin 

transfer of fish, offloading fish, or to 

offload fish from any vessel. Once 

transfer of fish begins, all fish aboard 

the vessel are counted as part of the 

landing.

* * * * *

North-South management area means 

the management areas defined in 

paragraphs (1)(i) through (v) of this 

definition (Vancouver, Columbia, 

Eureka, Monterey Conception) or 

defined and bounded by one or more of 

the commonly used geographic 

coordinates set out in paragraphs (2)(i) 

through (xi) of this definition for the 

purposes of implementing different 

management measures in separate 

sections of the U.S. West Coast.

(1) Management areas—(i) Vancouver.

(A) The northeastern boundary is that 

part of a line connecting the light on 

Tatoosh Island, WA, with the light on 

Bonilla Point on Vancouver Island, 

British Columbia (at 48°35.73′ N. lat., 

124°43.00′ W. long.) south of the 

International Boundary between the 

U.S. and Canada (at 48°29.62′ N. lat., 

124°43.55′ W. long.), and north of the 

point where that line intersects with the 

boundary of the U.S. territorial sea.

(B) The northern and northwestern 

boundary is a line connecting the 

following coordinates in the order 

listed, which is the provisional 

international boundary of the EEZ as 

shown on NOAA/NOS Charts #18480 

and #18007:

Point N. Lat. W. Long. 

1 ........................ 48°29.62′ 124°43.55′

2 ........................ 48°30.18′ 124°47.22′

3 ........................ 48°30.37′ 124°50.35′

4 ........................ 48°30.23′ 124°54.87′

5 ........................ 48°29.95′ 124°59.23′

6 ........................ 48°29.73′ 125°00.10′

7 ........................ 48°28.15′ 125°05.78′

8 ........................ 48°27.17′ 125°08.42′

9 ........................ 48°26.78′ 125°09.20′

10 ...................... 48°20.27′ 125°22.80′

11 ...................... 48°18.37′ 125°29.97′

12 ...................... 48°11.08′ 125°53.80′

13 ...................... 47°49.25′ 126°40.95′

14 ...................... 47°36.78′ 127°11.97′

15 ...................... 47°22.00′ 127°41.38′

16 ...................... 46°42.08′ 128°51.93′

17 ...................... 46°31.78′ 129°07.65′

........................... .................... ....................

(C) The southern limit is 47°30′ N. lat.

(i) Columbia. (A) The northern limit is 

47°30′ N. lat.

(B) The southern limit is 43°00′ N. lat.

(ii) Eureka. (A) The northern limit is 

43°00′ N. lat.

(B) The southern limit is 40°30′ N. lat.

(iii) Monterey. (A) The northern limit 

is 40°30′ N. lat.

(B) The southern limit is 36°00′ N. lat.

(iv) Conception. (A) The northern 

limit is 36°00′ N. lat.

(B) The southern limit is the U.S.-

Mexico International Boundary, which 

is a line connecting the following 

coordinates in the order listed:

Point N. Lat. W. Long. 

1 ........................ 32°35.37′ 117°27.82′

2 ........................ 32°37.62′ 117°49.52′

3 ........................ 31°07.97′ 118°36.30′

4 ........................ 30°32.52′ 121°51.97′

........................... .................... ....................

(2) Commonly used geographic 

coordinates. (i) Cape Alava, WA—

48°10.00′ N. lat.

(ii) Queets River, WA—47°31.70′ N. 

lat.

(iii) Leadbetter Point, WA—46°38.17′

N. lat.

(iv) Washington/Oregon border—

46°16.00′ N. lat.

(v) Cape Falcon, OR—45°46.00′ N. lat.

(vi) Cape Lookout, OR—45°20.25′ N. 

lat.

(vii) Cascade Head, OR—45°03.83′ N. 

lat.

(viii) Heceta Head, OR—44°08.30′ N. 

lat.

(ix) Cape Argo, OR—43°20.83′ N. lat.

(x) Cape Blanco, OR—42°50.00′ N. lat.

(xi) Humbug Mountain—42°40.50′ N. 

lat.

(xii) Marck Arch, OR—42°13.67′ N. 

lat.

(xiii) Oregon/California border—

42°00.00’ N. lat.

(xiv) Cape Mendocino, CA—40°30.00′

N. lat.

(xv) North/South management line—

40°10.00′ N. lat.

(xvi) Point Arena, CA—38°57.50′ N. 

lat.

(xvii) Point San Pedro, CA—37°35.67′

N. lat.

(xviii) Pigeon Point, CA—37°11.00′ N. 

lat.

(xix) Ano Nuevo, CA—37°07.00′ N. 

lat.

(xx) Point Lopez, CA—36°00.00′ N. 

lat.

(xxi) Point Conception, CA—34°27.00′

N. lat. [Note: Regulations that apply to 

waters north of 34°27.00′ N. lat. are 

applicable only west of 120°28.00′ W. 

long.; regulations that apply to waters 

south of 34°27.00′ N. lat. also apply to 

all waters both east of 120°28.00′ W. 

long. and north of 34°27.00′ N. lat.]

* * * * *

Trip limits. * * *

* * * * *

(3) A weekly trip limit is the 

maximum amount of a groundfish 

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species or species group that may be 

taken and retained, possessed, or landed 

per vessel in 7 consecutive days, 

starting at 0001 hours l.t. on Sunday and 

ending at 2400 hours l.t. on Saturday. 

Weekly trip limits may not be 

accumulated during multiple week 

trips. If a calendar week falls within two 

different months or two different 

cumulative limit periods, a vessel is not 

entitled to two separate weekly limits 

during that week.

* * * * *

■ 3. In § 660.306, paragraphs (a)(6) and 

(a)(7) are revised and (a)(12) is added to 

read as follows:

§ 660.306 Prohibitions.

* * * * *

(a) * * *

(6) Take and retain, possess, or land 

more groundfish than specified under 

§§ 660.370 through 660.373 or 

§§ 660.381 through 660.385, or under an 

EFP issued under § 660.350 or part 600 

of this chapter.

(7) Fail to sort, prior to the first 

weighing after offloading, those 

groundfish species or species groups for 

which there is a trip limit, size limit, 

quota, harvest guideline, or OY, if the 

vessel fished or landed in an area during 

a time when such trip limit, size limit, 

quota, harvest guideline, or OY applied.

* * * * *

(12) Transfer fish to another vessel at 

sea unless a vessel is participating in the 

primary whiting fishery as part of the 

mothership or catcher-processor sectors, 

as described at § 660.373(a).

* * * * *

§ 660.310 [Removed]

■ 4. Remove § 660.310.

■ 5. Section 660.321 is added to read as 

follows:

§ 660.321 Black rockfish harvest guideline. 

From the commercial harvest of black 

rockfish off Washington State, a treaty 

Indian tribes’ harvest guideline is set of 

20,000 lb (9,072 kg) for the area north 

of Cape Alava, WA (48°09.50’ N. lat) 

and 10,000 lb (4,536 kg) for the area 

between Destruction Island, WA (47°40’

N. lat.) and Leadbetter Point, WA 

(46°38.17’ N. lat.). This harvest 

guideline applies and is available to the 

treaty Indian tribes identified in 

§ 660.324(b).

■ 6. Section § 660.322 is added to read as 

follows:

§ 660.322 Sablefish allocations. 

(a) Tribal-nontribal allocation. The 

sablefish allocation to Pacific coast 

treaty Indian tribes identified at 

§ 660.324(b) is 10 percent of the 

sablefish total catch OY for the area 

north of 36° N. lat. This allocation 

represents the total amount available to 

the treaty Indian fisheries before 

deductions for discard mortality. The 

annual tribal sablefish allocations are 

provided in § 660.385(a).

(b) Between the limited entry and 

open access sectors. Sablefish is 

allocated between the limited entry and 

open access fisheries according to the 

procedure described in § 660.320(a).

(c) Between the limited entry trawl 

and limited entry nontrawl sectors. The 

limited entry sablefish allocation is 

further allocated 58 percent to the trawl 

sector and 42 percent to the nontrawl 

(longline and pot/trap) sector.

(d) Between the limited entry fixed 

gear primary season and daily trip limit 

fisheries. Within the limited entry 

nontrawl sector allocation, 85 percent is 

reserved for the primary season 

described in § 660.372(b), leaving 15 

percent for the limited entry daily trip 

limit fishery described in § 660.372(c).

(e) Ratios between tiers for sablefish 

endorsed limited entry permit holders.

The Regional Administrator will 

biennially or annually calculate the size 

of the cumulative trip limit for each of 

the three tiers associated with the 

sablefish endorsement such that the 

ratio of limits between the tiers is 

approximately 1:1.75:3.85 for Tier 3:Tier 

2:Tier 1, respectively. The size of the 

cumulative trip limits will vary 

depending on the amount of sablefish 

available for the primary fishery and on 

estimated discard mortality rates within 

the fishery. The size of the cumulative 

trip limits for the three tiers in the 

primary fishery will be announced in 

§ 660.372.

■ 7. In § 660.323, paragraph (a) is revised 

to read as follows:

§ 660.323 Pacific whiting allocations, 

allocation attainment, and inseason 

allocation reapportionment.

(a) Allocations. (1) Annual treaty 

tribal whiting allocations are provided 

in § 660.385(e).

(2) The non-tribal commercial harvest 

guideline for whiting is allocated among 

three sectors, as follows: 34 percent for 

the catcher/processor sector; 24 percent 

for the mothership sector; and 42 

percent for the shoreside sector. No 

more than 5 percent of the shoreside 

allocation may be taken and retained 

south of 42° N. lat. before the start of the 

primary whiting season north of 42° N. 

lat. These allocations are harvest 

guidelines unless otherwise announced 

in the Federal Register. The non-tribal 

Pacific whiting allocations in 2005 are 

as follows:

(i) Catcher/processor sector–TBA(24 

percent);

(ii) Mothership sector–TBA (34 

percent);

(iii) Shore-based sector–TBA (42 

percent). No more than 5 percent (TBA) 

of the shore-based whiting allocation 

may be taken before the shore-based 

fishery begins north of 42° N. lat. on 

June 15, 2005.

* * * * *

■ 8. In § 660.365, paragraph (c) is revised 

to read as follows:

§ 660.365 Overfished species rebuilding 

plans.

* * * * *

(c) Lingcod. The target date for 

rebuilding the lingcod stock to BMSY is 

2009. The harvest control rule to be 

used to rebuild the lingcod stock is an 

annual harvest rate of F=0.17 in the 

north and F=0.15 in the south.

* * * * *

■ 9. In § 660.370, paragraphs (a), (c) 

introductory text, (c)(1), (d) and (f) are 

revised and (g) and (h) are added to read 

as follows:

§ 660.370 Specifications and management 

measures.

(a) General. NMFS will establish and 

adjust specifications and management 

measures biennially or annually and 

during the fishing year. Management of 

the Pacific Coast groundfish fishery will 

be conducted consistent with the 

standards and procedures in the 

PCGFMP and other applicable law. The 

PCGFMP is available from the Regional 

Administrator or the Council. 

Regulations under this subpart may be 

promulgated, removed, or revised 

during the fishing year. Any such action 

will be made according to the 

framework standards and procedures in 

the PCGFMP and other applicable law, 

and will be published in the Federal 

Register.

* * * * *

(c) Routine management measures. In 

addition to the catch restrictions in 

§§ 660.371 through 660.373, other catch 

restrictions that are likely to be adjusted 

on a biennial or more frequent basis 

may be imposed and announced by a 

single notification in the Federal 

Register if good cause exists under the 

APA to waive notice and comment, and 

if they have been designated as routine 

through the two-meeting process 

described in the PCGFMP. Routine 

management measures that may be 

revised during the fishing year via this 

process are implemented in paragraph 

(h) of this section and in §§ 660.371 

through 660.373, §§ 660.381 through 

660.385 and Tables 3–5 of this subpart. 

Most trip, bag, and size limits, and area 

closures in the groundfish fishery have 

been designated ‘‘routine,’’ which 

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means they may be changed rapidly 

after a single Council meeting. Council 

meetings are held in the months of 

March, April, June, September, and 

November. Inseason changes to routine 

management measures are announced in 

the Federal Register pursuant to the 

requirements of the Administrative 

Procedure Act (APA). Changes to trip 

limits are effective at the times stated in 

the Federal Register. Once a change is 

effective, it is illegal to take and retain, 

possess, or land more fish than allowed 

under the new trip limit. This means 

that, unless otherwise announced in the 

Federal Register, offloading must begin 

before the time a fishery closes or a 

more restrictive trip limit takes effect. 

The following catch restrictions have 

been designated as routine:

(1) Commercial limited entry and 

open access fisheries—(i) Trip landing 

and frequency limits, size limits, all 

gear. Trip landing and frequency limits 

have been designated as routine for the 

following species or species groups: 

widow rockfish, canary rockfish, 

yellowtail rockfish, Pacific ocean perch, 

yelloweye rockfish, black rockfish, blue 

rockfish, splitnose rockfish, chilipepper 

rockfish, bocaccio, cowcod, minor 

nearshore rockfish or shallow and 

deeper minor nearshore rockfish, shelf 

or minor shelf rockfish, and minor slope 

rockfish; DTS complex which is 

composed of Dover sole, sablefish, 

shortspine thornyheads, and longspine 

thornyheads; petrale sole, rex sole, 

arrowtooth flounder, Pacific sanddabs, 

and the flatfish complex, which is 

composed of those species plus any 

other flatfish species listed at § 660.302; 

Pacific whiting; lingcod; and ‘‘other 

fish’’ as a complex consisting of all 

groundfish species listed at § 660.302 

and not otherwise listed as a distinct 

species or species group. Size limits 

have been designated as routine for 

sablefish and lingcod. Trip landing and 

frequency limits and size limits for 

species with those limits designated as 

routine may be imposed or adjusted on 

a biennial or more frequent basis for the 

purpose of keeping landings within the 

harvest levels announced by NMFS, and 

for the other purposes given in 

paragraphs (c)(1)(i)(A) and (B) of this 

section.

(A) Trip landing and frequency limits.

To extend the fishing season; to 

minimize disruption of traditional 

fishing and marketing patterns; to 

reduce discards; to discourage target 

fishing while allowing small incidental 

catches to be landed; to protect 

overfished species; to allow small 

fisheries to operate outside the normal 

season; and, for the open access fishery 

only, to maintain landings at the 

historical proportions during the 1984-

88 window period.

(B) Size limits. To protect juvenile 

fish; to extend the fishing season.

(ii) Differential trip landing limits and 

frequency limits based on gear type, 

closed seasons. Trip landing and 

frequency limits that differ by gear type 

and closed seasons may be imposed or 

adjusted on a biennial or more frequent 

basis for the purpose of rebuilding and 

protecting overfished or depleted stocks. 

To achieve the rebuilding of an 

overfished or depleted stock, the Pacific 

whiting primary seasons described at 

§ 660.373(b), may be closed for any or 

all of the fishery sectors identified at 

§ 660.373(a) before the sector allocation 

is reached if any of the bycatch limits 

identified at § 660.373(b)(4) are reached.

* * * * *

(d) Automatic actions. Automatic 

management actions may be initiated by 

the NMFS Regional Administrator 

without prior public notice, opportunity 

to comment, or a Council meeting. 

These actions are nondiscretionary, and 

the impacts must have been taken into 

account prior to the action. Unless 

otherwise stated, a single notice will be 

published in the Federal Register

making the action effective if good cause 

exists under the APA to waive notice 

and comment. Automatic actions are 

used in the Pacific whiting fishery to 

close the fishery or reinstate trip limits 

when a whiting harvest guideline, 

commercial harvest guideline, or a 

sector’s allocation is reached, or is 

projected to be reached; or to 

reapportion unused allocation to other 

sectors of the fishery.

* * * * *

(f) Exempted fisheries. U.S. vessels 

operating under an exempted fishing 

permit (EFP) issued under 50 CFR part 

600 are also subject to restrictions in 

§§ 660.301 through 660.394, unless 

otherwise provided in the permit. EFPs 

may include the collecting of scientific 

samples of groundfish species that 

would otherwise be prohibited for 

retention.

(g) Applicability. Groundfish species 

harvested in the territorial sea (0–3 nm) 

will be counted toward the catch 

limitations in §§ 660.370 through 

660.385 and in Tables 1–5 of this 

subpart.

(h) Fishery restrictions.—(1) 

Commercial trip limits and recreational 

bag and boat limits. Commercial trip 

limits and recreational bag and boat 

limits defined in § 660.302 and set in 

§§ 660.371 through 660.373, §§ 660.381 

through 660.385 and Tables 3–5 of this 

subpart must not be exceeded.

(2) Landing. As stated at 50 CFR 

660.302 (in the definition of ‘‘Landing’’), 

once the offloading of any species 

begins, all fish aboard the vessel are 

counted as part of the landing and must 

be reported as such. Transfer of fish at 

sea is prohibited under § 660.306(a)(12) 

unless a vessel is participating in the 

primary whiting fishery as part of the 

mothership or catcher-processor sectors, 

as described at § 660.373(a).

(3) Fishing ahead. Unless the fishery 

is closed, a vessel that has landed its 

cumulative or daily limit may continue 

to fish on the limit for the next legal 

period, so long as no fish (including, but 

not limited to, groundfish with no trip 

limits, shrimp, prawns, or other 

nongroundfish species or shellfish) are 

landed (offloaded) until the next legal 

period. Fishing ahead is not allowed 

during or before a closed period.

(4) Weights and percentages. All 

weights are round weights or roundweight equivalents unless otherwise 

specified. Percentages are based on 

round weights, and, unless otherwise 

specified, apply only to legal fish on 

board.

(5) Size limits, length measurement, 

and weight limits—(i) Size limits and 

length measurement. Unless otherwise 

specified, size limits in the commercial 

and recreational groundfish fisheries 

apply to the ‘‘total length,’’ which is the 

longest measurement of the fish without 

mutilation of the fish or the use of force 

to extend the length of the fish. No fish 

with a size limit may be retained if it is 

in such condition that its length has 

been extended or cannot be determined 

by these methods. For conversions not 

listed here, contact the state where the 

fish will be landed.

(A) Whole fish. For a whole fish, total 

length is measured from the tip of the 

snout (mouth closed) to the tip of the 

tail in a natural, relaxed position.

(B) ‘‘Headed’’ fish. For a fish with the 

head removed (‘‘headed’’), the length is 

measured from the origin of the first 

dorsal fin (where the front dorsal fin 

meets the dorsal surface of the body 

closest to the head) to the tip of the 

upper lobe of the tail; the dorsal fin and 

tail must be left intact.

(C) Filets. A filet is the flesh from one 

side of a fish extending from the head 

to the tail, which has been removed 

from the body (head, tail, and backbone) 

in a single continuous piece. Filet 

lengths may be subject to size limits for 

some groundfish taken in the 

recreational fishery off California (see 

§ 660.384). A filet is measured along the 

length of the longest part of the filet in 

a relaxed position; stretching or 

otherwise manipulating the filet to 

increase its length is not permitted.

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(ii) Weight limits and conversions.

The weight limit conversion factor 

established by the state where the fish 

is or will be landed will be used to 

convert the processed weight to round 

weight for purposes of applying the trip 

limit. Weight conversions provided 

herein are those conversions currently 

in use by the States of Washington, 

Oregon and California and may be 

subject to change by those states. 

Fishery participants should contact 

fishery enforcement officials in the state 

where the fish will be landed to 

determine that state’s official conversion 

factor. To determine the round weight, 

multiply the processed weight times the 

conversion factor.

(iii) Sablefish. The following 

conversion applies to both the limited 

entry and open access fisheries when 

trip limits are in effect for those 

fisheries. For headed and gutted 

(eviscerated) sablefish the weight 

conversion factor is 1.6 (multiply the 

headed and gutted weight by 1.6 to 

determine the round weight).

(iv) Lingcod. The following 

conversions apply in both limited entry 

and open access fisheries.

(A) For lingcod with the head 

removed, the minimum size limit is 19.5 

inches (49.5 cm), which corresponds to 

24 inches (61 cm) total length for whole 

fish.

(B) The weight conversion factor for 

headed and gutted lingcod is 1.5. The 

conversion factor for lingcod that has 

only been gutted with the head on is 

1.1.

(6) Sorting. Under § 660.306(a)(7), it is 

unlawful for any person to ‘‘fail to sort, 

prior to the first weighing after 

offloading, those groundfish species or 

species groups for which there is a trip 

limit, size limit, quota, harvest 

guideline, or OY, if the vessel fished or 

landed in an area during a time when 

such trip limit, size limit, OY, or quota 

applied.’’ The States of Washington, 

Oregon, and California may also require 

that vessels record their landings as 

sorted on their state fish tickets. This 

provision applies to both the limited 

entry and open access fisheries. The 

following species must be sorted in 

2005 and 2006:

(i) For vessels with a limited entry 

permit:

(A) Coastwide – widow rockfish, 

canary rockfish, darkblotched rockfish, 

yelloweye rockfish, shortbelly rockfish, 

black rockfish, minor nearshore 

rockfish, minor shelf rockfish, minor 

slope rockfish, shortspine and longspine 

thornyhead, Dover sole, arrowtooth 

flounder, rex sole, petrale sole, 

arrowtooth flounder, other flatfish, 

lingcod, sablefish, and Pacific whiting

(B) North of 40°10′ N. lat.—POP, 

yellowtail rockfish, and, for fixed gear, 

blue rockfish;

(C) South of 40°10′ N. lat.—minor 

shallow nearshore rockfish, minor 

deeper nearshore rockfish, California 

scorpionfish, chilipepper rockfish, 

bocaccio rockfish, splitnose rockfish, 

Pacific sanddabs, and cabezon.

(ii) For open access vessels (vessels 

without a limited entry permit):

(A) Coastwide -widow rockfish, 

canary rockfish, darkblotched rockfish, 

yelloweye rockfish, black rockfish, 

minor nearshore rockfish, minor shelf 

rockfish, minor slope rockfish, Dover 

sole, arrowtooth flounder, petrale sole, 

rex sole, other flatfish, lingcod, 

sablefish, Pacific whiting, and Pacific 

sanddabs;

(B) North of 40°10′ N. lat.—blue 

rockfish, POP, yellowtail rockfish;

(C) South of 40°10′ N. lat.—minor 

shallow nearshore rockfish, minor 

deeper nearshore rockfish, chilipepper 

rockfish, bocaccio rockfish, splitnose 

rockfish, and cabezon;

(D) South of Point Conception, CA—

thornyheads.

(7) Operating in both limited entry 

and open access fisheries. Open access 

trip limits apply to any fishing 

conducted with open access gear, even 

if the vessel has a valid limited entry 

permit with an endorsement for another 

type of gear. A vessel that operates in 

both the open access and limited entry 

fisheries is not entitled to two separate 

trip limits for the same species. If a 

vessel has a limited entry permit and 

uses open access gear, but the open 

access limit is smaller than the limited 

entry limit, the open access limit may 

not be exceeded and counts toward the 

limited entry limit. If a vessel has a 

limited entry permit and uses open 

access gear, but the open access limit is 

larger than the limited entry limit, the 

smaller limited entry limit applies, even 

if taken entirely with open access gear.

(8) ‘‘Crossover provisions,’’ operating 

in north-south management areas with 

different trip limits. NMFS uses 

different types of management areas for 

West Coast groundfish management. 

One type of management area is the 

north-south management area, a large 

ocean area with northern and southern 

boundary lines wherein trip limits, 

seasons, and conservation areas follow a 

single theme. Within each north-south 

management area, there may be one or 

more conservation areas, detailed in 

§§ 660.302 and 660.390 through 

660.394. The provisions within this 

paragraph apply to vessels operating in 

different north-south management areas. 

Trip limits for a species or a species 

group may differ in different northsouth management areas along the coast. 

The following ‘‘crossover’’ provisions 

apply to vessels operating in different 

geographical areas that have different 

cumulative or ‘‘per trip’’ trip limits for 

the same species or species group. Such 

crossover provisions do not apply to 

species that are subject only to daily trip 

limits, or to the trip limits for black 

rockfish off Washington (see § 660.371).

(i) Going from a more restrictive to a 

more liberal area. If a vessel takes and 

retains any groundfish species or 

species group of groundfish in an area 

where a more restrictive trip limit 

applies before fishing in an area where 

a more liberal trip limit (or no trip limit) 

applies, then that vessel is subject to the 

more restrictive trip limit for the entire 

period to which that trip limit applies, 

no matter where the fish are taken and 

retained, possessed, or landed.

(ii) Going from a more liberal to a 

more restrictive area. If a vessel takes 

and retains a groundfish species or 

species group in an area where a higher 

trip limit or no trip limit applies, and 

takes and retains, possesses or lands the 

same species or species group in an area 

where a more restrictive trip limit 

applies, that vessel is subject to the 

more restrictive trip limit for the entire 

period to which that trip limit applies, 

no matter where the fish are taken and 

retained, possessed, or landed.

(iii) Operating in two different areas 

where a species or species group is 

managed with different types of trip 

limits. During the fishing year, NMFS 

may implement management measures 

for a species or species group that set 

different types of trip limits (for 

example, per trip limits versus 

cumulative trip limits) for different 

areas. If a vessel fishes for a species or 

species group that is managed with 

different types of trip limits in two 

different areas within the same 

cumulative limit period, then that vessel 

is subject to the most restrictive overall 

cumulative limit for that species, 

regardless of where fishing occurs.

(iv) Minor rockfish. Several rockfish 

species are designated with speciesspecific limits on one side of the 40°10′

N. lat. management line, and are 

included as part of a minor rockfish 

complex on the other side of the line. 

A vessel that takes and retains fish from 

a minor rockfish complex (nearshore, 

shelf, or slope) on both sides of a 

management line during a single 

cumulative limit period is subject to the 

more restrictive cumulative limit for 

that minor rockfish complex during that 

period.

(A) If a vessel takes and retains minor 

slope rockfish north of 40°10.00′ N. lat., 

that vessel is also permitted to take and 

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retain, possess or land splitnose rockfish 

up to its cumulative limit south of 38°

N. lat., even if splitnose rockfish were 

a part of the landings from minor slope 

rockfish taken and retained north of 

40°10.00′ N. lat.

(B) If a vessel takes and retains minor 

slope rockfish south of 40°10.00′ N. lat., 

that vessel is also permitted to take and 

retain, possess or land POP up to its 

cumulative limit north of 40°10.00′ N. 

lat., even if POP were a part of the 

landings from minor slope rockfish 

taken and retained south of 38° N. lat.

(C) If a trawl vessel takes and retains 

minor shelf rockfish south of 40°10′ N. 

lat., that vessel is also permitted to take 

and retain, possess, or land yellowtail 

rockfish up to its cumulative limits 

north of 40°10′ N. lat., even if yellowtail 

rockfish is part of the landings from 

minor shelf rockfish taken and retained 

south of 40°10′ N. lat. Yellowtail 

rockfish is included in overall shelf 

rockfish limits for limited entry fixed 

gear and open access gear groups. 

Widow rockfish is included in overall 

shelf rockfish limits for all gear groups.

(D) If a trawl vessel takes and retains 

minor shelf rockfish north of 40°10′ N. 

lat., that vessel is also permitted to take 

and retain, possess, or land chilipepper 

rockfish up to its cumulative limits 

south of 40°10′ N. lat., even if 

chilipepper rockfish is part of the 

landings from minor shelf rockfish 

taken and retained north of 40°10′ N. lat.

(v) ‘‘DTS complex.’’ There are 

differential trawl trip limits for the 

‘‘DTS complex’’ north and south of the 

management line at 40°10’ N. lat. 

Vessels operating in the limited entry 

trawl fishery are subject to the crossover 

provisions in this paragraph when 

making landings that include any one of 

the four species in the ‘‘DTS complex.’’

(vi) Flatfish complex. There are 

differential trip limits for the flatfish 

complex (butter, curlfin, English, 

flathead, petrale, rex, rock, and sand 

soles, Pacific sanddab, and starry 

flounder) north and south of the 

management line at 40°10’ N. lat. 

Vessels operating in the limited entry 

trawl fishery are subject to the crossover 

provisions in this paragraph when 

making landings that include any one of 

the species in the flatfish complex.

■ 10. Section 660.371 is revised to read 

as follows:

§ 660.371 Black rockfish fishery 

management. 

The trip limit for black rockfish 

(Sebastes melanops) for commercial 

fishing vessels using hook-and-line gear 

between the U.S.-Canada border and 

Cape Alava (48°09.50′ N. lat.), and 

between Destruction Island (47°40′ N. 

lat.) and Leadbetter Point (46°38.17′ N. 

lat.), is 100 lbs (45 kg) or 30 percent, by 

weight of all fish on board, whichever 

is greater, per vessel per fishing trip. 

These per trip limits apply to limited 

entry and open access fisheries, in 

conjunction with the cumulative trip 

limits and other management measures 

in §§ 660.382 and 660.383. The 

crossover provisions in § 660.370(h)(8) 

do not apply to the black rockfish pertrip limits.

■ 11. In § 660.372, the introductory 

paragraph, paragraphs (b)(1), and 

(b)(3)(i) are revised, (b)(3)(ii) is removed 

and paragraphs (b)(3)(iii) and (b)(3)(iv) 

are redesignated as paragraphs (b)(3)(ii) 

and (b)(3)(iii), respectively, and 

paragraph (c) is revised to read as 

follows:

§ 660.372 Fixed gear sablefish fishery 

management.

This section applies to the primary 

season for the fixed gear limited entry 

sablefish fishery north of 36° N. lat., 

except for paragraph (c), of this section, 

which also applies to the open access 

fishery north of 36° N. lat. and to both 

the limited entry and open access 

fisheries south of 36° N. lat. Limited 

entry and open access fixed gear 

sablefish fishing outside of the primary 

sablefish season north of 36° N. lat. is 

governed by routine management 

measures imposed under § 660.370.

* * * * *

(b) Primary season limited entry, fixed 

gear sablefish fishery—(1) Season dates.

North of 36° N. lat., the primary 

sablefish season for limited entry, fixed 

gear vessels begins at 12 noon l.t. on 

April 1 and ends at 12 noon l.t. on 

October 31, unless otherwise announced 

by the Regional Administrator. If a 

vessel is registered for use with a 

sablefish-endorsed limited entry permit, 

all sablefish taken after April 1 count 

against the cumulative limits associated 

with the permit(s) registered for use 

with that vessel.

* * * * *

(3) * * *

(i) A vessel participating in the 

primary season will be constrained by 

the sablefish cumulative limit 

associated with each of the permits 

registered for use with that vessel. 

During the primary season, each vessel 

authorized to participate in that season 

under paragraph (a) of this section may 

take, retain, possess, and land sablefish, 

up to the cumulative limits for each of 

the permits registered for use with that 

vessel. If multiple limited entry permits 

with sablefish endorsements are 

registered for use with a single vessel, 

that vessel may land up to the total of 

all cumulative limits announced in the 

Federal Register for the tiers for those 

permits, except as limited by paragraph 

(b)(3)(iii) of this section. Up to 3 permits 

may be registered for use with a single 

vessel during the primary season; thus, 

a single vessel may not take and retain, 

possess or land more than 3 primary 

season sablefish cumulative limits in 

any one year. A vessel registered for use 

with multiple limited entry permits is 

subject to per vessel limits for species 

other than sablefish, and to per vessel 

limits when participating in the daily 

trip limit fishery for sablefish under 

paragraph (c) of this section. For 2005, 

the following limits are in effect: Tier 1 

at 64,100 lb (29,075 kg), Tier 2 at 29,100 

lb (13,200 kg), and Tier 3 at 16,600 lb 

(7,530 kg). For 2006, the following 

limits are in effect: Tier 1 at 62,700 lb 

(28,440 kg), Tier 2 at 28,500 lb (12,927 

kg), and Tier 3 at 16,300 lb (7,394 kg).

* * * * *

(c) Limited entry and open access 

daily trip limit fisheries both north and 

south of 36° N. lat. (1) Before the start 

of the primary season, all sablefish 

landings made by a vessel authorized 

under paragraph (a) of this section to 

participate in the primary season will be 

subject to the restrictions and limits of 

the limited entry daily and/or weekly 

trip limit fishery for sablefish, which is 

governed by routine management 

measures imposed under § 660.370(c).

(2) Following the start of the primary 

season, all landings made by a vessel 

authorized under paragraph (a) of this 

section to participate in the primary 

season will count against the primary 

season cumulative limit(s) associated 

with the permit(s) registered for use 

with that vessel. A vessel that is eligible 

to participate in the primary sablefish 

season may participate in the daily trip 

limit fishery for sablefish once that 

vessels’ primary season sablefish 

limit(s) have been taken, or after the end 

of the primary season, whichever occurs 

earlier. Any subsequent sablefish 

landings by that vessel will be subject 

to the restrictions and limits of the 

limited entry daily and/or trip limit 

fishery for sablefish for the remainder of 

the calendar year.

(3) No vessel may land sablefish 

against both its primary season 

cumulative sablefish limits and against 

the daily and/or weekly trip limit 

fishery limits within the same 24 hour 

period of 0001 hours l.t. to 2400 hours 

l.t. If a vessel has taken all of its tier 

limit except for an amount that is 

smaller than the daily trip limit amount, 

that vessel’s subsequent sablefish 

landings are automatically subject to 

daily and/or weekly trip limits.

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(4) Vessels registered for use with a 

limited entry, fixed gear permit that 

does not have a sablefish endorsement 

may participate in the limited entry, 

daily and/or weekly trip limit fishery for 

as long as that fishery is open during the 

year, subject to routine management 

measures imposed under § 660.370(c). 

Daily and/or weekly trip limits for the 

limited entry fishery north and south of 

36° N. lat. are provided in Tables 4 

(North) and 4 (South) of this subpart.

(5) Open access vessels may 

participate in the open access, daily trip 

limit fishery for as long as that fishery 

is open during the year, subject to the 

routine management measures imposed 

under § 660.370(c). Daily and/or weekly 

trip limits for the open access fishery 

north and south of 36° N. lat. are 

provided in Tables 5 (North) and 5 

(South) of this subpart.

* * * * *

■ 12. In § 660.373, paragraphs (b)(1)(iii), 

(b)(3), (b)(4), and (d)(1) are added and 

paragraph (d)(2) is added and reserved to 

read as follows:

§ 660.373 Pacific whiting (whiting) fishery 

management.

* * * * *

(b) * * *

(1) * * *

(iii) 2005 and 2006 primary whiting 

seasons. After the start of a primary 

season for a sector of the whiting 

fishery, the season remains open for that 

sector until the quota is taken and the 

fishery season for that sector is closed 

by NMFS. In both 2005 and 2006, the 

primary seasons for the whiting fishery 

start on the same dates as follows:

(A) Catcher/processor sector – May 

15;

(B) Mothership sector May 15;

(C) Shore-based sector June 15 north 

of 42° N. lat.; April 1 between 42° –

40°30′ N. lat.

* * * * *

(3) 2005–2006 trip limits in the 

whiting fishery. The ‘‘per trip’’ limit for 

whiting before and after the regular 

(primary) season for the shore-based 

sector is announced in Table 4 of this 

subpart, and is a routine management 

measure under § 660.370(c). This trip 

limit includes any whiting caught 

shoreward of 100 fathoms (183 m) in the 

Eureka, CA area. The ‘‘per trip’’ limit for 

other groundfish species before, during 

and after the regular (primary) season 

are announced in Table 3 (North) and 

Table 3 (South) of this subpart and 

apply as follows:

(i) During the groundfish cumulative 

limit periods both before and after the 

primary whiting season, vessels may use 

either small and/or large footrope gear, 

but are subject to the more restrictive 

trip limits for those entire cumulative 

periods.

(ii) During the primary whiting season 

for a sector of the fishery, then the 

midwater trip limits apply and are 

additive to the trip limits for other 

groundfish species for that fishing 

period (i.e., vessels are not constrained 

by the lower midwater limits and can 

harvest up to a footrope-specific trawl 

limit plus the midwater trawl limit per 

species or species group for that 

cumulative limit period).

(4) 2005—2006 bycatch limits in the 

whiting fishery. The bycatch limits for 

the whiting fishery may be used 

inseason to close a sector or sectors of 

the whiting fishery to achieve the 

rebuilding of an overfished or depleted 

stock, under routine managmenet 

measure authority at § 660.370 (c)(1)(ii). 

These limits are routine management 

measures under § 660.370 (c) and, as 

such, may be adjusted inseason or may 

have new species added to the list of 

those with bycatch limits. For 2005, the 

whiting fishey bycatch limits are 7.3 mt 

of canary rockfish and 231.8 mt of 

widow rockfish. For 2006, the whiting 

fishery bycatch limits are 7.3 mt of 

canary rockfish and 243.2 mt of widow 

rockfish.

* * * * *

(d) * * *

(1) 2005–2006 whiting trip limits. No 

more than 10,000 lb (4,536 kg) of 

whiting may be taken and retained, 

possessed, or landed by a vessel that, at 

any time during a fishing trip, fished in 

the fishery management area shoreward 

of the 100 fm (183 m) contour (as shown 

on NOAA Charts 18580, 18600, and 

18620) in the Eureka management area 

(defined at § 660.302).

(2) [Reserved]

* * * * *

■ 13. A new § 660.380 is added to read 

as follows:

§ 660.380 Groundfish harvest 

specifications.

Fishery specifications include ABCs, 

the designation of OYs (which may be 

represented by harvest guidelines (HGs) 

or quotas for species that need 

individual management,) and the 

allocation of commercial OYs between 

the open access and limited entry 

segments of the fishery. These 

specifications include fish caught in 

state ocean waters (0–3 nm offshore) as 

well as fish caught in the EEZ (3–200 

nm offshore). Specifications and 

management measures are provided as 

Tables 1a and 1b, and 2a and 2b of this 

subpart.

■ 14. A new § 660.381 is added to read 

as follows:

§ 660.381 Limited entry trawl fishery 

management measures.

(a) General. Limited entry trawl 

vessels include those vessels registered 

to a limited entry permit with a trawl 

endorsement. Most species taken in 

limited entry trawl fisheries will be 

managed with cumulative trip limits 

(see trip limits in Tables 3 (North) and 

3 (South) of this subpart), size limits 

(see § 660.370 (h)(5)), seasons (see 

Pacific whiting at § 660.373), gear 

restrictions (see paragraph (b) of this 

section) and closed areas (see paragraph 

(d) of this section and §§ 660.390 

through 660.394). The trawl fishery has 

gear requirements and trip limits that 

differ by the type of trawl gear on board 

and the area fished. Federal commercial 

groundfish regulations are not intended 

to supersede any more restrictive state 

commercial groundfish regulations 

relating to federally-managed 

groundfish. Cowcod retention is 

prohibited in all fisheries and 

groundfish vessels operating south of 

Point Conception must adhere to CCA 

restrictions (see paragraph (d)(1) of this 

section and § 660.390). The trip limits in 

Table 3 (North) and Table 3 (South) of 

this subpart apply to vessels 

participating in the limited entry 

groundfish trawl fishery and may not be 

exceeded. Federal commercial 

groundfish regulations are not intended 

to supersede any more restrictive state 

commercial groundfish regulations 

relating to federally-managed 

groundfish.

(b) Trawl gear requirements and 

restrictions. Trawl nets may be fished 

with or without otter boards, and may 

use warps or cables to herd fish.

(1) Codends. Only single-walled 

codends may be used in any trawl. 

Double-walled codends are prohibited.

(2) Mesh size. Groundfish trawl gear 

must meet the minimum mesh size 

requirements in this paragraph. Mesh 

size requirements apply throughout the 

net. Minimum trawl mesh sizes are: 

bottom trawl, 4.5 inches (11.4 cm); 

midwater trawl, 3.0 inches (7.6 cm). 

Minimum trawl mesh size requirements 

are met if a 20–gauge stainless steel 

wedge, less one thickness of the metal 

wedge, can be passed with only thumb 

pressure through at least 16 of 20 sets 

of two meshes each of wet mesh.

(3) Chafing gear. Chafing gear may 

encircle no more than 50 percent of the 

net’s circumference, except as provided 

in paragraph (b)(5) of this section. No 

section of chafing gear may be longer 

than 50 meshes of the net to which it 

is attached. Except at the corners, the 

terminal end of each section of chafing 

gear must not be connected to the net. 

(The terminal end is the end farthest 

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from the mouth of the net.) Chafing gear 

must be attached outside any riblines 

and restraining straps. There is no limit 

on the number of sections of chafing 

gear on a net.

(4) Large footrope trawl gear. Large 

footrope gear is bottom trawl gear with 

a footrope diameter larger than 8 inches 

(20 cm) (including rollers, bobbins or 

other material encircling or tied along 

the length of the footrope).

(5) Small footrope trawl gear. Small 

footrope gear is bottom trawl gear with 

a footrope diameter of 8 inches (20 cm) 

or smaller (including rollers, bobbins or 

other material encircling or tied along 

the length of the footrope). Chafing gear 

may be used only on the last 50 meshes 

of a small footrope trawl, measured from 

the terminal (closed) end of the codend. 

Other lines or ropes that run parallel to 

the footrope may not be augmented such 

that they have a diameter larger than 8 

inches (20 cm). For enforcement 

purposes, the footrope will be measured 

in a straight line from the outside edge 

to the opposite outside edge at the 

widest part on any individual part, 

including any individual disk, roller, 

bobbin, or any other device.

(i) Selective flatfish trawl gear is a 

type of small footrope trawl gear. The 

selective flatfish trawl net must be a 

two-seamed net and its breastline may 

not be longer than 3 ft (0.92 m) in 

length. There may be no floats along the 

center third of the selective flatfish 

trawl net’s headrope and the headrope 

must be at least 30 percent longer in 

length than the footrope. Selective 

flatfish trawl gear may not have a 

footrope that is longer than 105 ft (32.26 

m) in length. An explanatory diagram of 

a selective flatfish trawl net is provided 

as Figure 1 of Part 660, Subpart G.

(ii) [Reserved]

(6) Midwater (or pelagic) trawl gear.

Midwater trawl gear must have 

unprotected footropes at the trawl 

mouth, and must not have rollers, 

bobbins, tires, wheels, rubber discs, or 

any similar device anywhere on any 

part of the net. The footrope of 

midwater gear may not be enlarged by 

encircling it with chains or by any other 

means. Ropes or lines running parallel 

to the footrope of midwater trawl gear 

must be bare and may not be suspended 

with chains or any other materials. 

Sweep lines, including the bottom leg of 

the bridle, must be bare. For at least 20 

ft (6.15 m) immediately behind the 

footrope or headrope, bare ropes or 

mesh of 16–inch (40.6–cm) minimum 

mesh size must completely encircle the 

net. A band of mesh (a ‘‘skirt’’) may 

encircle the net under transfer cables, 

lifting or splitting straps (chokers), but 

must be: over riblines and restraining 

straps; the same mesh size and coincide 

knot-to-knot with the net to which it is 

attached; and no wider than 16 meshes.

(c) Cumulative trip limits and 

prohibitions by limited entry trawl gear 

type. Management measures may vary 

depending on the type of trawl gear (i.e., 

large footrope, small footrope, selective 

flatfish, or midwater trawl gear) used 

and/or on board a vessel during a 

fishing trip and the area fished. Trawl 

nets may be used on and off the seabed. 

For some species or species groups, 

Table 3 (North) and Table 3 (South) 

provide cumulative and/or trip limits 

that are specific to different types of 

trawl gear: large footrope, small footrope 

(including selective flatfish), selective 

flatfish, and midwater. If Table 3 (North) 

and Table 3 (South) provide gear 

specific limits for a particular species or 

species group, it is unlawful to take and 

retain, possess or land that species or 

species group with limited entry trawl 

gears other than those listed.

(1) Large footrope trawl gear. It is 

unlawful for any vessel using large 

footrope gear to fish for groundfish 

shoreward of the RCAs defined at 

paragraph (d) of this section and at 

§§ 660.390 through 660.394. The use of 

large footrope gear is permitted seaward 

of the RCAs coastwide.

(2) Small footrope trawl gear. North of 

40°10′ N. lat., it is unlawful for any 

vessel using small footrope gear (except 

selective flatfish gear) to fish for 

groundfish or have small footrope trawl 

gear (except selective flatfish gear) 

onboard while fishing shoreward of the 

RCA defined at paragraph (d) of this 

section and at §§ 660.390 through 

660.394. South of 40°10′ N. lat., small 

footrope gear is required shoreward of 

the RCA. Small footrope gear is 

permitted seaward of the RCA 

coastwide.

(i) North of 40°10′ N. lat., selective 

flatfish gear is required shoreward of the 

RCA defined at paragraph (d) of this 

section and at §§ 660.390 through 

660.394. South of 40°10′ N. lat., 

selective flatfish gear is permitted, but 

not required, shoreward of the RCA. The 

use of selective flatfish trawl gear is 

permitted seaward of the RCA 

coastwide.

(ii) [Reserved]

(3) Midwater trawl gear. North of 

40°10′ N. lat., midwater trawl gear is 

permitted only for vessels participating 

in the primary Pacific whiting fishery 

(for details on the Pacific whiting 

fishery see § 660.373). South of 40°10′

N. lat., the use of midwater trawl gear 

is prohibited shoreward of the RCA and 

permitted seaward of the RCA.

(4) More than one type of trawl gear 

on board. The cumulative trip limits in 

Table 3 (North) or Table 3 (South) of 

this subpart must not be exceeded. A 

vessel that is trawling within a 

Groundfish Conservation Area (GCA) 

with trawl gear authorized for use 

within a GCA may not have any other 

type of trawl gear on board.

(i) North of 40°10′ N. lat., a vessel may 

have more than one type of limited 

entry trawl gear on board, but the most 

restrictive trip limit associated with the 

gear on board applies for that trip and 

will count toward the cumulative trip 

limit for that gear. If selective flatfish 

trawl gear is used by or is on board a 

vessel at any time north of 40°10′ N. lat. 

(either shoreward or seaward of RCA) 

and those trip limits are the most 

restrictive for a species or species group 

during the entire cumulative limit 

period, then selective flatfish trawl 

limits apply to that vessel for that 

species or species group for that entire 

cumulative limit period, regardless of 

whether other gear types are also used 

during that period. Midwater trawl gear 

is allowed only for vessels participating 

in the primary whiting season. On nonwhiting trips (defined as any fishing trip 

that takes, retains, possess, or lands less 

than 10,000 lb (4,536 kg) of whiting), 

vessels with both large footrope and 

midwater trawl gear on board during a 

trip may access the large footrope limits 

while fishing with large footrope gear 

seaward of the RCA.

(ii) South of 40°10′ N. lat., a vessel 

may have more than one type of limited 

entry trawl gear on board, but the most 

restrictive trip limit associated with the 

gear on board applies for that trip and 

will count toward the cumulative limit 

for that gear. If a vessel has small 

footrope trawl gear on board, then it 

may not have any other trawl gear on 

board. For vessels using more than one 

type of trawl gear during a cumulative 

limit period, limits are additive up to 

the largest limit for the type of gear used 

during that period. (Example: If a vessel 

harvests 300 lb (136 kg) of chilipepper 

rockfish with small footrope gear, it may 

harvest up to 11,700 lb (5,209 kg) of 

chilipepper rockfish with large footrope 

gear during July and August.) If a vessel 

fishes north of 40°10′ N. lat. with either 

selective flatfish or small footrope gear 

onboard the vessel at any time during 

the cumulative limit period, the most 

restrictive trip limit associated with the 

gear on board applies for that trip and 

will count toward the cumulative trip 

limit for that gear.

(d) Trawl Groundfish Conservation 

Areas (GCAs). A Groundfish 

Conservation Area (GCA), a type of 

closed area, is a geographic area defined 

by coordinates expressed in degrees of 

latitude and longitude. The following 

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GCAs apply to vessels participating in 

the limited entry trawl fishery.

(1) Cowcod Conservation Areas 

(CCAs). Vessels using limited entry 

trawl gear are prohibited from fishing 

within the CCAs. See § 660.390 for the 

coordinates that define the CCAs. 

Limited entry trawl vessels may transit 

through the Western CCA with their 

gear stowed and groundfish on board 

only in a corridor through the Western 

CCA bounded on the north by the 

latitude line at 33°00.50’ N. lat., and 

bounded on the south by the latitude 

line at 32°59.50’ N. lat. It is unlawful to 

take and retain, possess, or land 

groundfish within the CCAs, except as 

authorized in this paragraph, when 

those waters are open to fishing.

(2) Farallon Islands. Under California 

law, commercial fishing for all 

groundfish is prohibited between the 

shoreline and the 10 fm (18 m) depth 

contour around the Farallon Islands. 

(See § 660.390)

(3) Cordell Banks. Commercial fishing 

for groundfish is prohibited in waters 

less than 100 fm (183 m) around Cordell 

Banks as defined by specific latitude 

and longitude coordinates at § 660.390. 

[Note: California state regulations also 

prohibit fishing for all greenlings of the 

genus Hexagrammos, California 

sheephead and ocean whitefish in this 

area.]

(4) Trawl rockfish conservation areas.

The trawl RCAs are closed areas, 

defined by specific latitude and 

longitude coordinates designed to 

approximate specific depth contours, 

where fishing with limited entry trawl 

gear is prohibited.

(i) Coastwide, it is unlawful to take 

and retain, possess, or land any species 

of fish taken with trawl gear within the 

trawl RCA, except as permitted for 

vessels participating in the primary 

whiting season. Throughout the year, 

boundaries for the trawl RCA are 

provided in Table 3 (North) and Table 

3 (South) of this subpart, and may be 

modified by NMFS inseason pursuant to 

§ 660.370(c). Trawl RCA boundaries are 

defined by specific latitude and 

longitude coordinates which are 

provided at §§ 660.390 through 660.394.

(ii) Trawl vessels may transit through 

the trawl RCA, with or without 

groundfish on board, provided all 

groundfish trawl gear is stowed either: 

below deck; or if the gear cannot readily 

be moved, in a secured and covered 

manner, detached from all towing lines, 

so that it is rendered unusable for 

fishing; or remaining on deck uncovered 

if the trawl doors are hung from their 

stanchions and the net is disconnected 

from the doors. These restrictions do not 

apply to vessels fishing with mid-water 

trawl gear for Pacific whiting or taking 

and retaining yellowtail rockfish or 

widow rockfish in association with 

Pacific whiting caught with mid-water 

trawl gear or to taking and retaining 

yellowtail or widow rockfish with midwater trawl gear when trip limits are 

authorized for those species.

(iii) If a vessel fishes in the trawl RCA, 

it may not participate in any fishing on 

that trip that is prohibited by the 

restrictions that apply within the trawl 

RCA. [For example, if a vessel 

participates in the pink shrimp fishery 

within the RCA, the vessel cannot on 

the same trip participate in the DTS 

fishery seaward of the RCA.] Nothing in 

these Federal regulations supercede any 

state regulations that may prohibit 

trawling shoreward of the 3–nm state 

waters boundary line.

■ 15. A new § 660.382 is added to read 

as follows:

§ 660.382 Limited entry fixed gear fishery 

management measures.

(a) General. Most species taken in 

limited entry fixed gear (longline and 

pot/trap) fisheries will be managed with 

cumulative trip limits (see trip limits in 

Tables 4 (North) and 4 (South) of this 

subpart), size limits (see 

§ 660.370(h)(5)), seasons (see trip limits 

in Tables 4 (North) and 4 (South) of this 

subpart and primary sablefish season 

details in § 660.372(b)), gear restrictions 

(see paragraph (b) of this section), and 

closed areas (see paragraph (c) of this 

section and §§ 660.390 through 

660.394). Cowcod retention is 

prohibited in all fisheries and 

groundfish vessels operating south of 

Point Conception must adhere to CCA 

restrictions (see paragraph (c)(2) of this 

section and § 660.390). Yelloweye 

rockfish and canary rockfish retention is 

prohibited in the limited entry fixed 

gear fisheries. Regulations governing 

and tier limits for the limited entry, 

fixed gear primary sablefish season 

north of 36° N. lat. are found in 

§ 660.372. Vessels not participating in 

the primary sablefish season are subject 

to daily or weekly sablefish limits in 

addition to cumulative limits for each 

cumulative limit period. Only one 

sablefish landing per week may be made 

in excess of the daily trip limit and, if 

the vessel chooses to make a landing in 

excess of that daily trip limit, then that 

is the only sablefish landing permitted 

for that week. The trip limit for black 

rockfish caught with hook-and-line gear 

also applies, see § 660.371. The trip 

limits in Table 4 (North) and Table 4 

(South) of this subpart apply to vessels 

participating in the limited entry 

groundfish fixed gear fishery and may 

not be exceeded. Federal commercial 

groundfish regulations are not intended 

to supersede any more restrictive state 

commercial groundfish regulations 

relating to federally-managed 

groundfish.

(b) Gear Restrictions—(1) General.

The following types of fishing gear are 

authorized in the limited entry fixed 

gear fishery, with the restrictions set 

forth in this section: longline and pot or 

trap. Vessels participating in the limited 

entry fixed gear fishery may also fish 

with open access gear subject to the gear 

restrictions at § 660.383(b), but will be 

subject to the most restrictive trip limits 

for the gear used as specified at 

§ 660.370(h)(7).

(2) Limited entry fixed gear. (i) Fixed 

gear (longline, trap or pot) must be:

(A) Marked at the surface, at each 

terminal end, with a pole, flag, light, 

radar reflector, and a buoy.

(B) Attended at least once every 7 

days.

(ii) A buoy used to mark fixed gear 

under paragraph (b)(2)(i)(A) of this 

section must be marked with a number 

clearly identifying the owner or operator 

of the vessel. The number may be either:

(A) If required by applicable state law, 

the vessel’s number, the commercial 

fishing license number, or buoy brand 

number; or

(B) The vessel documentation number 

issued by the USCG, or, for an 

undocumented vessel, the vessel 

registration number issued by the state.

(3) Traps or pots. Traps must have 

biodegradable escape panels 

constructed with # 21 or smaller 

untreated cotton twine in such a manner 

that an opening at least 8 inches (20.3 

cm) in diameter results when the twine 

deteriorates.

(c) Groundfish Conservation Areas. A 

Groundfish Conservation Area (GCA), a 

type of closed area, is a geographic area 

defined by coordinates expressed in 

degrees latitude and longitude. The 

following GCAs apply to vessels 

participating in the limited entry fixed 

gear fishery.

(1) Yelloweye Rockfish Conservation 

Area. The latitude and longitude 

coordinates of the Yelloweye Rockfish 

Conservation Area (YRCA) boundaries 

are specified at § 660.390. The YRCA is 

designated as an area to be avoided (a 

voluntary closure) by commercial fixed 

gear fishermen.

(2) Cowcod Conservation Areas. The 

latitude and longitude coordinates of 

the Cowcod Conservation Areas (CCAs) 

boundaries are specified at § 660.390. 

Fishing with limited entry fixed gear is 

prohibited within the CCAs, except that 

fishing for ‘‘other flatfish’’ is permitted 

within the CCAs using no more than 12 

hooks, ‘‘Number 2’’ or smaller, which 

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measure no more than 11 mm (0.44 

inches) point to shank, and up to 2 lb 

(0.91 kg) of weight per line. Fishing 

with limited entry fixed gear for 

rockfish and lingcod is permitted 

shoreward of the 20–fm (37–m) depth 

contour. It is unlawful to take and 

retain, possess, or land groundfish 

within the CCAs, except for species 

authorized in this paragraph caught 

according to gear requirements in this 

paragraph, when those waters are open 

to fishing. Commercial fishing vessels 

may transit through the Western CCA 

with their gear stowed and groundfish 

on board only in a corridor through the 

Western CCA bounded on the north by 

the latitude line at 33°00.50′ N. lat., and 

bounded on the south by the latitude 

line at 32°59.50′ N. lat.

(3) Non-trawl Rockfish Conservation 

Areas. Fishing for groundfish with nontrawl gear (limited entry or open access 

longline and pot or trap, open access 

hook-and-line, gillnet, set net, trammel 

net and spear) is prohibited within the 

non-trawl rockfish conservation area 

(RCA), except that commercial fishing 

for ‘‘other flatfish’’ is permitted within 

the non-trawl RCA off California 

(between 42° N. lat. south to the U.S./

Mexico border) using no more than 12 

hooks, ‘‘Number 2’’ or smaller, which 

measure no more than 11 mm (0.44 

inches) point to shank, and up to 2 lb 

(0.91 kg) of weight per line. It is 

unlawful to take and retain, possess, or 

land groundfish taken with non-trawl 

gear within the non-trawl RCA, unless 

otherwise authorized in this section. 

Limited entry fixed gear vessels may 

transit through the non-trawl RCA, with 

or without groundfish on board. These 

restrictions do not apply to vessels 

fishing for species other than groundfish 

with non-trawl gear, although non-trawl 

vessels on a fishing trip for species other 

than groundfish that occurs within the 

non-trawl RCA may not retain any 

groundfish taken on that trip. If a vessel 

fishes in the non-trawl RCA, it may not 

participate in any fishing on that trip 

that is prohibited by the restrictions that 

apply within the non-trawl RCA. [For 

example, if a vessel participates in the 

salmon troll fishery within the RCA, the 

vessel cannot on the same trip 

participate in the sablefish fishery 

outside of the RCA.] Boundaries for the 

non-trawl RCA throughout the year are 

provided in the header to Table 4 

(North) and Table 4 (South) of this 

subpart and may be modified by NMFS 

inseason pursuant to § 660.370(c). Nontrawl RCA boundaries are defined by 

specific latitude and longitude 

coordinates and are provided at 

§§ 660.390 through 660.394.

(4) Farallon Islands. Under California 

law, commercial fishing for all 

groundfish is prohibited between the 

shoreline and the 10–fm (18–m) depth 

contour around the Farallon Islands, 

except that commercial fishing for 

‘‘other flatfish’’ is permitted around the 

Farallon Islands using no more than 12 

hooks, ‘‘Number 2’’ or smaller, which 

measure no more than 11 mm (0.44 

inches) point to shank, and up to 2 lb 

(0.91 kg) of weight per line. (See Table 

4 (South) of this subpart.) For a 

definition of the Farallon Islands, see 

§ 660.390.

(5) Cordell Banks. Commercial fishing 

for groundfish is prohibited in waters 

less than 100 fm (183 m) around Cordell 

Banks as defined by specific latitude 

and longitude coordinates at § 660.390, 

except that commercial fishing for 

‘‘other flatfish’’ is permitted around 

Cordell Banks using no more than 12 

hooks, ‘‘Number 2’’ or smaller, which 

measure no more than 11 mm (0.44 

inches) point to shank, and up to 2 lb 

(0.91 kg) of weight per line. [Note: 

California state regulations also prohibit 

fishing for all greenlings of the genus 

Hexagrammos, California sheephead 

and ocean whitefish in this area.]

■ 16. Section 660.383 is added to read as 

follows:

§ 660.383 Open access fishery 

management measures.

(a) General. Groundfish species taken 

in open access fisheries will be managed 

with cumulative trip limits (see trip 

limits in Tables 5 (North) and 5 (South) 

of this subpart), size limits (see 

§ 660.370(h)(5)), seasons, gear 

restrictions (see paragraph (b) of this 

section), and closed areas (see paragraph 

(c) of this section and §§ 660.390 

through 660.394). Unless otherwise 

specified, a vessel operating in the open 

access fishery is subject to, and must not 

exceed any trip limit, frequency limit, 

and/or size limit for the open access 

fishery. Cowcod retention is prohibited 

in all fisheries and groundfish vessels 

operating south of Point Conception 

must adhere to CCA restrictions (see 

paragraph (c)(2) of this section and 

§ 660.390). Retention of yelloweye 

rockfish and canary rockfish is 

prohibited in all open access fisheries. 

For information on the open access 

daily/weekly trip limit fishery for 

sablefish, see § 660.372(c) and the trip 

limits in Tables 5 (North) and 5 (South) 

of this subpart. Open access vessels are 

subject to daily or weekly sablefish 

limits in addition to cumulative limits 

for each cumulative limit period. Only 

one sablefish landing per week may be 

made in excess of the daily trip limit 

and, if the vessel chooses to make a 

landing in excess of that daily trip limit, 

then that is the only sablefish landing 

permitted for that week. The trip limit 

for black rockfish caught with hook-andline gear also applies, see § 660.371. The 

trip limits in Table 5 (North) and Table 

5 (South) of this subpart apply to vessels 

participating in the open access 

fisheries and may not be exceeded. 

Federal commercial groundfish 

regulations are not intended to 

supersede any more restrictive state 

commercial groundfish regulations 

relating to federally managed 

groundfish.

(b) Gear restrictions. Open access gear 

is gear used to take and retain 

groundfish from a vessel that does not 

have a valid permit for the Pacific Coast 

groundfish fishery with an endorsement 

for the gear used to harvest the 

groundfish. This includes longline, trap, 

pot, hook-and-line (fixed or mobile), 

setnet (anchored gillnet or trammel net, 

which are permissible south of 38° N. 

lat. only), spear and non-groundfish 

trawl gear (trawls used to target nongroundfish species: pink shrimp or 

ridgeback prawns, and, south of Pt. 

Arena, CA (38°57.50′ N. lat.), California 

halibut or sea cucumbers). Restrictions 

for gears used in the open access 

fisheries are as follows:

(1) Non-groundfish trawl gear. Nongroundfish trawl gear is any trawl gear 

other than limited entry groundfish 

trawl gear as described at § 660.381(b) 

and as defined at § 660.302 for trawl 

vessels with limited entry groundfish 

permits. Non-groundfish trawl gear is 

generally trawl gear used to target pink 

shrimp, ridgeback prawn, California 

halibut and sea cucumber. Nongroundfish trawl gear is exempt from 

the limited entry trawl gear restrictions 

at § 660.381(b).

(2) Fixed gear. (i) Fixed gear (longline, 

trap or pot, set net and stationary hookand-line gear, including commercial 

vertical hook-and-line gear) must be:

(A) Marked at the surface, at each 

terminal end, with a pole, flag, light, 

radar reflector, and a buoy except as 

provided in paragraph (b)(3)(ii) of this 

section.

(B) Attended at least once every 7 

days.

(ii) Commercial vertical hook-and-line 

gear that is closely tended may be 

marked only with a single buoy of 

sufficient size to float the gear. ‘‘Closely 

tended’’ means that a vessel is within 

visual sighting distance or within 0.25 

nm (463 m) as determined by electronic 

navigational equipment, of its 

commercial vertical hook-and-line gear.

(iii) A buoy used to mark fixed gear 

under paragraph (b)(3)(i)(A) or (b)(3)(ii) 

of this section must be marked with a 

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number clearly identifying the owner or 

operator of the vessel. The number may 

be either:

(A) If required by applicable state law, 

the vessel’s number, the commercial 

fishing license number, or buoy brand 

number; or

(B) The vessel documentation number 

issued by the USCG, or, for an 

undocumented vessel, the vessel 

registration number issued by the state.

(3) Set nets. Fishing for groundfish 

with set nets is prohibited in the fishery 

management area north of 38°00.00′ N. 

lat.

(4) Traps or pots. Traps must have 

biodegradable escape panels 

constructed with # 21 or smaller 

untreated cotton twine in such a manner 

that an opening at least 8 inches (20.3 

cm) in diameter results when the twine 

deteriorates.

(5) Spears. Spears may be propelled 

by hand or by mechanical means.

(c) Open Access Groundfish 

Conservation Areas. A Groundfish 

Conservation Area (GCA), a type of 

closed area, is a geographic area defined 

by coordinates expressed in degrees 

latitude and longitude. The following 

GCAs apply to participants in the open 

access fishery.

(1) Yelloweye Rockfish Conservation 

Area. The latitude and longitude 

coordinates of the Yelloweye Rockfish 

Conservation Area (YRCA) boundaries 

are specified at § 660.390. The YRCA is 

designated as an area to be avoided (a 

voluntary closure) by commercial fixed 

gear fishermen.

(2) Cowcod Conservation Areas. The 

latitude and longitude coordinates of 

the Cowcod Conservation Areas (CCAs) 

boundaries are specified at § 660.390. 

Fishing with open access gear is 

prohibited within the CCAs, except that 

fishing for ‘‘other flatfish’’ is permitted 

within the CCAs using no more than 12 

hooks, ‘‘Number 2’’ or smaller, which 

measure no more than 11 mm (0.44 

inches) point to shank, and up to 2 lb 

(0.91 kg) of weight per line. Fishing 

with open access gear, except trawl gear, 

for rockfish and lingcod is permitted 

shoreward of the 20–fm (37–m) depth 

contour. It is unlawful to take and 

retain, possess, or land groundfish 

within the CCAs, except for species 

authorized in this paragraph caught 

according to gear requirements in this 

paragraph, when those waters are open 

to fishing. Commercial fishing vessels 

may transit through the Western CCA 

with their gear stowed and groundfish 

on board only in a corridor through the 

Western CCA bounded on the north by 

the latitude line at 33°00.50′ N. lat., and 

bounded on the south by the latitude 

line at 32°59.50′ N. lat.

(3) Non-trawl Rockfish Conservation 

Areas for the open access fisheries.

Fishing for groundfish with non-trawl 

gear (limited entry or open access 

longline and pot or trap, open access 

hook-and-line, gillnet, set net, trammel 

net and spear) is prohibited within the 

non-trawl rockfish conservation area 

(RCA), except that commercial fishing 

for ‘‘other flatfish’’ is permitted within 

the non-trawl RCA off California 

(between 42° N. lat. south to the U.S./

Mexico border) using no more than 12 

hooks, ‘‘Number 2’’ or smaller, which 

measure no more than 11 mm (0.44 

inches) point to shank, and up to 2 lb 

(0.91 kg) of weight per line. It is 

unlawful to take and retain, possess, or 

land groundfish taken with non-trawl 

gear within the non-trawl RCA, unless 

otherwise authorized in this section. 

Open access non-trawl gear vessels may 

transit through the non-trawl RCA, with 

or without groundfish on board. These 

restrictions do not apply to vessels 

fishing for species other than groundfish 

with non-trawl gear, although non-trawl 

vessels on a fishing trip for species other 

than groundfish that occurs within the 

non-trawl RCA may not retain any 

groundfish taken on that trip. If a vessel 

fishes in the non-trawl RCA, it may not 

participate in any fishing on that trip 

that is prohibited by the restrictions that 

apply within the non-trawl RCA. 

Retention of groundfish caught by 

salmon troll gear is prohibited in the 

designated RCAs, except that salmon 

trollers may retain yellowtail rockfish 

caught both inside and outside the nontrawl RCA subject to the limits in Tables 

5 (North) and 5 (South) of this subpart. 

Boundaries for the non-trawl RCA 

throughout the year are provided in the 

open access trip limit tables, Table 5 

(North) and Table 5(South) of this 

subpart and may be modified by NMFS 

inseason pursuant to § 660.370(c). Nontrawl RCA boundaries are defined by 

specific latitude and longitude 

coordinates which are specified at 

§§ 660.390 through 660.394.

(4) Trawl Rockfish Conservation 

Areas for the open access nongroundfish trawl fisheries.

(i) Fishing with any open access trawl 

gear is prohibited within the trawl RCA 

coastwide, except as authorized in this 

paragraph. Coastwide, it is unlawful to 

take and retain, possess, or land any 

species of fish taken with trawl gear 

within the trawl RCA, except as 

permitted in this paragraph for vessels 

participating in the pink shrimp and 

ridgeback prawn trawl fisheries. 

Boundaries for the trawl RCA 

throughout the year in the open access 

fishery are provided in Table 5 (North) 

and Table 5 (South) of this subpart and 

may be modified by NMFS inseason 

pursuant to § 660.370(c). Trawl RCA 

boundaries are defined by specific 

latitude and longitude coordinates 

which are specified below at §§ 660.390 

through 660.394. The trawl rockfish 

conservation area (RCA) is closed 

coastwide to open access nongroundfish trawl fishing, except as 

follows:

(A) Pink shrimp trawling is permitted 

in the trawl RCA, and

(B) When the shoreward line of the 

trawl RCA is shallower than 100 fm (183 

m), the ridgeback prawn trawl fishery 

south of 34°27.00′ N. lat. may operate 

out to the 100 fm boundary line 

specified at § 660.393 (i.e., the 

shoreward boundary of the trawl RCA is 

at the 100 fm boundary line all year for 

the ridgeback prawn trawl fishery in 

this area).

(ii) For the non-groundfish trawl gear 

fisheries, non-groundfish trawl gear 

RCAs, if applicable, are generally 

described in the non-groundfish trawl 

gear sections at the bottom of Tables 5 

(North) and 5 (South) of this subpart. 

Retention of groundfish caught by nongroundfish trawl gear is prohibited in 

the designated RCAs, except that:

(A) pink shrimp trawl may retain 

groundfish caught both within and 

shoreward and seaward of the nongroundfish trawl RCA subject to the 

limits in Tables 5 (North) and 5 (South) 

of this subpart, and

(B) South of 34°27′ N. lat., ridgeback 

prawn trawl may retain groundfish 

caught both within the non-groundfish 

trawl RCA out to 100 fm (183 m) when 

the shoreward boundary of the trawl 

RCA is shallower than 100 fm (183 m) 

(i.e., the shoreward boundary of the 

trawl RCA is at the 100 fm boundary 

line all year for the ridgeback prawn 

trawl fishery in this area) and shoreward 

and seaward of the non-groundfish 

trawl RCA subject to the limits in Tables 

5 (North) and 5 (South) of this subpart.

(iii) If a vessel fishes in the trawl RCA, 

it may not participate in any fishing on 

that trip that is prohibited by the 

restrictions that apply within the trawl 

RCA. [For example, if a vessel 

participates in the pink shrimp fishery 

within the RCA, the vessel cannot on 

the same trip participate in the DTS 

fishery seaward of the RCA.] Nothing in 

these Federal regulations supercede any 

state regulations that may prohibit 

trawling shoreward of the 3–nm state 

waters boundary line.

(5) Farallon Islands. Under California 

law, commercial fishing for all 

groundfish is prohibited between the 

shoreline and the 10–fm (18–m) depth 

contour around the Farallon Islands, 

except that commercial fishing for 

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‘‘other flatfish’’ is permitted around the 

Farallon Islands using no more than 12 

hooks, ‘‘Number 2’’ or smaller, which 

measure no more than 11 mm (0.44 

inches) point to shank, and up to 2 lb 

(0.91 kg) of weight per line. (See Table 

5 (South) of this subpart.) For a 

definition of the Farallon Islands, see 

§ 660.390.

(6) Cordell Banks. Commercial fishing 

for groundfish is prohibited in waters 

less than 100 fm (183 m) around Cordell 

Banks as defined by specific latitude 

and longitude coordinates at § 660.390, 

except that commercial fishing for 

‘‘other flatfish’’ is permitted around 

Cordell Banks using no more than 12 

hooks, ‘‘Number 2’’ or smaller, which 

measure no more than 11 mm (0.44 

inches) point to shank, and up to 2 lb 

(0.91 kg) of weight per line. [Note: 

California state regulations also prohibit 

fishing for all greenlings of the genus 

Hexagrammos, California sheephead 

and ocean whitefish in this area.]

(d) Groundfish taken with nongroundfish trawl gear by vessels engaged 

in fishing for ridgeback prawns, 

California halibut, or sea cucumbers.

Trip limits for groundfish retained in 

the ridgeback prawn, California halibut, 

or sea cucumber fisheries are in the 

open access trip limit table, Table 5 

(South) of this subpart. The table also 

generally describes the RCAs for vessels 

participating in these fisheries.

(1) Participation in the ridgeback 

prawn fishery. A trawl vessel will be 

considered participating in the 

ridgeback prawn fishery if:

(i) It is not fishing under a valid 

Federal limited entry groundfish permit 

issued under § 660.333 for trawl gear; 

and

(ii) The landing includes ridgeback 

prawns taken in accordance with 

California Fish and Game Code, section 

8595, which states: ‘‘Prawns or shrimp 

may be taken for commercial purposes 

with a trawl net, subject to Article 10 

(commencing with Section 8830) of 

Chapter 3.’’

(2) Participation in the California 

halibut fishery. A trawl vessel will be 

considered participating in the 

California halibut fishery if:

(i) It is not fishing under a valid 

Federal limited entry groundfish permit 

issued under § 660.333 for trawl gear;

(ii) All fishing on the trip takes place 

south of Pt. Arena, CA (38°57.50′ N. 

lat.); and

(iii) The landing includes California 

halibut of a size required by California 

Fish and Game Code section 8392(a), 

which states: ‘‘No California halibut 

may be taken, possessed or sold which 

measures less than 22 in (56 cm) in total 

length, unless it weighs 4 lb (1.8144 kg) 

or more in the round, 3 and one-half lbs 

(1.587 kg) or more dressed with the 

head on, or 3 lbs (1.3608 kg) or more 

dressed with the head off. Total length 

means the shortest distance between the 

tip of the jaw or snout, whichever 

extends farthest while the mouth is 

closed, and the tip of the longest lobe of 

the tail, measured while the halibut is 

lying flat in natural repose, without 

resort to any force other than the 

swinging or fanning of the tail.’’

(3) Participation in the sea cucumber 

fishery. A trawl vessel will be 

considered to be participating in the sea 

cucumber fishery if:

(i) It is not fishing under a valid 

Federal limited entry groundfish permit 

issued under § 660.333 for trawl gear;

(ii) All fishing on the trip takes place 

south of Pt. Arena, CA (38°57.50′ N. 

lat.); and

(iii) The landing includes sea 

cucumbers taken in accordance with 

California Fish and Game Code, section 

8405, which requires a permit issued by 

the State of California.

(e) Groundfish taken with nongroundfish trawl gear by vessels engaged 

in fishing for pink shrimp. Trip limits 

for groundfish retained in the pink 

shrimp fishery are in Tables 5 (North) 

and 5 (South) of this subpart. 

Notwithstanding § 660.370(h)(7), a 

vessel that takes and retains pink 

shrimp and also takes and retains 

groundfish in either the limited entry or 

another open access fishery during the 

same applicable cumulative limit period 

that it takes and retains pink shrimp 

(which may be 1 month or 2 months, 

depending on the fishery and the time 

of year), may retain the larger of the two 

limits, but only if the limit(s) for each 

gear or fishery are not exceeded when 

operating in that fishery or with that 

gear. The limits are not additive; the 

vessel may not retain a separate trip 

limit for each fishery.

■ 17. Section § 660.384 is added to read 

as follows:

§ 660.384 Recreational fishery 

management measures.

(a) General. Federal recreational 

groundfish regulations are not intended 

to supersede any more restrictive state 

recreational groundfish regulations 

relating to federally-managed 

groundfish. The bag limits include fish 

taken in both state and Federal waters.

(b) Gear restrictions. The only types of 

fishing gear authorized for recreational 

fishing are hook-and-line and spear. 

Spears may be propelled by hand or by 

mechanical means. More fisheryspecific gear restrictions may be 

required by state as noted in paragraph 

(c) of this section (e.g. California’s 

recreational ‘‘other flatfish’’ fishery).

(c) State-specific recreational fishery 

management measures. Federal 

recreational groundfish regulations are 

not intended to supersede any more 

restrictive State recreational groundfish 

regulations relating to federallymanaged groundfish. Off the coast of 

Washington, Oregon, and California, 

boat limits apply, whereby each fisher 

aboard a vessel may continue to use 

angling gear until the combined daily 

limits of groundfish for all licensed and 

juvenile anglers aboard has been 

attained (additional state restrictions on 

boat limits may apply).

(1) Washington. For each person 

engaged in recreational fishing in the 

EEZ seaward of Washington, the 

groundfish bag limit is 15 groundfish 

per day, including rockfish and lingcod, 

and is open year-round (except for 

lingcod). The following sublimits and 

closed areas apply:

(i) Recreational Groundfish 

Conservation Areas off Washington.

(A) Yelloweye Rockfish Conservation 

Area. Recreational fishing for 

groundfish and halibut is prohibited 

within the YRCA. It is unlawful for 

recreational fishing vessels to take, 

retain, possess, or land groundfish 

within the YRCA. The YRCA is defined 

by latitude and longitude coordinates 

specified at § 660.390.

(B) Recreational Rockfish 

Conservation Area. Fishing for 

groundfish with recreational gear is 

prohibited within the recreational RCA. 

It is unlawful to take and retain, 

possess, or land groundfish taken with 

recreational gear within the recreational 

RCA. A vessel fishing in the recreational 

RCA may not be in possession of any 

groundfish. [For example, if a vessel 

participates in the recreational salmon 

fishery within the RCA, the vessel 

cannot be in possession of groundfish 

while in the RCA. The vessel may, 

however, on the same trip fish for and 

retain groundfish shoreward of the RCA 

on the return trip to port.] Off 

Washington, if recreational fishing for 

all groundfish is prohibited seaward of 

a boundary line approximating the 30–

fm (55–m) depth contour, a document 

will be published in the Federal 

Register inseason pursuant to 

§ 660.370(c). Coordinates for the 

boundary line approximating the 30–fm 

(55–m) depth contour are listed in 

§ 660.391.

(ii) Rockfish. In areas of the EEZ 

seaward of Washington that are open to 

recreational groundfish fishing, there is 

a 10 rockfish per day bag limit. Taking 

and retaining canary rockfish and 

yelloweye rockfish is prohibited.

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(iii) Lingcod. Recreational fishing for 

lingcod is open between the closest 

Saturday to March 15 through the 

closest Saturday to October 15. For 

2005, the lingcod season will be open 

from March 12 through October 15. For 

2006, the lingcod season will be open 

from March 18 through October 14. In 

areas of the EEZ seaward of Washington 

that are open to recreational groundfish 

fishing and when the recreational 

season for lingcod is open, there is a bag 

limit of 2 lingcod per day, which may 

be no smaller than 24 in (61 cm) total 

length.

(2) Oregon—(i) Recreational 

Groundfish Conservation Areas off 

Oregon. Fishing for groundfish with 

recreational gear is prohibited within 

the recreational RCA, a type of closed 

area or GCA. It is unlawful to take and 

retain, possess, or land groundfish taken 

with recreational gear within the 

recreational RCA. A vessel fishing in the 

recreational RCA may not be in 

possession of any groundfish. [For 

example, if a vessel participates in the 

recreational salmon fishery within the 

RCA, the vessel cannot be in possession 

of groundfish while in the RCA. The 

vessel may, however, on the same trip 

fish for and retain groundfish shoreward 

of the RCA on the return trip to port.] 

Off Oregon, from June 1 through 

September 30, recreational fishing for 

groundfish is prohibited seaward of a 

recreational RCA boundary line 

approximating the 40 fm (73 m) depth 

contour. Coordinates for the boundary 

line approximating the 40 fm (73 m) 

depth contour are listed at § 660.391. 

Recreational fishing for all groundfish 

may be prohibited inseason seaward of 

the 20 fm (37 m) depth contour or a 

boundary line approximating the 30 fm 

(55 m) depth contour. If the closure 

seaward of the 20 fm (37 m) depth 

contour or a boundary line 

approximating the 30 fm (55 m) depth 

contour is implemented inseason, a 

document will be published in the 

Federal Register pursuant to 

§ 660.370(c). Coordinates for the 

boundary line approximating the 30 fm 

(55 m) depth contour are listed at 

§ 660.391.

(ii) Seasons. Recreational fishing for 

groundfish is open from January 1 

through December 31, subject to the 

closed areas described in paragraph 

(c)(2) of this section.

(iii) Bag limits, size limits. The bag 

limits for each person engaged in 

recreational fishing in the EEZ seaward 

of Oregon are two lingcod per day, 

which may be no smaller than 24 in (61 

cm) total length; and 10 marine fish per 

day, which excludes Pacific halibut, 

salmon, tuna, perch species, sturgeon, 

sanddabs, lingcod, striped bass and 

baitfish (herring, smelt, anchovies and 

sardines), but which includes rockfish, 

greenling, cabezon and other groundfish 

species. The minimum size limit for 

cabezon retained in the recreational 

fishery is 16 in (41 cm) and for greenling 

is 10 in (26 cm). Taking and retaining 

canary rockfish and yelloweye rockfish 

is prohibited.

(3) California. Seaward of California, 

California law provides that, in times 

and areas when the recreational fishery 

is open, there is a 20–fish bag limit for 

all species of finfish, within which no 

more than 10 fish of any one species 

may be taken or possessed by any one 

person. [Note: There are some 

exceptions to this rule. The following 

groundfish species are not subject to a 

bag limit: petrale sole, Pacific sanddab 

and starry flounder.] California state law 

may provide regulations similar to 

Federal regulations for the following 

state-managed species: ocean whitefish, 

California sheephead, and all greenlings 

of the genus Hexogrammos. Kelp 

greenling is the only federally-managed 

greenling. Retention of cowcod, 

yelloweye rockfish, and canary rockfish 

is prohibited in the recreational fishery 

seaward of California all year in all 

areas. For each person engaged in 

recreational fishing in the EEZ seaward 

of California, the following closed areas, 

seasons, bag limits, and size limits 

apply:

(i) Recreational Groundfish 

Conservation Areas off California. A 

Groundfish Conservation Area (GCA), a 

type of closed area, is a geographic area 

defined by coordinates expressed in 

degrees latitude and longitude. The 

following GCAs apply to participants in 

California’s recreational fishery.

(A) Recreational Rockfish 

Conservation Areas. The recreational 

RCAs are areas that are closed to 

recreational fishing for groundfish. 

Fishing for groundfish with recreational 

gear is prohibited within the 

recreational RCA, except that 

recreational fishing for ‘‘other flatfish’’

is permitted within the recreational 

RCA as specified in paragraph (c)(3)(iv) 

of this section. It is unlawful to take and 

retain, possess, or land groundfish taken 

with recreational gear within the 

recreational RCA, unless otherwise 

authorized in this section. A vessel 

fishing in the recreational RCA may not 

be in possession of any species 

prohibited by the restrictions that apply 

within the recreational RCA. [For 

example, if a vessel participates in the 

recreational salmon fishery within the 

RCA, the vessel cannot be in possession 

of rockfish while in the RCA. The vessel 

may, however, on the same trip fish for 

and retain rockfish shoreward of the 

RCA on the return trip to port.]

(1) Between 42° N. lat. (California/

Oregon border) and 40°10.00′ N. lat., 

recreational fishing for all groundfish 

(except ‘‘other flatfish’’ as specified in 

paragraph (c)(3)(iv) of this section) is 

prohibited seaward of a boundary line 

approximating the 40 fm (73 m) depth 

contour along the mainland coast and 

along islands and offshore seamounts 

from July 1 through October 31; and is 

closed entirely from January 1 through 

June 30 and from November 1 through 

December 31 (i.e., prohibited seaward of 

the shoreline). Recreational fishing for 

all groundfish may be prohibited 

inseason seaward of a boundary line 

approximating the 30 fm (55 m) depth 

contour. If a closure seaward of the 

boundary line approximating the 30 fm 

(55 m) depth contour is implemented 

inseason, a document will be published 

in the Federal Register pursuant to 

§ 660.370(c). Coordinates for the 

boundary line approximating the 30 fm 

(55 m) and 40 fm (73 m) depth contours 

are specified in § 660.391.

(2) Between 40°10.00′ N. lat. and 

36°N. lat., recreational fishing for all 

groundfish (except ‘‘other flatfish’’ as 

specified in paragraph (c)(3)(iv) of this 

section) is prohibited seaward of the 20 

fm (37 m) depth contour along the 

mainland coast and along islands and 

offshore seamounts from July 1 through 

November 30; and is closed entirely 

from January 1 through June 30 and 

from December 1 through December 31 

(i.e., prohibited seaward of the 

shoreline). Closures around the Farallon 

Islands (see paragraph (c)(3)(i)(C) of this 

section) and Cordell Banks (see 

paragraph (c)(3)(i)(D) of this section) 

also apply in this area.

(3) Between 36° N. lat. and 34°27.00′

N. lat., recreational fishing for all 

groundfish (except ‘‘other flatfish’’ as 

specified in paragraph (c)(3)(iv) of this 

section) is prohibited shoreward of the 

20 fm (37 m) depth contour and seaward 

of a boundary line approximating the 

40–fm (73–m) depth contour along the 

mainland coast and along islands and 

offshore seamounts from May 1 through 

September 30 (i.e., fishing is permitted 

only between 20 fm and 40 fm); and is 

closed entirely from January 1 through 

April 30 and from October 1 through 

December 31 (i.e., prohibited seaward of 

the shoreline). Coordinates for the 

boundary line approximating the 40–fm 

(73–m) depth contour are specified in 

§ 660.391.

(4) South of 34°27.00′ N. lat., 

recreational fishing for all groundfish 

(except California scorpionfish as 

specified below in this paragraph and in 

paragraph (v) and ‘‘other flatfish’’ as 

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specified in paragraph (c)(3)(iv) of this 

section) is prohibited shoreward of a 

boundary line approximating the 30 fm 

(55 m) depth contour and seaward of a 

boundary line approximating the 60–fm 

(110–m) depth contour along the 

mainland coast and along islands and 

offshore seamounts from March 1 

through June 30; and is prohibited 

seaward of a boundary line 

approximating the 40–fm (73–m) depth 

contour from July 1 through September 

30; except in the CCAs where fishing is 

prohibited seaward of the 20–fm (37–m) 

depth contour when the fishing season 

is open (see paragraph (c)(3)(i)(B) of this 

section). Recreational fishing for all 

groundfish (except California 

scorpionfish and ‘‘other flatfish’’) is 

closed entirely from January 1 through 

February 29 and from October 1 through 

December 31 (i.e., prohibited seaward of 

the shoreline). Recreational fishing for 

California scorpionfish south of 

34°27.00′ N. lat. is prohibited seaward 

of a boundary line approximating the 

40–fm (73–m) depth contour from 

October 1 through November 30, and 

seaward of the 20–fm (37–m) depth 

contour from December 1 through 

December 31, except in the CCAs where 

fishing is prohibited seaward of the 20–

fm (37–m) depth contour when the 

fishing season is open. Recreational 

fishing for California scorpionfish south 

of 34°27.00′ N. lat. is closed entirely 

from January 1 through September 30 

(i.e., prohibited seaward of the 

shoreline). Coordinates for the boundary 

line approximating the 30 fm (55 m), 40 

fm (73 m), and 60–fm (110–m) depth 

contours are specified in §§ 660.391 and 

660.392.

(B) Cowcod Conservation Areas. The 

latitude and longitude coordinates of 

the Cowcod Conservation Areas (CCAs) 

boundaries are specified at § 660.390. In 

general, recreational fishing for all 

groundfish is prohibited within the 

CCAs, except that fishing for ‘‘other 

flatfish’’ is permitted within the CCAs 

as specified in paragraph (c)(3)(iv) of 

this section. However, recreational 

fishing for the following species is 

permitted shoreward of the 20–fm (37–

m) depth contour: minor nearshore 

rockfish, cabezon, kelp greenling, 

lingcod, California scorpionfish, and 

‘‘other flatfish’’ (subject to gear 

requirements at paragraph (c)(3)(iv) of 

this section). [NOTE: California state 

regulations also permit recreational 

fishing for all greenlings of the genus 

Hexogrammas shoreward of the 20–fm 

(37–m) depth contour in the CCAs.] It is 

unlawful to take and retain, possess, or 

land groundfish within the CCAs, 

except for species authorized in this 

section.

(C) Farallon Islands. Under California 

state law, recreational fishing for 

groundfish is prohibited between the 

shoreline and the 10–fm (18–m) depth 

contour around the Farallon Islands, 

except that recreational fishing for 

‘‘other flatfish’’ is permitted around the 

Farallon Islands as specified in 

paragraph (c)(3)(iv) of this section. 

(Note: California state regulations also 

prohibit the retention of other 

greenlings of the genus Hexagrammos, 

California sheephead and ocean 

whitefish.) For a definition of the 

Farallon Islands, see § 660.390.

(D) Cordell Banks. Recreational 

fishing for groundfish is prohibited in 

waters less than 100 fm (183 m) around 

Cordell Banks as defined by specific 

latitude and longitude coordinates at 

§ 660.390, except that recreational 

fishing for ‘‘other flatfish’’ is permitted 

around Cordell Banks as specified in 

paragraph (c)(3)(iv) of this section. 

[Note: California state regulations also 

prohibit fishing for all greenlings of the 

genus Hexagrammos, California 

sheephead and ocean whitefish.]

(ii) RCG Complex. The California 

rockfish, cabezon, greenling complex 

(RCG Complex), as defined in state 

regulations (Section 1.91, Title 14, 

California Code of Regulations), 

includes all rockfish, kelp greenling, 

rock greenling, and cabezon. This 

category does not include California 

scorpionfish, also known as ‘‘sculpin.

(A) Seasons. When recreational 

fishing for the RCG Complex is open, it 

is permitted only outside of the 

recreational RCAs described in 

paragraph (c)(3)(i) of this section.

(1) North of 40°10.00′ N. lat., 

recreational fishing for the RCG 

Complex is open from July 1 through 

October 31.

(2) Between 40°10.00′ N. lat. and 36°

N. lat., recreational fishing for the RCG 

Complex is open from July 1 through 

November 30 (i.e., it’s closed from 

January 1 through June 30 and from 

December 1 through December 31).

(3) Between 36° N. lat. and 34°27.00′

N. lat., recreational fishing for the RCG 

Complex is open from May 1 through 

September 30 (i.e., it’s closed from 

January 1 through April 30 and from 

October 1 through December 31).

(4) South of 34°27.00′ N. lat., 

recreational fishing for the RCG 

Complex is open from March 1 through 

September 30 (i.e., it’s closed from 

January 1 through February 29 and from 

October 1 through December 31).

(B) Bag limits, hook limits. In times 

and areas when the recreational season 

for the RCG Complex is open, there is 

a limit of 2 hooks and 1 line when 

fishing for rockfish. The bag limit is 10 

RCG Complex fish per day coastwide. 

Retention of canary rockfish, yelloweye 

rockfish and cowcod is prohibited. 

North of 40°10′ N. lat., within the 10 

RCG Complex fish per day limit, no 

more than 2 may be bocaccio, no more 

than 2 may be greenling (kelp and/or 

other greenlings) and no more than 3 

may be cabezon. South of 40°10′ N. lat., 

within the 10 RCG Complex fish per day 

limit, no more than 1 may be bocaccio, 

no more than 2 may be greenling (kelp 

and/or other greenlings) and no more 

than 3 may be cabezon. Multi-day limits 

are authorized by a valid permit issued 

by California and must not exceed the 

daily limit multiplied by the number of 

days in the fishing trip.

(C) Size limits. The following size 

limits apply: bocaccio may be no 

smaller than 10 in (25 cm) total length; 

cabezon may be no smaller than 15 in 

(38 cm) total length; and kelp and other 

greenling may be no smaller than 12 in 

(30 cm) total length.

(D) Dressing/Fileting. Cabezon, kelp 

greenling, and rock greenling taken in 

the recreational fishery may not be 

fileted at sea. Rockfish skin may not be 

removed when fileting or otherwise 

dressing rockfish taken in the 

recreational fishery. The following 

rockfish filet size limits apply: bocaccio 

filets may be no smaller than 5 in (12.8 

cm) and brown-skinned rockfish fillets 

may be no smaller than 6.5 in (16.6 cm). 

‘‘Brown-skinned’’ rockfish include the 

following species: brown, calico, 

copper, gopher, kelp, olive, speckled, 

squarespot, and yellowtail.

(iii) Lingcod—(A) Seasons. When 

recreational fishing for lingcod is open, 

it is permitted only outside of the 

recreational RCAs described in 

paragraph (c)(3)(i) of this section.

(1) North of 40°10.00′ N. lat., 

recreational fishing for lingcod is open 

from July 1 through October 31.

(2) Between 40°10.00′ N. lat. and 36°

N. lat., recreational fishing for lingcod is 

open from July 1 through November 30 

(i.e., it’s closed from January 1 through 

June 30 and from December 1 through 

December 31).

(3) Between 36° N. lat. and 34°27.00’

N. lat., recreational fishing for lingcod is 

open from May 1 through September 30 

(i.e., it’s closed from January 1 through 

April 30 and from October 1 through 

December 31).

(4) South of 34°27.00′ N. lat., 

recreational fishing for lingcod is open 

from March 1 through September 30 

(i.e., it’s closed from January 1 through 

February 29 and from October 1 through 

December 31).

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(B) Bag limits, hook limits. In times 

and areas when the recreational season 

for lingcod is open, there is a limit of 

2 hooks and 1 line when fishing for 

lingcod. The bag limit is 2 lingcod per 

day. Multi-day limits are authorized by 

a valid permit issued by California and 

must not exceed the daily limit 

multiplied by the number of days in the 

fishing trip.

(C) Size limits. Lingcod may be no 

smaller than 24 in (61 cm) total length.

(D) Dressing/Fileting. Lingcod filets 

may be no smaller than 16 in (41 cm) 

in length.

(iv) ‘‘Other flatfish’’. Coastwide off 

California, recreational fishing for 

‘‘other flatfish’’ is permitted both 

shoreward of and within the closed 

areas described in paragraph (c)(3)(i) of 

this section. Recreational fishing for 

‘‘other flatfish’’ is permitted within the 

closed areas, subject to a limit of up to 

12 hooks, ‘‘Number 2’’ or smaller, which 

measure no more than 11 mm (0.44 

inches) point to shank, and up to 2 lb 

(0.91 kg) of weight per line. ‘‘Other 

flatfish,’’ except Pacific sanddab and 

starry flounder, are subject to the overall 

20–fish bag limit for all species of 

finfish, of which there may be no more 

than 10 fish of any one species. There 

is no season restriction or size limit for 

‘‘other flatfish;’’ however, it is 

prohibited to filet ‘‘other flatfish’’ at sea.

(v) California scorpionfish. California 

scorpionfish only occur south of 

40°10.00′ N. lat.

(A) Seasons. When recreational 

fishing for California scorpionfish is 

open, it is permitted only outside of the 

recreational RCAs described in 

paragraph (c)(3)(i) of this section.

(1) Between 40°10.00′ N. lat. and 36°

N. lat., recreational fishing for California 

scorpionfish is open from July 1 through 

November 30 (i.e., it’s closed from 

January 1 through June 30 and from 

December 1 through December 31).

(2) Between 36° N. lat. and 34°27.00′

N. lat., recreational fishing for California 

scorpionfish is open from May 1 

through September 30 (i.e., it’s closed 

from January 1 through April 30 and 

from October 1 through December 31).

(3) South of 34°27.00′ N. lat., 

recreational fishing for California 

scorpionfish is open from October 1 

through December 31 (i.e., it’s closed 

from January 1 through September 30).

(B) Bag limits, hook limits. South of 

40°10.00’ N. lat., in times and areas 

where the recreational season for 

California scorpionfish is open, the bag 

limit is 5 California scorpionfish per 

day. California scorpionfish do not 

count against the 10 RCG Complex fish 

per day limit. Multi-day limits are 

authorized by a valid permit issued by 

California and must not exceed the daily 

limit multiplied by the number of days 

in the fishing trip.

(C) Size limits. California scorpionfish 

may be no smaller than 10 in (25 cm) 

total length.

(D) Dressing/Fileting. California 

scorpionfish filets may be no smaller 

than 5 in (12.8 cm) and must bear an 

intact 1 in (2.6 cm) square patch of skin.

■ 18. Section 660.385 is added to read as 

follows:

§ 660.385 Washington coastal tribal 

fisheries management measures.

In 1994, the United States formally 

recognized that the four Washington 

coastal treaty Indian tribes (Makah, 

Quileute, Hoh, and Quinault) have 

treaty rights to fish for groundfish in the 

Pacific Ocean, and concluded that, in 

general terms, the quantification of 

those rights is 50 percent of the 

harvestable surplus of groundfish that 

pass through the tribes usual and 

accustomed fishing areas (described at 

50 CFR 660.324). Tribal fishery 

allocations for sablefish and whiting, are 

provided in paragraphs (a) and (e) of 

this section, respectively, and the tribal 

harvest guideline for black rockfish is 

provided in paragraph (b)(1) of this 

section. Trip limits for certain species 

were recommended by the tribes and 

the Council for 2005–2006 and are 

specified here with the tribal 

allocations.

(a) Sablefish. In 2005, the tribal 

allocation is 731.4 mt and in 2006 the 

tribal allocation is 719.4 mt. These 

allocations are, for each year, 10 percent 

of the total catch OY, less 2.3 percent 

estimated discard mortality.

(b) Rockfish. (1) For the commercial 

harvest of black rockfish off Washington 

State, a harvest guideline of: 20,000 lb 

(9,072 kg) north of Cape Alava, WA 

(48°09′30′′ N. lat.) and 10,000 lb (4,536 

kg) between Destruction Island, WA 

(47°40′00′′ N. lat.) and Leadbetter Point, 

WA (46°38′10′′ N. lat.). There are no 

tribal harvest restrictions for the area 

between Cape Alava and Destruction 

Island.

(2) Thornyheads are subject to a 300–

lb (136–kg) trip limit.

(3) Canary rockfish are subject to a 

300–lb (136–kg) trip limit.

(4) Yelloweye rockfish are subject to 

a 100–lb (45–kg) trip limit.

(5) The Makah Tribe will manage the 

midwater trawl fisheries as follows: 

yellowtail rockfish taken in the directed 

tribal mid-water trawl fisheries are 

subject to a cumulative limit of 180,000 

lb (81,647 kg) per 2–month period for 

the entire fleet. Landings of widow 

rockfish must not exceed 10 percent of 

the weight of yellowtail rockfish landed 

in any two-month period. These limits 

may be adjusted by the tribe inseason to 

minimize the incidental catch of canary 

rockfish and widow rockfish.

(6) Other rockfish, including minor 

nearshore, minor shelf, and minor slope 

rockfish groups are subject to a 300–lb 

(136–kg) trip limit per species or species 

group, or to the non-tribal limited entry 

trip limit for those species if those limits 

are less restrictive than 300 lb (136 kg) 

per trip.

(7) Rockfish taken during open 

competition tribal commercial fisheries 

for Pacific halibut will not be subject to 

trip limits.

(c) Lingcod. Lingcod are subject to a 

600 lb (272 kg) daily trip limit and a 

1,800 lb (816 kg) weekly limit, unless 

taken in the treaty salmon troll fisheries. 

Lingcod taken in the treaty salmon troll 

fisheries are subject to a 1,000 lb (454 

kg) daily trip limit and a 4,000 lb (1,814 

kg) weekly limit.

(d) Flatfish and other fish. Treaty 

fishing vessels using bottom trawl gear 

are subject to the limits applicable to the 

non-tribal limited entry trawl fishery for 

Pacific cod, English sole, rex sole, 

arrowtooth flounder, and other flatfish 

that are published at the beginning of 

the year. Treaty fishing vessels are 

restricted to a 50,000 lb (22,680 kg) per 

2–month limit for petrale sole for the 

entire year.

(e) Pacific whiting. Whiting 

allocations will be announced when the 

final OY is announced in the Federal 

Register.

■ 19. Section 660.390 is revised to read 

as follows:

§ 660.390 Groundfish conservation areas.

In § 660.302, a groundfish 

conservation area is defined as ‘‘a 

geographic area defined by coordinates 

expressed in latitude and longitude, 

created and enforced for the purpose of 

contributing to the rebuilding of 

overfished West Coast groundfish 

species.’’ While some groundfish 

conservation areas may be designed 

with the intent that their shape be 

determined by ocean bottom depth 

contours, their shapes are defined in 

regulation by latitude/longitude 

coordinates and are enforced by those 

coordinates. Latitude/longitude 

coordinates designating the large-scale 

boundaries for rockfish conservation 

areas are found in §§ 660.391 through 

660.394. Fishing activity that is 

prohibited or permitted within a 

particular groundfish conservation area 

is detailed in Federal Register 

documents associated with the harvest 

specifications and management 

measures process and at § 660.381 

through § 660.384.

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(a) Yelloweye Rockfish Conservation 

Area. The Yelloweye Rockfish 

Conservation Area (YRCA) is a C-shaped 

area off the northern Washington coast 

intended to protect yelloweye rockfish. 

The YRCA is defined by straight lines 

connecting the following specific 

latitude and longitude coordinates in 

the order listed:

48°18.00′ N. lat.; 125°18.00′ W. long.;

48°18.00′ N. lat.; 124°59.00′ W. long.;

48°11.00′ N. lat.; 124°59.00′ W. long.;

48°11.00′ N. lat.; 125°11.00′ W. long.;

48°04.00′ N. lat.; 125°11.00′ W. long.;

48°04.00′ N. lat.; 124°59.00′ W. long.;

48°00.00′ N. lat.; 124°59.00′ W. long.;

48°00.00′ N. lat.; 125°18.00′ W. long.;

and connecting back to 48°18.00′ N. 

lat.; 125°18.00′ W.long.

(b) Cowcod Conservation Areas. The 

Cowcod Conservation Areas (CCAs) are 

two areas off the southern California 

coast intended to protect cowcod. The 

Western CCA is an area south of Point 

Conception defined by the straight lines 

connecting the following specific 

latitude and longitude coordinates in 

the order listed:

33°50.00′ N. lat., 119°30.00′ W. long.;

33°50.00′ N. lat., 118°50.00′ W. long.;

32°20.00′ N. lat., 118°50.00′ W. long.;

32°20.00′ N. lat., 119°37.00′ W. long.;

33°00.00′ N. lat., 119°37.00′ W. long.;

33°00.00′ N. lat., 119°53.00′ W. long.;

33°33.00′ N. lat., 119°53.00′ W. long.;

33°33.00′ N. lat., 119°30.00′ W. long.;

and connecting back to 33°50.00′ N. 

lat., 119°30.00′ W.long.

The Eastern CCA is an area west of 

San Diego defined by the straight lines 

connecting the following specific 

latitude and longitude coordinates in 

the order listed:

32°42.00′ N. lat., 118°02.00′ W. long.;

32°42.00′ N. lat., 117°50.00′ W. long.;

32°36.70′ N. lat., 117°50.00′ W. long.;

32°30.00′ N. lat., 117°53.50′ W. long.;

32°30.00′ N. lat., 118°02.00′ W. long.;

and connecting back to 32°42.00′ N. 

lat., 118°02.00′ W.long.

(c) Farallon Islands. The Farallon 

Islands, off San Francisco and San 

Mateo Counties, include Southeast 

Farallon Island, Middle Farallon Island, 

North Farallon Island and Noon Day 

Rock. Generally, the State of California 

prohibts fishing for groundfish between 

the shoreline and the 10 fm (18 m) 

depth contour around the Farallon 

Islands.

(d) Cordell Banks. Cordell Banks are 

located offshore of California’s Marin 

County. Generally, fishing for 

groundfish is prohibited in waters less 

than 100 fm (183 m) around Cordell 

Banks as defined by specific latitude 

and longitude coordinates.The Cordell 

Banks closed area is defined by straight 

lines connecting the following specific 

latitude and longitude coordinates in 

the order listed:

38°03.18′ N. lat., 123°20.77′ W. long.;

38°06.29′ N. lat., 123°25.03′ W. long.;

38°06.34′ N. lat., 123°29.32′ W. long.;

38°04.57′ N. lat., 123°31.30′ W. long.;

38°02.32′ N. lat., 123°31.07′ W. long.;

38°00.00′ N. lat., 123°28.40′ W. long.;

37°58.10′ N. lat., 123°26.66′ W. long.;

37°55.07′ N. lat., 123°26.81′ W. long.;

and connecting back to 38°03.18’ N. 

lat., 123°20.77′ W. long.

(e) Rockfish Conservation Areas. 

RCAs are defined in the Federal 

Register through the harvest 

specifications and management 

measures process. RCAs may apply to a 

single gear type or to a group of gear 

types such as ‘‘trawl RCAs’’ or ‘‘nontrawl RCAs.’’ Specific latitude and 

longitude coordinates for RCA 

boundaries that approximate the depth 

contours selected for both trawl, nontrawl, and recreational RCAs are 

provided in §§ 660.391 through 660.394. 

Also provided in §§ 660.391 through 

660.394 are references to islands and 

rocks that serve as reference points for 

the RCAs.

(1) Trawl (Limited Entry and Open 

Access Nongroundfish Trawl Gears) 

Rockfish Conservation Area. Trawl 

RCAs are intended to protect a complex 

of species, such as overfished shelf 

rockfish species, and have boundaries 

defined by specific latitude and 

longitude coordinates intended to 

approximate particular depth contours. 

Boundaries for the trawl RCA 

throughout the year are provided in 

Tables 3 and 5 (North) and Tables 3 and 

5 (South) and may be modified by 

NMFS inseason pursuant to 

§ 660.370(c). Trawl RCA boundaries are 

defined by specific latitude and 

longitude coordinates and are provided 

in §§ 660.391 through 660.394.

(2) Non-Trawl (Limited Entry Fixed 

Gear and Open Access Non-trawl Gears) 

Rockfish Conservation Area. Non-trawl 

RCAs are intended to protect a complex 

of species, such as overfished shelf 

rockfish species, and have boundaries 

defined by specific latitude and 

longitude coordinates intended to 

approximate particular depth contours. 

Boundaries for the non-trawl RCA 

throughout the year are provided in 

Tables 4 and 5 (North) and Tables 4 and 

5 (South) of this subpart and may be 

modified by NMFS inseason pursuant to 

§ 660.370(c). Non-trawl RCA boundaries 

are defined by specific latitude and 

longitude coordinates and are provided 

in §§ 660.391 through 660.394.

(3) Recreational Rockfish 

Conservation Area. Recreational RCAs 

are closed areas intended to protect 

overfished rockfish species. 

Recreational RCAs may either have 

boundaries defined by general depth 

contours or boundaries defined by 

specific latitude and longitude 

coordinates intended to approximate 

particular depth contours. Boundaries 

for the recreational RCAs throughout the 

year are provided in the text in 

§ 660.384(c) under each state 

(Washington, Oregon and California) 

and may be modified by NMFS 

inseason. Recreational RCA boundaries 

that are defined by specific latitude and 

longitude coordinates and are provided 

in §§ 660.391 through 660.394.

■ 20. Section 660.391 is added to read as 

follows:

§ 660.391 Latitude/longitude coordinates 

defining the 27 fm (49 m) through 40 fm (73 

m) depth contours. 

Boundaries for RCAs are defined by 

straight lines connecting a series of 

latitude/longitude coordinates. This 

section provides coordinates for the 27 

fm (49 m) through 40 fm (73 m) depth 

contours.

(a) The 27 fm (49 m) depth contour 

used between 46°16′ N. lat. and 40°10′

N. lat. is defined by straight lines 

connecting all of the following points in 

the order stated:

(1) 46°16.00′ N. lat., 124°12.39′ W. 

long.;

(2) 46°14.85′ N. lat., 124°12.39′ W. 

long.;

(3) 46°03.95′ N. lat., 124°03.64′ W. 

long.;

(4) 45°43.14′ N. lat., 124°00.17′ W. 

long.;

(5) 45°23.33′ N. lat., 124°01.99′ W. 

long.;

(6) 45°09.54′ N. lat., 124°01.65′ W. 

long.;

(7) 44°39.99′ N. lat., 124°08.67′ W. 

long.;

(8) 44°20.86′ N. lat., 124°10.31′ W. 

long.;

(9) 43°37.11′ N. lat., 124°14.91′ W. 

long.;

(10) 43°27.54′ N. lat., 124°18.98′ W. 

long.;

(11) 43°20.68′ N. lat., 124°25.53′ W. 

long.;

(12) 43°15.08′ N. lat., 124°27.17′ W. 

long.;

(13) 43°06.89′ N. lat., 124°29.65′ W. 

long.;

(14) 43°01.02′ N. lat., 124°29.70′ W. 

long.;

(15) 42°52.67′ N. lat., 124°36.10′ W. 

long.;

(16) 42°45.96′ N. lat., 124°37.95′ W. 

long.;

(17) 42°45.80′ N. lat., 124°35.41′ W. 

long.;

(18) 42°38.46′ N. lat., 124°27.49′ W. 

long.;

(19) 42°35.29′ N. lat., 124°26.85′ W. 

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(20) 42°31.49′ N. lat., 124°31.40′ W. 

long.;

(21) 42°29.06′ N. lat., 124°32.24′ W. 

long.;

(22) 42°14.26′ N. lat., 124°26.27′ W. 

long.;

(23) 42°04.86′ N. lat., 124°21.94′ W. 

long.;

(24) 42°00.10′ N. lat., 124°20.99′ W. 

long.;

(25) 42°00.00′ N. lat., 124°21.03′ W. 

long.;

(26) 41°56.33′ N. lat., 124°20.34′ W. 

long.;

(27) 41°50.93′ N. lat., 124°23.74′ W. 

long.;

(28) 41°41.83′ N. lat., 124°16.99′ W. 

long.;

(29) 41°35.48′ N. lat., 124°16.35′ W. 

long.;

(30) 41°23.51′ N. lat., 124°10.48′ W. 

long.;

(31) 41°04.62′ N. lat., 124°14.44′ W. 

long.;

(32) 40°54.28′ N. lat., 124°13.90′ W. 

long.;

(33) 40°40.37′ N. lat., 124°26.21′ W. 

long.;

(34) 40°34.03′ N. lat., 124°27.36′ W. 

long.;

(35) 40°28.88′ N. lat., 124°32.41′ W. 

long.;

(36) 40°24.82′ N. lat., 124°29.56′ W. 

long.;

(37) 40°22.64′ N. lat., 124°24.05′ W. 

long.;

(38) 40°18.67′ N. lat., 124°21.90′ W. 

long.;

(39) 40°14.23′ N. lat., 124°23.72′ W. 

long.; and

(40) 40°10.00′ N. lat., 124°17.22′ W. 

long.

(b) The 30 fm (55 m) depth contour 

between the U.S. border with Canada 

and the U.S. border with Mexico is 

defined by straight lines connecting all 

of the following points in the order 

stated:

(1) 48°24.79′ N. lat., 124°44.07′ W. 

long.;

(2) 48°24.80′ N. lat., 124°44.74′ W. 

long.;

(3) 48°23.94′ N. lat., 124°44.70′ W. 

long.;

(4) 48°23.51′ N. lat., 124°45.01′ W. 

long.;

(5) 48°22.59′ N. lat., 124°44.97′ W. 

long.;

(6) 48°21.75′ N. lat., 124°45.26′ W. 

long.;

(7) 48°21.23′ N. lat., 124°47.78′ W. 

long.;

(8) 48°20.32′ N. lat., 124°49.53′ W. 

long.;

(9) 48°16.72′ N. lat., 124°51.58′ W. 

long.;

(10) 48°10.00′ N. lat., 124°52.58′ W. 

long.;

(11) 48°05.63′ N. lat., 124°52.91′ W. 

long.;

(12) 47°53.37′ N. lat., 124°47.37′ W. 

long.;

(13) 47°40.28′ N. lat., 124°40.07′ W. 

long.;

(14) 47°31.70′ N. lat., 124°37.03′ W. 

long.;

(15) 47°25.67′ N. lat., 124°34.79′ W. 

long.;

(16) 47°12.82′ N. lat., 124°29.12′ W. 

long.;

(17) 46°52.94′ N. lat., 124°22.58′ W. 

long.;

(18) 46°44.18′ N. lat., 124°18.00′ W. 

long.;

(19) 46°38.17′ N. lat., 124°15.88′ W. 

long.;

(20) 46°29.53′ N. lat., 124°15.89′ W. 

long.;

(21) 46°19.27′ N. lat., 124°14.15′ W. 

long.;

(22) 46°16.00′ N. lat., 124°13.05′ W. 

long.;

(23) 46°07.00′ N. lat., 124°07.01′ W. 

long.;

(24) 45°55.95′ N. lat., 124°02.23′ W. 

long.;

(25) 45°54.53′ N. lat., 124°02.57′ W. 

long.;

(26) 45°50.65′ N. lat., 124°01.62′ W. 

long.;

(27) 45°48.20′ N. lat., 124°02.16′ W. 

long.;

(28) 45°46.00′ N. lat., 124°01.86′ W. 

long.;

(29) 45°43.47′ N. lat., 124°01.28′ W. 

long.;

(30) 45°40.48′ N. lat., 124°01.03′ W. 

long.;

(31) 45°39.04′ N. lat., 124°01.68′ W. 

long.;

(32) 45°35.48′ N. lat., 124°01.89′ W. 

long.;

(33) 45°29.81′ N. lat., 124°02.45′ W. 

long.;

(34) 45°27.96′ N. lat., 124°01.89′ W. 

long.;

(35) 45°27.22′ N. lat., 124°02.67′ W. 

long.;

(36) 45°24.20′ N. lat., 124°02.94′ W. 

long.;

(37) 45°20.60′ N. lat., 124°01.74′ W. 

long.;

(38) 45°20.25′ N. lat., 124°01.85′ W. 

long.;

(39) 45°16.44′ N. lat., 124°03.22′ W. 

long.;

(40) 45°13.63′ N. lat., 124°02.70′ W. 

long.;

(41) 45°11.04′ N. lat., 124°03.59′ W. 

long.;

(42) 45°08.55′ N. lat., 124°03.47′ W. 

long.;

(43) 45°02.82′ N. lat., 124°04.64′ W. 

long.;

(44) 45°03.38′ N. lat., 124°04.79′ W. 

long.;

(45) 44°58.06′ N. lat., 124°05.03′ W. 

long.;

(46) 44°53.97′ N. lat., 124°06.92′ W. 

long.;

(47) 44°48.89′ N. lat., 124°07.04′ W. 

long.;

(48) 44°46.94′ N. lat., 124°08.25′ W. 

long.;

(49) 44°42.72′ N. lat., 124°08.98′ W. 

long.;

(50) 44°38.16′ N. lat., 124°11.48′ W. 

long.;

(51) 44°33.38′ N. lat., 124°11.54′ W. 

long.;

(52) 44°28.51′ N. lat., 124°12.03′ W. 

long.;

(53) 44°27.65′ N. lat., 124°12.56′ W. 

long.;

(54) 44°19.67′ N. lat., 124°12.37′ W. 

long.;

(55) 44°10.79′ N. lat., 124°12.22′ W. 

long.;

(56) 44°09.22′ N. lat., 124°12.28′ W. 

long.;

(57) 44°08.30′ N. lat., 124°12.30′ W. 

long.;

(58) 44°00.22′ N. lat., 124°12.80′ W. 

long.;

(59) 43°51.56′ N. lat., 124°13.17′ W. 

long.;

(60) 43°44.26′ N. lat., 124°14.50′ W. 

long.;

(61) 43°33.82′ N. lat., 124°16.28′ W. 

long.;

(62) 43°28.66′ N. lat., 124°18.72′ W. 

long.;

(63) 43°23.12′ N. lat., 124°24.04′ W. 

long.;

(64) 43°20.83′ N. lat., 124°25.67′ W. 

long.;

(65) 43°20.49′ N. lat., 124°25.90′ W. 

long.;

(66) 43°16.41′ N. lat., 124°27.52′ W. 

long.;

(67) 43°14.23′ N. lat., 124°29.28′ W. 

long.;

(68) 43°14.03′ N. lat., 124°28.31′ W. 

long.;

(69) 43°11.92′ N. lat., 124°28.26′ W. 

long.;

(70) 43°11.02′ N. lat., 124°29.11′ W. 

long.;

(71) 43°10.13′ N. lat., 124°29.15′ W. 

long.;

(72) 43°09.27′ N. lat., 124°31.03′ W. 

long.;

(73) 43°07.73′ N. lat., 124°30.92′ W. 

long.;

(74) 43°05.93′ N. lat., 124°29.64′ W. 

long.;

(75) 43°01.59′ N. lat., 124°30.64′ W. 

long.;

(76) 42°59.73′ N. lat., 124°31.16′ W. 

long.;

(77) 42°53.75′ N. lat., 124°36.09′ W. 

long.;

(78) 42°50.00′ N. lat., 124°38.39′ W. 

long.;

(79) 42°49.37′ N. lat., 124°38.81′ W. 

long.;

(80) 42°46.42′ N. lat., 124°37.69′ W. 

long.;

(81) 42°46.07′ N. lat., 124°38.56′ W. 

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(82) 42°45.29′ N. lat., 124°37.95′ W. 

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(83) 42°45.61′ N. lat., 124°36.87′ W. 

long.;

(84) 42°44.28′ N. lat., 124°33.64′ W. 

long.;

(85) 42°42.75′ N. lat., 124°31.84′ W. 

long.;

(86) 42°40.50′ N. lat., 124°29.67′ W. 

long.;

(87) 42°40.04′ N. lat., 124°29.19′ W. 

long.;

(88) 42°38.09′ N. lat., 124°28.39′ W. 

long.;

(89) 42°36.72′ N. lat., 124°27.54′ W. 

long.;

(90) 42°36.56′ N. lat., 124°28.40′ W. 

long.;

(91) 42°35.76′ N. lat., 124°28.79′ W. 

long.;

(92) 42°34.03′ N. lat., 124°29.98′ W. 

long.;

(93) 42°34.19′ N. lat., 124°30.58′ W. 

long.;

(94) 42°31.27′ N. lat., 124°32.24′ W. 

long.;

(95) 42°27.07′ N. lat., 124°32.53′ W. 

long.;

(96) 42°24.21′ N. lat., 124°31.23′ W. 

long.;

(97) 42°20.47′ N. lat., 124°28.87′ W. 

long.;

(98) 42°14.60′ N. lat., 124°26.80′ W. 

long.;

(99) 42°13.67′ N. lat., 124°26.25′ W. 

long.;

(100) 42°10.90′ N. lat., 124°24.57′ W. 

long.;

(101) 42°07.04′ N. lat., 124°23.35′ W. 

long.;

(102) 42°02.16′ N. lat., 124°22.59′ W. 

long.;

(103) 42°00.00′ N. lat., 124°21.81′ W. 

long.;

(104) 41°55.75′ N. lat., 124°20.72′ W. 

long.;

(105) 41°50.93′ N. lat., 124°23.76′ W. 

long.;

(106) 41°42.53′ N. lat., 124°16.47′ W. 

long.;

(107) 41°37.20′ N. lat., 124°17.05′ W. 

long.;

(108) 41°24.58′ N. lat., 124°10.51′ W. 

long.;

(109) 41°20.73′ N. lat., 124°11.73′ W. 

long.;

(110) 41°17.59′ N. lat., 124°10.66′ W. 

long.;

(111) 41°04.54′ N. lat., 124°14.47′ W. 

long.;

(112) 40°54.26′ N. lat., 124°13.90′ W. 

long.;

(113) 40°40.31′ N. lat., 124°26.24′ W. 

long.;

(114) 40°34.00′ N. lat., 124°27.39′ W. 

long.;

(115) 40°30.00′ N. lat., 124°31.32′ W. 

long.;

(116) 40°28.89′ N. lat., 124°32.43′ W. 

long.;

(117) 40°24.77′ N. lat., 124°29.51′ W. 

long.;

(118) 40°22.47′ N. lat., 124°24.12′ W. 

long.;

(119) 40°19.73′ N. lat., 124°23.59′ W. 

long.;

(120) 40°18.64′ N. lat., 124°21.89′ W. 

long.;

(121) 40°17.67′ N. lat., 124°23.07′ W. 

long.;

(122) 40°15.58′ N. lat., 124°23.61′ W. 

long.;

(123) 40°13.42′ N. lat., 124°22.94′ W. 

long.;

(124) 40°10.00′ N. lat., 124°16.65′ W. 

long.;

(125) 40°09.46′ N. lat., 124°15.28′ W. 

long.;

(126) 40°08.89′ N. lat., 124°15.24′ W. 

long.;

(127) 40°06.40′ N. lat., 124°10.97′ W. 

long.;

(128) 40°06.08′ N. lat., 124°09.34′ W. 

long.;

(129) 40°06.64′ N. lat., 124°08.00′ W. 

long.;

(130) 40°05.08′ N. lat., 124°07.57′ W. 

long.;

(131) 40°04.29′ N. lat., 124°08.12′ W. 

long.;

(132) 40°00.61′ N. lat., 124°07.35′ W. 

long.;

(133) 39°58.60′ N. lat., 124°05.51′ W. 

long.;

(134) 39°54.89′ N. lat., 124°04.67′ W. 

long.;

(135) 39°53.01′ N. lat., 124°02.33′ W. 

long.;

(136) 39°53.20′ N. lat., 123°58.18′ W. 

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(137) 39°48.45′ N. lat., 123°53.21′ W. 

long.;

(138) 39°43.89′ N. lat., 123°51.75′ W. 

long.;

(139) 39°39.60′ N. lat., 123°49.14′ W. 

long.;

(140) 39°34.43′ N. lat., 123°48.48′ W. 

long.;

(141) 39°30.63′ N. lat., 123°49.71′ W. 

long.;

(142) 39°21.25′ N. lat., 123°50.54′ W. 

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(143) 39°08.87′ N. lat., 123°46.24′ W. 

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(144) 39°03.79′ N. lat., 123°43.91′ W. 

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(145) 38°59.65′ N. lat., 123°45.94′ W. 

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(146) 38°57.50′ N. lat., 123°46.28′ W. 

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(147) 38°56.80′ N. lat., 123°46.48′ W. 

long.;

(148) 38°51.16′ N. lat., 123°41.48′ W. 

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(149) 38°45.77′ N. lat., 123°35.14′ W. 

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(150) 38°42.21′ N. lat., 123°28.17′ W. 

long.;

(151) 38°34.05′ N. lat., 123°20.96′ W. 

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(152) 38°22.47′ N. lat., 123°07.48′ W. 

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(153) 38°16.52′ N. lat., 123°05.62′ W. 

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(154) 38°14.42′ N. lat., 123°01.91′ W. 

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(155) 38°08.24′ N. lat., 122°59.79′ W. 

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(156) 38°02.69′ N. lat., 123°01.96′ W. 

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(157) 38°00.00′ N. lat., 123°04.75′ W. 

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(158) 37°58.41′ N. lat., 123°02.93′ W. 

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(159) 37°58.25′ N. lat., 122°56.49′ W. 

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(160) 37°50.30′ N. lat., 122°52.23′ W. 

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(161) 37°43.36′ N. lat., 123°04.18′ W. 

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(162) 37°40.77′ N. lat., 123°01.62′ W. 

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(163) 37°40.13′ N. lat., 122°57.30′ W. 

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(164) 37°42.59′ N. lat., 122°53.64′ W. 

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(165) 37°35.67′ N. lat., 122°44.20′ W. 

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(166) 37°29.62′ N. lat., 122°36.00′ W. 

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(167) 37°22.38′ N. lat., 122°31.66′ W. 

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(168) 37°13.86′ N. lat., 122°28.27′ W. 

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(169) 37°11.00′ N. lat., 122°26.50′ W. 

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(170) 37°08.01′ N. lat., 122°24.75′ W. 

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(171) 37°07.00′ N. lat., 122°23.60′ W. 

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(172) 37°05.84′ N. lat., 122°22.47′ W. 

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(173) 36°58.77′ N. lat., 122°13.03′ W. 

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(174) 36°53.74′ N. lat., 122°03.39′ W. 

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(175) 36°52.71′ N. lat., 122°00.14′ W. 

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(176) 36°52.51′ N. lat., 121°56.77′ W. 

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(177) 36°49.44′ N. lat., 121°49.63′ W. 

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(178) 36°48.01′ N. lat., 121°49.92′ W. 

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(179) 36°48.25′ N. lat., 121°47.66′ W. 

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(180) 36°46.26′ N. lat., 121°51.27′ W. 

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(181) 36°39.14′ N. lat., 121°52.05′ W. 

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(182) 36°38.00′ N. lat., 121°53.57′ W. 

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(183) 36°39.14′ N. lat., 121°55.45′ W. 

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(184) 36°38.50′ N. lat., 121°57.09′ W. 

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(185) 36°36.75′ N. lat., 121°59.44′ W. 

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(187) 36°33.07′ N. lat., 121°58.32′ W. 

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(188) 36°33.27′ N. lat., 121°57.07′ W. 

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(189) 36°32.68′ N. lat., 121°57.03′ W. 

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(190) 36°32.04′ N. lat., 121°55.98′ W. 

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(191) 36°31.61′ N. lat., 121°55.72′ W. 

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(192) 36°31.59′ N. lat., 121°57.12′ W. 

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(193) 36°31.52′ N. lat., 121°57.57′ W. 

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(194) 36°30.88′ N. lat., 121°57.90′ W. 

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(195) 36°30.25′ N. lat., 121°57.37′ W. 

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(196) 36°29.47′ N. lat., 121°57.55′ W. 

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(197) 36°26.72′ N. lat., 121°56.40′ W. 

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(198) 36°24.33′ N. lat., 121°56.00′ W. 

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(199) 36°23.36′ N. lat., 121°55.45′ W. 

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(200) 36°18.86′ N. lat., 121°56.15′ W. 

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(201) 36°16.21′ N. lat., 121°54.81′ W. 

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(202) 36°15.30′ N. lat., 121°53.79′ W. 

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(203) 36°12.04′ N. lat., 121°45.38′ W. 

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(204) 36°11.87′ N. lat., 121°44.45′ W. 

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(205) 36°12.13′ N. lat., 121°44.25′ W. 

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(206) 36°11.89′ N. lat., 121°43.65′ W. 

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(207) 36°10.56′ N. lat., 121°42.62′ W. 

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(208) 36°09.90′ N. lat., 121°41.57′ W. 

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(209) 36°08.14′ N. lat., 121°40.44′ W. 

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(210) 36°06.69′ N. lat., 121°38.79′ W. 

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(211) 36°05.85′ N. lat., 121°38.47′ W. 

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(212) 36°03.08′ N. lat., 121°36.25′ W. 

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(213) 36°02.92′ N. lat., 121°35.89′ W. 

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(214) 36°01.53′ N. lat., 121°36.13′ W. 

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(215) 36°00.59′ N. lat., 121°35.40′ W. 

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(216) 36°00.00′ N. lat., 121°34.10′ W. 

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(217) 35°59.93′ N. lat., 121°33.81′ W. 

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(218) 35°59.69′ N. lat., 121°31.84′ W. 

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(219) 35°58.59′ N. lat., 121°30.30′ W. 

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(220) 35°54.02′ N. lat., 121°29.71′ W. 

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(221) 35°51.54′ N. lat., 121°27.67′ W. 

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(222) 35°50.42′ N. lat., 121°25.79′ W. 

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(223) 35°48.37′ N. lat., 121°24.29′ W. 

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(224) 35°47.02′ N. lat., 121°22.46′ W. 

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(225) 35°42.28′ N. lat., 121°21.20′ W. 

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(226) 35°41.57′ N. lat., 121°21.82′ W. 

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(227) 35°39.24′ N. lat., 121°18.84′ W. 

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(228) 35°35.14′ N. lat., 121°10.45′ W. 

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(229) 35°30.11′ N. lat., 121°05.59′ W. 

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(230) 35°25.86′ N. lat., 121°00.07′ W. 

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(231) 35°22.82′ N. lat., 120°54.68′ W. 

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(232) 35°17.96′ N. lat., 120°55.54′ W. 

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(233) 35°14.83′ N. lat., 120°55.42′ W. 

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(234) 35°08.87′ N. lat., 120°50.22′ W. 

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(235) 35°05.55′ N. lat., 120°44.89′ W. 

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(236) 35°02.91′ N. lat., 120°43.94′ W. 

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(237) 34°53.80′ N. lat., 120°43.94′ W. 

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(238) 34°34.89′ N. lat., 120°41.92′ W. 

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(239) 34°32.48′ N. lat., 120°40.05′ W. 

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(240) 34°30.12′ N. lat., 120°32.81′ W. 

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(241) 34°27.00′ N. lat., 120°30.46′ W. 

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(242) 34°27.00′ N. lat., 120°30.31′ W. 

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(243) 34°25.84′ N. lat., 120°27.40′ W. 

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(244) 34°25.16′ N. lat., 120°20.18′ W. 

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(245) 34°25.88′ N. lat., 120°18.24′ W. 

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(246) 34°27.26′ N. lat., 120°12.47′ W. 

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(247) 34°26.27′ N. lat., 120°02.22′ W. 

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(248) 34°23.41′ N. lat., 119°53.40′ W. 

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(249) 34°23.33′ N. lat., 119°48.74′ W. 

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(250) 34°22.31′ N. lat., 119°41.36′ W. 

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(251) 34°21.72′ N. lat., 119°40.14′ W. 

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(252) 34°21.25′ N. lat., 119°41.18′ W. 

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(253) 34°20.25′ N. lat., 119°39.03′ W. 

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(254) 34°19.87′ N. lat., 119°33.65′ W. 

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(255) 34°18.67′ N. lat., 119°30.16′ W. 

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(256) 34°16.95′ N. lat., 119°27.90′ W. 

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(257) 34°13.02′ N. lat., 119°26.99′ W. 

long.;

(258) 34°08.62′ N. lat., 119°20.89′ W. 

long.;

(259) 34°06.95′ N. lat., 119°17.68′ W. 

long.;

(260) 34°05.93′ N. lat., 119°15.17′ W. 

long.;

(261) 34°08.42′ N. lat., 119°13.11′ W. 

long.;

(262) 34°05.23′ N. lat., 119°13.34′ W. 

long.;

(263) 34°04.98′ N. lat., 119°11.39′ W. 

long.;

(264) 34°04.55′ N. lat., 119°11.09′ W. 

long.;

(265) 34°04.15′ N. lat., 119°09.35′ W. 

long.;

(266) 34°04.89′ N. lat., 119°07.86′ W. 

long.;

(267) 34°04.08′ N. lat., 119°07.33′ W. 

long.;

(268) 34°04.10′ N. lat., 119°06.89′ W. 

long.;

(269) 34°05.08′ N. lat., 119°07.02′ W. 

long.;

(270) 34°05.27′ N. lat., 119°04.95′ W. 

long.;

(271) 34°04.51′ N. lat., 119°04.70′ W. 

long.;

(272) 34°02.26′ N. lat., 118°59.88′ W. 

long.;

(273) 34°01.08′ N. lat., 118°59.77′ W. 

long.;

(274) 34°00.94′ N. lat., 118°51.65′ W. 

long.;

(275) 33°59.77′ N. lat., 118°49.26′ W. 

long.;

(276) 34°00.04′ N. lat., 118°48.92′ W. 

long.;

(277) 33°59.65′ N. lat., 118°48.43′ W. 

long.;

(278) 33°59.46′ N. lat., 118°47.25′ W. 

long.;

(279) 33°59.80′ N. lat., 118°45.89′ W. 

long.;

(280) 34°00.21′ N. lat., 118°37.64′ W. 

long.;

(281) 33°59.26′ N. lat., 118°34.58′ W. 

long.;

(282) 33°58.07′ N. lat., 118°33.36′ W. 

long.;

(283) 33°53.76′ N. lat., 118°30.14′ W. 

long.;

(284) 33°51.00′ N. lat., 118°25.19′ W. 

long.;

(285) 33°50.07′ N. lat., 118°24.70′ W. 

long.;

(286) 33°50.16′ N. lat., 118°23.77′ W. 

long.;

(287) 33°48.80′ N. lat., 118°25.31′ W. 

long.;

(288) 33°47.07′ N. lat., 118°27.07′ W. 

long.;

(289) 33°46.12′ N. lat., 118°26.87′ W. 

long.;

(290) 33°44.15′ N. lat., 118°25.15′ W. 

long.;

(291) 33°43.54′ N. lat., 118°23.02′ W. 

long.;

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(292) 33°41.35′ N. lat., 118°18.86′ W. 

long.;

(293) 33°39.96′ N. lat., 118°17.37′ W. 

long.;

(294) 33°40.12′ N. lat., 118°16.33′ W. 

long.;

(295) 33°39.28′ N. lat., 118°16.21′ W. 

long.;

(296) 33°38.04′ N. lat., 118°14.86′ W. 

long.;

(297) 33°36.57′ N. lat., 118°14.67′ W. 

long.;

(298) 33°34.93′ N. lat., 118°10.94′ W. 

long.;

(399) 33°35.14′ N. lat., 118°08.61′ W. 

long.;

(300) 33°35.69′ N. lat., 118°07.68′ W. 

long.;

(301) 33°36.21′ N. lat., 118°07.53′ W. 

long.;

(302) 33°36.43′ N. lat., 118°06.73′ W. 

long.;

(303) 33°36.05′ N. lat., 118°06.15′ W. 

long.;

(304) 33°36.32′ N. lat., 118°03.91′ W. 

long.;

(305) 33°35.69′ N. lat., 118°03.64′ W. 

long.;

(306) 33°34.62′ N. lat., 118°00.04′ W. 

long.;

(307) 33°34.80′ N. lat., 117°57.73′ W. 

long.;

(308) 33°35.57′ N. lat., 117°56.62′ W. 

long.;

(309) 33°35.46′ N. lat., 117°55.99′ W. 

long.;

(310) 33°35.98′ N. lat., 117°55.99′ W. 

long.;

(311) 33°35.46′ N. lat., 117°55.38′ W. 

long.;

(312) 33°35.21′ N. lat., 117°53.46′ W. 

long.;

(313) 33°33.61′ N. lat., 117°50.45′ W. 

long.;

(314) 33°31.41′ N. lat., 117°47.28′ W. 

long.;

(315) 33°27.54′ N. lat., 117°44.36′ W. 

long.;

(316) 33°26.63′ N. lat., 117°43.17′ W. 

long.;

(317) 33°25.21′ N. lat., 117°40.90′ W. 

long.;

(318) 33°20.33′ N. lat., 117°35.99′ W. 

long.;

(319) 33°16.35′ N. lat., 117°31.51′ W. 

long.;

(320) 33°11.53′ N. lat., 117°26.81′ W. 

long.;

(321) 33°07.59′ N. lat., 117°21.13′ W. 

long.;

(322) 33°02.21′ N. lat., 117°19.05′ W. 

long.;

(323) 32°56.55′ N. lat., 117°17.70′ W. 

long.;

(324) 32°54.61′ N. lat., 117°16.60′ W. 

long.;

(325) 32°52.32′ N. lat., 117°15.97′ W. 

long.;

(326) 32°51.48′ N. lat., 117°16.15′ W. 

long.;

(327) 32°51.85′ N. lat., 117°17.26′ W. 

long.;

(328) 32°51.55′ N. lat., 117°19.01′ W. 

long.;

(329) 32°49.55′ N. lat., 117°19.63′ W. 

long.;

(330) 32°46.71′ N. lat., 117°18.32′ W. 

long.;

(331) 32°36.35′ N. lat., 117°15.68′ W. 

long.; and

(332) 32°32.85′ N. lat., 117°15.44′ W. 

long.

(c) The 30 fm (55 m) depth contour 

around the Farallon Islands off the state 

of California is defined by straight lines 

connecting all of the following points in 

the order stated:

(1) 37°46.73′ N. lat., 123°6.37′ W. 

long.;

(2) 37°45.79′ N. lat., 123°07.91′ W. 

long.;

(3) 37°45.28′ N. lat., 123°07.75′ W. 

long.;

(4) 37°44.98′ N. lat., 123°07.11′ W. 

long.;

(5) 37°45.51′ N. lat., 123°06.26′ W. 

long.;

(6) 37°45.14′ N. lat., 123°05.41′ W. 

long.;

(7) 37°45.31′ N. lat., 123°04.82′ W. 

long.;

(8) 37°46.11′ N. lat., 123°05.23′ W. 

long.;

(9) 37°46.44′ N. lat., 123°05.63′ W. 

long.; and

(10) 37°46.73′ N. lat., 123°06.37′ W. 

long.

(d) The 30 fm (55 m) depth contour 

around Noon Day Rock off the state of 

California is defined by straight lines 

connecting all of the following points in 

the order stated:

(1) 37°47.83′ N. lat., 123°10.83′ W. 

long.;

(2) 37°47.51′ N. lat., 123°11.19′ W. 

long.;

(3) 37°47.33′ N. lat., 123°10.68′ W. 

long.;

(4) 37°47.02′ N. lat., 123°10.59′ W. 

long.;

(5) 37°47.21′ N. lat., 123°09.85′ W. 

long.;

(6) 37°47.56′ N. lat., 123°09.72′ W. 

long.;

(7) 37°47.87′ N. lat., 123°10.26′ W. 

long.; and

(8) 37°47.83′ N. lat., 123°10.83′ W. 

long.

(e) The 30 fm (55 m) depth contour 

around the northern Channel Islands off 

the state of California is defined by 

straight lines connecting all of the 

following points in the order stated:

(1) 34°00.98′ N. lat., 119°20.46′ W. 

long.;

(2) 34°00.53′ N. lat., 119°20.98′ W. 

long.;

(3) 34°00.17′ N. lat., 119°21.83′ W. 

long.;

(4) 33° 59.65′ N. lat., 119°24.45′ W. 

long.;

(5) 33°59.68′ N. lat., 119°25.20′ W. 

long.;

(6) 33°59.95′ N. lat., 119°26.25′ W. 

long.;

(7) 33°59.87′ N. lat., 119°27.27′ W. 

long.;

(8) 33°59.55′ N. lat., 119°28.02′ W. 

long.;

(9) 33°58.63′ N. lat., 119°36.48′ W. 

long.;

(10) 33°57.62′ N. lat., 119°41.13′ W. 

long.;

(11) 33°57.00′ N. lat., 119°42.20′ W. 

long.;

(12) 33°56.93′ N. lat., 119°48.00′ W. 

long.;

(13) 33°56.45′ N. lat., 119°49.12′ W. 

long.;

(14) 33°58.54′ N. lat., 119°52.80′ W. 

long.;

(15) 33°59.95′ N. lat., 119°54.49′ W. 

long.;

(16) 33°59.83′ N. lat., 119°56.00′ W. 

long.;

(17) 33°59.18′ N. lat., 119°57.17′ W. 

long.;

(18) 33°57.83′ N. lat., 119°56.74′ W. 

long.;

(19) 33°55.71′ N. lat., 119°56.89′ W. 

long.;

(20) 33°53.89′ N. lat., 119°57.68′ W. 

long.;

(21) 33°52.93′ N. lat., 119°59.80′ W. 

long.;

(22) 33°52.79′ N. lat., 120°01.81′ W. 

long.;

(23) 33°52.51′ N. lat., 120°03.08′ W. 

long.;

(24) 33°53.12′ N. lat., 120°04.88′ W. 

long.;

(25) 33°53.12′ N. lat., 120°05.80′ W. 

long.;

(26) 33°52.94′ N. lat., 120°06.50′ W. 

long.;

(27) 33°54.03′ N. lat., 120°10.00′ W. 

long.;

(28) 33°54.58′ N. lat., 120°11.82′ W. 

long.;

(29) 33°57.08′ N. lat., 120°14.58′ W. 

long.;

(30) 33°59.50′ N. lat., 120°16.72′ W. 

long.;

(31) 33°59.63′ N. lat., 120°17.88′ W. 

long.;

(32) 34°00.30′ N. lat., 120°19.14′ W. 

long.;

(33) 34°00.02′ N. lat., 120°19.68′ W. 

long.;

(34) 34°00.08′ N. lat., 120°21.73′ W. 

long.;

(35) 34°00.94′ N. lat., 120°24.82′ W. 

long.;

(36) 34°01.09′ N. lat., 120°27.29′ W. 

long.;

(37) 34°00.96′ N. lat., 120°28.09′ W. 

long.;

(38) 34°01.56′ N. lat., 120°28.71′ W. 

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(39) 34°01.80′ N. lat., 120°28.31′ W. 

long.;

(40) 34°03.60′ N. lat., 120°28.87′ W. 

long.;

(41) 34°05.20′ N. lat., 120°29.38′ W. 

long.;

(42) 34°05.35′ N. lat., 120°28.20′ W. 

long.;

(43) 34°05.30′ N. lat., 120°27.33′ W. 

long.;

(44) 34°05.65′ N. lat., 120°26.79′ W. 

long.;

(45) 34°05.69′ N. lat., 120°25.82′ W. 

long.;

(46) 34°07.24′ N. lat., 120°24.98′ W. 

long.;

(47) 34°06.00′ N. lat., 120°23.30′ W. 

long.;

(48) 34°05.64′ N. lat., 120°21.44′ W. 

long.;

(49) 34°03.61′ N. lat., 120°18.40′ W. 

long.;

(50) 34°03.25′ N. lat., 120°16.64′ W. 

long.;

(51) 34°04.33′ N. lat., 120°14.22′ W. 

long.;

(52) 34°04.11′ N. lat., 120°11.17′ W. 

long.;

(53) 34°03.72′ N. lat., 120°09.93′ W. 

long.;

(54) 34°03.81′ N. lat., 120°08.96′ W. 

long.;

(55) 34°03.36′ N. lat., 120°06.52′ W. 

long.;

(56) 34°04.80′ N. lat., 120°04.00′ W. 

long.;

(57) 34°03.48′ N. lat., 120°01.75′ W. 

long.;

(58) 34°04.00′ N. lat., 120°01.00′ W. 

long.;

(59) 34°03.99′ N. lat., 120°00.15′ W. 

long.;

(60) 34°03.51′ N. lat., 119°59.42′ W. 

long.;

(61) 34°03.79′ N. lat., 119°58.15′ W. 

long.;

(62) 34°04.72′ N. lat., 119°57.61′ W. 

long.;

(63) 34°05.14′ N. lat., 119°55.17′ W. 

long.;

(64) 34°04.66′ N. lat., 119°51.60′ W. 

long.;

(65) 34°03.79′ N. lat., 119°48.86′ W. 

long.;

(66) 34°03.79′ N. lat., 119°45.46′ W. 

long.;

(67) 34°03.27′ N. lat., 119°44.17′ W. 

long.;

(68) 34°03.29′ N. lat., 119°43.30′ W. 

long.;

(69) 34°01.71′ N. lat., 119°40.83′ W. 

long.;

(70) 34°01.74′ N. lat., 119°37.92′ W. 

long.;

(71) 34°02.07′ N. lat., 119°37.17′ W. 

long.;

(72) 34°02.93′ N. lat., 119°36.52′ W. 

long.;

(73) 34°03.48′ N. lat., 119°35.50′ W. 

long.;

(74) 34°03.56′ N. lat., 119°32.80′ W. 

long.;

(75) 34°02.72′ N. lat., 119°31.84′ W. 

long.;

(76) 34°02.20′ N. lat., 119°30.53′ W. 

long.;

(77) 34°01.49′ N. lat., 119°30.20′ W. 

long.;

(78) 34°00.66′ N. lat., 119°28.62′ W. 

long.;

(79) 34°00.66′ N. lat., 119°27.57′ W. 

long.;

(80) 34°01.41′ N. lat., 119°26.91′ W. 

long.;

(81) 34°00.91′ N. lat., 119°24.28′ W. 

long.;

(82) 34°01.51′ N. lat., 119°22.06′ W. 

long.; and

(83) 34°01.41′ N. lat., 119°20.61′ W. 

long.

(f) The 30 fm (55 m) depth contour 

around San Clemente Island off the state 

of California is defined by straight lines 

connecting all of the following points in 

the order stated:

(1) 33°03.37′ N. lat., 118°37.76′ W. 

long.;

(2) 33°02.72′ N. lat., 118°38.12′ W. 

long.;

(3) 33°02.18′ N. lat., 118°37.46′ W. 

long.;

(4) 33°00.66′ N. lat., 118°37.36′ W. 

long.;

(5) 33°00.08′ N. lat., 118°36.94′ W. 

long.;

(6) 33°00.11′ N. lat., 118°36.00′ W. 

long.;

(7) 32°58.02′ N. lat., 118°35.41′ W. 

long.;

(8) 32°56.00′ N. lat., 118°33.59′ W. 

long.;

(9) 32°54.76′ N. lat., 118°33.58′ W. 

long.;

(10) 32°53.97′ N. lat., 118°32.45′ W. 

long.;

(11) 32°51.18′ N. lat., 118°30.83′ W. 

long.;

(12) 32°50.00′ N. lat., 118°29.68′ W. 

long.;

(13) 32°49.72′ N. lat., 118°28.33′ W. 

long.;

(14) 32°47.88′ N. lat., 118°26.90′ W. 

long.;

(15) 32°47.30′ N. lat., 118°25.73′ W. 

long.;

(16) 32°47.28′ N. lat., 118°24.83′ W. 

long.;

(17) 32°48.12′ N. lat., 118°24.33′ W. 

long.;

(18) 32°48.74′ N. lat., 118°23.39′ W. 

long.;

(19) 32°48.69′ N. lat., 118°21.75′ W. 

long.;

(20) 32°49.06′ N. lat., 118°20.53′ W. 

long.;

(21) 32°50.28′ N. lat., 118°21.90′ W. 

long.;

(22) 32°51.73′ N. lat., 118°23.86′ W. 

long.;

(23) 32°52.79′ N. lat., 118°25.08′ W. 

long.;

(24) 32°54.03′ N. lat., 118°26.83′ W. 

long.;

(25) 32°54.70′ N. lat., 118°27.55′ W. 

long.;

(26) 32°55.49′ N. lat., 118°29.04′ W. 

long.;

(27) 32°59.58′ N. lat., 118°32.51′ W. 

long.;

(28) 32°59.89′ N. lat., 118°32.52′ W. 

long.;

(29) 33°00.29′ N. lat., 118°32.73′ W. 

long.;

(30) 33°00.85′ N. lat., 118°33.50′ W. 

long.;

(31) 33°01.70′ N. lat., 118°33.64′ W. 

long.;

(32) 33°02.90′ N. lat., 118°35.35′ W. 

long.;

(33) 33°02.61′ N. lat., 118°36.96′ W. 

long.; and

(34) 33°03.37′ N. lat., 118°37.76′ W. 

long.

(g) The 30 fm (55 m) depth contour 

around Santa Catalina Island off the 

state of California is defined by straight 

lines connecting all of the following 

points in the order stated:

(1) 33°19.13′ N. lat., 118°18.04′ W. 

long.;

(2) 33°18.32′ N. lat., 118°18.20′ W. 

long.;

(3) 33°17.82′ N. lat., 118°18.73′ W. 

long.;

(4) 33°17.54′ N. lat., 118°19.52′ W. 

long.;

(5) 33°17.99′ N. lat., 118°21.71′ W. 

long.;

(6) 33°18.48′ N. lat., 118°22.82′ W. 

long.;

(7) 33°18.77′ N. lat., 118°26.95′ W. 

long.;

(8) 33°19.69′ N. lat., 118°28.87′ W. 

long.;

(9) 33°20.53′ N. lat., 118°30.52′ W. 

long.;

(10) 33°20.46′ N. lat., 118°31.47′ W. 

long.;

(11) 33°20.98′ N. lat., 118°31.39′ W. 

long.;

(12) 33°20.81′ N. lat., 118°30.49′ W. 

long.;

(13) 33°21.38′ N. lat., 118°30.07′ W. 

long.;

(14) 33°23.12′ N. lat., 118°29.31′ W. 

long.;

(15) 33°24.95′ N. lat., 118°29.70′ W. 

long.;

(16) 33°25.39′ N. lat., 118°30.50′ W. 

long.;

(17) 33°25.21′ N. lat., 118°30.79′ W. 

long.;

(18) 33°25.65′ N. lat., 118°31.60′ W. 

long.;

(19) 33°25.65′ N. lat., 118°32.04′ W. 

long.;

(20) 33°25.94′ N. lat., 118°32.96′ W. 

long.;

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(21) 33°25.86′ N. lat., 118°33.49′ W. 

long.;

(22) 33°26.06′ N. lat., 118°34.12′ W. 

long.;

(23) 33°28.28′ N. lat., 118°36.60′ W. 

long.;

(24) 33°28.83′ N. lat., 118°36.42′ W. 

long.;

(25) 33°28.72′ N. lat., 118°34.93′ W. 

long.;

(26) 33°28.71′ N. lat., 118°33.61′ W. 

long.;

(27) 33°28.81′ N. lat., 118°32.95′ W. 

long.;

(28) 33°28.73′ N. lat., 118°32.07′ W. 

long.;

(29) 33°27.55′ N. lat., 118°30.14′ W. 

long.;

(30) 33°27.86′ N. lat., 118°29.41′ W. 

long.;

(31) 33°26.98′ N. lat., 118°29.06′ W. 

long.;

(32) 33°26.96′ N. lat., 118°28.58′ W. 

long.;

(33) 33°26.76′ N. lat., 118°28.40′ W. 

long.;

(34) 33°26.52′ N. lat., 118°27.66′ W. 

long.;

(35) 33°26.31′ N. lat., 118°27.41′ W. 

long.;

(36) 33°25.09′ N. lat., 118°23.13′ W. 

long.;

(37) 33°24.80′ N. lat., 118°22.86′ W. 

long.;

(38) 33°24.60′ N. lat., 118°22.02′ W. 

long.;

(39) 33°22.82′ N. lat., 118°21.04′ W. 

long.;

(40) 33°20.23′ N. lat., 118°18.45′ W. 

long.; and

(41) 33°19.13′ N. lat., 118°18.04′ W. 

long.

(h) The 40 fm (73 m) depth contour 

between 46°16′ N. lat. and the U.S. 

border with Mexico is defined by 

straight lines connecting all of the 

following points in the order stated:

(1) 46°16.00′ N. lat., 124°16.10′ W. 

long.;

(2) 46°15.29′ N. lat., 124°15.60′ W. 

long.;

(3) 46°11.90′ N. lat., 124°13.59′ W. 

long.;

(4) 46°06.93′ N. lat., 124°10.15′ W. 

long.;

(5) 46°05.33′ N. lat., 124°08.30′ W. 

long.;

(6) 45°58.69′ N. lat., 124°05.60′ W. 

long.;

(7) 45°57.71′ N. lat., 124°05.82′ W. 

long.;

(8) 45°53.97′ N. lat., 124°05.04′ W. 

long.;

(9) 45°49.75′ N. lat., 124°05.14′ W. 

long.;

(10) 45°47.88′ N. lat., 124°05.16′ W. 

long.;

(11) 45°47.07′ N. lat., 124°04.21′ W. 

long.;

(12) 45°46.00′ N. lat., 124°04.49′ W. 

long.;

(13) 45°44.34′ N. lat., 124°05.09′ W. 

long.;

(14) 45°40.64′ N. lat., 124°04.90′ W. 

long.;

(15) 45°33.00′ N. lat., 124°04.46′ W. 

long.;

(16) 45°32.27′ N. lat., 124°04.74′ W. 

long.;

(17) 45°29.26′ N. lat., 124°04.22′ W. 

long.;

(18) 45°20.25′ N. lat., 124°04.67′ W. 

long.;

(19) 45°19.99′ N. lat., 124°04.62′ W. 

long.;

(20) 45°17.50′ N. lat., 124°04.91′ W. 

long.;

(21) 45°11.29′ N. lat., 124°05.19′ W. 

long.;

(22) 45°05.79′ N. lat., 124°05.40′ W. 

long.;

(23) 45°05.07′ N. lat., 124°05.93′ W. 

long.;

(24) 45°03.83′ N. lat., 124°06.47′ W. 

long.;

(25) 45°01.70′ N. lat., 124°06.53′ W. 

long.;

(26) 44°58.75′ N. lat., 124°07.14′ W. 

long.;

(27) 44°51.28′ N. lat., 124°10.21′ W. 

long.;

(28) 44°49.49′ N. lat., 124°10.89′ W. 

long.;

(29) 44°44.96′ N. lat., 124°14.39′ W. 

long.;

(30) 44°43.44′ N. lat., 124°14.78′ W. 

long.;

(31) 44°42.27′ N. lat., 124°13.81′ W. 

long.;

(32) 44°41.68′ N. lat., 124°15.38′ W. 

long.;

(33) 44°34.87′ N. lat., 124°15.80′ W. 

long.;

(34) 44°33.74′ N. lat., 124°14.43′ W. 

long.;

(35) 44°27.66′ N. lat., 124°16.99′ W. 

long.;

(36) 44°19.13′ N. lat., 124°19.22′ W. 

long.;

(37) 44°15.35′ N. lat., 124°17.37′ W. 

long.;

(38) 44°14.38′ N. lat., 124°17.78′ W. 

long.;

(39) 44°12.80′ N. lat., 124°17.18′ W. 

long.;

(40) 44°09.23′ N. lat., 124°15.96′ W. 

long.;

(41) 44°08.38′ N. lat., 124°16.80′ W. 

long.;

(42) 44°08.30′ N. lat., 124°16.75′ W. 

long.;

(43) 44°01.18′ N. lat., 124°15.42′ W. 

long.;

(44) 43°51.60′ N. lat., 124°14.68′ W. 

long.;

(45) 43°42.66′ N. lat., 124°15.46′ W. 

long.;

(46) 43°40.49′ N. lat., 124°15.74′ W. 

long.;

(47) 43°38.77′ N. lat., 124°15.64′ W. 

long.;

(48) 43°34.52′ N. lat., 124°16.73′ W. 

long.;

(49) 43°28.82′ N. lat., 124°19.52′ W. 

long.;

(50) 43°23.91′ N. lat., 124°24.28′ W. 

long.;

(51) 43°20.83′ N. lat., 124°26.63′ W. 

long.;

(52) 43°17.96′ N. lat., 124°28.81′ W. 

long.;

(53) 43°16.75′ N. lat., 124°28.42′ W. 

long.;

(54) 43°13.98′ N. lat., 124°31.99′ W. 

long.;

(55) 43°13.71′ N. lat., 124°33.25′ W. 

long.;

(56) 43°12.26′ N. lat., 124°34.16′ W. 

long.;

(57) 43°10.96′ N. lat., 124°32.34′ W. 

long.;

(58) 43°05.65′ N. lat., 124°31.52′ W. 

long.;

(59) 42°59.66′ N. lat., 124°32.58′ W. 

long.;

(60) 42°54.97′ N. lat., 124°36.99′ W. 

long.;

(61) 42°53.81′ N. lat., 124°38.58′ W. 

long.;

(62) 42°50.00′ N. lat., 124°39.68′ W. 

long.;

(63) 42°49.14′ N. lat., 124°39.92′ W. 

long.;

(64) 42°46.47′ N. lat., 124°38.65′ W. 

long.;

(65) 42°45.60′ N. lat., 124°39.04′ W. 

long.;

(66) 42°44.79′ N. lat., 124°37.96′ W. 

long.;

(67) 42°45.00′ N. lat., 124°36.39′ W. 

long.;

(68) 42°44.14′ N. lat., 124°35.16′ W. 

long.;

(69) 42°42.15′ N. lat., 124°32.82′ W. 

long.;

(70) 42°40.50′ N. lat., 124°31.98′ W. 

long.;

(71) 42°38.82′ N. lat., 124°31.09′ W. 

long.;

(72) 42°35.91′ N. lat., 124°31.02′ W. 

long.;

(73) 42°31.34′ N. lat., 124°34.84′ W. 

long.;

(74) 42°28.13′ N. lat., 124°34.83′ W. 

long.;

(75) 42°26.73′ N. lat., 124°35.58′ W. 

long.;

(76) 42°23.85′ N. lat., 124°34.05′ W. 

long.;

(77) 42°21.68′ N. lat., 124°30.64′ W. 

long.;

(78) 42°19.62′ N. lat., 124°29.02′ W. 

long.;

(79) 42°15.01′ N. lat., 124°27.72′ W. 

long.;

(80) 42°13.67′ N. lat., 124°26.93′ W. 

long.;

(81) 42°11.38′ N. lat., 124°25.62′ W. 

long.;

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(82) 42°04.66′ N. lat., 124°24.39′ W. 

long.;

(83) 42°00.00′ N. lat., 124°23.55′ W. 

long.;

(84) 41°51.35′ N. lat., 124°25.25′ W. 

long.;

(85) 41°44.10′ N. lat., 124°19.05′ W. 

long.;

(86) 41°38.00′ N. lat., 124°20.04′ W. 

long.;

(87) 41°18.43′ N. lat., 124°13.48′ W. 

long.;

(88) 40°55.12′ N. lat., 124°16.33′ W. 

long.;

(89) 40°41.00′ N. lat., 124°27.66′ W. 

long.;

(90) 40°36.71′ N. lat., 124°27.15′ W. 

long.;

(91) 40°32.81′ N. lat., 124°29.42′ W. 

long.;

(92) 40°30.00′ N. lat., 124°32.38′ W. 

long.;

(93) 40°29.13′ N. lat., 124°33.23′ W. 

long.;

(94) 40°24.55′ N. lat., 124°30.40′ W. 

long.;

(95) 40°22.32′ N. lat., 124°24.19′ W. 

long.;

(96) 40°19.67′ N. lat., 124°25.52′ W. 

long.;

(97) 40°18.63′ N. lat., 124°22.38′ W. 

long.;

(98) 40°15.21′ N. lat., 124°24.53′ W. 

long.;

(99) 40°12.56′ N. lat., 124°22.69′ W. 

long.;

(100) 40°10.00′ N. lat., 124°17.84′ W. 

long.;

(101) 40°09.30′ N. lat., 124°15.68′ W. 

long.;

(102) 40°08.31′ N. lat., 124°15.17′ W. 

long.;

(103) 40°05.62′ N. lat., 124°09.80′ W. 

long.;

(104) 40°06.57′ N. lat., 124°07.99′ W. 

long.;

(105) 40°00.86′ N. lat., 124°08.42′ W. 

long.;

(106) 39°54.79′ N. lat., 124°05.25′ W. 

long.;

(107) 39°52.75′ N. lat., 124°02.62′ W. 

long.;

(108) 39°52.51′ N. lat., 123°58.15′ W. 

long.;

(109) 39°49.64′ N. lat., 123°54.98′ W. 

long.;

(110) 39°41.46′ N. lat., 123°50.65′ W. 

long.;

(111) 39°34.57′ N. lat., 123°49.24′ W. 

long.;

(112) 39°22.62′ N. lat., 123°51.21′ W. 

long.;

(113) 39°04.58′ N. lat., 123°45.43′ W. 

long.;

(114) 39°00.45′ N. lat., 123°47.58′ W. 

long.;

(115) 38°57.50′ N. lat., 123°47.27′ W. 

long.;

(116) 38°55.82′ N. lat., 123°46.97′ W. 

long.;

(117) 38°52.26′ N. lat., 123°44.35′ W. 

long.;

(118) 38°45.41′ N. lat., 123°35.67′ W. 

long.;

(119) 38°40.60′ N. lat., 123°28.22′ W. 

long.;

(120) 38°21.64′ N. lat., 123°08.91′ W. 

long.;

(121) 38°12.01′ N. lat., 123°03.86′ W. 

long.;

(122) 38°06.16′ N. lat., 123°07.01′ W. 

long.;

(123) 38°00.00′ N. lat., 123°07.05′ W. 

long.;

(124) 37°51.73′ N. lat., 122°57.97′ W. 

long.;

(125) 37°47.96′ N. lat., 122°59.34′ W. 

long.;

(126) 37°47.37′ N. lat., 123°08.84′ W. 

long.;

(127) 37°50.00′ N. lat., 123°14.38′ W. 

long.;

(128) 37°39.91′ N. lat., 123°00.84′ W. 

long.;

(129) 37°38.75′ N. lat., 122°52.16′ W. 

long.;

(130) 37°35.67′ N. lat., 122°49.47′ W. 

long.;

(131) 37°20.24′ N. lat., 122°33.82′ W. 

long.;

(132) 37°11.00′ N. lat., 122°28.50′ W. 

long.;

(133) 37°07.00′ N. lat., 122°26.26′ W. 

long.;

(134) 36°52.04′ N. lat., 122°04.60′ W. 

long.;

(135) 36°52.00′ N. lat., 121°57.41′ W. 

long.;

(136) 36°47.87′ N. lat., 121°50.15′ W. 

long.;

(137) 36°48.07′ N. lat., 121°48.21′ W. 

long.;

(138) 36°45.93′ N. lat., 121°52.11′ W. 

long.;

(139) 36°40.55′ N. lat., 121°52.59′ W. 

long.;

(140) 36°38.93′ N. lat., 121°58.17′ W. 

long.;

(141) 36°36.54′ N. lat., 122°00.18′ W. 

long.;

(142) 36°32.87′ N. lat., 121°58.81′ W. 

long.;

(143) 36°31.90′ N. lat., 121°56.00′ W. 

long.;

(144) 36°31.51′ N. lat., 121°58.17′ W. 

long.;

(145) 36°23.28′ N. lat., 121°56.10′ W. 

long.;

(146) 36°17.52′ N. lat., 121°57.33′ W. 

long.;

(147) 36°15.90′ N. lat., 121°57.00′ W. 

long.;

(148) 36°11.06′ N. lat., 121°43.10′ W. 

long.;

(149) 36°02.85′ N. lat., 121°36.21′ W. 

long.;

(150) 36°01.22′ N. lat., 121°36.36′ W. 

long.;

(151) 36°00.00′ N. lat., 121°34.73′ W. 

long.;

(152) 35°58.67′ N. lat., 121°30.68′ W. 

long.;

(153) 35°54.16′ N. lat., 121°30.21′ W. 

long.;

(154) 35°46.98′ N. lat., 121°24.02′ W. 

long.;

(155) 35°40.75′ N. lat., 121°21.89′ W. 

long.;

(156) 35°34.36′ N. lat., 121°11.07′ W. 

long.;

(157) 35°29.30′ N. lat., 121°05.74′ W. 

long.;

(158) 35°22.15′ N. lat., 120°56.15′ W. 

long.;

(159) 35°14.93′ N. lat., 120°56.37′ W. 

long.;

(160) 35°04.06′ N. lat., 120°46.35′ W. 

long.;

(161) 34°45.85′ N. lat., 120°43.96′ W. 

long.;

(162) 34°37.80′ N. lat., 120°44.44′ W. 

long.;

(163) 34°32.82′ N. lat., 120°42.08′ W. 

long.;

(164) 34°27.00′ N. lat., 120°31.27′ W. 

long.;

(165) 34°24.25′ N. lat., 120°23.33′ W. 

long.;

(166) 34°26.48′ N. lat., 120°13.93′ W. 

long.;

(167) 34°25.12′ N. lat., 120°03.46′ W. 

long.;

(168) 34°17.58′ N. lat., 119°31.62′ W. 

long.;

(169) 34°11.49′ N. lat., 119°27.30′ W. 

long.;

(170) 34°05.59′ N. lat., 119°15.52′ W. 

long.;

(171) 34°08.60′ N. lat., 119°12.93′ W. 

long.;

(172) 34°04.81′ N. lat., 119°13.44′ W. 

long.;

(173) 34°04.26′ N. lat., 119°12.39′ W. 

long.;

(174) 34°03.89′ N. lat., 119°07.06′ W. 

long.;

(175) 34°05.14′ N. lat., 119°05.55′ W. 

long.;

(176) 34°01.27′ N. lat., 118°59.62′ W. 

long.;

(177) 33°59.56′ N. lat., 118°48.21′ W. 

long.;

(178) 33°59.30′ N. lat., 118°35.43′ W. 

long.;

(179) 33°55.14′ N. lat., 118°32.16′ W. 

long.;

(180) 33°52.95′ N. lat., 118°34.49′ W. 

long.;

(181) 33°51.07′ N. lat., 118°31.50′ W. 

long.;

(182) 33°52.45′ N. lat., 118°28.54′ W. 

long.;

(183) 33°49.86′ N. lat., 118°24.10′ W. 

long.;

(184) 33°47.14′ N. lat., 118°28.38′ W. 

long.;

(185) 33°44.14′ N. lat., 118°25.18′ W. 

long.;

(186) 33°41.54′ N. lat., 118°19.63′ W. 

long.;

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(187) 33°37.86′ N. lat., 118°15.06′ W. 

long.;

(188) 33°36.58′ N. lat., 118°15.97′ W. 

long.;

(189) 33°34.78′ N. lat., 118°12.60′ W. 

long.;

(190) 33°34.46′ N. lat., 118°08.77′ W. 

long.;

(191) 33°35.92′ N. lat., 118°07.04′ W. 

long.;

(192) 33°36.06′ N. lat., 118°03.96′ W. 

long.;

(193) 33°34.98′ N. lat., 118°02.74′ W. 

long.;

(194) 33°34.03′ N. lat., 117°59.37′ W. 

long.;

(195) 33°35.46′ N. lat., 117°55.61′ W. 

long.;

(196) 33°34.97′ N. lat., 117°53.33′ W. 

long.;

(197) 33°31.20′ N. lat., 117°47.40′ W. 

long.;

(198) 33°27.26′ N. lat., 117°44.34′ W. 

long.;

(199) 33°24.84′ N. lat., 117°40.75′ W. 

long.;

(200) 33°11.45′ N. lat., 117°26.84′ W. 

long.;

(201) 33°07.59′ N. lat., 117°21.46′ W. 

long.;

(202) 33°01.74′ N. lat., 117°19.23′ W. 

long.;

(203) 32°56.44′ N. lat., 117°18.08′ W. 

long.;

(204) 32°54.63′ N. lat., 117°16.94′ W. 

long.;

(205) 32°51.67′ N. lat., 117°16.21′ W. 

long.;

(206) 32°52.16′ N. lat., 117°19.41′ W. 

long.;

(207) 32°46.91′ N. lat., 117°20.43′ W. 

long.;

(208) 32°43.49′ N. lat., 117°18.12′ W. 

long.; and

(209) 32°33.00′ N. lat., 117°16.39′ W. 

long.

(i) The 40 fm (73 m) depth contour 

around the northern Channel Islands off 

the state of California is defined by 

straight lines connecting all of the 

following points in the order stated:

(1) 34°07.88′ N. lat., 120°27.79′ W. 

long.;

(2) 34°07.45′ N. lat., 120°28.26′ W. 

long.;

(3) 34°07.03′ N. lat., 120°27.29′ W. 

long.;

(4) 34°06.19′ N. lat., 120°28.81′ W. 

long.;

(5) 34°06.44′ N. lat., 120°31.17′ W. 

long.;

(6) 34°05.81′ N. lat., 120°31.97′ W. 

long.;

(7) 34°03.51′ N. lat., 120°29.61′ W. 

long.;

(8) 34°01.56′ N. lat., 120°28.83′ W. 

long.;

(9) 34°00.81′ N. lat., 120°27.94′ W. 

long.;

(10) 33°59.26′ N. lat., 120°17.95′ W. 

long.;

(11) 33°54.71′ N. lat., 120°12.72′ W. 

long.;

(12) 33°51.61′ N. lat., 120°02.49′ W. 

long.;

(13) 33°51.68′ N. lat., 119°59.41′ W. 

long.;

(14) 33°52.71′ N. lat., 119°57.25′ W. 

long.;

(15) 33°55.83′ N. lat., 119°55.92′ W. 

long.;

(16) 33°59.64′ N. lat., 119°56.03′ W. 

long.;

(17) 33°56.30′ N. lat., 119°48.63′ W. 

long.;

(18) 33°56.77′ N. lat., 119°41.87′ W. 

long.;

(19) 33°58.54′ N. lat., 119°34.98′ W. 

long.;

(20) 33°59.52′ N. lat., 119°24.69′ W. 

long.;

(21) 34°00.24′ N. lat., 119°21.00′ W. 

long.;

(22) 34°02.00′ N. lat., 119°19.57′ W. 

long.;

(23) 34°01.29′ N. lat., 119°23.92′ W. 

long.;

(24) 34°01.95′ N. lat., 119°28.94′ W. 

long.;

(25) 34°03.90′ N. lat., 119°33.43′ W. 

long.;

(26) 34°03.31′ N. lat., 119°36.51′ W. 

long.;

(27) 34°02.13′ N. lat., 119°37.99′ W. 

long.;

(28) 34°01.96′ N. lat., 119°40.35′ W. 

long.;

(29) 34°03.52′ N. lat., 119°43.22′ W. 

long.;

(30) 34°04.03′ N. lat., 119°45.66′ W. 

long.;

(31) 34°04.03′ N. lat., 119°48.13′ W. 

long.;

(32) 34°05.15′ N. lat., 119°52.97′ W. 

long.;

(33) 34°05.47′ N. lat., 119°57.55′ W. 

long.;

(34) 34°04.43′ N. lat., 120°02.29′ W. 

long.;

(35) 34°05.64′ N. lat., 120°04.05′ W. 

long.;

(36) 34°04.16′ N. lat., 120°07.60′ W. 

long.;

(37) 34°05.04′ N. lat., 120°12.78′ W. 

long.;

(38) 34°04.45′ N. lat., 120°17.78′ W. 

long.;

(39) 34°07.37′ N. lat., 120°24.14′ W. 

long.; and

(40) 34°07.88′ N. lat., 120°27.79′ W. 

long.

(j) The 40 fm (73 m) depth contour 

around San Clemente Island off the state 

of California is defined by straight lines 

connecting all of the following points in 

the order stated:

(1) 33°02.94′ N. lat., 118°38.42′ W. 

long.;

(2) 33°01.79′ N. lat., 118°37.67′ W. 

long.;

(3) 33°00.47′ N. lat., 118°37.65′ W. 

long.;

(4) 32°59.64′ N. lat., 118°37.04′ W. 

long.;

(5) 32°59.81′ N. lat., 118°36.37′ W. 

long.;

(6) 32°57.84′ N. lat., 118°35.67′ W. 

long.;

(7) 32°55.89′ N. lat., 118°33.88′ W. 

long.;

(8) 32°54.75′ N. lat., 118°33.57′ W. 

long.;

(9) 32°53.75′ N. lat., 118°32.47′ W. 

long.;

(10) 32°50.36′ N. lat., 118°30.50′ W. 

long.;

(11) 32°49.78′ N. lat., 118°29.65′ W. 

long.;

(12) 32°49.70′ N. lat., 118°28.96′ W. 

long.;

(13) 32°46.79′ N. lat., 118°25.60′ W. 

long.;

(14) 32°45.24′ N. lat., 118°24.55′ W. 

long.;

(15) 32°45.94′ N. lat., 118°24.12′ W. 

long.;

(16) 32°46.85′ N. lat., 118°24.79′ W. 

long.;

(17) 32°48.49′ N. lat., 118°23.25′ W. 

long.;

(18) 32°48.80′ N. lat., 118°20.52′ W. 

long.;

(19) 32°49.76′ N. lat., 118°20.98′ W. 

long.;

(20) 32°55.04′ N. lat., 118°27.97′ W. 

long.;

(21) 32°55.48′ N. lat., 118°29.01′ W. 

long.;

(22) 33°00.35′ N. lat., 118°32.61′ W. 

long.;

(23) 33°01.79′ N. lat., 118°33.66′ W. 

long.;

(24) 33°02.98′ N. lat., 118°35.40′ W. 

long.; and

(25) 33°02.94′ N. lat., 118°38.42′ W. 

long.

(k) The 40 fm (73 m) depth contour 

around Santa Catalina Island off the 

state of California is defined by straight 

lines connecting all of the following 

points in the order stated:

(1) 33°28.90′ N. lat., 118°36.43′ W. 

long.;

(2) 33°28.49′ N. lat., 118°36.70′ W. 

long.;

(3) 33°28.02′ N. lat., 118°36.70′ W. 

long.;

(4) 33°25.81′ N. lat., 118°33.95′ W. 

long.;

(5) 33°25.78′ N. lat., 118°32.94′ W. 

long.;

(6) 33°24.77′ N. lat., 118°29.99′ W. 

long.;

(7) 33°23.19′ N. lat., 118°29.61′ W. 

long.;

(8) 33°20.81′ N. lat., 118°30.52′ W. 

long.;

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(9) 33°21.06′ N. lat., 118°31.52′ W. 

long.;

(10) 33°20.43′ N. lat., 118°31.62′ W. 

long.;

(11) 33°20.45′ N. lat., 118°30.46′ W. 

long.;

(12) 33°18.71′ N. lat., 118°27.64′ W. 

long.;

(13) 33°17.36′ N. lat., 118°18.75′ W. 

long.;

(14) 33°19.17′ N. lat., 118°17.56′ W. 

long.;

(15) 33°22.20′ N. lat., 118°20.11′ W. 

long.;

(16) 33°23.31′ N. lat., 118°20.45′ W. 

long.;

(17) 33°24.71′ N. lat., 118°22.13′ W. 

long.;

(18) 33°25.27′ N. lat., 118°23.30′ W. 

long.;

(19) 33°26.73′ N. lat., 118°28.00′ W. 

long.;

(20) 33°27.85′ N. lat., 118°29.33′ W. 

long.;

(21) 33°27.91′ N. lat., 118°29.93′ W. 

long.;

(22) 33°28.79′ N. lat., 118°32.16′ W. 

long.; and

(23) 33°28.90′ N. lat., 118°36.40′ W. 

long.

■ 21. Section 660.392 is added to read as 

follows:

§ 660.392 Latitude/longitude coordinates 

defining the 50 fm (91 m) through 75 fm (137 

m) depth contours.

Boundaries for RCAs are defined by 

straight lines connecting a series of 

latitude/longitude coordinates. This 

section provides coordinates for the 50 

fm (91 m) through 75 fm (137 m) depth 

contours.

(a) The 50 fm (91 m) depth contour 

between the U.S. border with Canada 

and the U.S. border with Mexico is 

defined by straight lines connecting all 

of the following points in the order 

stated:

(1) 48°22.15′ N. lat., 124°43.15′ W. 

long.;

(2) 48°22.15′ N. lat., 124°49.10′ W. 

long.;

(3) 48°20.03′ N. lat., 124°51.18′ W. 

long.;

(4) 48°16.61′ N. lat., 124°53.72′ W. 

long.;

(5) 48°14.68′ N. lat., 124°54.50′ W. 

long.;

(6) 48°12.02′ N. lat., 124°55.29′ W. 

long.;

(7) 48°03.14′ N. lat., 124°57.02′ W. 

long.;

(8) 47°56.05′ N. lat., 124°55.60′ W. 

long.;

(9) 47°52.58′ N. lat., 124°54.00′ W. 

long.;

(10) 47°50.18′ N. lat., 124°52.36′ W. 

long.;

(11) 47°45.34′ N. lat., 124°51.07′ W. 

long.;

(12) 47°40.96′ N. lat., 124°48.84′ W. 

long.;

(13) 47°34.59′ N. lat., 124°46.24′ W. 

long.;

(14) 47°27.86′ N. lat., 124°42.12′ W. 

long.;

(15) 47°22.34′ N. lat., 124°39.43′ W. 

long.;

(16) 47°17.66′ N. lat., 124°38.75′ W. 

long.;

(17) 47°06.25′ N. lat., 124°39.74′ W. 

long.;

(18) 47°00.43′ N. lat., 124°38.01′ W. 

long.;

(19) 46°52.00′ N. lat., 124°32.44′ W. 

long.;

(20) 46°35.41′ N. lat., 124°25.51′ W. 

long.;

(21) 46°25.43′ N. lat., 124°23.46′ W. 

long.;

(22) 46°16.00′ N. lat., 124°17.32′ W. 

long.;

(23) 45°50.88′ N. lat., 124°09.68′ W. 

long.;

(24) 45°46.00′ N. lat., 124°09.39′ W. 

long.;

(25) 45°20.25′ N. lat., 124°07.34′ W. 

long.;

(26) 45°12.99′ N. lat., 124°06.71′ W. 

long.;

(27) 45°03.83′ N. lat., 124°09.17′ W. 

long.;

(28) 44°52.48′ N. lat., 124°11.22′ W. 

long.;

(29) 44°42.41′ N. lat., 124°19.70′ W. 

long.;

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long.;

(31) 44°24.99′ N. lat., 124°31.22′ W. 

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(32) 44°18.11′ N. lat., 124°43.74′ W. 

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(33) 44°15.23′ N. lat., 124°40.47′ W. 

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(34) 44°18.80′ N. lat., 124°35.48′ W. 

long.;

(35) 44°19.62′ N. lat., 124°27.18′ W. 

long.;

(36) 44°08.30′ N. lat., 124°22.17′ W. 

long.;

(37) 43°56.65′ N. lat., 124°16.86′ W. 

long.;

(38) 43°34.95′ N. lat., 124°17.47′ W. 

long.;

(39) 43°20.83′ N. lat., 124°29.11′ W. 

long.;

(40) 43°12.60′ N. lat., 124°35.80′ W. 

long.;

(41) 43°08.96′ N. lat., 124°33.77′ W. 

long.;

(42) 42°59.66′ N. lat., 124°34.79′ W. 

long.;

(43) 42°54.29′ N. lat., 124°39.46′ W. 

long.;

(44) 42°50.00′ N. lat., 124°39.84′ W. 

long.;

(45) 42°46.50′ N. lat., 124°39.99′ W. 

long.;

(46) 42°41.00′ N. lat., 124°34.92′ W. 

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(47) 42°40.50′ N. lat., 124°34.98′ W. 

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(48) 42°36.29′ N. lat., 124°34.70′ W. 

long.;

(49) 42°28.36′ N. lat., 124°37.90′ W. 

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(50) 42°25.53′ N. lat., 124°37.68′ W. 

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(51) 42°18.64′ N. lat., 124°29.47′ W. 

long.;

(52) 42°12.95′ N. lat., 124°27.34′ W. 

long.;

(53) 42°13.67′ N. lat., 124°27.67′ W. 

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(54) 42°03.04′ N. lat., 124°25.81′ W. 

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(55) 42°00.00′ N. lat., 124°26.21′ W. 

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(56) 41°57.60′ N. lat., 124°27.35′ W. 

long.;

(57) 41°52.53′ N. lat., 124°26.51′ W. 

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(58) 41°50.17′ N. lat., 124°25.63′ W. 

long.;

(59) 41°46.01′ N. lat., 124°22.16′ W. 

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(60) 41°26.50′ N. lat., 124°21.78′ W. 

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(61) 41°15.66′ N. lat., 124°16.42′ W. 

long.;

(62) 41°05.45′ N. lat., 124°16.89′ W. 

long.;

(63) 40°54.55′ N. lat., 124°19.53′ W. 

long.;

(64) 40°42.22′ N. lat., 124°28.29′ W. 

long.;

(65) 40°39.68′ N. lat., 124°28.37′ W. 

long.;

(66) 40°36.76′ N. lat., 124°27.39′ W. 

long.;

(67) 40°34.44′ N. lat., 124°28.89′ W. 

long.;

(68) 40°32.57′ N. lat., 124°32.43′ W. 

long.;

(69) 40°30.95′ N. lat., 124°33.87′ W. 

long.;

(70) 40°30.00′ N. lat., 124°34.18′ W. 

long.;

(71) 40°28.90′ N. lat., 124°34.59′ W. 

long.;

(72) 40°24.36′ N. lat., 124°31.42′ W. 

long.;

(73) 40°23.66′ N. lat., 124°28.35′ W. 

long.;

(74) 40°22.54′ N. lat., 124°24.71′ W. 

long.;

(75) 40°21.52′ N. lat., 124°24.86′ W. 

long.;

(76) 40°21.25′ N. lat., 124°25.59′ W. 

long.;

(77) 40°20.63′ N. lat., 124°26.47′ W. 

long.;

(78) 40°19.18′ N. lat., 124°25.98′ W. 

long.;

(79) 40°18.42′ N. lat., 124°24.77′ W. 

long.;

(80) 40°18.64′ N. lat., 124°22.81′ W. 

long.;

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(83) 40°11.91′ N. lat., 124°22.68′ W. 

long.;

(84) 40°10.01′ N. lat., 124°19.97′ W. 

long.;

(85) 40°10.00′ N. lat., 124°19.97′ W. 

long.;

(86) 40°09.20′ N. lat., 124°15.81′ W. 

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(87) 40°07.51′ N. lat., 124°15.29′ W. 

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(88) 40°05.22′ N. lat., 124°10.06′ W. 

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(89) 40°06.51′ N. lat., 124°08.01′ W. 

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(90) 40°00.72′ N. lat., 124°08.45′ W. 

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(91) 39°56.60′ N. lat., 124°07.12′ W. 

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(92) 39°52.58′ N. lat., 124°03.57′ W. 

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(93) 39°50.65′ N. lat., 123°57.98′ W. 

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(94) 39°40.16′ N. lat., 123°52.41′ W. 

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(95) 39°30.12′ N. lat., 123°52.92′ W. 

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(96) 39°24.53′ N. lat., 123°55.16′ W. 

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(97) 39°11.58′ N. lat., 123°50.93′ W. 

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(98) 38°57.50′ N. lat., 123°51.10′ W. 

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(99) 38°55.13′ N. lat., 123°51.14′ W. 

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(100) 38°28.58′ N. lat., 123°22.84′ W. 

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(101) 38°14.60′ N. lat., 123°09.92′ W. 

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(102) 38°01.84′ N. lat., 123°09.75′ W. 

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(104) 37°55.24′ N. lat., 123°08.30′ W. 

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(105) 37°52.06′ N. lat., 123°09.19′ W. 

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(106) 37°50.21′ N. lat., 123°14.90′ W. 

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(107) 37°35.67′ N. lat., 122°55.43′ W. 

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(108) 37°11.00′ N. lat., 122°31.67′ W. 

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(109) 37°07.00′ N. lat., 122°28.00′ W. 

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(110) 37°03.06′ N. lat., 122°24.22′ W. 

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(111) 36°50.20′ N. lat., 122°03.58′ W. 

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(112) 36°51.46′ N. lat., 121°57.54′ W. 

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(113) 36°44.14′ N. lat., 121°58.10′ W. 

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(114) 36°36.76′ N. lat., 122°01.16′ W. 

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(115) 36°15.62′ N. lat., 121°57.13′ W. 

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(116) 36°10.41′ N. lat., 121°42.92′ W. 

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(117) 36°02.56′ N. lat., 121°36.37′ W. 

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(118) 36°00.00′ N. lat., 121°35.15′ W. 

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(119) 35°58.26′ N. lat., 121°32.88′ W. 

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(120) 35°40.38′ N. lat., 121°22.59′ W. 

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(121) 35°24.35′ N. lat., 121°02.53′ W. 

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(122) 35°02.66′ N. lat., 120°51.63′ W. 

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(123) 34°39.52′ N. lat., 120°48.72′ W. 

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(124) 34°31.26′ N. lat., 120°44.12′ W. 

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(125) 34°27.00′ N. lat., 120°33.31′ W. 

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(126) 34°23.47′ N. lat., 120°24.76′ W. 

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(127) 34°25.83′ N. lat., 120°17.26′ W. 

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(128) 34°24.65′ N. lat., 120°04.83′ W. 

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(129) 34°23.18′ N. lat., 119°56.18′ W. 

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(130) 34°19.20′ N. lat., 119°41.64′ W. 

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(131) 34°16.82′ N. lat., 119°35.32′ W. 

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(132) 34°13.43′ N. lat., 119°32.29′ W. 

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(133) 34°05.39′ N. lat., 119°15.13′ W. 

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(134) 34°08.22′ N. lat., 119°13.64′ W. 

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(135) 34°07.64′ N. lat., 119°13.10′ W. 

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(136) 34°04.56′ N. lat., 119°13.73′ W. 

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(137) 34°03.90′ N. lat., 119°12.66′ W. 

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(138) 34°03.66′ N. lat., 119°06.82′ W. 

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(139) 34°04.58′ N. lat., 119°04.91′ W. 

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(140) 34°01.35′ N. lat., 119°00.30′ W. 

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(141) 34°00.24′ N. lat., 119°03.18′ W. 

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(142) 33°59.63′ N. lat., 119°03.20′ W. 

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(143) 33°59.54′ N. lat., 119°00.88′ W. 

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(144) 34°00.82′ N. lat., 118°59.03′ W. 

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(145) 33°59.11′ N. lat., 118°47.52′ W. 

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(146) 33°59.07′ N. lat., 118°36.33′ W. 

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(147) 33°55.06′ N. lat., 118°32.86′ W. 

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(148) 33°53.56′ N. lat., 118°37.75′ W. 

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(149) 33°51.22′ N. lat., 118°36.14′ W. 

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(150) 33°50.48′ N. lat., 118°32.16′ W. 

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(151) 33°51.86′ N. lat., 118°28.71′ W. 

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(152) 33°50.09′ N. lat., 118°27.88′ W. 

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(153) 33°49.95′ N. lat., 118°26.38′ W. 

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(154) 33°50.73′ N. lat., 118°26.17′ W. 

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(155) 33°49.86′ N. lat., 118°24.25′ W. 

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(156) 33°48.10′ N. lat., 118°26.87′ W. 

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(157) 33°47.54′ N. lat., 118°29.66′ W. 

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(158) 33°44.10′ N. lat., 118°25.25′ W. 

long.;

(159) 33°41.78′ N. lat., 118°20.28′ W. 

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(160) 33°38.18′ N. lat., 118°15.69′ W. 

long.;

(161) 33°37.50′ N. lat., 118°16.71′ W. 

long.;

(162) 33°35.98′ N. lat., 118°16.54′ W. 

long.;

(163) 33°34.15′ N. lat., 118°11.22′ W. 

long.;

(164) 33°34.29′ N. lat., 118°08.35′ W. 

long.;

(165) 33°35.85′ N. lat., 118°07.00′ W. 

long.;

(166) 33°36.12′ N. lat., 118°04.15′ W. 

long.;

(167) 33°34.97′ N. lat., 118°02.91′ W. 

long.;

(168) 33°34.00′ N. lat., 117°59.53′ W. 

long.;

(169) 33°35.44′ N. lat., 117°55.67′ W. 

long.;

(170) 33°35.15′ N. lat., 117°53.55′ W. 

long.;

(171) 33°31.12′ N. lat., 117°47.40′ W. 

long.;

(172) 33°27.99′ N. lat., 117°45.19′ W. 

long.;

(173) 33°26.88′ N. lat., 117°43.87′ W. 

long.;

(174) 33°25.44′ N. lat., 117°41.63′ W. 

long.;

(175) 33°19.50′ N. lat., 117°36.08′ W. 

long.;

(176) 33°12.74′ N. lat., 117°28.53′ W. 

long.;

(177) 33°10.29′ N. lat., 117°25.68′ W. 

long.;

(178) 33°07.36′ N. lat., 117°21.23′ W. 

long.;

(179) 32°59.39′ N. lat., 117°18.56′ W. 

long.;

(180) 32°56.10′ N. lat., 117°18.37′ W. 

long.;

(181) 32°54.43′ N. lat., 117°16.93′ W. 

long.;

(182) 32°51.89′ N. lat., 117°16.42′ W. 

long.;

(183) 32°52.24′ N. lat., 117°19.36′ W. 

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(184) 32°47.06′ N. lat., 117°21.92′ W. 

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(187) 32°33.43′ N. lat., 117°17.00′ W. 

long.

(b) The 50 fm (91 m) depth contour 

between the U.S. border with Canada 

and the Swiftsure Bank is defined by 

straight lines connecting all of the 

following points in the order stated:

(1) 48°30.15′ N. lat., 124°56.12′ W. 

long.;

(2) 48°28.29′ N. lat., 124°56.30′ W. 

long.;

(3) 48°29.23′ N. lat., 124°53.63′ W. 

long.; and

(4) 48°30.31′ N. lat., 124°51.73′ W. 

long.

(c) The 50 fm (91 m) depth contour 

around the northern Channel Islands off 

the state of California is defined by 

straight lines connecting all of the 

following points in the order stated:

(1) 34°08.40′ N. lat., 120°33.78′ W. 

long.;

(2) 34°07.80′ N. lat., 120°30.99′ W. 

long.;

(3) 34°08.68′ N. lat., 120°26.61′ W. 

long.;

(4) 34°05.85′ N. lat., 120°17.13′ W. 

long.;

(5) 34°05.57′ N. lat., 119°51.35′ W. 

long.;

(6) 34°07.08′ N. lat., 119°52.43′ W. 

long.;

(7) 34°04.49′ N. lat., 119°35.55′ W. 

long.;

(8) 34°04.73′ N. lat., 119°32.77′ W. 

long.;

(9) 34°02.02′ N. lat., 119°19.18′ W. 

long.;

(10) 34°01.03′ N. lat., 119°19.50′ W. 

long.;

(11) 33°59.45′ N. lat., 119°22.38′ W. 

long.;

(12) 33°58.68′ N. lat., 119°32.36′ W. 

long.;

(13) 33°56.43′ N. lat., 119°41.13′ W. 

long.;

(14) 33°56.04′ N. lat., 119°48.20′ W. 

long.;

(15) 33°57.32′ N. lat., 119°51.96′ W. 

long.;

(16) 33°59.32′ N. lat., 119°55.59′ W. 

long.;

(17) 33°57.52′ N. lat., 119°55.19′ W. 

long.;

(18) 33°56.26′ N. lat., 119°54.29′ W. 

long.;

(19) 33°54.30′ N. lat., 119°54.83′ W. 

long.;

(20) 33°50.97′ N. lat., 119°57.03′ W. 

long.;

(21) 33°50.03′ N. lat., 120°03.00′ W. 

long.;

(22) 33°51.14′ N. lat., 120°03.65′ W. 

long.;

(23) 33°54.49′ N. lat., 120°12.85′ W. 

long.;

(24) 33°58.48′ N. lat., 120°18.50′ W. 

long.;

(25) 34°00.71′ N. lat., 120°28.21′ W. 

long.;

(26) 34°03.60′ N. lat., 120°30.60′ W. 

long.;

(27) 34°06.96′ N. lat., 120°34.22′ W. 

long.;

(28) 34°08.01′ N. lat., 120°35.24′ W. 

long.; and

(29) 34°08.40′ N. lat., 120°33.78′ W. 

long.

(d) The 50 fm (91 m) depth contour 

around San Clemente Island off the state 

of California is defined by straight lines 

connecting all of the following points in 

the order stated:

(1) 33°03.73′ N. lat., 118°36.98′ W. 

long.;

(2) 33°02.56′ N. lat., 118°34.12′ W. 

long.;

(3) 32°55.54′ N. lat., 118°28.87′ W. 

long.;

(4) 32°55.02′ N. lat., 118°27.69′ W. 

long.;

(5) 32°49.73′ N. lat., 118°20.99′ W. 

long.;

(6) 32°48.55′ N. lat., 118°20.24′ W. 

long.;

(7) 32°47.92′ N. lat., 118°22.45′ W. 

long.;

(8) 32°45.25′ N. lat., 118°24.59′ W. 

long.;

(9) 32°50.23′ N. lat., 118°30.80′ W. 

long.;

(10) 32°55.28′ N. lat., 118°33.83′ W. 

long.;

(11) 33°00.45′ N. lat., 118°37.88′ W. 

long.;

(12) 33°03.27′ N. lat., 118°38.56′ W. 

long.; and

(13) 33°03.73′ N. lat., 118°36.98′ W. 

long.

(e) The 50 fm (91 m) depth contour 

around Santa Catalina Island off the 

state of California is defined by straight 

lines connecting all of the following 

points in the order stated:

(1) 33°28.01′ N. lat., 118°37.42′ W. 

long.;

(2) 33°29.02′ N. lat., 118°36.33′ W. 

long.;

(3) 33°28.97′ N. lat., 118°33.16′ W. 

long.;

(4) 33°28.71′ N. lat., 118°31.22′ W. 

long.;

(5) 33°26.66′ N. lat., 118°27.48′ W. 

long.;

(6) 33°25.35′ N. lat., 118°22.83′ W. 

long.;

(7) 33°22.61′ N. lat., 118°19.18′ W. 

long.;

(8) 33°20.06′ N. lat., 118°17.35′ W. 

long.;

(9) 33°17.58′ N. lat., 118°17.42′ W. 

long.;

(10) 33°17.05′ N. lat., 118°18.72′ W. 

long.;

(11) 33°17.87′ N. lat., 118°24.47′ W. 

long.;

(12) 33°18.63′ N. lat., 118°28.16′ W. 

long.;

(13) 33°20.17′ N. lat., 118°31.69′ W. 

long.;

(14) 33°20.85′ N. lat., 118°31.82′ W. 

long.;

(15) 33°23.19′ N. lat., 118°29.78′ W. 

long.;

(16) 33°24.85′ N. lat., 118°31.22′ W. 

long.;

(17) 33°25.65′ N. lat., 118°34.11′ W. 

long.; and

(18) 33°28.01′ N. lat., 118°37.42′ W. 

long.

(f) The 60 fm (110 m) depth contour 

used between the U.S. border with 

Canada and the U.S. border with Mexico 

is defined by straight lines connecting 

all of the following points in the order 

stated:

(1) 48°26.70′ N. lat., 125°09.43′ W. 

long.;

(2) 48°23.76′ N. lat., 125°06.77′ W. 

long.;

(3) 48°23.01′ N. lat., 125°03.48′ W. 

long.;

(4) 48°22.42′ N. lat., 124°57.84′ W. 

long.;

(5) 48°22.62′ N. lat., 124°48.97′ W. 

long.;

(6) 48°18.61′ N. lat., 124°52.52′ W. 

long.;

(7) 48°16.62′ N. lat., 124°54.03′ W. 

long.;

(8) 48°15.39′ N. lat., 124°54.79′ W. 

long.;

(9) 48°13.81′ N. lat., 124°55.45′ W. 

long.;

(10) 48°10.51′ N. lat., 124°56.56′ W. 

long.;

(11) 48°06.90′ N. lat., 124°57.72′ W. 

long.;

(12) 48°02.23′ N. lat., 125°00.20′ W. 

long.;

(13) 48°00.87′ N. lat., 125°00.37′ W. 

long.;

(14) 47°56.30′ N. lat., 124°59.51′ W. 

long.;

(15) 47°46.84′ N. lat., 124°57.34′ W. 

long.;

(16) 47°36.49′ N. lat., 124°50.93′ W. 

long.;

(17) 47°32.01′ N. lat., 124°48.45′ W. 

long.;

(18) 47°27.19′ N. lat., 124°46.47′ W. 

long.;

(19) 47°21.76′ N. lat., 124°43.29′ W. 

long.;

(20) 47°17.82′ N. lat., 124°42.12′ W. 

long.;

(21) 47°08.87′ N. lat., 124°43.10′ W. 

long.;

(22) 47°03.16′ N. lat., 124°42.61′ W. 

long.;

(23) 46°49.70′ N. lat., 124°36.80′ W. 

long.;

(24) 46°42.91′ N. lat., 124°33.20′ W. 

long.;

(25) 46°39.67′ N. lat., 124°30.59′ W. 

long.;

(26) 46°32.47′ N. lat., 124°26.34′ W. 

long.;

(27) 46°23.69′ N. lat., 124°25.41′ W. 

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(28) 46°20.84′ N. lat., 124°24.24′ W. 

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(29) 46°16.00′ N. lat., 124°19.10′ W. 

long.;

(30) 46°15.97′ N. lat., 124°18.81′ W. 

long.;

(31) 46°11.23′ N. lat., 124°19.96′ W. 

long.;

(32) 46°02.51′ N. lat., 124°19.84′ W. 

long.;

(33) 45°59.05′ N. lat., 124°16.52′ W. 

long.;

(34) 45°51.00′ N. lat., 124°12.83′ W. 

long.;

(35) 45°45.85′ N. lat., 124°11.54′ W. 

long.;

(36) 45°38.53′ N. lat., 124°11.91′ W. 

long.;

(37) 45°30.90′ N. lat., 124°10.94′ W. 

long.;

(38) 45°21.20′ N. lat., 124°09.12′ W. 

long.;

(39) 45°12.43′ N. lat., 124°08.74′ W. 

long.;

(40) 44°59.89′ N. lat., 124°11.95′ W. 

long.;

(41) 44°51.96′ N. lat., 124°15.15′ W. 

long.;

(42) 44°44.64′ N. lat., 124°20.07′ W. 

long.;

(43) 44°39.24′ N. lat., 124°28.09′ W. 

long.;

(44) 44°30.61′ N. lat., 124°31.66′ W. 

long.;

(45) 44°26.19′ N. lat., 124°35.88′ W. 

long.;

(46) 44°18.88′ N. lat., 124°45.16′ W. 

long.;

(47) 44°14.69′ N. lat., 124°45.51′ W. 

long.;

(48) 44°10.97′ N. lat., 124°38.78′ W. 

long.;

(49) 44°08.71′ N. lat., 124°33.54′ W. 

long.;

(50) 44°04.92′ N. lat., 124°24.55′ W. 

long.;

(51) 43°57.49′ N. lat., 124°20.05′ W. 

long.;

(52) 43°50.26′ N. lat., 124°21.84′ W. 

long.;

(53) 43°41.69′ N. lat., 124°21.94′ W. 

long.;

(54) 43°35.52′ N. lat., 124°21.51′ W. 

long.;

(55) 43°25.77′ N. lat., 124°28.47′ W. 

long.;

(56) 43°20.25′ N. lat., 124°31.59′ W. 

long.;

(57) 43°12.73′ N. lat., 124°36.69′ W. 

long.;

(58) 43°08.08′ N. lat., 124°36.10′ W. 

long.;

(59) 43°00.33′ N. lat., 124°37.57′ W. 

long.;

(60) 42°53.99′ N. lat., 124°41.04′ W. 

long.;

(61) 42°46.66′ N. lat., 124°41.13′ W. 

long.;

(62) 42°41.74′ N. lat., 124°37.46′ W. 

long.;

(63) 42°37.42′ N. lat., 124°37.22′ W. 

long.;

(64) 42°27.35′ N. lat., 124°39.90′ W. 

long.;

(65) 42°23.94′ N. lat., 124°38.28′ W. 

long.;

(66) 42°17.72′ N. lat., 124°31.10′ W. 

long.;

(67) 42°10.35′ N. lat., 124°29.11′ W. 

long.;

(68) 42°00.00′ N. lat., 124°28.00′ W. 

long.;

(69) 41°54.87′ N. lat., 124°28.50′ W. 

long.;

(70) 41°45.80′ N. lat., 124°23.89′ W. 

long.;

(71) 41°34.40′ N. lat., 124°24.03′ W. 

long.;

(72) 41°28.33′ N. lat., 124°25.46′ W. 

long.;

(73) 41°15.80′ N. lat., 124°18.90′ W. 

long.;

(74) 41°09.77′ N. lat., 124°17.99′ W. 

long.;

(75) 41°02.26′ N. lat., 124°18.71′ W. 

long.;

(76) 40°53.54′ N. lat., 124°21.18′ W. 

long.;

(77) 40°49.93′ N. lat., 124°23.02′ W. 

long.;

(78) 40°43.15′ N. lat., 124°28.74′ W. 

long.;

(79) 40°40.19′ N. lat., 124°29.07′ W. 

long.;

(80) 40°36.77′ N. lat., 124°27.61′ W. 

long.;

(81) 40°34.13′ N. lat., 124°29.39′ W. 

long.;

(82) 40°33.15′ N. lat., 124°33.46′ W. 

long.;

(83) 40°30.00′ N. lat., 124°35.84′ W. 

long.;

(84) 40°24.72′ N. lat., 124°33.06′ W. 

long.;

(85) 40°23.91′ N. lat., 124°31.28′ W. 

long.;

(86) 40°23.67′ N. lat., 124°28.35′ W. 

long.;

(87) 40°22.53′ N. lat., 124°24.72′ W. 

long.;

(88) 40°21.51′ N. lat., 124°24.86′ W. 

long.;

(89) 40°21.02′ N. lat., 124°27.70′ W. 

long.;

(90) 40°19.75′ N. lat., 124°27.06′ W. 

long.;

(91) 40°18.23′ N. lat., 124°25.30′ W. 

long.;

(92) 40°18.60′ N. lat., 124°22.86′ W. 

long.;

(93) 40°15.43′ N. lat., 124°25.37′ W. 

long.;

(94) 40°15.55′ N. lat., 124°28.16′ W. 

long.;

(95) 40°11.27′ N. lat., 124°22.56′ W. 

long.;

(96) 40°10.00′ N. lat., 124°19.97′ W. 

long.;

(97) 40°09.20′ N. lat., 124°15.81′ W. 

long.;

(98) 40°07.51′ N. lat., 124°15.29′ W. 

long.;

(99) 40°05.22′ N. lat., 124°10.06′ W. 

long.;

(100) 40°06.51′ N. lat., 124°08.01′ W. 

long.;

(101) 40°00.72′ N. lat., 124°08.45′ W. 

long.;

(102) 39°56.60′ N. lat., 124°07.12′ W. 

long.;

(103) 39°52.58′ N. lat., 124°03.57′ W. 

long.;

(104) 39°50.65′ N. lat., 123°57.98′ W. 

long.;

(105) 39°40.16′ N. lat., 123°52.41′ W. 

long.;

(106) 39°30.12′ N. lat., 123°52.92′ W. 

long.;

(107) 39°24.53′ N. lat., 123°55.16′ W. 

long.;

(108) 39°11.58′ N. lat., 123°50.93′ W. 

long.;

(109) 38°57.50′ N. lat., 123°51.14′ W. 

long.;

(110) 38°55.13′ N. lat., 123°51.14′ W. 

long.;

(111) 38°28.58′ N. lat., 123°22.84′ W. 

long.;

(112) 38°08.57′ N. lat., 123°14.74′ W. 

long.;

(113) 38°00.00′ N. lat., 123°15.61′ W. 

long.;

(114) 37°56.98′ N. lat., 123°21.82′ W. 

long.;

(115) 37°48.01′ N. lat., 123°15.90′ W. 

long.;

(116) 37°35.67′ N. lat., 122°58.48′ W. 

long.;

(117) 37°11.00′ N. lat., 122°40.22′ W. 

long.;

(118) 37°07.00′ N. lat., 122°37.64′ W. 

long.;

(119) 37°02.08′ N. lat., 122°25.49′ W. 

long.;

(120) 36°48.20′ N. lat., 122°03.32′ W. 

long.;

(121) 36°51.46′ N. lat., 121°57.54′ W. 

long.;

(122) 36°44.14′ N. lat., 121°58.10′ W. 

long.;

(123) 36°36.76′ N. lat., 122°01.16′ W. 

long.;

(124) 36°15.62′ N. lat., 121°57.13′ W. 

long.;

(125) 36°10.42′ N. lat., 121°42.90′ W. 

long.;

(126) 36°02.55′ N. lat., 121°36.35′ W. 

long.;

(127) 36°00.00′ N. lat., 121°35.15′ W. 

long.;

(128) 35°58.25′ N. lat., 121°32.88′ W. 

long.;

(129) 35°40.38′ N. lat., 121°22.59′ W. 

long.;

(130) 35°24.35′ N. lat., 121°02.53′ W. 

long.;

(131) 35°02.66′ N. lat., 120°51.63′ W. 

long.;

(132) 34°39.52′ N. lat., 120°48.72′ W. 

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(133) 34°31.26′ N. lat., 120°44.12′ W. 

long.;

(134) 34°27.00′ N. lat., 120°36.00′ W. 

long.;

(135) 34°23.00′ N. lat., 120°25.32′ W. 

long.;

(136) 34°25.68′ N. lat., 120°17.46′ W. 

long.;

(137) 34°23.18′ N. lat., 119°56.17′ W. 

long.;

(138) 34°18.73′ N. lat., 119°41.89′ W. 

long.;

(139) 34°11.18′ N. lat., 119°31.21′ W. 

long.;

(140) 34°10.01′ N. lat., 119°25.84′ W. 

long.;

(141) 34°03.88′ N. lat., 119°12.46′ W. 

long.;

(142) 34°03.58′ N. lat., 119°06.71′ W. 

long.;

(143) 34°04.52′ N. lat., 119°04.89′ W. 

long.;

(144) 34°01.28′ N. lat., 119°00.27′ W. 

long.;

(145) 34°00.20′ N. lat., 119°03.18′ W. 

long.;

(146) 33°59.60′ N. lat., 119°03.14′ W. 

long.;

(147) 33°59.45′ N. lat., 119°00.87′ W. 

long.;

(148) 34°00.71′ N. lat., 118°59.07′ W. 

long.;

(149) 33°59.05′ N. lat., 118°47.34′ W. 

long.;

(150) 33°59.06′ N. lat., 118°36.30′ W. 

long.;

(151) 33°55.05′ N. lat., 118°32.85′ W. 

long.;

(152) 33°53.56′ N. lat., 118°37.73′ W. 

long.;

(153) 33°51.22′ N. lat., 118°36.13′ W. 

long.;

(154) 33°50.19′ N. lat., 118°32.19′ W. 

long.;

(155) 33°51.28′ N. lat., 118°29.12′ W. 

long.;

(156) 33°49.89′ N. lat., 118°28.04′ W. 

long.;

(157) 33°49.95′ N. lat., 118°26.38′ W. 

long.;

(158) 33°50.73′ N. lat., 118°26.16′ W. 

long.;

(159) 33°49.87′ N. lat., 118°24.37′ W. 

long.;

(160) 33°47.54′ N. lat., 118°29.65′ W. 

long.;

(161) 33°44.10′ N. lat., 118°25.25′ W. 

long.;

(162) 33°41.77′ N. lat., 118°20.32′ W. 

long.;

(163) 33°38.17′ N. lat., 118°15.69′ W. 

long.;

(164) 33°37.48′ N. lat., 118°16.72′ W. 

long.;

(165) 33°35.98′ N. lat., 118°16.54′ W. 

long.;

(166) 33°34.15′ N. lat., 118°11.22′ W. 

long.;

(167) 33°34.09′ N. lat., 118°08.15′ W. 

long.;

(168) 33°35.73′ N. lat., 118°05.01′ W. 

long.;

(169) 33°33.75′ N. lat., 117°59.82′ W. 

long.;

(170) 33°35.44′ N. lat., 117°55.65′ W. 

long.;

(171) 33°35.15′ N. lat., 117°53.54′ W. 

long.;

(172) 33°31.12′ N. lat., 117°47.39′ W. 

long.;

(173) 33°27.49′ N. lat., 117°44.85′ W. 

long.;

(174) 33°16.42′ N. lat., 117°32.92′ W. 

long.;

(175) 33°06.66′ N. lat., 117°21.59′ W. 

long.;

(176) 33°00.08′ N. lat., 117°19.02′ W. 

long.;

(177) 32°56.11′ N. lat., 117°18.41′ W. 

long.;

(178) 32°54.43′ N. lat., 117°16.93′ W. 

long.;

(179) 32°51.89′ N. lat., 117°16.42′ W. 

long.;

(180) 32°52.61′ N. lat., 117°19.50′ W. 

long.;

(181) 32°46.96′ N. lat., 117°22.69′ W. 

long.;

(182) 32°44.98′ N. lat., 117°21.87′ W. 

long.;

(183) 32°43.52′ N. lat., 117°19.32′ W. 

long.; and

(184) 32°33.56′ N. lat., 117°17.72′ W. 

long.

(g) The 60 fm (110 m) depth contour 

around the northernChannel Islands off 

the state of California is defined by 

straight lines connecting all of the 

following points in the order stated:

(1) 120°26.31′ N. lat., 34°09.16′ W. 

long.;

(2) 120°16.43′ N. lat., 34°06.69′ W. 

long.;

(3) 120°04.00′ N. lat., 34°06.38′ W. 

long.;

(4) 119°52.06′ N. lat., 34°07.36′ W. 

long.;

(5) 119°36.94′ N. lat., 34°04.84′ W. 

long.;

(6) 119°35.50′ N. lat., 34°04.84′ W. 

long.;

(7) 119°32.80′ N. lat., 34°05.04′ W. 

long.;

(8) 119°26.70′ N. lat., 34°04.00′ W. 

long.;

(9) 119°21.40′ N. lat., 34°02.80′ W. 

long.;

(10) 119°18.97′ N. lat., 34°02.36′ W. 

long.;

(11) 119°19.42′ N. lat., 34°00.65′ W. 

long.;

(12) 119°22.38′ N. lat., 33°59.45′ W. 

long.;

(13) 119°32.36′ N. lat., 33°58.68′ W. 

long.;

(14) 119°41.09′ N. lat., 33°56.14′ W. 

long.;

(15) 119°48.00′ N. lat., 33°55.84′ W. 

long.;

(16) 119°52.09′ N. lat., 33°57.22′ W. 

long.;

(17) 119°55.59′ N. lat., 33°59.32′ W. 

long.;

(18) 119°55.19′ N. lat., 33°57.52′ W. 

long.;

(19) 119°54.25′ N. lat., 33°56.10′ W. 

long.;

(20) 119°56.02′ N. lat., 33°50.28′ W. 

long.;

(21) 119°59.67′ N. lat., 33°48.51′ W. 

long.;

(22) 120°03.58′ N. lat., 33°49.14′ W. 

long.;

(23) 120°06.50′ N. lat., 33°51.93′ W. 

long.;

(24) 120°13.06′ N. lat., 33°54.36′ W. 

long.;

(25) 120°20.46′ N. lat., 33°58.53′ W. 

long.;

(26) 120°28.12′ N. lat., 34°00.12′ W. 

long.;

(27) 120°35.85′ N. lat., 34°08.09′ W. 

long.;

(28) 120°34.58′ N. lat., 34°08.80′ W. 

long.; and

(29) 120°26.31′ N. lat., 34°09.16′ W. 

long.;

(h) The 60 fm (110 m) depth contour 

around San Clemente Island off the state 

of California is defined by straight lines 

connecting all of the following points in 

the order stated:

(1) 33°04.06′ N. lat., 118°37.32′ W. 

long.;

(2) 33°02.56′ N. lat., 118°34.12′ W. 

long.;

(3) 32°55.54′ N. lat., 118°28.87′ W. 

long.;

(4) 32°55.02′ N. lat., 118°27.69′ W. 

long.;

(5) 32°49.78′ N. lat., 118°20.88′ W. 

long.;

(6) 32°48.32′ N. lat., 118°19.89′ W. 

long.;

(7) 32°47.60′ N. lat., 118°22.00′ W. 

long.;

(8) 32°44.59′ N. lat., 118°24.52′ W. 

long.;

(9) 32°49.97′ N. lat., 118°31.52′ W. 

long.;

(10) 32°53.62′ N. lat., 118°32.94′ W. 

long.;

(11) 32°55.63′ N. lat., 118°34.82′ W. 

long.;

(12) 33°00.71′ N. lat., 118°38.42′ W. 

long.;

(13) 33°03.31′ N. lat., 118°38.74′ W. 

long.; and

(14) 33°04.06′ N. lat., 118°37.32′ W. 

long.

(i) The 60 fm (110 m) depth contour 

around Santa Catalina Island off the 

state of California is defined by straight 

lines connecting all of the following 

points in the order stated:

(1) 33°28.15′ N. lat., 118°37.85′ W. 

long.;

(2) 33°29.23′ N. lat., 118°36.27′ W. 

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(3) 33°28.85′ N. lat., 118°30.85′ W. 

long.;

(4) 33°26.69′ N. lat., 118°27.37′ W. 

long.;

(5) 33°25.35′ N. lat., 118°22.83′ W. 

long.;

(6) 33°22.60′ N. lat., 118°18.82′ W. 

long.;

(7) 33°19.49′ N. lat., 118°16.91′ W. 

long.;

(8) 33°17.13′ N. lat., 118°16.58′ W. 

long.;

(9) 33°16.72′ N. lat., 118°18.07′ W. 

long.;

(10) 33°18.35′ N. lat., 118°27.86′ W. 

long.;

(11) 33°20.03′ N. lat., 118°32.04′ W. 

long.;

(12) 33°21.86′ N. lat., 118°31.72′ W. 

long.;

(13) 33°23.15′ N. lat., 118°29.89′ W. 

long.;

(14) 33°25.13′ N. lat., 118°32.16′ W. 

long.;

(15) 33°25.73′ N. lat., 118°34.88′ W. 

long.; and

(16) 33°28.15′ N. lat., 118°37.85′ W. 

long.

(j) The 75 fm (137 m) depth contour 

used between the U.S. border with 

Canada and the U.S. border with Mexico 

is defined by straight lines connecting 

all of the following points in the order 

stated:

(1) 48°16.80′ N. lat., 125°34.90′ W. 

long.;

(2) 48°14.50′ N. lat., 125°29.50′ W. 

long.;

(3) 48°12.08′ N. lat., 125°28.00′ W. 

long.;

(4) 48°09.00′ N. lat., 125°28.00′ W. 

long.;

(5) 48°07.80′ N. lat., 125°31.70′ W. 

long.;

(6) 48°04.28′ N. lat., 125°29.00′ W. 

long.;

(7) 48°02.50′ N. lat., 125°25.70′ W. 

long.;

(8) 48°10.00′ N. lat., 125°20.19′ W. 

long.;

(9) 48°21.70′ N. lat., 125°17.56′ W. 

long.;

(10) 48°23.12′ N. lat., 125°10.25′ W. 

long.;

(11) 48°21.99′ N. lat., 125°02.59′ W. 

long.;

(12) 48°23.05′ N. lat., 124°48.80′ W. 

long.;

(13) 48°17.10′ N. lat., 124°54.82′ W. 

long.;

(14) 48°05.10′ N. lat., 124°59.40′ W. 

long.;

(15) 48°04.50′ N. lat., 125°02.00′ W. 

long.;

(16) 48°04.70′ N. lat., 125°04.08′ W. 

long.;

(17) 48°05.20′ N. lat., 125°04.90′ W. 

long.;

(18) 48°06.80′ N. lat., 125°06.15′ W. 

long.;

(19) 48°05.91′ N. lat., 125°08.30′ W. 

long.;

(20) 48°07.00′ N. lat., 125°09.80′ W. 

long.;

(21) 48°06.93′ N. lat., 125°11.48′ W. 

long.;

(22) 48°04.98′ N. lat., 125°10.02′ W. 

long.;

(23) 47°54.00′ N. lat., 125°04.98′ W. 

long.;

(24) 47°44.52′ N. lat., 125°00.00′ W. 

long.;

(25) 47°42.00′ N. lat., 124°58.98′ W. 

long.;

(26) 47°35.52′ N. lat., 124°55.50′ W. 

long.;

(27) 47°22.02′ N. lat., 124°44.40′ W. 

long.;

(28) 47°16.98′ N. lat., 124°45.48′ W. 

long.;

(29) 47°10.98′ N. lat., 124°48.48′ W. 

long.;

(30) 47°04.98′ N. lat., 124°49.02′ W. 

long.;

(31) 46°57.98′ N. lat., 124°46.50′ W. 

long.;

(32) 46°54.00′ N. lat., 124°45.00′ W. 

long.;

(33) 46°48.48′ N. lat., 124°44.52′ W. 

long.;

(34) 46°40.02′ N. lat., 124°36.00′ W. 

long.;

(35) 46°34.09′ N. lat., 124°27.03′ W. 

long.;

(36) 46°24.64′ N. lat., 124°30.33′ W. 

long.;

(37) 46°19.98′ N. lat., 124°36.00′ W. 

long.;

(38) 46°18.14′ N. lat., 124°34.26′ W. 

long.;

(39) 46°18.72′ N. lat., 124°22.68′ W. 

long.;

(40) 46°16.00′ N. lat., 124°19.49′ W. 

long.;

(41) 46°14.64′ N. lat., 124°22.54′ W. 

long.;

(42) 46°11.08′ N. lat., 124°30.74′ W. 

long.;

(43) 46°04.28′ N. lat., 124°31.49′ W. 

long.;

(44) 45°55.97′ N. lat., 124°19.95′ W. 

long.;

(45) 45°46.00′ N. lat., 124°16.41′ W. 

long.;

(46) 45°44.97′ N. lat., 124°15.96′ W. 

long.;

(47) 45°43.14′ N. lat., 124°21.86′ W. 

long.;

(48) 45°34.44′ N. lat., 124°14.44′ W. 

long.;

(49) 45°20.25′ N. lat., 124°12.23′ W. 

long.;

(50) 45°15.49′ N. lat., 124°11.49′ W. 

long.;

(51) 45°03.83′ N. lat., 124°13.75′ W. 

long.;

(52) 44°57.31′ N. lat., 124°15.03′ W. 

long.;

(53) 44°43.90′ N. lat., 124°28.88′ W. 

long.;

(54) 44°28.64′ N. lat., 124°35.67′ W. 

long.;

(55) 44°25.31′ N. lat., 124°43.08′ W. 

long.;

(56) 44°17.15′ N. lat., 124°47.98′ W. 

long.;

(57) 44°13.67′ N. lat., 124°54.41′ W. 

long.;

(58) 44°08.30′ N. lat., 124°54.75′ W. 

long.;

(59) 43°56.85′ N. lat., 124°55.32′ W. 

long.;

(60) 43°57.50′ N. lat., 124°41.23′ W. 

long.;

(61) 44°01.79′ N. lat., 124°38.00′ W. 

long.;

(62) 44°02.16′ N. lat., 124°32.62′ W. 

long.;

(63) 43°58.15′ N. lat., 124°30.39′ W. 

long.;

(64) 43°53.25′ N. lat., 124°31.39′ W. 

long.;

(65) 43°35.56′ N. lat., 124°28.17′ W. 

long.;

(66) 43°21.84′ N. lat., 124°36.07′ W. 

long.;

(67) 43°20.83′ N. lat., 124°35.49′ W. 

long.;

(68) 43°19.73′ N. lat., 124°34.86′ W. 

long.;

(69) 43°09.38′ N. lat., 124°39.30′ W. 

long.;

(70) 43°07.11′ N. lat., 124°37.66′ W. 

long.;

(71) 42°56.27′ N. lat., 124°43.29′ W. 

long.;

(72) 42°50.00′ N. lat., 124°42.30′ W. 

long.;

(73) 42°45.00′ N. lat., 124°41.50′ W. 

long.;

(74) 42°40.50′ N. lat., 124°39.46′ W. 

long.;

(75) 42°39.72′ N. lat., 124°39.11′ W. 

long.;

(76) 42°32.88′ N. lat., 124°40.13′ W. 

long.;

(77) 42°32.30′ N. lat., 124°39.04′ W. 

long.;

(78) 42°26.96′ N. lat., 124°44.31′ W. 

long.;

(79) 42°24.11′ N. lat., 124°42.16′ W. 

long.;

(80) 42°21.10′ N. lat., 124°35.46′ W. 

long.;

(81) 42°14.72′ N. lat., 124°32.30′ W. 

long.;

(82) 42°13.67′ N. lat., 124°32.29′ W. 

long.;

(83) 42°09.24′ N. lat., 124°32.04′ W. 

long.;

(84) 42°01.89′ N. lat., 124°32.70′ W. 

long.;

(85) 42°00.00′ N. lat., 124°32.02′ W. 

long.;

(86) 41°46.18′ N. lat., 124°26.60′ W. 

long.;

(87) 41°29.22′ N. lat., 124°28.04′ W. 

long.;

(88) 41°09.62′ N. lat., 124°19.75′ W. 

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(89) 40°50.71′ N. lat., 124°23.80′ W. 

long.;

(90) 40°43.35′ N. lat., 124°29.30′ W. 

long.;

(91) 40°40.24′ N. lat., 124°29.86′ W. 

long.;

(92) 40°37.50′ N. lat., 124°28.68′ W. 

long.;

(93) 40°34.42′ N. lat., 124°29.65′ W. 

long.;

(94) 40°34.74′ N. lat., 124°34.61′ W. 

long.;

(95) 40°31.70′ N. lat., 124°37.13′ W. 

long.;

(96) 40°30.00′ N. lat., 124°36.50′ W. 

long.;

(97) 40°25.03′ N. lat., 124°34.77′ W. 

long.;

(98) 40°23.58′ N. lat., 124°31.49′ W. 

long.;

(99) 40°23.64′ N. lat., 124°28.35′ W. 

long.;

(100) 40°22.53′ N. lat., 124°24.76′ W. 

long.;

(101) 40°21.46′ N. lat., 124°24.86′ W. 

long.;

(102) 40°21.74′ N. lat., 124°27.63′ W. 

long.;

(103) 40°19.76′ N. lat., 124°28.15′ W. 

long.;

(104) 40°18.00′ N. lat., 124°25.38′ W. 

long.;

(105) 40°18.54′ N. lat., 124°22.94′ W. 

long.;

(106) 40°15.55′ N. lat., 124°25.75′ W. 

long.;

(107) 40°16.06′ N. lat., 124°30.48′ W. 

long.;

(108) 40°15.75′ N. lat., 124°31.69′ W. 

long.;

(109) 40°10.00′ N. lat., 124°21.28′ W. 

long.;

(110) 40°08.37′ N. lat., 124°17.99′ W. 

long.;

(111) 40°09.00′ N. lat., 124°15.77′ W. 

long.;

(112) 40°06.93′ N. lat., 124°16.49′ W. 

long.;

(113) 40°03.60′ N. lat., 124°11.60′ W. 

long.;

(114) 40°06.20′ N. lat., 124°08.23′ W. 

long.;

(115) 40°00.94′ N. lat., 124°08.57′ W. 

long.;

(116) 40°00.01′ N. lat., 124°09.84′ W. 

long.;

(117) 39°57.75′ N. lat., 124°09.53′ W. 

long.;

(118) 39°55.56′ N. lat., 124°07.67′ W. 

long.;

(119) 39°52.21′ N. lat., 124°05.54′ W. 

long.;

(120) 39°48.07′ N. lat., 123°57.48′ W. 

long.;

(121) 39°41.60′ N. lat., 123°55.12′ W. 

long.;

(122) 39°30.39′ N. lat., 123°55.03′ W. 

long.;

(123) 39°29.48′ N. lat., 123°56.12′ W. 

long.;

(124) 39°13.76′ N. lat., 123°54.65′ W. 

long.;

(125) 39°05.21′ N. lat., 123°55.38′ W. 

long.;

(126) 38°57.50′ N. lat., 123°54.50′ W. 

long.;

(127) 38°55.90′ N. lat., 123°54.35′ W. 

long.;

(128) 38°48.59′ N. lat., 123°49.61′ W. 

long.;

(129) 38°28.82′ N. lat., 123°27.44′ W. 

long.;

(130) 38°09.70′ N. lat., 123°18.66′ W. 

long.;

(131) 38°01.81′ N. lat., 123°19.22′ W. 

long.;

(132) 38°00.00′ N. lat., 123°22.19′ W. 

long.;

(133) 37°57.70′ N. lat., 123°25.98′ W. 

long.;

(134) 37°56.73′ N. lat., 123°25.22′ W. 

long.;

(135) 37°55.59′ N. lat., 123°25.62′ W. 

long.;

(136) 37°52.79′ N. lat., 123°23.85′ W. 

long.;

(137) 37°49.13′ N. lat., 123°18.83′ W. 

long.;

(138) 37°46.01′ N. lat., 123°12.28′ W. 

long.;

(139) 37°35.67′ N. lat., 123°00.33′ W. 

long.;

(140) 37°24.16′ N. lat., 122°51.96′ W. 

long.;

(141) 37°23.32′ N. lat., 122°52.38′ W. 

long.;

(142) 37°11.00′ N. lat., 122°45.48′ W. 

long.;

(143) 37°07.00′ N. lat., 122°41.60′ W. 

long.;

(144) 37°04.12′ N. lat., 122°38.94′ W. 

long.;

(145) 37°00.64′ N. lat., 122°33.26′ W. 

long.;

(146) 36°59.15′ N. lat., 122°27.84′ W. 

long.;

(147) 37°01.41′ N. lat., 122°24.41′ W. 

long.;

(148) 36°58.75′ N. lat., 122°23.81′ W. 

long.;

(149) 36°59.17′ N. lat., 122°21.44′ W. 

long.;

(150) 36°57.51′ N. lat., 122°20.69′ W. 

long.;

(151) 36°51.46′ N. lat., 122°10.01′ W. 

long.;

(152) 36°48.43′ N. lat., 122°06.47′ W. 

long.;

(153) 36°48.66′ N. lat., 122°04.99′ W. 

long.;

(154) 36°47.75′ N. lat., 122°03.33′ W. 

long.;

(155) 36°51.23′ N. lat., 121°57.79′ W. 

long.;

(156) 36°49.72′ N. lat., 121°57.87′ W. 

long.;

(157) 36°48.84′ N. lat., 121°58.68′ W. 

long.;

(158) 36°47.89′ N. lat., 121°58.53′ W. 

long.;

(159) 36°48.66′ N. lat., 121°50.49′ W. 

long.;

(160) 36°45.56′ N. lat., 121°54.11′ W. 

long.;

(161) 36°45.30′ N. lat., 121°57.62′ W. 

long.;

(162) 36°38.54′ N. lat., 122°01.13′ W. 

long.;

(163) 36°35.76′ N. lat., 122°00.87′ W. 

long.;

(164) 36°32.58′ N. lat., 121°59.12′ W. 

long.;

(165) 36°32.95′ N. lat., 121°57.62′ W. 

long.;

(166) 36°31.96′ N. lat., 121°56.27′ W. 

long.;

(167) 36°31.74′ N. lat., 121°58.24′ W. 

long.;

(168) 36°30.57′ N. lat., 121°59.66′ W. 

long.;

(169) 36°27.80′ N. lat., 121°59.30′ W. 

long.;

(170) 36°26.52′ N. lat., 121°58.09′ W. 

long.;

(171) 36°23.65′ N. lat., 121°58.94′ W. 

long.;

(172) 36°20.93′ N. lat., 122°00.28′ W. 

long.;

(173) 36°18.23′ N. lat., 122°03.10′ W. 

long.;

(174) 36°14.21′ N. lat., 121°57.73′ W. 

long.;

(175) 36°14.68′ N. lat., 121°55.43′ W. 

long.;

(176) 36°10.42′ N. lat., 121°42.90′ W. 

long.;

(177) 36°02.55′ N. lat., 121°36.35′ W. 

long.;

(178) 36°01.04′ N. lat., 121°36.47′ W. 

long.;

(179) 36°00.00′ N. lat., 121°35.15′ W. 

long.;

(180) 35°58.25′ N. lat., 121°32.88′ W. 

long.;

(181) 35°39.35′ N. lat., 121°22.63′ W. 

long.;

(182) 35°24.44′ N. lat., 121°02.23′ W. 

long.;

(183) 35°10.84′ N. lat., 120°55.90′ W. 

long.;

(184) 35°04.35′ N. lat., 120°51.62′ W. 

long.;

(185) 34°55.25′ N. lat., 120°49.36′ W. 

long.;

(186) 34°47.95′ N. lat., 120°50.76′ W. 

long.;

(187) 34°39.27′ N. lat., 120°49.16′ W. 

long.;

(188) 34°31.05′ N. lat., 120°44.71′ W. 

long.;

(189) 34°27.00′ N. lat., 120°36.54′ W. 

long.;

(190) 34°22.60′ N. lat., 120°25.41′ W. 

long.;

(191) 34°25.45′ N. lat., 120°17.41′ W. 

long.;

(192) 34°22.94′ N. lat., 119°56.40′ W. 

long.;

(193) 34°18.37′ N. lat., 119°42.01′ W. 

long.;

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(194) 34°11.22′ N. lat., 119°32.47′ W. 

long.;

(195) 34°09.58′ N. lat., 119°25.94′ W. 

long.;

(196) 34°03.89′ N. lat., 119°12.47′ W. 

long.;

(197) 34°03.57′ N. lat., 119°06.72′ W. 

long.;

(198) 34°04.53′ N. lat., 119°04.90′ W. 

long.;

(199) 34°02.84′ N. lat., 119°02.37′ W. 

long.;

(200) 34°01.30′ N. lat., 119°00.26′ W. 

long.;

(201) 34°00.22′ N. lat., 119°03.20′ W. 

long.;

(202) 33°59.60′ N. lat., 119°03.16′ W. 

long.;

(203) 33°59.46′ N. lat., 119°00.88′ W. 

long.;

(204) 34°00.49′ N. lat., 118°59.08′ W. 

long.;

(205) 33°59.07′ N. lat., 118°47.34′ W. 

long.;

(206) 33°58.73′ N. lat., 118°36.45′ W. 

long.;

(207) 33°55.24′ N. lat., 118°33.42′ W. 

long.;

(208) 33°53.71′ N. lat., 118°38.01′ W. 

long.;

(209) 33°51.22′ N. lat., 118°36.17′ W. 

long.;

(210) 33°49.85′ N. lat., 118°32.31′ W. 

long.;

(211) 33°49.61′ N. lat., 118°28.07′ W. 

long.;

(212) 33°49.95′ N. lat., 118°26.38′ W. 

long.;

(213) 33°50.36′ N. lat., 118°25.84′ W. 

long.;

(214) 33°49.84′ N. lat., 118°24.78′ W. 

long.;

(215) 33°47.53′ N. lat., 118°30.12′ W. 

long.;

(216) 33°44.11′ N. lat., 118°25.25′ W. 

long.;

(217) 33°41.77′ N. lat., 118°20.32′ W. 

long.;

(218) 33°38.17′ N. lat., 118°15.70′ W. 

long.;

(219) 33°37.48′ N. lat., 118°16.73′ W. 

long.;

(220) 33°36.01′ N. lat., 118°16.55′ W. 

long.;

(221) 33°33.76′ N. lat., 118°11.37′ W. 

long.;

(222) 33°33.76′ N. lat., 118°07.94′ W. 

long.;

(223) 33°35.59′ N. lat., 118°05.05′ W. 

long.;

(224) 33°33.75′ N. lat., 117°59.82′ W. 

long.;

(225) 33°35.10′ N. lat., 117°55.68′ W. 

long.;

(226) 33°34.91′ N. lat., 117°53.76′ W. 

long.;

(227) 33°30.77′ N. lat., 117°47.56′ W. 

long.;

(228) 33°27.50′ N. lat., 117°44.87′ W. 

long.;

(229) 33°16.89′ N. lat., 117°34.37′ W. 

long.;

(230) 33°06.66′ N. lat., 117°21.59′ W. 

long.;

(231) 33°03.35′ N. lat., 117°20.92′ W. 

long.;

(232) 33°00.07′ N. lat., 117°19.02′ W. 

long.;

(233) 32°55.99′ N. lat., 117°18.60′ W. 

long.;

(234) 32°54.43′ N. lat., 117°16.93′ W. 

long.;

(235) 32°52.13′ N. lat., 117°16.55′ W. 

long.;

(236) 32°52.61′ N. lat., 117°19.50′ W. 

long.;

(237) 32°46.95′ N. lat., 117°22.81′ W. 

long.;

(238) 32°45.01′ N. lat., 117°22.07′ W. 

long.;

(239) 32°43.40′ N. lat., 117°19.80′ W. 

long.; and

(240) 32°33.74′ N. lat., 117°18.67′ W. 

long.

(k) The 75 fm (137 m) depth contour 

around the northern Channel Islands off 

the state of California is defined by 

straight lines connecting all of the 

following points in the order stated:

(1) 34°09.12′ N. lat., 120°35.03′ W. 

long.;

(2) 34°09.99′ N. lat., 120°27.85′ W. 

long.;

(3) 34°07.19′ N. lat., 120°16.28′ W. 

long.;

(4) 34°06.56′ N. lat., 120°04.00′ W. 

long.;

(5) 34°07.27′ N. lat., 119°57.76′ W. 

long.;

(6) 34°07.48′ N. lat., 119°52.08′ W. 

long.;

(7) 34°05.18′ N. lat., 119°37.94′ W. 

long.;

(8) 34°05.22′ N. lat., 119°35.52′ W. 

long.;

(9) 34°05.12′ N. lat., 119°32.74′ W. 

long.;

(10) 34°04.32′ N. lat., 119°27.32′ W. 

long.;

(11) 34°03.00′ N. lat., 119°21.36′ W. 

long.;

(12) 34°02.32′ N. lat., 119°18.46′ W. 

long.;

(13) 34°00.65′ N. lat., 119°19.42′ W. 

long.;

(14) 33°59.45′ N. lat., 119°22.38′ W. 

long.;

(15) 33°58.68′ N. lat., 119°32.36′ W. 

long.;

(16) 33°56.12′ N. lat., 119°41.10′ W. 

long.;

(17) 33°55.74′ N. lat., 119°48.00′ W. 

long.;

(18) 33°57.78′ N. lat., 119°53.04′ W. 

long.;

(19) 33°59.06′ N. lat., 119°55.38′ W. 

long.;

(20) 33°57.57′ N. lat., 119°54.93′ W. 

long.;

(21) 33°56.35′ N. lat., 119°53.91′ W. 

long.;

(22) 33°54.43′ N. lat., 119°54.07′ W. 

long.;

(23) 33°52.67′ N. lat., 119°54.78′ W. 

long.;

(24) 33°48.33′ N. lat., 119°55.09′ W. 

long.;

(25) 33°47.28′ N. lat., 119°57.30′ W. 

long.;

(26) 33°47.36′ N. lat., 120°00.39′ W. 

long.;

(27) 33°49.16′ N. lat., 120°05.06′ W. 

long.;

(28) 33°51.41′ N. lat., 120°06.49′ W. 

long.;

(29) 33°52.99′ N. lat., 120°10.01′ W. 

long.;

(30) 33°56.64′ N. lat., 120°18.88′ W. 

long.;

(31) 33°58.02′ N. lat., 120°21.41′ W. 

long.;

(32) 33°58.73′ N. lat., 120°25.22′ W. 

long.;

(33) 33°59.08′ N. lat., 120°26.58′ W. 

long.;

(34) 33°59.95′ N. lat., 120°28.21′ W. 

long.;

(35) 34°03.54′ N. lat., 120°32.23′ W. 

long.;

(36) 34°05.57′ N. lat., 120°34.23′ W. 

long.;

(37) 34°08.13′ N. lat., 120°36.05′ W. 

long.; and

(38) 34°09.12′ N. lat., 120°35.03′ W. 

long.

(l) The 75 fm (137 m) depth contour 

around San Clemente Island off the state 

of California is defined by straight lines 

connecting all of the following points in 

the order stated:

(1) 33°04.54′ N. lat., 118°37.54′ W. 

long.;

(2) 33°02.56′ N. lat., 118°34.12′ W. 

long.;

(3) 32°55.54′ N. lat., 118°28.87′ W. 

long.;

(4) 32°55.02′ N. lat., 118°27.69′ W. 

long.;

(5) 32°49.78′ N. lat., 118°20.88′ W. 

long.;

(6) 32°48.32′ N. lat., 118°19.89′ W. 

long.;

(7) 32°47.41′ N. lat., 118°21.98′ W. 

long.;

(8) 32°44.39′ N. lat., 118°24.49′ W. 

long.;

(9) 32°47.93′ N. lat., 118°29.90′ W. 

long.;

(10) 32°49.69′ N. lat., 118°31.52′ W. 

long.;

(11) 32°53.57′ N. lat., 118°33.09′ W. 

long.;

(12) 32°55.42′ N. lat., 118°35.17′ W. 

long.;

(13) 33°00.49′ N. lat., 118°38.56′ W. 

long.;

(14) 33°03.23′ N. lat., 118°39.16′ W. 

long.; and

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(15) 33°04.54′ N. lat., 118°37.54′ W. 

long.

(m) The 75 fm (137 m) depth contour 

around Santa Catalina Island off the 

state of California is defined by straight 

lines connecting all of the following 

points in the order stated:

(1) 33°28.17′ N. lat., 118°38.16′ W. 

long.;

(2) 33°29.35′ N. lat., 118°36.23′ W. 

long.;

(3) 33°28.85′ N. lat., 118°30.85′ W. 

long.;

(4) 33°26.69′ N. lat., 118°27.37′ W. 

long.;

(5) 33°26.31′ N. lat., 118°25.14′ W. 

long.;

(6) 33°25.35′ N. lat., 118°22.83′ W. 

long.;

(7) 33°22.47′ N. lat., 118°18.53′ W. 

long.;

(8) 33°19.51′ N. lat., 118°16.82′ W. 

long.;

(9) 33°17.07′ N. lat., 118°16.38′ W. 

long.;

(10) 33°16.58′ N. lat., 118°17.61′ W. 

long.;

(11) 33°18.35′ N. lat., 118°27.86′ W. 

long.;

(12) 33°20.07′ N. lat., 118°32.12′ W. 

long.;

(13) 33°21.77′ N. lat., 118°31.85′ W. 

long.;

(14) 33°23.15′ N. lat., 118°29.99′ W. 

long.;

(15) 33°24.96′ N. lat., 118°32.21′ W. 

long.;

(16) 33°25.67′ N. lat., 118°34.88′ W. 

long.;

(17) 33°27.80′ N. lat., 118°37.90′ W. 

long.; and

(18) 33°28.17′ N. lat., 118°38.16′ W. 

long.

■ 22. Section 660.393 is added to read as 

follows:

§ 660.393 Latitude/longitude coordinates 

defining the 100 fm (183 m) through 150 fm 

(274 m) depth contours. 

Boundaries for RCAs are defined by 

straight lines connecting a series of 

latitude/longitude coordinates. This 

section provides coordinates for the 100 

fm (183 m) through 150 fm (274 m) 

depth contours.

(a) The 100 fm (183 m) depth contour 

used between the U.S. border with 

Canada and the U.S. border with Mexico 

is defined by straight lines connecting 

all of the following points in the order 

stated:

(1) 48°15.00′ N. lat., 125°41.00′ W. 

long.;

(2) 48°14.00′ N. lat., 125°36.00′ W. 

long.;

(3) 48°09.50′ N. lat., 125°40.50′ W. 

long.;

(4) 48°08.00′ N. lat., 125°38.00′ W. 

long.;

(5) 48°05.00′ N. lat., 125°37.25′ W. 

long.;

(6) 48°02.60′ N. lat., 125°34.70′ W. 

long.;

(7) 47°59.00′ N. lat., 125°34.00′ W. 

long.;

(8) 47°57.26′ N. lat., 125°29.82′ W. 

long.;

(9) 47°59.87′ N. lat., 125°25.81′ W. 

long.;

(10) 48°01.80′ N. lat., 125°24.53′ W. 

long.;

(11) 48°02.08′ N. lat., 125°22.98′ W. 

long.;

(12) 48°02.97′ N. lat., 125°22.89′ W. 

long.;

(13) 48°04.47′ N. lat., 125°21.75′ W. 

long.;

(14) 48°06.11′ N. lat., 125°19.33′ W. 

long.;

(15) 48°07.95′ N. lat., 125°18.55′ W. 

long.;

(16) 48°09.00′ N. lat., 125°18.00′ W. 

long.;

(17) 48°11.31′ N. lat., 125°17.55′ W. 

long.;

(18) 48°14.60′ N. lat., 125°13.46′ W. 

long.;

(19) 48°16.67′ N. lat., 125°14.34′ W. 

long.;

(20) 48°18.73′ N. lat., 125°14.41′ W. 

long.;

(21) 48°19.67′ N. lat., 125°13.70′ W. 

long.;

(22) 48°19.70′ N. lat., 125°11.13′ W. 

long.;

(23) 48°22.95′ N. lat., 125°10.79′ W. 

long.;

(24) 48°21.61′ N. lat., 125°02.54′ W. 

long.;

(25) 48°23.00′ N. lat., 124°49.34′ W. 

long.;

(26) 48°17.00′ N. lat., 124°56.50′ W. 

long.;

(27) 48°06.00′ N. lat., 125°00.00′ W. 

long.;

(28) 48°04.62′ N. lat., 125°01.73′ W. 

long.;

(29) 48°04.84′ N. lat., 125°04.03′ W. 

long.;

(30) 48°06.41′ N. lat., 125°06.51′ W. 

long.;

(31) 48°06.00′ N. lat., 125°08.00′ W. 

long.;

(32) 48°07.08′ N. lat., 125°09.34′ W. 

long.;

(33) 48°07.28′ N. lat., 125°11.14′ W. 

long.;

(34) 48°03.45′ N. lat., 125°16.66′ W. 

long.;

(35) 47°59.50′ N. lat., 125°18.88′ W. 

long.;

(36) 47°58.68′ N. lat., 125°16.19′ W. 

long.;

(37) 47°56.62′ N. lat., 125°13.50′ W. 

long.;

(38) 47°53.71′ N. lat., 125°11.96′ W. 

long.;

(39) 47°51.70′ N. lat., 125°09.38′ W. 

long.;

(40) 47°49.95′ N. lat., 125°06.07′ W. 

long.;

(41) 47°49.00′ N. lat., 125°03.00′ W. 

long.;

(42) 47°46.95′ N. lat., 125°04.00′ W. 

long.;

(43) 47°46.58′ N. lat., 125°03.15′ W. 

long.;

(44) 47°44.07′ N. lat., 125°04.28′ W. 

long.;

(45) 47°43.32′ N. lat., 125°04.41′ W. 

long.;

(46) 47°40.95′ N. lat., 125°04.14′ W. 

long.;

(47) 47°39.58′ N. lat., 125°04.97′ W. 

long.;

(48) 47°36.23′ N. lat., 125°02.77′ W. 

long.;

(49) 47°34.28′ N. lat., 124°58.66′ W. 

long.;

(50) 47°32.17′ N. lat., 124°57.77′ W. 

long.;

(51) 47°30.27′ N. lat., 124°56.16′ W. 

long.;

(52) 47°30.60′ N. lat., 124°54.80′ W. 

long.;

(53) 47°29.26′ N. lat., 124°52.21′ W. 

long.;

(54) 47°28.21′ N. lat., 124°50.65′ W. 

long.;

(55) 47°27.38′ N. lat., 124°49.34′ W. 

long.;

(56) 47°25.61′ N. lat., 124°48.26′ W. 

long.;

(57) 47°23.54′ N. lat., 124°46.42′ W. 

long.;

(58) 47°20.64′ N. lat., 124°45.91′ W. 

long.;

(59) 47°17.99′ N. lat., 124°45.59′ W. 

long.;

(60) 47°18.20′ N. lat., 124°49.12′ W. 

long.;

(61) 47°15.01′ N. lat., 124°51.09′ W. 

long.;

(62) 47°12.61′ N. lat., 124°54.89′ W. 

long.;

(63) 47°08.22′ N. lat., 124°56.53′ W. 

long.;

(64) 47°08.50′ N. lat., 124°57.74′ W. 

long.;

(65) 47°01.92′ N. lat., 124°54.95′ W. 

long.;

(66) 47°01.14′ N. lat., 124°59.35′ W. 

long.;

(67) 46°58.48′ N. lat., 124°57.81′ W. 

long.;

(68) 46°56.79′ N. lat., 124°56.03′ W. 

long.;

(69) 46°58.01′ N. lat., 124°55.09′ W. 

long.;

(70) 46°55.07′ N. lat., 124°54.14′ W. 

long.;

(71) 46°59.60′ N. lat., 124°49.79′ W. 

long.;

(72) 46°58.72′ N. lat., 124°48.78′ W. 

long.;

(73) 46°54.45′ N. lat., 124°48.36′ W. 

long.;

(74) 46°53.99′ N. lat., 124°49.95′ W. 

long.;

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(75) 46°54.38′ N. lat., 124°52.73′ W. 

long.;

(76) 46°52.38′ N. lat., 124°52.02′ W. 

long.;

(77) 46°48.93′ N. lat., 124°49.17′ W. 

long.;

(78) 46°41.50′ N. lat., 124°43.00′ W. 

long.;

(79) 46°34.50′ N. lat., 124°28.50′ W. 

long.;

(80) 46°29.00′ N. lat., 124°30.00′ W. 

long.;

(81) 46°20.00′ N. lat., 124°36.50′ W. 

long.;

(82) 46°18.00′ N. lat., 124°38.00′ W. 

long.;

(83) 46°17.52′ N. lat., 124°35.35′ W. 

long.;

(84) 46°17.00′ N. lat., 124°22.50′ W. 

long.;

(85) 46°16.00′ N. lat., 124°20.62′ W. 

long.;

(86) 46°13.52′ N. lat., 124°25.49′ W. 

long.;

(87) 46°12.17′ N. lat., 124°30.75′ W. 

long.;

(88) 46°10.63′ N. lat., 124°37.95′ W. 

long.;

(89) 46°09.29′ N. lat., 124°39.01′ W. 

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(90) 46°02.40′ N. lat., 124°40.37′ W. 

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(91) 45°56.45′ N. lat., 124°38.00′ W. 

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(92) 45°51.92′ N. lat., 124°38.49′ W. 

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(93) 45°47.19′ N. lat., 124°35.58′ W. 

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(94) 45°46.41′ N. lat., 124°32.36′ W. 

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(95) 45°46.00′ N. lat., 124°32.10′ W. 

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(96) 45°41.75′ N. lat., 124°28.12′ W. 

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(97) 45°36.96′ N. lat., 124°24.48′ W. 

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(98) 45°31.84′ N. lat., 124°22.04′ W. 

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(99) 45°27.10′ N. lat., 124°21.74′ W. 

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(100) 45°20.25′ N. lat., 124°18.54′ W. 

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(101) 45°18.14′ N. lat., 124°17.59′ W. 

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(102) 45°11.08′ N. lat., 124°16.97′ W. 

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(103) 45°04.38′ N. lat., 124°18.36′ W. 

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(104) 45°03.83′ N. lat., 124°18.60′ W. 

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(105) 44°58.05′ N. lat., 124°21.58′ W. 

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(106) 44°47.67′ N. lat., 124°31.41′ W. 

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(107) 44°44.55′ N. lat., 124°33.58′ W. 

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(108) 44°39.88′ N. lat., 124°35.01′ W. 

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(109) 44°32.90′ N. lat., 124°36.81′ W. 

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(110) 44°30.33′ N. lat., 124°38.56′ W. 

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(111) 44°30.04′ N. lat., 124°42.31′ W. 

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(112) 44°26.84′ N. lat., 124°44.91′ W. 

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(113) 44°17.99′ N. lat., 124°51.03′ W. 

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(114) 44°13.68′ N. lat., 124°56.38′ W. 

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(115) 44°08.30′ N. lat., 124°55.99′ W. 

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(116) 43°56.67′ N. lat., 124°55.45′ W. 

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(117) 43°56.47′ N. lat., 124°34.61′ W. 

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(118) 43°42.73′ N. lat., 124°32.41′ W. 

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(119) 43°30.93′ N. lat., 124°34.43′ W. 

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(120) 43°20.83′ N. lat., 124°39.39′ W. 

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(121) 43°17.45′ N. lat., 124°41.16′ W. 

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(122) 43°07.04′ N. lat., 124°41.25′ W. 

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(123) 43°03.45′ N. lat., 124°44.36′ W. 

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(124) 43°03.90′ N. lat., 124°50.81′ W. 

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(125) 42°55.70′ N. lat., 124°52.79′ W. 

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(126) 42°54.12′ N. lat., 124°47.36′ W. 

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(127) 42°50.00′ N. lat., 124°45.33′ W. 

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(128) 42°44.00′ N. lat., 124°42.38′ W. 

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(129) 42°40.50′ N. lat., 124°41.71′ W. 

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(130) 42°38.23′ N. lat., 124°41.25′ W. 

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(131) 42°33.03′ N. lat., 124°42.38′ W. 

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(132) 42°31.89′ N. lat., 124°42.04′ W. 

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(133) 42°30.09′ N. lat., 124°42.67′ W. 

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(134) 42°28.28′ N. lat., 124°47.08′ W. 

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(135) 42°25.22′ N. lat., 124°43.51′ W. 

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(136) 42°19.23′ N. lat., 124°37.92′ W. 

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(137) 42°16.29′ N. lat., 124°36.11′ W. 

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(138) 42°13.67′ N. lat., 124°35.81′ W. 

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(139) 42°05.66′ N. lat., 124°34.92′ W. 

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(140) 42°00.00′ N. lat., 124°35.27′ W. 

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(141) 41°47.04′ N. lat., 124°27.64′ W. 

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(142) 41°32.92′ N. lat., 124°28.79′ W. 

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(143) 41°24.17′ N. lat., 124°28.46′ W. 

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(144) 41°10.12′ N. lat., 124°20.50′ W. 

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(145) 40°51.41′ N. lat., 124°24.38′ W. 

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(146) 40°43.71′ N. lat., 124°29.89′ W. 

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(147) 40°40.14′ N. lat., 124°30.90′ W. 

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(148) 40°37.35′ N. lat., 124°29.05′ W. 

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(149) 40°34.76′ N. lat., 124°29.82′ W. 

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(150) 40°36.78′ N. lat., 124°37.06′ W. 

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(151) 40°32.44′ N. lat., 124°39.58′ W. 

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(152) 40°30.00′ N. lat., 124°38.13′ W. 

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(153) 40°24.82′ N. lat., 124°35.12′ W. 

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(154) 40°23.30′ N. lat., 124°31.60′ W. 

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(155) 40°23.52′ N. lat., 124°28.78′ W. 

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(156) 40°22.43′ N. lat., 124°25.00′ W. 

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(157) 40°21.72′ N. lat., 124°24.94′ W. 

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(158) 40°21.87′ N. lat., 124°27.96′ W. 

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(159) 40°21.40′ N. lat., 124°28.74′ W. 

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(160) 40°19.68′ N. lat., 124°28.49′ W. 

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(161) 40°17.73′ N. lat., 124°25.43′ W. 

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(162) 40°18.37′ N. lat., 124°23.35′ W. 

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(163) 40°15.75′ N. lat., 124°26.05′ W. 

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(164) 40°16.75′ N. lat., 124°33.71′ W. 

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(165) 40°16.29′ N. lat., 124°34.36′ W. 

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(166) 40°10.00′ N. lat., 124°21.12′ W. 

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(167) 40°07.70′ N. lat., 124°18.44′ W. 

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(168) 40°08.84′ N. lat., 124°15.86′ W. 

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(169) 40°06.53′ N. lat., 124°17.39′ W. 

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(170) 40°03.15′ N. lat., 124°14.43′ W. 

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(171) 40°02.19′ N. lat., 124°12.85′ W. 

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(172) 40°02.89′ N. lat., 124°11.78′ W. 

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(173) 40°02.78′ N. lat., 124°10.70′ W. 

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(174) 40°04.57′ N. lat., 124°10.08′ W. 

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(175) 40°06.06′ N. lat., 124°08.30′ W. 

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(176) 40°04.05′ N. lat., 124°08.93′ W. 

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(177) 40°01.17′ N. lat., 124°08.80′ W. 

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(179) 40°01.03′ N. lat., 124°10.06′ W. 

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(180) 39°56.39′ N. lat., 124°08.71′ W. 

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(181) 39°54.64′ N. lat., 124°07.30′ W. 

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(182) 39°53.86′ N. lat., 124°07.95′ W. 

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(183) 39°51.95′ N. lat., 124°07.63′ W. 

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(184) 39°48.78′ N. lat., 124°03.29′ W. 

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(185) 39°47.36′ N. lat., 124°03.31′ W. 

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(186) 39°40.08′ N. lat., 123°58.37′ W. 

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(187) 39°36.16′ N. lat., 123°56.90′ W. 

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(188) 39°30.75′ N. lat., 123°55.86′ W. 

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(189) 39°31.62′ N. lat., 123°57.33′ W. 

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(190) 39°30.91′ N. lat., 123°57.88′ W. 

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(191) 39°01.79′ N. lat., 123°56.59′ W. 

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(192) 38°59.42′ N. lat., 123°55.67′ W. 

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(193) 38°58.89′ N. lat., 123°56.28′ W. 

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(194) 38°57.50′ N. lat., 123°56.28′ W. 

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(195) 38°54.72′ N. lat., 123°55.68′ W. 

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(196) 38°48.95′ N. lat., 123°51.85′ W. 

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(197) 38°36.67′ N. lat., 123°40.20′ W. 

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(198) 38°33.82′ N. lat., 123°39.23′ W. 

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(199) 38°29.02′ N. lat., 123°33.52′ W. 

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(200) 38°18.88′ N. lat., 123°25.93′ W. 

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(201) 38°14.12′ N. lat., 123°23.26′ W. 

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(202) 38°11.07′ N. lat., 123°22.07′ W. 

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(203) 38°03.19′ N. lat., 123°20.70′ W. 

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(204) 38°00.00′ N. lat., 123°23.08′ W. 

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(205) 37°55.07′ N. lat., 123°26.81′ W. 

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(207) 37°45.18′ N. lat., 123°11.88′ W. 

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(208) 37°35.67′ N. lat., 123°01.20′ W. 

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(209) 37°15.58′ N. lat., 122°48.36′ W. 

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(210) 37°11.00′ N. lat., 122°44.50′ W. 

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(211) 37°07.00′ N. lat., 122°41.25′ W. 

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(212) 37°03.18′ N. lat., 122°38.15′ W. 

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(213) 37°00.48′ N. lat., 122°33.93′ W. 

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(214) 36°58.70′ N. lat., 122°27.22′ W. 

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(215) 37°00.85′ N. lat., 122°24.70′ W. 

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(217) 36°58.74′ N. lat., 122°21.51′ W. 

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(218) 36°56.97′ N. lat., 122°21.32′ W. 

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(219) 36°51.52′ N. lat., 122°10.68′ W. 

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(220) 36°48.39′ N. lat., 122°07.60′ W. 

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(221) 36°47.43′ N. lat., 122°03.22′ W. 

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(222) 36°50.95′ N. lat., 121°58.03′ W. 

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(223) 36°49.92′ N. lat., 121°58.01′ W. 

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(224) 36°48.88′ N. lat., 121°58.90′ W. 

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(225) 36°47.70′ N. lat., 121°58.75′ W. 

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(226) 36°48.37′ N. lat., 121°51.14′ W. 

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(227) 36°45.74′ N. lat., 121°54.17′ W. 

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(228) 36°45.51′ N. lat., 121°57.72′ W. 

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(229) 36°38.84′ N. lat., 122°01.32′ W. 

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(230) 36°35.62′ N. lat., 122°00.98′ W. 

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(231) 36°32.46′ N. lat., 121°59.15′ W. 

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(232) 36°32.79′ N. lat., 121°57.67′ W. 

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(233) 36°31.98′ N. lat., 121°56.55′ W. 

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(234) 36°31.79′ N. lat., 121°58.40′ W. 

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(235) 36°30.73′ N. lat., 121°59.70′ W. 

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(236) 36°30.31′ N. lat., 122°00.22′ W. 

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(237) 36°29.35′ N. lat., 122°00.36′ W. 

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(238) 36°27.66′ N. lat., 121°59.80′ W. 

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(239) 36°26.22′ N. lat., 121°58.35′ W. 

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(240) 36°21.20′ N. lat., 122°00.72′ W. 

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(241) 36°20.47′ N. lat., 122°02.92′ W. 

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(242) 36°18.46′ N. lat., 122°04.51′ W. 

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(243) 36°15.92′ N. lat., 122°01.33′ W. 

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(244) 36°13.76′ N. lat., 121°57.27′ W. 

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(245) 36°14.43′ N. lat., 121°55.43′ W. 

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(246) 36°10.24′ N. lat., 121°43.08′ W. 

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(247) 36°07.66′ N. lat., 121°40.91′ W. 

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(248) 36°02.49′ N. lat., 121°36.51′ W. 

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(249) 36°01.07′ N. lat., 121°36.82′ W. 

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(250) 36°00.00′ N. lat., 121°35.15′ W. 

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(251) 35°57.84′ N. lat., 121°33.10′ W. 

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(252) 35°50.36′ N. lat., 121°29.32′ W. 

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(253) 35°39.03′ N. lat., 121°22.86′ W. 

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(254) 35°24.30′ N. lat., 121°02.56′ W. 

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(255) 35°16.53′ N. lat., 121°00.39′ W. 

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(256) 35°04.82′ N. lat., 120°53.96′ W. 

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(257) 34°52.51′ N. lat., 120°51.62′ W. 

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(258) 34°43.36′ N. lat., 120°52.12′ W. 

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(259) 34°37.64′ N. lat., 120°49.99′ W. 

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(260) 34°30.80′ N. lat., 120°45.02′ W. 

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(261) 34°27.00′ N. lat., 120°39.00′ W. 

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(262) 34°21.90′ N. lat., 120°25.25′ W. 

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(263) 34°24.86′ N. lat., 120°16.81′ W. 

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(264) 34°22.80′ N. lat., 119°57.06′ W. 

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(265) 34°18.59′ N. lat., 119°44.84′ W. 

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(266) 34°15.04′ N. lat., 119°40.34′ W. 

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(267) 34°14.40′ N. lat., 119°45.39′ W. 

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(268) 34°12.32′ N. lat., 119°42.41′ W. 

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(269) 34°09.71′ N. lat., 119°28.85′ W. 

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(270) 34°04.70′ N. lat., 119°15.38′ W. 

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(271) 34°03.33′ N. lat., 119°12.93′ W. 

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(272) 34°02.72′ N. lat., 119°07.01′ W. 

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(273) 34°03.90′ N. lat., 119°04.64′ W. 

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(274) 34°01.80′ N. lat., 119°03.23′ W. 

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(275) 33°59.32′ N. lat., 119°03.50′ W. 

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(276) 33°59.00′ N. lat., 118°59.55′ W. 

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(277) 33°59.51′ N. lat., 118°57.25′ W. 

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(278) 33°58.82′ N. lat., 118°52.47′ W. 

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(279) 33°58.54′ N. lat., 118°41.86′ W. 

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(280) 33°55.07′ N. lat., 118°34.25′ W. 

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(281) 33°54.28′ N. lat., 118°38.68′ W. 

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(282) 33°51.00′ N. lat., 118°36.66′ W. 

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(283) 33°39.77′ N. lat., 118°18.41′ W. 

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(284) 33°35.50′ N. lat., 118°16.85′ W. 

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(286) 33°34.09′ N. lat., 117°54.06′ W. 

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(287) 33°31.60′ N. lat., 117°49.28′ W. 

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(288) 33°16.07′ N. lat., 117°34.74′ W. 

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(289) 33°07.06′ N. lat., 117°22.71′ W. 

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(290) 32°59.28′ N. lat., 117°19.69′ W. 

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(291) 32°55.36′ N. lat., 117°19.54′ W. 

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(292) 32°53.35′ N. lat., 117°17.05′ W. 

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(293) 32°53.34′ N. lat., 117°19.13′ W. 

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(294) 32°46.39′ N. lat., 117°23.45′ W. 

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(295) 32°42.79′ N. lat., 117°21.16′ W. 

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(296) 32°34.22′ N. lat., 117°21.20′ W. 

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(b) The 100 fm (183 m) depth contour 

around San Clemente Island off the state 

of California is defined by straight lines 

connecting all of the following points in 

the order stated:

(1) 33°04.73′ N. lat., 118°37.98′ W. 

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(2) 33°02.67′ N. lat., 118°34.06′ W. 

long.;

(3) 32°55.80′ N. lat., 118°28.92′ W. 

long.;

(4) 32°49.78′ N. lat., 118°20.88′ W. 

long.;

(5) 32°48.01′ N. lat., 118°19.49′ W. 

long.;

(6) 32°47.53′ N. lat., 118°21.76′ W. 

long.;

(7) 32°44.03′ N. lat., 118°24.70′ W. 

long.;

(8) 32°49.75′ N. lat., 118°32.10′ W. 

long.;

(9) 32°53.36′ N. lat., 118°33.23′ W. 

long.;

(10) 32°55.17′ N. lat., 118°34.64′ W. 

long.;

(11) 32°55.13′ N. lat., 118°35.31′ W. 

long.;

(12) 33°00.22′ N. lat., 118°38.68′ W. 

long.;

(13) 33°03.13′ N. lat., 118°39.59′ W. 

long.; and

(14) 33°04.73′ N. lat., 118°37.98′ W. 

long.

(c) The 100 fm (183 m) depth contour 

around Santa Catalina Island off the 

state of California is defined by straight 

lines connecting all of the following 

points in the order stated:

(1) 33°28.23′ N. lat., 118°39.38′ W. 

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(2) 33°29.60′ N. lat., 118°36.11′ W. 

long.;

(3) 33°29.14′ N. lat., 118°30.81′ W. 

long.;

(4) 33°26.97′ N. lat., 118°27.57′ W. 

long.;

(5) 33°25.68′ N. lat., 118°23.00′ W. 

long.;

(6) 33°22.67′ N. lat., 118°18.41′ W. 

long.;

(7) 33°19.72′ N. lat., 118°16.25′ W. 

long.;

(8) 33°17.14′ N. lat., 118°14.96′ W. 

long.;

(9) 33°16.09′ N. lat., 118°15.46′ W. 

long.;

(10) 33°18.10′ N. lat., 118°27.95′ W. 

long.;

(11) 33°19.84′ N. lat., 118°32.16′ W. 

long.;

(12) 33°20.83′ N. lat., 118°32.83′ W. 

long.;

(13) 33°21.91′ N. lat., 118°31.98′ W. 

long.;

(14) 33°23.05′ N. lat., 118°30.11′ W. 

long.;

(15) 33°24.87′ N. lat., 118°32.45′ W. 

long.;

(16) 33°25.30′ N. lat., 118°34.32′ W. 

long.; and

(17) 33°28.23′ N. lat., 118°39.38′ W. 

long.

(d) The 125 fm (229 m) depth contour 

used between the U.S. border with 

Canada and the U.S. border with Mexico 

is defined by straight lines connecting 

all of the following points in the order 

stated:

(1) 48°15.00′ N. lat., 125°41.13′ W. 

long.;

(2) 48°13.05′ N. lat., 125°37.43′ W. 

long.;

(3) 48°08.62′ N. lat., 125°41.68′ W. 

long.;

(4) 48°07.42′ N. lat., 125°42.38′ W. 

long.;

(5) 48°04.20′ N. lat., 125°36.57′ W. 

long.;

(6) 48°02.79′ N. lat., 125°35.55′ W. 

long.;

(7) 48°00.48′ N. lat., 125°37.84′ W. 

long.;

(8) 47°54.90′ N. lat., 125°34.79′ W. 

long.;

(9) 47°58.37′ N. lat., 125°26.58′ W. 

long.;

(10) 47°59.84′ N. lat., 125°25.20′ W. 

long.;

(11) 48°01.85′ N. lat., 125°24.12′ W. 

long.;

(12) 48°02.13′ N. lat., 125°22.80′ W. 

long.;

(13) 48°03.31′ N. lat., 125°22.46′ W. 

long.;

(14) 48°06.83′ N. lat., 125°17.73′ W. 

long.;

(15) 48°10.08′ N. lat., 125°15.56′ W. 

long.;

(16) 48°11.24′ N. lat., 125°13.72′ W. 

long.;

(17) 48°12.41′ N. lat., 125°14.48′ W. 

long.;

(18) 48°13.01′ N. lat., 125°13.77′ W. 

long.;

(19) 48°13.59′ N. lat., 125°12.83′ W. 

long.;

(20) 48°12.22′ N. lat., 125°12.28′ W. 

long.;

(21) 48°11.15′ N. lat., 125°12.26′ W. 

long.;

(22) 48°10.18′ N. lat., 125°10.44′ W. 

long.;

(23) 48°10.18′ N. lat., 125°06.32′ W. 

long.;

(24) 48°15.39′ N. lat., 125°02.83′ W. 

long.;

(25) 48°18.32′ N. lat., 125°01.00′ W. 

long.;

(26) 48°21.67′ N. lat., 125°01.86′ W. 

long.;

(27) 48°25.70′ N. lat., 125°00.10′ W. 

long.;

(28) 48°26.43′ N. lat., 124°56.65′ W. 

long.;

(29) 48°24.28′ N. lat., 124°56.48′ W. 

long.;

(30) 48°23.27′ N. lat., 124°59.12′ W. 

long.;

(31) 48°21.79′ N. lat., 124°59.30′ W. 

long.;

(32) 48°20.71′ N. lat., 124°58.74′ W. 

long.;

(33) 48°19.84′ N. lat., 124°57.09′ W. 

long.;

(34) 48°22.06′ N. lat., 124°54.78′ W. 

long.;

(35) 48°22.45′ N. lat., 124°53.35′ W. 

long.;

(36) 48°22.74′ N. lat., 124°50.96′ W. 

long.;

(37) 48°21.04′ N. lat., 124°52.60′ W. 

long.;

(38) 48°18.07′ N. lat., 124°55.85′ W. 

long.;

(39) 48°15.03′ N. lat., 124°58.16′ W. 

long.;

(40) 48°11.31′ N. lat., 124°58.53′ W. 

long.;

(41) 48°06.25′ N. lat., 125°00.06′ W. 

long.;

(42) 48°04.70′ N. lat., 125°01.80′ W. 

long.;

(43) 48°04.93′ N. lat., 125°03.92′ W. 

long.;

(44) 48°06.44′ N. lat., 125°06.50′ W. 

long.;

(45) 48°07.34′ N. lat., 125°09.35′ W. 

long.;

(46) 48°07.62′ N. lat., 125°11.37′ W. 

long.;

(47) 48°03.71′ N. lat., 125°17.63′ W. 

long.;

(48) 48°01.35′ N. lat., 125°18.66′ W. 

long.;

(49) 48°00.05′ N. lat., 125°19.66′ W. 

long.;

(50) 47°59.51′ N. lat., 125°18.90′ W. 

long.;

(51) 47°58.29′ N. lat., 125°16.64′ W. 

long.;

(52) 47°54.67′ N. lat., 125°13.20′ W. 

long.;

(53) 47°53.15′ N. lat., 125°12.53′ W. 

long.;

(54) 47°48.46′ N. lat., 125°04.72′ W. 

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(e) The 125 fm (229 m) depth contour 

around San Clemente Island off the state 

of California is defined by straight lines 

connecting all of the following points in 

the order stated:

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(2) 33°02.67′ N. lat., 118°34.07′ W. 

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(3) 32°55.97′ N. lat., 118°28.95′ W. 

long.;

(4) 32°49.79′ N. lat., 118°20.89′ W. 

long.;

(5) 32°48.02′ N. lat., 118°19.49′ W. 

long.;

(6) 32°47.37′ N. lat., 118°21.72′ W. 

long.;

(7) 32°43.58′ N. lat., 118°24.54′ W. 

long.;

(8) 32°49.74′ N. lat., 118°32.11′ W. 

long.;

(9) 32°53.36′ N. lat., 118°33.44′ W. 

long.;

(10) 32°55.03′ N. lat., 118°34.64′ W. 

long.;

(11) 32°54.89′ N. lat., 118°35.37′ W. 

long.;

(12) 33°00.20′ N. lat., 118°38.72′ W. 

long.;

(13) 33°03.15′ N. lat., 118°39.80′ W. 

long.; and

(14) 33°04.73′ N. lat., 118°37.99′ W. 

long.

(f) The 125 fm (229 m) depth contour 

around Santa Catalina Island off the 

state of California is defined by straight 

lines connecting all of the following 

points in the order stated:

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(1) 33°28.42′ N. lat., 118°39.85′ W. 

long.;

(2) 33°29.99′ N. lat., 118°36.14′ W. 

long.;

(3) 33°29.47′ N. lat., 118°33.66′ W. 

long.;

(4) 33°29.31′ N. lat., 118°30.53′ W. 

long.;

(5) 33°27.24′ N. lat., 118°27.71′ W. 

long.;

(6) 33°25.77′ N. lat., 118°22.57′ W. 

long.;

(7) 33°23.76′ N. lat., 118°19.27′ W. 

long.;

(8) 33°17.61′ N. lat., 118°13.61′ W. 

long.;

(9) 33°16.16′ N. lat., 118°13.98′ W. 

long.;

(10) 33°15.86′ N. lat., 118°15.27′ W. 

long.;

(11) 33°18.11′ N. lat., 118°27.96′ W. 

long.;

(12) 33°19.83′ N. lat., 118°32.16′ W. 

long.;

(13) 33°20.81′ N. lat., 118°32.94′ W. 

long.;

(14) 33°21.99′ N. lat., 118°32.04′ W. 

long.;

(15) 33°23.09′ N. lat., 118°30.37′ W. 

long.;

(16) 33°24.78′ N. lat., 118°32.46′ W. 

long.;

(17) 33°25.43′ N. lat., 118°34.93′ W. 

long.; and

(18) 33°28.42′ N. lat., 118°39.85′ W. 

long.

(g) The 125 fm (229 m) depth contour 

around Lasuen Knoll off the state of 

California is defined by straight lines 

connecting all of the following points in 

the order stated:

(1) 33°24.57′ N. lat., 118°00.15′ W. 

long.;

(2) 33°23.42′ N. lat., 117°59.43′ W. 

long.;

(3) 33°23.69′ N. lat., 117°58.72′ W. 

long.;

(4) 33°24.72′ N. lat., 117°59.51′ W. 

long.; and

(5) 33°24.57′ N. lat., 118°00.15′ W. 

long.

(h) The 150 fm (274 m) depth contour 

used between the U.S. border with 

Canada and the U.S. border with Mexico 

is defined by straight lines connecting 

all of the following points in the order 

stated:

(1) 48°14.96′ N. lat., 125°41.24′ W. 

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(2) 48°12.89′ N. lat., 125°37.83′ W. 

long.;

(3) 48°11.49′ N. lat., 125°39.27′ W. 

long.;

(4) 48°08.72′ N. lat., 125°41.84′ W. 

long.;

(5) 48°07.00′ N. lat., 125°45.00′ W. 

long.;

(6) 48°06.13′ N. lat., 125°41.57′ W. 

long.;

(7) 48°05.00′ N. lat., 125°39.00′ W. 

long.;

(8) 48°04.15′ N. lat., 125°36.71′ W. 

long.;

(9) 48°03.00′ N. lat., 125°36.00′ W. 

long.;

(10) 48°01.65′ N. lat., 125°36.96′ W. 

long.;

(11) 48°01.00′ N. lat., 125°38.50′ W. 

long.;

(12) 47°57.50′ N. lat., 125°36.50′ W. 

long.;

(13) 47°56.53′ N. lat., 125°30.33′ W. 

long.;

(14) 47°57.28′ N. lat., 125°27.89′ W. 

long.;

(15) 47°59.00′ N. lat., 125°25.50′ W. 

long.;

(16) 48°01.77′ N. lat., 125°24.05′ W. 

long.;

(17) 48°02.08′ N. lat., 125°22.98′ W. 

long.;

(18) 48°03.00′ N. lat., 125°22.50′ W. 

long.;

(19) 48°03.46′ N. lat., 125°22.10′ W. 

long.;

(20) 48°04.29′ N. lat., 125°20.37′ W. 

long.;

(21) 48°02.00′ N. lat., 125°18.50′ W. 

long.;

(22) 48°00.01′ N. lat., 125°19.90′ W. 

long.;

(23) 47°58.75′ N. lat., 125°17.54′ W. 

long.;

(24) 47°53.50′ N. lat., 125°13.50′ W. 

long.;

(25) 47°48.88′ N. lat., 125°05.91′ W. 

long.;

(26) 47°48.50′ N. lat., 125°05.00′ W. 

long.;

(27) 47°45.98′ N. lat., 125°04.26′ W. 

long.;

(28) 47°45.00′ N. lat., 125°05.50′ W. 

long.;

(29) 47°42.11′ N. lat., 125°04.74′ W. 

long.;

(30) 47°39.00′ N. lat., 125°06.00′ W. 

long.;

(31) 47°35.53′ N. lat., 125°04.55′ W. 

long.;

(32) 47°30.90′ N. lat., 124°57.31′ W. 

long.;

(33) 47°29.54′ N. lat., 124°56.50′ W. 

long.;

(34) 47°29.50′ N. lat., 124°54.50′ W. 

long.;

(35) 47°28.57′ N. lat., 124°51.50′ W. 

long.;

(36) 47°25.00′ N. lat., 124°48.00′ W. 

long.;

(37) 47°23.95′ N. lat., 124°47.24′ W. 

long.;

(38) 47°23.00′ N. lat., 124°47.00′ W. 

long.;

(39) 47°21.00′ N. lat., 124°46.50′ W. 

long.;

(40) 47°18.20′ N. lat., 124°45.84′ W. 

long.;

(41) 47°18.50′ N. lat., 124°49.00′ W. 

long.;

(42) 47°19.17′ N. lat., 124°50.86′ W. 

long.;

(43) 47°18.07′ N. lat., 124°53.29′ W. 

long.;

(44) 47°17.78′ N. lat., 124°51.39′ W. 

long.;

(45) 47°16.81′ N. lat., 124°50.85′ W. 

long.;

(46) 47°15.96′ N. lat., 124°53.15′ W. 

long.;

(47) 47°14.31′ N. lat., 124°52.62′ W. 

long.;

(48) 47°11.87′ N. lat., 124°56.90′ W. 

long.;

(49) 47°12.39′ N. lat., 124°58.09′ W. 

long.;

(50) 47°09.50′ N. lat., 124°57.50′ W. 

long.;

(51) 47°09.00′ N. lat., 124°59.00′ W. 

long.;

(52) 47°06.06′ N. lat., 124°58.80′ W. 

long.;

(53) 47°03.62′ N. lat., 124°55.96′ W. 

long.;

(54) 47°02.89′ N. lat., 124°56.89′ W. 

long.;

(55) 47°01.04′ N. lat., 124°59.54′ W. 

long.;

(56) 46°58.47′ N. lat., 124°59.08′ W. 

long.;

(57) 46°58.29′ N. lat., 125°00.28′ W. 

long.;

(58) 46°56.30′ N. lat., 125°00.75′ W. 

long.;

(59) 46°57.09′ N. lat., 124°58.86′ W. 

long.;

(60) 46°55.95′ N. lat., 124°54.88′ W. 

long.;

(61) 46°54.79′ N. lat., 124°54.14′ W. 

long.;

(62) 46°58.00′ N. lat., 124°50.00′ W. 

long.;

(63) 46°54.50′ N. lat., 124°49.00′ W. 

long.;

(64) 46°54.53′ N. lat., 124°52.94′ W. 

long.;

(65) 46°49.52′ N. lat., 124°53.41′ W. 

long.;

(66) 46°42.24′ N. lat., 124°47.86′ W. 

long.;

(67) 46°39.50′ N. lat., 124°42.50′ W. 

long.;

(68) 46°37.50′ N. lat., 124°41.00′ W. 

long.;

(69) 46°36.50′ N. lat., 124°38.00′ W. 

long.;

(70) 46°33.85′ N. lat., 124°36.99′ W. 

long.;

(71) 46°33.50′ N. lat., 124°29.50′ W. 

long.;

(72) 46°32.00′ N. lat., 124°31.00′ W. 

long.;

(73) 46°30.53′ N. lat., 124°30.55′ W. 

long.;

(74) 46°25.50′ N. lat., 124°33.00′ W. 

long.;

(75) 46°23.00′ N. lat., 124°35.00′ W. 

long.;

(76) 46°21.05′ N. lat., 124°37.00′ W. 

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(77) 46°20.64′ N. lat., 124°36.21′ W. 

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(78) 46°20.36′ N. lat., 124°37.85′ W. 

long.;

(79) 46°19.48′ N. lat., 124°38.35′ W. 

long.;

(80) 46°17.87′ N. lat., 124°38.54′ W. 

long.;

(81) 46°16.15′ N. lat., 124°25.20′ W. 

long.;

(82) 46°16.00′ N. lat., 124°23.00′ W. 

long.;

(83) 46°14.87′ N. lat., 124°26.15′ W. 

long.;

(84) 46°13.38′ N. lat., 124°31.36′ W. 

long.;

(85) 46°12.09′ N. lat., 124°38.39′ W. 

long.;

(86) 46°09.46′ N. lat., 124°40.64′ W. 

long.;

(87) 46°07.30′ N. lat., 124°40.68′ W. 

long.;

(88) 46°02.76′ N. lat., 124°44.01′ W. 

long.;

(89) 46°01.22′ N. lat., 124°43.47′ W. 

long.;

(90) 45°51.82′ N. lat., 124°42.89′ W. 

long.;

(91) 45°46.00′ N. lat., 124°40.88′ W. 

long.;

(92) 45°45.95′ N. lat., 124°40.72′ W. 

long.;

(93) 45°44.11′ N. lat., 124°43.09′ W. 

long.;

(94) 45°34.50′ N. lat., 124°30.27′ W. 

long.;

(95) 45°21.10′ N. lat., 124°23.11′ W. 

long.;

(96) 45°20.25′ N. lat., 124°22.92′ W. 

long.;

(97) 45°09.69′ N. lat., 124°20.45′ W. 

long.;

(98) 45°03.83′ N. lat., 124°23.30′ W. 

long.;

(99) 44°56.25′ N. lat., 124°27.03′ W. 

long.;

(100) 44°44.47′ N. lat., 124°37.85′ W. 

long.;

(101) 44°31.81′ N. lat., 124°39.60′ W. 

long.;

(102) 44°31.48′ N. lat., 124°43.30′ W. 

long.;

(103) 44°12.04′ N. lat., 124°58.16′ W. 

long.;

(104) 44°08.30′ N. lat., 124°57.84′ W. 

long.;

(105) 44°07.38′ N. lat., 124°57.87′ W. 

long.;

(106) 43°57.06′ N. lat., 124°57.20′ W. 

long.;

(107) 43°52.52′ N. lat., 124°49.00′ W. 

long.;

(108) 43°51.55′ N. lat., 124°37.49′ W. 

long.;

(109) 43°47.83′ N. lat., 124°36.43′ W. 

long.;

(110) 43°31.79′ N. lat., 124°36.80′ W. 

long.;

(111) 43°29.34′ N. lat., 124°36.77′ W. 

long.;

(112) 43°26.46′ N. lat., 124°40.02′ W. 

long.;

(113) 43°20.83′ N. lat., 124°42.39′ W. 

long.;

(114) 43°16.15′ N. lat., 124°44.37′ W. 

long.;

(115) 43°09.33′ N. lat., 124°45.35′ W. 

long.;

(116) 43°08.85′ N. lat., 124°48.92′ W. 

long.;

(117) 43°03.23′ N. lat., 124°52.41′ W. 

long.;

(118) 43°00.25′ N. lat., 124°51.93′ W. 

long.;

(119) 42°56.62′ N. lat., 124°53.93′ W. 

long.;

(120) 42°54.84′ N. lat., 124°54.01′ W. 

long.;

(121) 42°52.31′ N. lat., 124°50.76′ W. 

long.;

(122) 42°50.00′ N. lat., 124°48.97′ W. 

long.;

(123) 42°47.78′ N. lat., 124°47.27′ W. 

long.;

(124) 42°46.32′ N. lat., 124°43.59′ W. 

long.;

(125) 42°41.63′ N. lat., 124°44.07′ W. 

long.;

(126) 42°40.50′ N. lat., 124°43.52′ W. 

long.;

(127) 42°38.83′ N. lat., 124°42.77′ W. 

long.;

(128) 42°35.37′ N. lat., 124°43.22′ W. 

long.;

(129) 42°32.78′ N. lat., 124°44.68′ W. 

long.;

(130) 42°32.19′ N. lat., 124°42.40′ W. 

long.;

(131) 42°30.28′ N. lat., 124°44.30′ W. 

long.;

(132) 42°28.16′ N. lat., 124°48.38′ W. 

long.;

(133) 42°18.34′ N. lat., 124°38.77′ W. 

long.;

(134) 42°13.67′ N. lat., 124°36.80′ W. 

long.;

(135) 42°13.65′ N. lat., 124°36.82′ W. 

long.;

(136) 42°00.00′ N. lat., 124°35.99′ W. 

long.;

(137) 41°47.80′ N. lat., 124°29.41′ W. 

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(138) 41°23.51′ N. lat., 124°29.50′ W. 

long.;

(139) 41°13.29′ N. lat., 124°23.31′ W. 

long.;

(140) 41°06.23′ N. lat., 124°22.62′ W. 

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(141) 40°55.60′ N. lat., 124°26.04′ W. 

long.;

(142) 40°49.62′ N. lat., 124°26.57′ W. 

long.;

(143) 40°45.72′ N. lat., 124°30.00′ W. 

long.;

(144) 40°40.56′ N. lat., 124°32.11′ W. 

long.;

(145) 40°37.33′ N. lat., 124°29.27′ W. 

long.;

(146) 40°35.60′ N. lat., 124°30.49′ W. 

long.;

(147) 40°37.38′ N. lat., 124°37.14′ W. 

long.;

(148) 40°36.03′ N. lat., 124°39.97′ W. 

long.;

(149) 40°31.58′ N. lat., 124°40.74′ W. 

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(150) 40°30.00′ N. lat., 124°38.50′ W. 

long.;

(151) 40°29.76′ N. lat., 124°38.13′ W. 

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(152) 40°28.22′ N. lat., 124°37.23′ W. 

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(153) 40°24.86′ N. lat., 124°35.71′ W. 

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(154) 40°23.01′ N. lat., 124°31.94′ W. 

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(155) 40°23.39′ N. lat., 124°28.64′ W. 

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(156) 40°22.29′ N. lat., 124°25.25′ W. 

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(157) 40°21.90′ N. lat., 125°25.18′ W. 

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(158) 40°22.02′ N. lat., 124°28.00′ W. 

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(159) 40°21.34′ N. lat., 124°29.53′ W. 

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(160) 40°19.74′ N. lat., 124°28.95′ W. 

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(161) 40°18.13′ N. lat., 124°27.08′ W. 

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(162) 40°17.45′ N. lat., 124°25.53′ W. 

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(163) 40°17.97′ N. lat., 124°24.12′ W. 

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(164) 40°15.96′ N. lat., 124°26.05′ W. 

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(165) 40°17.00′ N. lat., 124°35.01′ W. 

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(166) 40°15.97′ N. lat., 124°35.90′ W. 

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(167) 40°10.00′ N. lat., 124°22.96′ W. 

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(168) 40°07.00′ N. lat., 124°19.00′ W. 

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(169) 40°08.10′ N. lat., 124°16.70′ W. 

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(170) 40°05.90′ N. lat., 124°17.77′ W. 

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(171) 40°02.99′ N. lat., 124°15.55′ W. 

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(172) 40°02.00′ N. lat., 124°12.97′ W. 

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(173) 40°02.60′ N. lat., 124°10.61′ W. 

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(174) 40°03.63′ N. lat., 124°09.12′ W. 

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(175) 40°02.18′ N. lat., 124°09.07′ W. 

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(176) 39°58.25′ N. lat., 124°12.56′ W. 

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(177) 39°57.03′ N. lat., 124°11.34′ W. 

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(178) 39°56.30′ N. lat., 124°08.96′ W. 

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(179) 39°54.82′ N. lat., 124°07.66′ W. 

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(180) 39°52.57′ N. lat., 124°08.55′ W. 

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(181) 39°45.34′ N. lat., 124°03.30′ W. 

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(184) 39°32.98′ N. lat., 123°56.43′ W. 

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(185) 39°31.47′ N. lat., 123°58.73′ W. 

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(186) 39°05.68′ N. lat., 123°57.81′ W. 

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(187) 39°00.24′ N. lat., 123°56.74′ W. 

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(188) 38°57.50′ N. lat., 123°56.74′ W. 

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(189) 38°54.31′ N. lat., 123°56.73′ W. 

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(190) 38°41.42′ N. lat., 123°46.75′ W. 

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(191) 38°39.61′ N. lat., 123°46.48′ W. 

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(192) 38°37.52′ N. lat., 123°43.78′ W. 

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(193) 38°35.25′ N. lat., 123°42.00′ W. 

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(194) 38°28.79′ N. lat., 123°37.07′ W. 

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(195) 38°19.88′ N. lat., 123°32.54′ W. 

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(196) 38°14.43′ N. lat., 123°25.56′ W. 

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(197) 38°08.75′ N. lat., 123°24.48′ W. 

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(198) 38°10.10′ N. lat., 123°27.20′ W. 

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(199) 38°07.16′ N. lat., 123°28.18′ W. 

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(200) 38°06.42′ N. lat., 123°30.18′ W. 

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(201) 38°04.28′ N. lat., 123°31.70′ W. 

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(202) 38°01.88′ N. lat., 123°30.98′ W. 

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(203) 38°00.75′ N. lat., 123°29.72′ W. 

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(204) 38°00.00′ N. lat., 123°28.60′ W. 

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(205) 37°58.23′ N. lat., 123°26.90′ W. 

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(206) 37°55.32′ N. lat., 123°27.19′ W. 

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(207) 37°51.47′ N. lat., 123°24.92′ W. 

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(208) 37°44.47′ N. lat., 123°11.57′ W. 

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(209) 37°35.67′ N. lat., 123°01.76′ W. 

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(210) 37°15.16′ N. lat., 122°51.64′ W. 

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(211) 37°11.00′ N. lat., 122°47.20′ W. 

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(212) 37°07.00′ N. lat., 122°42.90′ W. 

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(213) 37°01.68′ N. lat., 122°37.28′ W. 

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(214) 36°59.70′ N. lat., 122°33.71′ W. 

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(215) 36°58.00′ N. lat., 122°27.80′ W. 

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(216) 37°00.25′ N. lat., 122°24.85′ W. 

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(217) 36°57.50′ N. lat., 122°24.98′ W. 

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(218) 36°58.38′ N. lat., 122°21.85′ W. 

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(219) 36°55.85′ N. lat., 122°21.95′ W. 

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(220) 36°52.02′ N. lat., 122°12.10′ W. 

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(221) 36°47.63′ N. lat., 122°07.37′ W. 

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(222) 36°47.26′ N. lat., 122°03.22′ W. 

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(223) 36°50.34′ N. lat., 121°58.40′ W. 

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(224) 36°48.83′ N. lat., 121°59.14′ W. 

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(225) 36°44.81′ N. lat., 121°58.28′ W. 

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(227) 36°29.60′ N. lat., 122°00.49′ W. 

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(228) 36°23.43′ N. lat., 121°59.76′ W. 

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(230) 36°15.38′ N. lat., 122°01.40′ W. 

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(231) 36°13.79′ N. lat., 121°58.12′ W. 

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(232) 36°10.12′ N. lat., 121°43.33′ W. 

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(234) 36°00.00′ N. lat., 121°35.15′ W. 

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(235) 35°57.74′ N. lat., 121°33.45′ W. 

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(236) 35°51.32′ N. lat., 121°30.08′ W. 

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(237) 35°45.84′ N. lat., 121°28.84′ W. 

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(238) 35°38.94′ N. lat., 121°23.16′ W. 

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(239) 35°26.00′ N. lat., 121°08.00′ W. 

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(240) 35°07.42′ N. lat., 120°57.08′ W. 

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(241) 34°42.76′ N. lat., 120°55.09′ W. 

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(242) 34°37.75′ N. lat., 120°51.96′ W. 

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(243) 34°29.29′ N. lat., 120°44.19′ W. 

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(244) 34°27.00′ N. lat., 120°40.42′ W. 

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(245) 34°21.89′ N. lat., 120°31.36′ W. 

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(246) 34°20.79′ N. lat., 120°21.58′ W. 

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(247) 34°23.97′ N. lat., 120°15.25′ W. 

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(248) 34°22.11′ N. lat., 119°56.63′ W. 

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(249) 34°19.00′ N. lat., 119°48.00′ W. 

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(250) 34°15.00′ N. lat., 119°48.00′ W. 

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(251) 34°08.00′ N. lat., 119°37.00′ W. 

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(252) 34°08.39′ N. lat., 119°54.78′ W. 

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(253) 34°07.10′ N. lat., 120°10.37′ W. 

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(255) 34°13.16′ N. lat., 120°29.40′ W. 

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(256) 34°09.41′ N. lat., 120°37.75′ W. 

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(257) 34°03.15′ N. lat., 120°34.71′ W. 

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(258) 33°57.09′ N. lat., 120°27.76′ W. 

long.;

(260) 33°51.00′ N. lat., 120°09.00′ W. 

long.;

(261) 33°38.16′ N. lat., 119°59.23′ W. 

long.;

(262) 33°37.04′ N. lat., 119°50.17′ W. 

long.;

(263) 33°42.28′ N. lat., 119°48.85′ W. 

long.;

(264) 33°53.96′ N. lat., 119°53.77′ W. 

long.;

(265) 33°59.94′ N. lat., 119°19.57′ W. 

long.;

(266) 34°03.12′ N. lat., 119°15.51′ W. 

long.;

(267) 34°01.97′ N. lat., 119°07.28′ W. 

long.;

(268) 34°03.60′ N. lat., 119°04.71′ W. 

long.;

(269) 33°59.30′ N. lat., 119°03.73′ W. 

long.;

(270) 33°58.87′ N. lat., 118°59.37′ W. 

long.;

(271) 33°58.08′ N. lat., 118°41.14′ W. 

long.;

(272) 33°50.93′ N. lat., 118°37.65′ W. 

long.;

(273) 33°39.54′ N. lat., 118°18.70′ W. 

long.;

(274) 33°35.42′ N. lat., 118°17.14′ W. 

long.;

(275) 33°32.15′ N. lat., 118°10.84′ W. 

long.;

(276) 33°33.71′ N. lat., 117°53.72′ W. 

long.;

(277) 33°31.17′ N. lat., 117°49.11′ W. 

long.;

(278) 33°16.53′ N. lat., 117°36.13′ W. 

long.;

(279) 33°06.77′ N. lat., 117°22.92′ W. 

long.;

(280) 32°58.94′ N. lat., 117°20.05′ W. 

long.;

(281) 32°55.83′ N. lat., 117°20.15′ W. 

long.;

(282) 32°46.29′ N. lat., 117°23.89′ W. 

long.;

(283) 32°42.00′ N. lat., 117°22.16′ W. 

long.;

(284) 32°39.47′ N. lat., 117°27.78′ W. 

long.; and

(285) 32°34.83′ N. lat., 117°24.69′ W. 

long.

(h) The 150 fm (274 m) depth contour 

used around San Clemente Island off the 

state of California is defined by straight 

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lines connecting all of the following 

points in the order stated:

(1) 32°47.95′ N. lat., 118°19.31′ W. 

long.;

(2) 32°49.79′ N. lat., 118°20.82′ W. 

long.;

(3) 32°55.99′ N. lat., 118°28.80′ W. 

long.;

(4) 33°03.00′ N. lat., 118°34.00′ W. 

long.;

(5) 33°05.00′ N. lat., 118°38.00′ W. 

long.;

(6) 33°03.21′ N. lat., 118°39.85′ W. 

long.;

(7) 33°01.93′ N. lat., 118°39.85′ W. 

long.;

(8) 32°54.69′ N. lat., 118°35.45′ W. 

long.;

(9) 32°53.28′ N. lat., 118°33.58′ W. 

long.;

(10) 32°48.26′ N. lat., 118°31.62′ W. 

long.;

(11) 32°43.03′ N. lat., 118°24.21′ W. 

long.;

(12) 32°47.15′ N. lat., 118°21.53′ W. 

long.; and

(13) 32°47.95′ N. lat., 118°19.31′ W. 

long.

(i) The 150 fm (274 m) depth contour 

used around Santa Catalina Island off 

the state of California is defined by 

straight lines connecting all of the 

following points in the order stated:

(1) 33°17.24′ N. lat., 118°12.94′ W. 

long.;

(2) 33°23.60′ N. lat., 118°18.79′ W. 

long.;

(3) 33°26.00′ N. lat., 118°22.00′ W. 

long.;

(4) 33°27.57′ N. lat., 118°27.69′ W. 

long.;

(5) 33°29.78′ N. lat., 118°31.01′ W. 

long.;

(6) 33°30.46′ N. lat., 118°36.52′ W. 

long.;

(7) 33°28.65′ N. lat., 118°41.07′ W. 

long.;

(8) 33°23.23′ N. lat., 118°30.69′ W. 

long.;

(9) 33°20.97′ N. lat., 118°33.29′ W. 

long.;

(10) 33°19.81′ N. lat., 118°32.24′ W. 

long.;

(11) 33°18.00′ N. lat., 118°28.00′ W. 

long.;

(12) 33°15.62′ N. lat., 118°14.74′ W. 

long.;

(13) 33°16.00′ N. lat., 118°13.00′ W. 

long.; and

(14) 33°17.24′ N. lat., 118°12.94′ W. 

long.

(j) The 150 fm (274 m) depth contour 

used around Lasuen Knoll off the state 

of California is defined by straight lines 

connecting all of the following points in 

the order stated:

(1) 33°24.99′ N. lat., 117°59.32′ W. 

long.;

(2) 33°23.66′ N. lat., 117°58.28′ W. 

long.;

(3) 33°23.21′ N. lat., 117°59.55′ W. 

long.;

(4) 33°24.74′ N. lat., 118°00.61′ W. 

long.; and

(5) 33°24.99′ N. lat., 117°59.32′ W. 

long.

■ 23. Section 660.394 is added to read as 

follows:

§ 660.394 Latitude/longitude coordinates 

defining the 180 fm (329 m) through 250 fm 

(457 m) depth contours. 

Boundaries for RCAs are defined by 

straight lines connecting a series of 

latitude/longitude coordinates. This 

section provides coordinates for the 180 

fm (329 m) through 250 fm (457 m) 

depth contours.

(a) The 180 fm (329 m) depth contour 

used between the U.S. border with 

Canada and the U.S. border with Mexico 

is defined by straight lines connecting 

all of the following points in the order 

stated:

(1) 48°14.82′ N. lat., 125°41.61′ W. 

long.;

(2) 48°12.86′ N. lat., 125°37.95′ W. 

long.;

(3) 48°11.28′ N. lat., 125°39.67′ W. 

long.;

(4) 48°10.13′ N. lat., 125°42.62′ W. 

long.;

(5) 48°08.86′ N. lat., 125°41.92′ W. 

long.;

(6) 48°08.15′ N. lat., 125°44.95′ W. 

long.;

(7) 48°07.18′ N. lat., 125°45.67′ W. 

long.;

(8) 48°05.79′ N. lat., 125°44.64′ W. 

long.;

(9) 48°06.04′ N. lat., 125°41.84′ W. 

long.;

(10) 48°04.26′ N. lat., 125°40.09′ W. 

long.;

(11) 48°04.18′ N. lat., 125°36.94′ W. 

long.;

(12) 48°03.02′ N. lat., 125°36.24′ W. 

long.;

(13) 48°01.75′ N. lat., 125°37.42′ W. 

long.;

(14) 48°01.39′ N. lat., 125°39.42′ W. 

long.;

(15) 47°57.08′ N. lat., 125°36.51′ W. 

long.;

(16) 47°55.20′ N. lat., 125°36.62′ W. 

long.;

(17) 47°54.33′ N. lat., 125°34.98′ W. 

long.;

(18) 47°54.73′ N. lat., 125°31.95′ W. 

long.;

(19) 47°56.39′ N. lat., 125°30.22′ W. 

long.;

(20) 47°55.86′ N. lat., 125°28.54′ W. 

long.;

(21) 47°58.07′ N. lat., 125°25.72′ W. 

long.;

(22) 48°00.81′ N. lat., 125°24.39′ W. 

long.;

(23) 48°01.81′ N. lat., 125°23.76′ W. 

long.;

(24) 48°02.16′ N. lat., 125°22.71′ W. 

long.;

(25) 48°03.46′ N. lat., 125°22.01′ W. 

long.;

(26) 48°04.21′ N. lat., 125°20.40′ W. 

long.;

(27) 48°03.15′ N. lat., 125°19.50′ W. 

long.;

(28) 48°01.92′ N. lat., 125°18.69′ W. 

long.;

(29) 48°00.85′ N. lat., 125°20.02′ W. 

long.;

(30) 48°00.12′ N. lat., 125°20.04′ W. 

long.;

(31) 47°58.18′ N. lat., 125°18.78′ W. 

long.;

(32) 47°58.24′ N. lat., 125°17.26′ W. 

long.;

(33) 47°52.47′ N. lat., 125°15.30′ W. 

long.;

(34) 47°52.13′ N. lat., 125°12.95′ W. 

long.;

(35) 47°50.60′ N. lat., 125°10.65′ W. 

long.;

(36) 47°49.39′ N. lat., 125°10.59′ W. 

long.;

(37) 47°48.74′ N. lat., 125°06.07′ W. 

long.;

(38) 47°47.03′ N. lat., 125°06.95′ W. 

long.;

(39) 47°47.46′ N. lat., 125°05.20′ W. 

long.;

(40) 47°45.88′ N. lat., 125°04.50′ W. 

long.;

(41) 47°44.51′ N. lat., 125°06.64′ W. 

long.;

(42) 47°42.22′ N. lat., 125°04.86′ W. 

long.;

(43) 47°38.49′ N. lat., 125°06.32′ W. 

long.;

(44) 47°34.93′ N. lat., 125°04.34′ W. 

long.;

(45) 47°30.85′ N. lat., 124°57.42′ W. 

long.;

(46) 47°28.80′ N. lat., 124°56.51′ W. 

long.;

(47) 47°29.25′ N. lat., 124°53.92′ W. 

long.;

(48) 47°28.29′ N. lat., 124°51.32′ W. 

long.;

(49) 47°24.04′ N. lat., 124°47.38′ W. 

long.;

(50) 47°18.24′ N. lat., 124°45.97′ W. 

long.;

(51) 47°19.36′ N. lat., 124°50.96′ W. 

long.;

(52) 47°18.07′ N. lat., 124°53.38′ W. 

long.;

(53) 47°17.73′ N. lat., 124°52.83′ W. 

long.;

(54) 47°17.77′ N. lat., 124°51.56′ W. 

long.;

(55) 47°16.84′ N. lat., 124°50.94′ W. 

long.;

(56) 47°16.01′ N. lat., 124°53.36′ W. 

long.;

(57) 47°14.32′ N. lat., 124°52.73′ W. 

long.;

(58) 47°11.97′ N. lat., 124°56.81′ W. 

long.;

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(59) 47°12.93′ N. lat., 124°58.47′ W. 

long.;

(60) 47°09.43′ N. lat., 124°57.99′ W. 

long.;

(61) 47°09.36′ N. lat., 124°59.29′ W. 

long.;

(62) 47°05.88′ N. lat., 124°59.06′ W. 

long.;

(63) 47°03.64′ N. lat., 124°56.07′ W. 

long.;

(64) 47°01.00′ N. lat., 124°59.69′ W. 

long.;

(65) 46°58.72′ N. lat., 124°59.17′ W. 

long.;

(66) 46°58.30′ N. lat., 125°00.60′ W. 

long.;

(67) 46°55.61′ N. lat., 125°01.19′ W. 

long.;

(68) 46°56.96′ N. lat., 124°58.85′ W. 

long.;

(69) 46°55.91′ N. lat., 124°54.98′ W. 

long.;

(70) 46°54.55′ N. lat., 124°54.21′ W. 

long.;

(71) 46°56.80′ N. lat., 124°50.55′ W. 

long.;

(72) 46°54.87′ N. lat., 124°49.59′ W. 

long.;

(73) 46°54.63′ N. lat., 124°53.48′ W. 

long.;

(74) 46°52.33′ N. lat., 124°54.75′ W. 

long.;

(75) 46°45.12′ N. lat., 124°51.82′ W. 

long.;

(76) 46°39.20′ N. lat., 124°47.02′ W. 

long.;

(77) 46°33.45′ N. lat., 124°36.61′ W. 

long.;

(78) 46°33.37′ N. lat., 124°30.21′ W. 

long.;

(79) 46°31.67′ N. lat., 124°31.41′ W. 

long.;

(80) 46°27.87′ N. lat., 124°32.04′ W. 

long.;

(81) 46°21.01′ N. lat., 124°37.63′ W. 

long.;

(82) 46°18.58′ N. lat., 124°38.92′ W. 

long.;

(83) 46°16.00′ N. lat., 124°23.57′ W. 

long.;

(84) 46°12.85′ N. lat., 124°35.52′ W. 

long.;

(85) 46°12.27′ N. lat., 124°38.69′ W. 

long.;

(86) 46°08.71′ N. lat., 124°41.27′ W. 

long.;

(87) 46°05.79′ N. lat., 124°42.12′ W. 

long.;

(88) 46°02.84′ N. lat., 124°48.05′ W. 

long.;

(89) 46°02.41′ N. lat., 124°48.15′ W. 

long.;

(90) 45°58.96′ N. lat., 124°43.98′ W. 

long.;

(91) 45°47.05′ N. lat., 124°43.25′ W. 

long.;

(92) 45°46.00′ N. lat., 124°43.31′ W. 

long.;

(93) 45°44.00′ N. lat., 124°45.37′ W. 

long.;

(94) 45°34.97′ N. lat., 124°31.95′ W. 

long.;

(95) 45°20.25′ N. lat., 124°25.18′ W. 

long.;

(96) 45°13.01′ N. lat., 124°21.71′ W. 

long.;

(97) 45°09.59′ N. lat., 124°22.78′ W. 

long.;

(98) 45°03.83′ N. lat., 124°26.21′ W. 

long.;

(99) 45°00.22′ N. lat., 124°28.31′ W. 

long.;

(100) 44°53.53′ N. lat., 124°32.98′ W. 

long.;

(101) 44°40.25′ N. lat., 124°46.34′ W. 

long.;

(102) 44°28.83′ N. lat., 124°47.09′ W. 

long.;

(103) 44°22.97′ N. lat., 124°49.38′ W. 

long.;

(104) 44°13.07′ N. lat., 124°58.34′ W. 

long.;

(105) 44°08.30′ N. lat., 124°58.23′ W. 

long.;

(106) 43°57.99′ N. lat., 124°57.84′ W. 

long.;

(107) 43°51.43′ N. lat., 124°52.02′ W. 

long.;

(108) 43°50.72′ N. lat., 124°39.23′ W. 

long.;

(109) 43°39.04′ N. lat., 124°37.82′ W. 

long.;

(110) 43°27.76′ N. lat., 124°39.76′ W. 

long.;

(111) 43°20.83′ N. lat., 124°42.70′ W. 

long.;

(112) 43°20.22′ N. lat., 124°42.92′ W. 

long.;

(113) 43°13.07′ N. lat., 124°46.03′ W. 

long.;

(114) 43°10.43′ N. lat., 124°50.27′ W. 

long.;

(115) 43°03.47′ N. lat., 124°52.80′ W. 

long.;

(116) 42°56.93′ N. lat., 124°53.95′ W. 

long.;

(117) 42°54.74′ N. lat., 124°54.19′ W. 

long.;

(118) 42°50.00′ N. lat., 124°52.36′ W. 

long.;

(119) 42°49.43′ N. lat., 124°52.03′ W. 

long.;

(120) 42°47.68′ N. lat., 124°47.72′ W. 

long.;

(121) 42°46.17′ N. lat., 124°44.05′ W. 

long.;

(122) 42°41.67′ N. lat., 124°44.36′ W. 

long.;

(123) 42°40.50′ N. lat., 124°43.86′ W. 

long.;

(124) 42°38.79′ N. lat., 124°42.87′ W. 

long.;

(125) 42°32.39′ N. lat., 124°45.38′ W. 

long.;

(126) 42°32.07′ N. lat., 124°43.44′ W. 

long.;

(127) 42°30.98′ N. lat., 124°43.84′ W. 

long.;

(128) 42°28.37′ N. lat., 124°48.91′ W. 

long.;

(129) 42°20.07′ N. lat., 124°41.59′ W. 

long.;

(130) 42°15.05′ N. lat., 124°38.07′ W. 

long.;

(131) 42°13.67′ N. lat., 124°37.77′ W. 

long.;

(132) 42°07.37′ N. lat., 124°37.25′ W. 

long.;

(133) 42°04.93′ N. lat., 124°36.79′ W. 

long.;

(134) 42°00.00′ N. lat., 124°36.26′ W. 

long.;

(135) 41°47.60′ N. lat., 124°29.75′ W. 

long.;

(136) 41°22.07′ N. lat., 124°29.55′ W. 

long.;

(137) 41°13.58′ N. lat., 124°24.17′ W. 

long.;

(138) 41°06.51′ N. lat., 124°23.07′ W. 

long.;

(139) 40°55.20′ N. lat., 124°27.46′ W. 

long.;

(140) 40°49.76′ N. lat., 124°27.17′ W. 

long.;

(141) 40°45.79′ N. lat., 124°30.37′ W. 

long.;

(142) 40°40.31′ N. lat., 124°32.47′ W. 

long.;

(143) 40°37.42′ N. lat., 124°37.20′ W. 

long.;

(144) 40°36.03′ N. lat., 124°39.97′ W. 

long.;

(145) 40°31.48′ N. lat., 124°40.95′ W. 

long.;

(146) 40°30.00′ N. lat., 124°38.50′ W. 

long.;

(147) 40°24.81′ N. lat., 124°35.82′ W. 

long.;

(148) 40°22.00′ N. lat., 124°30.01′ W. 

long.;

(149) 40°16.84′ N. lat., 124°29.87′ W. 

long.;

(150) 40°17.06′ N. lat., 124°35.51′ W. 

long.;

(151) 40°16.41′ N. lat., 124°39.10′ W. 

long.;

(152) 40°10.00′ N. lat., 124°23.56′ W. 

long.;

(153) 40°06.67′ N. lat., 124°19.08′ W. 

long.;

(154) 40°08.10′ N. lat., 124°16.71′ W. 

long.;

(155) 40°05.90′ N. lat., 124°17.77′ W. 

long.;

(156) 40°02.80′ N. lat., 124°16.28′ W. 

long.;

(157) 40°01.98′ N. lat., 124°12.99′ W. 

long.;

(158) 40°01.53′ N. lat., 124°09.82′ W. 

long.;

(159) 39°58.28′ N. lat., 124°12.93′ W. 

long.;

(160) 39°57.06′ N. lat., 124°12.03′ W. 

long.;

(161) 39°56.31′ N. lat., 124°08.98′ W. 

long.;

(162) 39°55.20′ N. lat., 124°07.98′ W. 

long.;

(163) 39°52.57′ N. lat., 124°09.04′ W. 

long.;

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(164) 39°42.78′ N. lat., 124°02.11′ W. 

long.;

(165) 39°34.76′ N. lat., 123°58.51′ W. 

long.;

(166) 39°34.22′ N. lat., 123°56.82′ W. 

long.;

(167) 39°32.98′ N. lat., 123°56.43′ W. 

long.;

(168) 39°32.14′ N. lat., 123°58.83′ W. 

long.;

(169) 39°07.79′ N. lat., 123°58.72′ W. 

long.;

(170) 39°00.99′ N. lat., 123°57.56′ W. 

long.;

(171) 39°00.05′ N. lat., 123°56.83′ W. 

long.;

(172) 38°57.50′ N. lat., 123°57.22′ W. 

long.;

(173) 38°56.28′ N. lat., 123°57.53′ W. 

long.;

(174) 38°56.01′ N. lat., 123°58.72′ W. 

long.;

(175) 38°52.41′ N. lat., 123°56.38′ W. 

long.;

(176) 38°46.81′ N. lat., 123°51.46′ W. 

long.;

(177) 38°45.56′ N. lat., 123°51.32′ W. 

long.;

(178) 38°43.24′ N. lat., 123°49.91′ W. 

long.;

(179) 38°41.42′ N. lat., 123°47.22′ W. 

long.;

(180) 38°40.97′ N. lat., 123°47.80′ W. 

long.;

(181) 38°38.58′ N. lat., 123°46.07′ W. 

long.;

(182) 38°37.38′ N. lat., 123°43.80′ W. 

long.;

(183) 38°33.86′ N. lat., 123°41.51′ W. 

long.;

(184) 38°29.45′ N. lat., 123°38.42′ W. 

long.;

(185) 38°28.20′ N. lat., 123°38.17′ W. 

long.;

(186) 38°24.09′ N. lat., 123°35.26′ W. 

long.;

(187) 38°16.72′ N. lat., 123°31.42′ W. 

long.;

(188) 38°15.32′ N. lat., 123°29.33′ W. 

long.;

(189) 38°14.45′ N. lat., 123°26.15′ W. 

long.;

(190) 38°10.26′ N. lat., 123°25.43′ W. 

long.;

(191) 38°12.61′ N. lat., 123°28.08′ W. 

long.;

(192) 38°11.98′ N. lat., 123°29.35′ W. 

long.;

(193) 38°08.23′ N. lat., 123°28.04′ W. 

long.;

(194) 38°06.39′ N. lat., 123°30.59′ W. 

long.;

(195) 38°04.25′ N. lat., 123°31.81′ W. 

long.;

(196) 38°02.08′ N. lat., 123°31.27′ W. 

long.;

(197) 38°00.17′ N. lat., 123°29.43′ W. 

long.;

(198) 38°00.00′ N. lat., 123°28.55′ W. 

long.;

(199) 37°58.24′ N. lat., 123°26.91′ W. 

long.;

(200) 37°55.32′ N. lat., 123°27.19′ W. 

long.;

(201) 37°51.52′ N. lat., 123°25.01′ W. 

long.;

(202) 37°44.21′ N. lat., 123°11.38′ W. 

long.;

(203) 37°35.67′ N. lat., 123°01.86′ W. 

long.;

(204) 37°14.29′ N. lat., 122°52.99′ W. 

long.;

(205) 37°11.00′ N. lat., 122°49.28′ W. 

long.;

(206) 37°07.00′ N. lat., 122°44.65′ W. 

long.;

(207) 37°00.86′ N. lat., 122°37.55′ W. 

long.;

(208) 36°59.71′ N. lat., 122°33.73′ W. 

long.;

(209) 36°57.98′ N. lat., 122°27.80′ W. 

long.;

(210) 36°59.83′ N. lat., 122°25.17′ W. 

long.;

(211) 36°57.21′ N. lat., 122°25.17′ W. 

long.;

(212) 36°57.79′ N. lat., 122°22.28′ W. 

long.;

(213) 36°55.86′ N. lat., 122°21.99′ W. 

long.;

(214) 36°52.06′ N. lat., 122°12.12′ W. 

long.;

(215) 36°47.63′ N. lat., 122°07.40′ W. 

long.;

(216) 36°47.26′ N. lat., 122°03.23′ W. 

long.;

(217) 36°49.53′ N. lat., 121°59.35′ W. 

long.;

(218) 36°44.81′ N. lat., 121°58.29′ W. 

long.;

(219) 36°38.95′ N. lat., 122°02.02′ W. 

long.;

(220) 36°23.43′ N. lat., 121°59.76′ W. 

long.;

(221) 36°19.66′ N. lat., 122°06.25′ W. 

long.;

(222) 36°14.78′ N. lat., 122°01.52′ W. 

long.;

(223) 36°13.64′ N. lat., 121°57.83′ W. 

long.;

(224) 36°09.99′ N. lat., 121°43.48′ W. 

long.;

(225) 36°00.00′ N. lat., 121°36.95′ W. 

long.;

(226) 35°57.09′ N. lat., 121°34.16′ W. 

long.;

(227) 35°52.71′ N. lat., 121°32.32′ W. 

long.;

(228) 35°51.23′ N. lat., 121°30.54′ W. 

long.;

(229) 35°46.07′ N. lat., 121°29.75′ W. 

long.;

(230) 35°34.08′ N. lat., 121°19.83′ W. 

long.;

(231) 35°31.41′ N. lat., 121°14.80′ W. 

long.;

(232) 35°15.42′ N. lat., 121°03.47′ W. 

long.;

(233) 35°07.70′ N. lat., 120°59.31′ W. 

long.;

(234) 34°57.27′ N. lat., 120°56.93′ W. 

long.;

(235) 34°44.27′ N. lat., 120°57.65′ W. 

long.;

(236) 34°32.75′ N. lat., 120°50.08′ W. 

long.;

(237) 34°27.00′ N. lat., 120°41.50′ W. 

long.;

(238) 34°20.00′ N. lat., 120°30.99′ W. 

long.;

(239) 34°19.15′ N. lat., 120°19.78′ W. 

long.;

(240) 34°23.24′ N. lat., 120°14.17′ W. 

long.;

(241) 34°21.35′ N. lat., 119°54.89′ W. 

long.;

(242) 34°09.79′ N. lat., 119°44.51′ W. 

long.;

(243) 34°07.34′ N. lat., 120°06.71′ W. 

long.;

(244) 34°09.74′ N. lat., 120°19.78′ W. 

long.;

(245) 34°13.95′ N. lat., 120°29.78′ W. 

long.;

(246) 34°09.41′ N. lat., 120°37.75′ W. 

long.;

(247) 34°03.39′ N. lat., 120°35.26′ W. 

long.;

(248) 33°56.82′ N. lat., 120°28.30′ W. 

long.;

(249) 33°50.71′ N. lat., 120°09.24′ W. 

long.;

(250) 33°38.21′ N. lat., 119°59.90′ W. 

long.;

(251) 33°35.35′ N. lat., 119°51.95′ W. 

long.;

(252) 33°35.99′ N. lat., 119°49.13′ W. 

long.;

(253) 33°42.74′ N. lat., 119°47.80′ W. 

long.;

(254) 33°53.65′ N. lat., 119°53.29′ W. 

long.;

(255) 33°57.85′ N. lat., 119°31.05′ W. 

long.;

(256) 33°56.78′ N. lat., 119°27.44′ W. 

long.;

(257) 33°58.03′ N. lat., 119°27.82′ W. 

long.;

(258) 33°59.31′ N. lat., 119°20.02′ W. 

long.;

(259) 34°02.91′ N. lat., 119°15.38′ W. 

long.;

(260) 33°59.04′ N. lat., 119°03.02′ W. 

long.;

(261) 33°57.88′ N. lat., 118°41.69′ W. 

long.;

(262) 33°50.89′ N. lat., 118°37.78′ W. 

long.;

(263) 33°39.54′ N. lat., 118°18.70′ W. 

long.;

(264) 33°35.42′ N. lat., 118°17.15′ W. 

long.;

(265) 33°31.26′ N. lat., 118°10.84′ W. 

long.;

(266) 33°32.71′ N. lat., 117°52.05′ W. 

long.;

(267) 32°58.94′ N. lat., 117°20.05′ W. 

long.;

(268) 32°46.45′ N. lat., 117°24.37′ W. 

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(269) 32°42.25′ N. lat., 117°22.87′ W. 

long.;

(270) 32°39.50′ N. lat., 117°27.80′ W. 

long.; and

(271) 32°34.83′ N. lat., 117°24.67′ W. 

long.

(b) The 180 fm (329 m) depth contour 

used around San Clemente Island off the 

state of California is defined by straight 

lines connecting all of the following 

points in the order stated:

(1) 33°01.90′ N. lat., 118°40.17′ W. 

long.;

(2) 33°03.23′ N. lat., 118°40.05′ W. 

long.;

(3) 33°05.07′ N. lat., 118°39.01′ W. 

long.;

(4) 33°05.00′ N. lat., 118°38.01′ W. 

long.;

(5) 33°03.00′ N. lat., 118°34.00′ W. 

long.;

(6) 32°55.92′ N. lat., 118°28.39′ W. 

long.;

(7) 32°49.78′ N. lat., 118°20.82′ W. 

long.;

(8) 32°47.32′ N. lat., 118°18.30′ W. 

long.;

(9) 32°47.46′ N. lat., 118°20.29′ W. 

long.;

(10) 32°46.21′ N. lat., 118°21.96′ W. 

long.;

(11) 32°42.25′ N. lat., 118°24.07′ W. 

long.;

(12) 32°47.73′ N. lat., 118°31.74′ W. 

long.;

(13) 32°53.16′ N. lat., 118°33.85′ W. 

long.;

(14) 32°54.51′ N. lat., 118°35.56′ W. 

long.; and

(15) 33°01.90′ N. lat., 118°40.17′ W. 

long.

(c) The 180 fm (329 m) depth contour 

used around Santa Catalina Island off 

the state of California is defined by 

straight lines connecting all of the 

following points in the order stated:

(1) 33°30.00′ N. lat., 118°44.18′ W. 

long.;

(2) 33°30.65′ N. lat., 118°35.07′ W. 

long.;

(3) 33°29.88′ N. lat., 118°30.89′ W. 

long.;

(4) 33°27.54′ N. lat., 118°26.91′ W. 

long.;

(5) 33°26.11′ N. lat., 118°21.97′ W. 

long.;

(6) 33°24.20′ N. lat., 118°19.05′ W. 

long.;

(7) 33°14.58′ N. lat., 118°10.35′ W. 

long.;

(8) 33°17.91′ N. lat., 118°28.20′ W. 

long.;

(9) 33°19.14′ N. lat., 118°31.34′ W. 

long.;

(10) 33°20.79′ N. lat., 118°33.75′ W. 

long.;

(11) 33°23.14′ N. lat., 118°30.80′ W. 

long.;and

(12) 33°30.00′ N. lat., 118°44.18′ W. 

long.

(d) The 180 fm (329 m) depth contour 

used around Lasuen Knoll off the state 

of California is defined by straight lines 

connecting all of the following points in 

the order stated:

(1) 33°25.12′ N. lat., 118°01.09′ W. 

long.;

(2) 33°25.41′ N. lat., 117°59.36′ W. 

long.;

(3) 33°23.49′ N. lat., 117°57.47′ W. 

long.;

(4) 33°23.02′ N. lat., 117°59.58′ W. 

long.; and

(5) 33°25.12′ N. lat., 118°01.09′ W. 

long.

(e) The 180 fm (329 m) depth contour 

used around San Diego Rise off the state 

of California is defined by straight lines 

connecting all of the following points in 

the order stated:

(1) 32°49.98′ N. lat., 117°50.19′ W. 

long.;

(2) 32°44.10′ N. lat., 117°45.34′ W. 

long.;

(3) 32°42.01′ N. lat., 117°46.01′ W. 

long.;

(4) 32°44.42′ N. lat., 117°48.69′ W. 

long.;

(5) 32°49.86′ N. lat., 117°50.50′ W. 

long.; and

(6) 32°49.98′ N. lat., 117°50.19′ W. 

long.

(f) The 200 fm (366 m) depth contour 

between the U.S. border with Canada 

and the U.S. border with Mexico is 

defined by straight lines connecting all 

of the following points in the order 

stated:

(1) 48°14.75′ N. lat., 125°41.73′ W. 

long.;

(2) 48°12.85′ N. lat., 125°38.06′ W. 

long.;

(3) 48°11.52′ N. lat., 125°39.45′ W. 

long.;

(4) 48°10.14′ N. lat., 125°42.81′ W. 

long.;

(5) 48°08.96′ N. lat., 125°42.08′ W. 

long.;

(6) 48°08.33′ N. lat., 125°44.91′ W. 

long.;

(7) 48°07.19′ N. lat., 125°45.87′ W. 

long.;

(8) 48°05.66′ N. lat., 125°44.79′ W. 

long.;

(9) 48°05.91′ N. lat., 125°42.16′ W. 

long.;

(10) 48°04.11′ N. lat., 125°40.17′ W. 

long.;

(11) 48°04.07′ N. lat., 125°36.96′ W. 

long.;

(12) 48°03.05′ N. lat., 125°36.38′ W. 

long.;

(13) 48°01.98′ N. lat., 125°37.41′ W. 

long.;

(14) 48°01.46′ N. lat., 125°39.61′ W. 

long.;

(15) 47°57.28′ N. lat., 125°36.87′ W. 

long.;

(16) 47°55.11′ N. lat., 125°36.92′ W. 

long.;

(17) 47°54.09′ N. lat., 125°34.98′ W. 

long.;

(18) 47°54.50′ N. lat., 125°32.01′ W. 

long.;

(19) 47°56.07′ N. lat., 125°30.17′ W. 

long.;

(20) 47°55.65′ N. lat., 125°28.46′ W. 

long.;

(21) 47°57.88′ N. lat., 125°25.61′ W. 

long.;

(22) 48°01.63′ N. lat., 125°23.75′ W. 

long.;

(23) 48°02.21′ N. lat., 125°22.43′ W. 

long.;

(24) 48°03.60′ N. lat., 125°21.84′ W. 

long.;

(25) 48°03.98′ N. lat., 125°20.65′ W. 

long.;

(26) 48°03.26′ N. lat., 125°19.76′ W. 

long.;

(27) 48°01.49′ N. lat., 125°18.80′ W. 

long.;

(28) 48°01.03′ N. lat., 125°20.12′ W. 

long.;

(29) 48°00.04′ N. lat., 125°20.26′ W. 

long.;

(30) 47°58.10′ N. lat., 125°18.91′ W. 

long.;

(31) 47°58.17′ N. lat., 125°17.50′ W. 

long.;

(32) 47°52.28′ N. lat., 125°16.06′ W. 

long.;

(33) 47°51.92′ N. lat., 125°13.89′ W. 

long.;

(34) 47°49.20′ N. lat., 125°10.67′ W. 

long.;

(35) 47°48.69′ N. lat., 125°06.50′ W. 

long.;

(36) 47°46.54′ N. lat., 125°07.68′ W. 

long.;

(37) 47°47.24′ N. lat., 125°05.38′ W. 

long.;

(38) 47°45.95′ N. lat., 125°04.61′ W. 

long.;

(39) 47°44.58′ N. lat., 125°07.12′ W. 

long.;

(40) 47°42.24′ N. lat., 125°05.15′ W. 

long.;

(41) 47°38.54′ N. lat., 125°06.76′ W. 

long.;

(42) 47°34.86′ N. lat., 125°04.67′ W. 

long.;

(43) 47°30.75′ N. lat., 124°57.52′ W. 

long.;

(44) 47°28.51′ N. lat., 124°56.69′ W. 

long.;

(45) 47°29.15′ N. lat., 124°54.10′ W. 

long.;

(46) 47°28.43′ N. lat., 124°51.58′ W. 

long.;

(47) 47°24.13′ N. lat., 124°47.51′ W. 

long.;

(48) 47°18.31′ N. lat., 124°46.17′ W. 

long.;

(49) 47°19.57′ N. lat., 124°51.01′ W. 

long.;

(50) 47°18.12′ N. lat., 124°53.66′ W. 

long.;

(51) 47°17.59′ N. lat., 124°52.94′ W. 

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(52) 47°17.71′ N. lat., 124°51.63′ W. 

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(53) 47°16.90′ N. lat., 124°51.23′ W. 

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(54) 47°16.10′ N. lat., 124°53.67′ W. 

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(55) 47°14.24′ N. lat., 124°53.02′ W. 

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(56) 47°12.16′ N. lat., 124°56.77′ W. 

long.;

(57) 47°13.35′ N. lat., 124°58.70′ W. 

long.;

(58) 47°09.53′ N. lat., 124°58.32′ W. 

long.;

(59) 47°09.54′ N. lat., 124°59.50′ W. 

long.;

(60) 47°05.87′ N. lat., 124°59.29′ W. 

long.;

(61) 47°03.65′ N. lat., 124°56.26′ W. 

long.;

(62) 47°00.91′ N. lat., 124°59.73′ W. 

long.;

(63) 46°58.74′ N. lat., 124°59.40′ W. 

long.;

(64) 46°58.55′ N. lat., 125°00.70′ W. 

long.;

(65) 46°55.57′ N. lat., 125°01.61′ W. 

long.;

(66) 46°55.77′ N. lat., 124°55.04′ W. 

long.;

(67) 46°53.16′ N. lat., 124°53.69′ W. 

long.;

(68) 46°52.39′ N. lat., 124°55.24′ W. 

long.;

(69) 46°44.88′ N. lat., 124°51.97′ W. 

long.;

(70) 46°33.28′ N. lat., 124°36.96′ W. 

long.;

(71) 46°33.20′ N. lat., 124°30.64′ W. 

long.;

(72) 46°27.85′ N. lat., 124°31.95′ W. 

long.;

(73) 46°18.16′ N. lat., 124°39.39′ W. 

long.;

(74) 46°16.48′ N. lat., 124°27.41′ W. 

long.;

(75) 46°16.73′ N. lat., 124°23.20′ W. 

long.;

(76) 46°16.00′ N. lat., 124°24.88′ W. 

long.;

(77) 46°14.22′ N. lat., 124°26.28′ W. 

long.;

(78) 46°11.53′ N. lat., 124°39.58′ W. 

long.;

(79) 46°08.77′ N. lat., 124°41.71′ W. 

long.;

(80) 46°05.86′ N. lat., 124°42.27′ W. 

long.;

(81) 46°03.85′ N. lat., 124°48.20′ W. 

long.;

(82) 46°02.34′ N. lat., 124°48.51′ W. 

long.;

(83) 45°58.99′ N. lat., 124°44.42′ W. 

long.;

(84) 45°46.90′ N. lat., 124°43.50′ W. 

long.;

(85) 45°46.00′ N. lat., 124°44.27′ W. 

long.;

(86) 45°44.98′ N. lat., 124°44.93′ W. 

long.;

(87) 45°43.47′ N. lat., 124°44.93′ W. 

long.;

(88) 45°34.88′ N. lat., 124°32.58′ W. 

long.;

(89) 45°20.25′ N. lat., 124°25.47′ W. 

long.;

(90) 45°13.04′ N. lat., 124°21.92′ W. 

long.;

(91) 45°03.83′ N. lat., 124°27.13′ W. 

long.;

(92) 45°00.17′ N. lat., 124°29.28′ W. 

long.;

(93) 44°55.41′ N. lat., 124°31.84′ W. 

long.;

(94) 44°48.25′ N. lat., 124°40.62′ W. 

long.;

(95) 44°41.34′ N. lat., 124°49.20′ W. 

long.;

(96) 44°23.30′ N. lat., 124°50.17′ W. 

long.;

(97) 44°13.19′ N. lat., 124°58.66′ W. 

long.;

(98) 46°08.30′ N. lat., 124°58.50′ W. 

long.;

(99) 43°57.89′ N. lat., 124°58.13′ W. 

long.;

(100) 43°50.59′ N. lat., 124°52.80′ W. 

long.;

(101) 43°50.10′ N. lat., 124°40.27′ W. 

long.;

(102) 43°39.06′ N. lat., 124°38.55′ W. 

long.;

(103) 43°28.85′ N. lat., 124°39.99′ W. 

long.;

(104) 43°20.83′ N. lat., 124°42.84′ W. 

long.;

(105) 43°20.22′ N. lat., 124°43.05′ W. 

long.;

(106) 43°13.29′ N. lat., 124°47.00′ W. 

long.;

(107) 43°13.14′ N. lat., 124°52.61′ W. 

long.;

(108) 43°04.26′ N. lat., 124°53.05′ W. 

long.;

(109) 42°53.93′ N. lat., 124°54.60′ W. 

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(110) 42°50.00′ N. lat., 124°53.31′ W. 

long.;

(111) 42°49.52′ N. lat., 124°53.16′ W. 

long.;

(112) 42°47.46′ N. lat., 124°50.24′ W. 

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(113) 42°47.57′ N. lat., 124°48.12′ W. 

long.;

(114) 42°46.19′ N. lat., 124°44.52′ W. 

long.;

(115) 42°41.75′ N. lat., 124°44.69′ W. 

long.;

(116) 42°40.50′ N. lat., 124°44.02′ W. 

long.;

(117) 42°38.81′ N. lat., 124°43.09′ W. 

long.;

(118) 42°31.83′ N. lat., 124°46.23′ W. 

long.;

(119) 42°32.08′ N. lat., 124°43.58′ W. 

long.;

(120) 42°30.96′ N. lat., 124°43.84′ W. 

long.;

(121) 42°28.41′ N. lat., 124°49.17′ W. 

long.;

(122) 42°24.80′ N. lat., 124°45.93′ W. 

long.;

(123) 42°19.71′ N. lat., 124°41.60′ W. 

long.;

(124) 42°15.12′ N. lat., 124°38.34′ W. 

long.;

(125) 42°13.67′ N. lat., 124°38.22′ W. 

long.;

(126) 42°12.35′ N. lat., 124°38.09′ W. 

long.;

(127) 42°04.38′ N. lat., 124°36.83′ W. 

long.;

(128) 42°00.00′ N. lat., 124°36.80′ W. 

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(129) 41°47.85′ N. lat., 124°30.41′ W. 

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(130) 41°43.34′ N. lat., 124°29.89′ W. 

long.;

(131) 41°23.47′ N. lat., 124°30.29′ W. 

long.;

(132) 41°21.30′ N. lat., 124°29.36′ W. 

long.;

(133) 41°13.53′ N. lat., 124°24.41′ W. 

long.;

(134) 41°06.72′ N. lat., 124°23.30′ W. 

long.;

(135) 40°54.67′ N. lat., 124°28.13′ W. 

long.;

(136) 40°49.02′ N. lat., 124°28.52′ W. 

long.;

(137) 40°40.45′ N. lat., 124°32.74′ W. 

long.;

(138) 40°37.11′ N. lat., 124°38.03′ W. 

long.;

(139) 40°34.22′ N. lat., 124°41.13′ W. 

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(140) 40°32.90′ N. lat., 124°41.83′ W. 

long.;

(141) 40°31.30′ N. lat., 124°40.97′ W. 

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(142) 40°30.00′ N. lat., 124°38.04′ W. 

long.;

(143) 40°24.99′ N. lat., 124°36.37′ W. 

long.;

(144) 40°22.23′ N. lat., 124°31.78′ W. 

long.;

(145) 40°16.95′ N. lat., 124°31.93′ W. 

long.;

(146) 40°17.59′ N. lat., 124°45.23′ W. 

long.;

(147) 40°13.25′ N. lat., 124°32.36′ W. 

long.;

(148) 40°10.16′ N. lat., 124°24.57′ W. 

long.;

(149) 40°06.43′ N. lat., 124°19.19′ W. 

long.;

(150) 40°07.07′ N. lat., 124°17.75′ W. 

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(151) 40°05.53′ N. lat., 124°18.02′ W. 

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(152) 40°04.71′ N. lat., 124°18.10′ W. 

long.;

(153) 40°02.35′ N. lat., 124°16.57′ W. 

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(154) 40°01.53′ N. lat., 124°09.82′ W. 

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(155) 39°58.28′ N. lat., 124°13.51′ W. 

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(156) 39°56.60′ N. lat., 124°12.02′ W. 

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(158) 39°52.55′ N. lat., 124°09.40′ W. 

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(159) 39°42.68′ N. lat., 124°02.52′ W. 

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(160) 39°35.96′ N. lat., 123°59.49′ W. 

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(161) 39°34.62′ N. lat., 123°59.59′ W. 

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(162) 39°33.78′ N. lat., 123°56.82′ W. 

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(163) 39°33.02′ N. lat., 123°57.07′ W. 

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(164) 39°32.21′ N. lat., 123°59.13′ W. 

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(165) 39°07.85′ N. lat., 123°59.07′ W. 

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(166) 39°00.90′ N. lat., 123°57.88′ W. 

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(167) 38°59.95′ N. lat., 123°56.99′ W. 

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(168) 38°57.50′ N. lat., 123°57.50′ W. 

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(169) 38°56.82′ N. lat., 123°57.74′ W. 

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(170) 38°56.40′ N. lat., 123°59.41′ W. 

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(171) 38°50.23′ N. lat., 123°55.48′ W. 

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(172) 38°46.77′ N. lat., 123°51.49′ W. 

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(173) 38°45.28′ N. lat., 123°51.56′ W. 

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(174) 38°42.76′ N. lat., 123°49.76′ W. 

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(175) 38°41.54′ N. lat., 123°47.76′ W. 

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(176) 38°40.98′ N. lat., 123°48.07′ W. 

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(177) 38°38.03′ N. lat., 123°45.78′ W. 

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(178) 38°37.20′ N. lat., 123°44.01′ W. 

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(179) 38°33.44′ N. lat., 123°41.75′ W. 

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(180) 38°29.45′ N. lat., 123°38.42′ W. 

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(181) 38°27.89′ N. lat., 123°38.38′ W. 

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(182) 38°23.68′ N. lat., 123°35.40′ W. 

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(183) 38°19.63′ N. lat., 123°33.98′ W. 

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(184) 38°16.23′ N. lat., 123°31.83′ W. 

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(185) 38°14.79′ N. lat., 123°29.91′ W. 

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(186) 38°14.12′ N. lat., 123°26.29′ W. 

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(187) 38°10.85′ N. lat., 123°25.77′ W. 

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(188) 38°13.15′ N. lat., 123°28.18′ W. 

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(189) 38°12.28′ N. lat., 123°29.81′ W. 

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(190) 38°10.19′ N. lat., 123°29.04′ W. 

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(191) 38°07.94′ N. lat., 123°28.45′ W. 

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(192) 38°06.51′ N. lat., 123°30.89′ W. 

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(193) 38°04.21′ N. lat., 123°31.96′ W. 

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(194) 38°02.07′ N. lat., 123°31.30′ W. 

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(195) 38°00.00′ N. lat., 123°29.55′ W. 

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(196) 37°58.13′ N. lat., 123°27.21′ W. 

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(197) 37°55.01′ N. lat., 123°27.46′ W. 

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(198) 37°51.40′ N. lat., 123°25.18′ W. 

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(199) 37°43.97′ N. lat., 123°11.49′ W. 

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(200) 37°35.67′ N. lat., 123°02.25′ W. 

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(201) 37°13.65′ N. lat., 122°54.18′ W. 

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(202) 37°11.00′ N. lat., 122°50.90′ W. 

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(203) 37°07.00′ N. lat., 122°45.83′ W. 

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(204) 37°00.66′ N. lat., 122°37.84′ W. 

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(205) 36°57.40′ N. lat., 122°28.25′ W. 

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(206) 36°59.25′ N. lat., 122°25.54′ W. 

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(207) 36°56.88′ N. lat., 122°25.42′ W. 

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(208) 36°57.40′ N. lat., 122°22.62′ W. 

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(209) 36°55.43′ N. lat., 122°22.43′ W. 

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(210) 36°52.29′ N. lat., 122°13.18′ W. 

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(211) 36°47.12′ N. lat., 122°07.56′ W. 

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(213) 36°43.76′ N. lat., 121°59.11′ W. 

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(214) 36°38.85′ N. lat., 122°02.20′ W. 

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(215) 36°23.41′ N. lat., 122°00.11′ W. 

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(216) 36°19.68′ N. lat., 122°06.93′ W. 

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(217) 36°14.75′ N. lat., 122°01.51′ W. 

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(218) 36°09.74′ N. lat., 121°45.00′ W. 

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(219) 36°06.67′ N. lat., 121°41.06′ W. 

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(220) 36°00.00′ N. lat., 121°36.95′ W. 

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(221) 35°52.31′ N. lat., 121°32.45′ W. 

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(222) 35°51.21′ N. lat., 121°30.91′ W. 

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(223) 35°46.32′ N. lat., 121°30.30′ W. 

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(224) 35°33.74′ N. lat., 121°20.10′ W. 

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(225) 35°31.37′ N. lat., 121°15.23′ W. 

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(226) 35°23.32′ N. lat., 121°11.44′ W. 

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(227) 35°15.28′ N. lat., 121°04.45′ W. 

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(228) 35°07.08′ N. lat., 121°00.30′ W. 

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(229) 34°57.46′ N. lat., 120°58.23′ W. 

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(230) 34°44.25′ N. lat., 120°58.29′ W. 

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(231) 34°32.30′ N. lat., 120°50.22′ W. 

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(232) 34°27.00′ N. lat., 120°42.55′ W. 

long.;

(233) 34°19.08′ N. lat., 120°31.21′ W. 

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(234) 34°17.72′ N. lat., 120°19.26′ W. 

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(235) 34°22.45′ N. lat., 120°12.81′ W. 

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(236) 34°21.36′ N. lat., 119°54.88′ W. 

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(237) 34°09.95′ N. lat., 119°46.18′ W. 

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(238) 34°09.08′ N. lat., 119°57.53′ W. 

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(239) 34°07.53′ N. lat., 120°06.35′ W. 

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(240) 34°10.54′ N. lat., 120°19.07′ W. 

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(241) 34°14.68′ N. lat., 120°29.48′ W. 

long.;

(242) 34°09.51′ N. lat., 120°38.32′ W. 

long.;

(243) 34°03.06′ N. lat., 120°35.54′ W. 

long.;

(244) 33°56.39′ N. lat., 120°28.47′ W. 

long.;

(245) 33°50.25′ N. lat., 120°09.43′ W. 

long.;

(246) 33°37.96′ N. lat., 120°00.08′ W. 

long.;

(247) 33°34.52′ N. lat., 119°51.84′ W. 

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(248) 33°35.51′ N. lat., 119°48.49′ W. 

long.;

(249) 33°42.76′ N. lat., 119°47.77′ W. 

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(250) 33°53.62′ N. lat., 119°53.28′ W. 

long.;

(251) 33°57.61′ N. lat., 119°31.26′ W. 

long.;

(252) 33°56.34′ N. lat., 119°26.40′ W. 

long.;

(253) 33°57.79′ N. lat., 119°26.85′ W. 

long.;

(254) 33°58.88′ N. lat., 119°20.06′ W. 

long.;

(255) 34°02.65′ N. lat., 119°15.11′ W. 

long.;

(256) 33°59.02′ N. lat., 119°02.99′ W. 

long.;

(257) 33°57.61′ N. lat., 118°42.07′ W. 

long.;

(258) 33°50.76′ N. lat., 118°37.98′ W. 

long.;

(259) 33°38.41′ N. lat., 118°17.03′ W. 

long.;

(260) 33°37.14′ N. lat., 118°18.39′ W. 

long.;

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(262) 33°30.68′ N. lat., 118°10.35′ W. 

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(263) 33°32.49′ N. lat., 117°51.85′ W. 

long.;

(264) 32°58.87′ N. lat., 117°20.36′ W. 

long.; and

(265) 32°35.53′ N. lat., 117°29.67′ W. 

long.

(g) The 200 fm (366 m) depth contour 

used around San Clemente Island is 

defined by straight lines connecting all 

of the following points in the order 

stated:

(1) 33°05.89′ N. lat., 118°39.45′ W. 

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(2) 33°02.68′ N. lat., 118°33.14′ W. 

long.;

(3) 32°57.32′ N. lat., 118°29.12′ W. 

long.;

(4) 32°47.51′ N. lat., 118°17.88′ W. 

long.;

(5) 32°41.22′ N. lat., 118°23.78′ W. 

long.;

(6) 32°46.83′ N. lat., 118°32.10′ W. 

long.;

(7) 33°01.61′ N. lat., 118°40.64′ W. 

long.; and

(8) 33°5.89′ N. lat., 118°39.45′ W. 

long.

(h) The 200 fm (366 m) depth contour 

used around Santa Catalina Island off 

the state of California is defined by 

straight lines connecting all of the 

following points in the order stated:

(1) 33°32.06′ N. lat., 118°44.52′ W. 

long.;

(2) 33°31.36′ N. lat., 118°35.28′ W. 

long.;

(3) 33°30.10′ N. lat., 118°30.82′ W. 

long.;

(4) 33°27.91′ N. lat., 118°26.83′ W. 

long.;

(5) 33°26.27′ N. lat., 118°21.35′ W. 

long.;

(6) 33°21.34′ N. lat., 118°15.24′ W. 

long.;

(7) 33°13.66′ N. lat., 118°08.98′ W. 

long.;

(8) 33°17.15′ N. lat., 118°28.35′ W. 

long.;

(9) 33°20.94′ N. lat., 118°34.34′ W. 

long.;

(10) 33°23.32′ N. lat., 118°32.60′ W. 

long.;

(11) 33°28.68′ N. lat., 118°44.93′ W. 

long.; and

(12) 33°32.06′ N. lat., 118°44.52′ W. 

long.

(i) The 200 fm (366 m) depth contour 

used around Lasuen Knoll off the state 

of California is defined by straight lines 

connecting all of the following points in 

the order stated:

(1) 33°25.91′ N. lat., 117°59.44′ W. 

long.;

(2) 33°23.37′ N. lat., 117°56.97′ W. 

long.;

(3) 33°22.82′ N. lat., 117°59.50′ W. 

long.;

(4) 33°25.24′ N. lat., 118°01.68′ W. 

long.; and

(5) 33°25.91′ N. lat., 117°59.44′ W. 

long.

(j) The 200 fm (366 m) depth contour 

used around San Diego Rise off the state 

of California is defined by straight lines 

connecting all of the following points in 

the order stated:

(1) 32°50.30′ N. lat., 117°50.18′ W. 

long.;

(2) 32°44.01′ N. lat., 117°44.46′ W. 

long.;

(3) 32°41.34′ N. lat., 117°45.86′ W. 

long.;

(4) 32°45.45′ N. lat., 117°50.09′ W. 

long.;

(5) 32°50.10′ N. lat., 117°50.76′ W. 

long.; and

(6) 32°50.30′ N. lat., 117°50.18′ W. 

long.

(k) The 200 fm (366 m) depth contour 

used between the U.S. border with 

Canada and the U.S. border with 

Mexico, modified to allow fishing in 

petrale sole areas, is defined by straight 

lines connecting all of the following 

points in the order stated:

(1) 48°14.75′ N. lat., 125°41.73′ W. 

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(2) 48°12.85′ N. lat., 125°38.06′ W. 

long.;

(3) 48°11.52′ N. lat., 125°39.45′ W. 

long.;

(4) 48°10.14′ N. lat., 125°42.81′ W. 

long.;

(5) 48°08.96′ N. lat., 125°42.08′ W. 

long.;

(6) 48°08.33′ N. lat., 125°44.91′ W. 

long.;

(7) 48°07.19′ N. lat., 125°45.87′ W. 

long.;

(8) 48°05.66′ N. lat., 125°44.79′ W. 

long.;

(9) 48°05.91′ N. lat., 125°42.16′ W. 

long.;

(10) 48°04.11′ N. lat., 125°40.17′ W. 

long.;

(11) 48°04.07′ N. lat., 125°36.96′ W. 

long.;

(12) 48°03.05′ N. lat., 125°36.38′ W. 

long.;

(13) 48°01.98′ N. lat., 125°37.41′ W. 

long.;

(14) 48°01.46′ N. lat., 125°39.61′ W. 

long.;

(15) 47°57.00′ N. lat., 125°37.00′ W. 

long.;

(16) 47°55.50′ N. lat., 125°28.50′ W. 

long.;

(17) 47°57.88′ N. lat., 125°25.61′ W. 

long.;

(18) 48°01.63′ N. lat., 125°23.75′ W. 

long.;

(19) 48°02.21′ N. lat., 125°22.43′ W. 

long.;

(20) 48°03.60′ N. lat., 125°21.84′ W. 

long.;

(21) 48°03.98′ N. lat., 125°20.65′ W. 

long.;

(22) 48°03.26′ N. lat., 125°19.76′ W. 

long.;

(23) 48°01.49′ N. lat., 125°18.80′ W. 

long.;

(24) 48°01.03′ N. lat., 125°20.12′ W. 

long.;

(25) 48°00.04′ N. lat., 125°20.26′ W. 

long.;

(26) 47°58.10′ N. lat., 125°18.91′ W. 

long.;

(27) 47°58.17′ N. lat., 125°17.50′ W. 

long.;

(28) 47°52.28′ N. lat., 125°16.06′ W. 

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(29) 47°51.92′ N. lat., 125°13.89′ W. 

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(30) 47°49.20′ N. lat., 125°10.67′ W. 

long.;

(31) 47°48.69′ N. lat., 125°06.50′ W. 

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(32) 47°46.54′ N. lat., 125°07.68′ W. 

long.;

(33) 47°47.24′ N. lat., 125°05.38′ W. 

long.;

(34) 47°45.95′ N. lat., 125°04.61′ W. 

long.;

(35) 47°44.58′ N. lat., 125°07.12′ W. 

long.;

(36) 47°42.24′ N. lat., 125°05.15′ W. 

long.;

(37) 47°38.54′ N. lat., 125°06.76′ W. 

long.;

(38) 47°34.86′ N. lat., 125°04.67′ W. 

long.;

(39) 47°30.75′ N. lat., 124°57.52′ W. 

long.;

(40) 47°28.51′ N. lat., 124°56.69′ W. 

long.;

(41) 47°29.15′ N. lat., 124°54.10′ W. 

long.;

(42) 47°28.43′ N. lat., 124°51.58′ W. 

long.;

(43) 47°24.13′ N. lat., 124°47.51′ W. 

long.;

(44) 47°18.31′ N. lat., 124°46.17′ W. 

long.;

(45) 47°19.57′ N. lat., 124°51.01′ W. 

long.;

(46) 47°18.12′ N. lat., 124°53.66′ W. 

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(47) 47°17.59′ N. lat., 124°52.94′ W. 

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(48) 47°17.71′ N. lat., 124°51.63′ W. 

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(49) 47°16.90′ N. lat., 124°51.23′ W. 

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(50) 47°16.10′ N. lat., 124°53.67′ W. 

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(51) 47°14.24′ N. lat., 124°53.02′ W. 

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(52) 47°12.16′ N. lat., 124°56.77′ W. 

long.;

(53) 47°13.35′ N. lat., 124°58.70′ W. 

long.;

(54) 47°09.53′ N. lat., 124°58.32′ W. 

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(55) 47°09.54′ N. lat., 124°59.50′ W. 

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(56) 47°05.87′ N. lat., 124°59.29′ W. 

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(58) 47°00.91′ N. lat., 124°59.73′ W. 

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(59) 46°58.74′ N. lat., 124°59.40′ W. 

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(60) 46°58.55′ N. lat., 125°00.70′ W. 

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(61) 46°55.57′ N. lat., 125°01.61′ W. 

long.;

(62) 46°55.77′ N. lat., 124°55.04′ W. 

long.;

(63) 46°53.16′ N. lat., 124°53.69′ W. 

long.;

(64) 46°52.39′ N. lat., 124°55.24′ W. 

long.;

(65) 46°44.88′ N. lat., 124°51.97′ W. 

long.;

(66) 46°33.28′ N. lat., 124°36.96′ W. 

long.;

(67) 46°33.20′ N. lat., 124°30.64′ W. 

long.;

(68) 46°27.85′ N. lat., 124°31.95′ W. 

long.;

(69) 46°18.16′ N. lat., 124°39.39′ W. 

long.;

(70) 46°16.48′ N. lat., 124°27.41′ W. 

long.;

(71) 46°16.73′ N. lat., 124°23.20′ W. 

long.;

(72) 46°16.00′ N. lat., 124°24.88′ W. 

long.;

(73) 46°14.22′ N. lat., 124°26.28′ W. 

long.;

(74) 46°11.53′ N. lat., 124°39.58′ W. 

long.;

(75) 46°08.77′ N. lat., 124°41.71′ W. 

long.;

(76) 46°05.86′ N. lat., 124°42.27′ W. 

long.;

(77) 46°03.85′ N. lat., 124°48.20′ W. 

long.;

(78) 46°02.34′ N. lat., 124°48.51′ W. 

long.;

(79) 45°58.99′ N. lat., 124°44.42′ W. 

long.;

(80) 45°46.00′ N. lat., 124°41.82′ W. 

long.;

(81) 45°49.74′ N. lat., 124°43.69′ W. 

long.;

(82) 45°49.68′ N. lat., 124°42.37′ W. 

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(83) 45°40.83′ N. lat., 124°40.90′ W. 

long.;

(84) 45°34.88′ N. lat., 124°32.58′ W. 

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(85) 45°20.25′ N. lat., 124°25.47′ W. 

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(86) 45°13.04′ N. lat., 124°21.92′ W. 

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(87) 45°03.83′ N. lat., 124°27.13′ W. 

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(88) 45°00.17′ N. lat., 124°29.28′ W. 

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(89) 44°50.99′ N. lat., 124°35.40′ W. 

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(90) 44°46.87′ N. lat., 124°38.20′ W. 

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(91) 44°48.25′ N. lat., 124°40.62′ W. 

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(92) 44°41.34′ N. lat., 124°49.20′ W. 

long.;

(93) 44°23.30′ N. lat., 124°50.17′ W. 

long.;

(94) 44°13.19′ N. lat., 124°58.66′ W. 

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(95) 44°08.30′ N. lat., 124°58.72′ W. 

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(96) 43°57.37′ N. lat., 124°58.71′ W. 

long.;

(97) 43°52.32′ N. lat., 124°49.43′ W. 

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(98) 43°51.35′ N. lat., 124°37.94′ W. 

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(99) 43°49.73′ N. lat., 124°40.26′ W. 

long.;

(100) 43°39.06′ N. lat., 124°38.55′ W. 

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(101) 43°28.85′ N. lat., 124°39.99′ W. 

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(102) 43°20.83′ N. lat., 124°42.89′ W. 

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(103) 43°20.22′ N. lat., 124°43.05′ W. 

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(104) 43°13.29′ N. lat., 124°47.00′ W. 

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(105) 43°10.64′ N. lat., 124°49.95′ W. 

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(106) 43°04.26′ N. lat., 124°53.05′ W. 

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(107) 42°53.93′ N. lat., 124°54.60′ W. 

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(108) 42°50.00′ N. lat., 124°50.60′ W. 

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(109) 42°47.57′ N. lat., 124°48.12′ W. 

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(110) 42°46.19′ N. lat., 124°44.52′ W. 

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(111) 42°41.75′ N. lat., 124°44.69′ W. 

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(112) 42°40.50′ N. lat., 124°44.02′ W. 

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(113) 42°38.81′ N. lat., 124°43.09′ W. 

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(114) 42°31.83′ N. lat., 124°46.23′ W. 

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(115) 42°32.08′ N. lat., 124°43.58′ W. 

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(116) 42°30.96′ N. lat., 124°43.84′ W. 

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(117) 42°28.41′ N. lat., 124°49.17′ W. 

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(118) 42°24.80′ N. lat., 124°45.93′ W. 

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(119) 42°19.71′ N. lat., 124°41.60′ W. 

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(120) 42°15.12′ N. lat., 124°38.34′ W. 

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(121) 42°13.67′ N. lat., 124°38.28′ W. 

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(122) 42°12.35′ N. lat., 124°38.09′ W. 

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(123) 42°00.00′ N. lat., 124°36.83′ W. 

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(124) 41°47.79′ N. lat., 124°29.48′ W. 

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(125) 41°21.01′ N. lat., 124°29.01′ W. 

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(126) 41°13.50′ N. lat., 124°24.40′ W. 

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(127) 41°11.00′ N. lat., 124°22.99′ W. 

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(128) 41°06.69′ N. lat., 124°23.30′ W. 

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(129) 40°54.73′ N. lat., 124°28.15′ W. 

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(130) 40°53.95′ N. lat., 124°26.04′ W. 

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(131) 40°49.96′ N. lat., 124°26.04′ W. 

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(132) 40°44.49′ N. lat., 124°30.81′ W. 

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(133) 40°40.58′ N. lat., 124°32.06′ W. 

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(134) 40°37.36′ N. lat., 124°29.41′ W. 

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(135) 40°35.67′ N. lat., 124°30.43′ W. 

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(136) 40°37.41′ N. lat., 124°37.06′ W. 

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(137) 40°36.09′ N. lat., 124°40.11′ W. 

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(138) 40°31.31′ N. lat., 124°40.87′ W. 

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(139) 40°29.64′ N. lat., 124°36.82′ W. 

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(140) 40°27.34′ N. lat., 124°37.28′ W. 

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(141) 40°25.01′ N. lat., 124°36.36′ W. 

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(142) 40°22.28′ N. lat., 124°31.83′ W. 

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(143) 40°16.96′ N. lat., 124°31.91′ W. 

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(144) 40°17.00′ N. lat., 124°34.96′ W. 

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(145) 40°16.03′ N. lat., 124°36.02′ W. 

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(146) 40°10.00′ N. lat., 124°24.55′ W. 

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(147) 40°06.45′ N. lat., 124°19.24′ W. 

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(148) 40°07.08′ N. lat., 124°17.80′ W. 

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(149) 40°05.55′ N. lat., 124°18.11′ W. 

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(150) 40°04.74′ N. lat., 124°18.11′ W. 

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(151) 40°02.35′ N. lat., 124°16.53′ W. 

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(152) 40°01.13′ N. lat., 124°12.98′ W. 

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(153) 40°01.55′ N. lat., 124°09.80′ W. 

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(154) 39°58.54′ N. lat., 124°12.43′ W. 

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(155) 39°55.72′ N. lat., 124°07.44′ W. 

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(156) 39°42.64′ N. lat., 124°02.52′ W. 

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(157) 39°35.96′ N. lat., 123°59.47′ W. 

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(158) 39°34.61′ N. lat., 123°59.58′ W. 

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(159) 39°34.79′ N. lat., 123°58.47′ W. 

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(160) 39°33.79′ N. lat., 123°56.77′ W. 

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(164) 39°03.06′ N. lat., 123°57.77′ W. 

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(165) 38°57.50′ N. lat., 123°57.00′ W. 

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(166) 38°52.26′ N. lat., 123°56.18′ W. 

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(167) 38°50.21′ N. lat., 123°55.48′ W. 

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(168) 38°46.81′ N. lat., 123°51.49′ W. 

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(169) 38°45.28′ N. lat., 123°51.55′ W. 

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(170) 38°42.76′ N. lat., 123°49.73′ W. 

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(171) 38°41.53′ N. lat., 123°47.80′ W. 

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(174) 38°37.19′ N. lat., 123°43.98′ W. 

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(175) 38°35.26′ N. lat., 123°41.99′ W. 

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(176) 38°33.38′ N. lat., 123°41.76′ W. 

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(177) 38°19.95′ N. lat., 123°32.90′ W. 

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(178) 38°14.38′ N. lat., 123°25.51′ W. 

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(179) 38°09.39′ N. lat., 123°24.39′ W. 

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(180) 38°10.09′ N. lat., 123°27.21′ W. 

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(181) 38°03.76′ N. lat., 123°31.90′ W. 

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(183) 38°00.00′ N. lat., 123°29.56′ W. 

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(184) 37°58.07′ N. lat., 123°27.21′ W. 

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(185) 37°55.02′ N. lat., 123°27.44′ W. 

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(186) 37°51.39′ N. lat., 123°25.22′ W. 

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(187) 37°43.94′ N. lat., 123°11.49′ W. 

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(188) 37°35.67′ N. lat., 123°02.23′ W. 

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(189) 37°23.48′ N. lat., 122°57.76′ W. 

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(191) 37°13.97′ N. lat., 122°49.91′ W. 

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(192) 37°11.00′ N. lat., 122°45.61′ W. 

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(193) 37°07.00′ N. lat., 122°46.38′ W. 

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(194) 37°00.64′ N. lat., 122°37.70′ W. 

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(195) 36°57.40′ N. lat., 122°28.36′ W. 

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(198) 36°57.43′ N. lat., 122°22.55′ W. 

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(200) 36°52.27′ N. lat., 122°13.16′ W. 

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(201) 36°47.10′ N. lat., 122°07.53′ W. 

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(202) 36°47.10′ N. lat., 122°02.08′ W. 

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(203) 36°43.76′ N. lat., 121°59.15′ W. 

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(204) 36°38.84′ N. lat., 122°02.20′ W. 

long.;

(205) 36°30.82′ N. lat., 122°01.13′ W. 

long.;

(206) 36°30.94′ N. lat., 122°00.54′ W. 

long.;

(207) 36°25.99′ N. lat., 121°59.50′ W. 

long.;

(208) 36°26.43′ N. lat., 121°59.76′ W. 

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(209) 36°22.00′ N. lat., 122°01.02′ W. 

long.;

(210) 36°19.01′ N. lat., 122°05.01′ W. 

long.;

(211) 36°14.73′ N. lat., 122°01.55′ W. 

long.;

(212) 36°14.03′ N. lat., 121°58.09′ W. 

long.;

(213) 36°09.74′ N. lat., 121°45.01′ W. 

long.;

(214) 36°06.75′ N. lat., 121°40.73′ W. 

long.;

(215) 36°00.00′ N. lat., 121°35.96′ W. 

long.;

(216) 35°58.19′ N. lat., 121°34.63′ W. 

long.;

(217) 35°52.21′ N. lat., 121°32.46′ W. 

long.;

(218) 35°51.21′ N. lat., 121°30.94′ W. 

long.;

(219) 35°46.28′ N. lat., 121°30.29′ W. 

long.;

(220) 35°33.67′ N. lat., 121°20.09′ W. 

long.;

(221) 35°31.33′ N. lat., 121°15.22′ W. 

long.;

(222) 35°23.29′ N. lat., 121°11.41′ W. 

long.;

(223) 35°15.26′ N. lat., 121°04.49′ W. 

long.;

(224) 35°07.05′ N. lat., 121°00.26′ W. 

long.;

(225) 35°07.46′ N. lat., 120°57.10′ W. 

long.;

(226) 34°44.29′ N. lat., 120°54.28′ W. 

long.;

(227) 34°44.23′ N. lat., 120°58.27′ W. 

long.;

(228) 34°32.33′ N. lat., 120°50.23′ W. 

long.;

(229) 34°27.00′ N. lat., 120°42.55′ W. 

long.;

(230) 34°19.08′ N. lat., 120°31.21′ W. 

long.;

(231) 34°17.72′ N. lat., 120°19.26′ W. 

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(232) 34°22.45′ N. lat., 120°12.81′ W. 

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(233) 34°21.36′ N. lat., 119°54.88′ W. 

long.;

(234) 34°09.95′ N. lat., 119°46.18′ W. 

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(235) 34°09.08′ N. lat., 119°57.53′ W. 

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(236) 34°07.53′ N. lat., 120°06.35′ W. 

long.;

(237) 34°10.54′ N. lat., 120°19.07′ W. 

long.;

(238) 34°14.68′ N. lat., 120°29.48′ W. 

long.;

(239) 34°09.51′ N. lat., 120°38.32′ W. 

long.;

(240) 34°03.06′ N. lat., 120°35.54′ W. 

long.;

(241) 33°56.39′ N. lat., 120°28.47′ W. 

long.;

(242) 33°50.25′ N. lat., 120°09.43′ W. 

long.;

(243) 33°37.96′ N. lat., 120°00.08′ W. 

long.;

(244) 33°34.52′ N. lat., 119°51.84′ W. 

long.;

(245) 33°35.51′ N. lat., 119°48.49′ W. 

long.;

(246) 33°42.76′ N. lat., 119°47.77′ W. 

long.;

(247) 33°53.62′ N. lat., 119°53.28′ W. 

long.;

(248) 33°57.61′ N. lat., 119°31.26′ W. 

long.;

(249) 33°56.34′ N. lat., 119°26.40′ W. 

long.;

(250) 33°57.79′ N. lat., 119°26.85′ W. 

long.;

(251) 33°58.88′ N. lat., 119°20.06′ W. 

long.;

(252) 34°02.65′ N. lat., 119°15.11′ W. 

long.;

(253) 33°59.02′ N. lat., 119°02.99′ W. 

long.;

(254) 33°57.61′ N. lat., 118°42.07′ W. 

long.;

(255) 33°50.76′ N. lat., 118°37.98′ W. 

long.;

(256) 33°39.54′ N. lat., 118°18.70′ W. 

long.;

(257) 33°37.14′ N. lat., 118°18.39′ W. 

long.;

(258) 33°35.51′ N. lat., 118°18.03′ W. 

long.;

(259) 33°30.68′ N. lat., 118°10.35′ W. 

long.;

(260) 33°32.49′ N. lat., 117°51.85′ W. 

long.;

(261) 32°58.87′ N. lat., 117°20.36′ W. 

long.; and

(262) 32°35.53′ N. lat., 117°29.67′ W. 

long.

(l) The 250 fm (457 m) depth contour 

used between the U.S. border with 

Canada and 38° N. lat. is defined by 

straight lines connecting all of the 

following points in the order stated:

(1) 48°14.68′ N. lat., 125°42.10′ W. 

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(2) 48°13.00′ N. lat., 125°39.00′ W. 

long.;

(3) 48°12.73′ N. lat., 125°38.87′ W. 

long.;

(4) 48°12.43′ N. lat., 125°39.12′ W. 

long.;

(5) 48°11.83′ N. lat., 125°40.01′ W. 

long.;

(6) 48°11.78′ N. lat., 125°41.70′ W. 

long.;

(7) 48°10.62′ N. lat., 125°43.41′ W. 

long.;

(8) 48°09.23′ N. lat., 125°42.80′ W. 

long.;

(9) 48°08.79′ N. lat., 125°43.79′ W. 

long.;

(10) 48°08.50′ N. lat., 125°45.00′ W. 

long.;

(11) 48°07.43′ N. lat., 125°46.36′ W. 

long.;

(12) 48°06.00′ N. lat., 125°46.50′ W. 

long.;

(13) 48°05.38′ N. lat., 125°42.82′ W. 

long.;

(14) 48°04.19′ N. lat., 125°40.40′ W. 

long.;

(15) 48°03.50′ N. lat., 125°37.00′ W. 

long.;

(16) 48°01.50′ N. lat., 125°40.00′ W. 

long.;

(17) 47°57.00′ N. lat., 125°37.00′ W. 

long.;

(18) 47°55.21′ N. lat., 125°37.22′ W. 

long.;

(19) 47°54.02′ N. lat., 125°36.57′ W. 

long.;

(20) 47°53.67′ N. lat., 125°35.06′ W. 

long.;

(21) 47°54.14′ N. lat., 125°32.35′ W. 

long.;

(22) 47°55.50′ N. lat., 125°28.56′ W. 

long.;

(23) 47°57.03′ N. lat., 125°26.52′ W. 

long.;

(24) 47°57.98′ N. lat., 125°25.08′ W. 

long.;

(25) 48°00.54′ N. lat., 125°24.38′ W. 

long.;

(26) 48°01.45′ N. lat., 125°23.70′ W. 

long.;

(27) 48°01.97′ N. lat., 125°22.34′ W. 

long.;

(28) 48°03.68′ N. lat., 125°21.20′ W. 

long.;

(29) 48°01.96′ N. lat., 125°19.56′ W. 

long.;

(30) 48°00.98′ N. lat., 125°20.43′ W. 

long.;

(31) 48°00.00′ N. lat., 125°20.68′ W. 

long.;

(32) 47°58.00′ N. lat., 125°19.50′ W. 

long.;

(33) 47°57.65′ N. lat., 125°19.18′ W. 

long.;

(34) 47°58.00′ N. lat., 125°18.00′ W. 

long.;

(35) 47°56.59′ N. lat., 125°18.15′ W. 

long.;

(36) 47°51.30′ N. lat., 125°18.32′ W. 

long.;

(37) 47°49.88′ N. lat., 125°14.49′ W. 

long.;

(38) 47°49.00′ N. lat., 125°11.00′ W. 

long.;

(39) 47°47.99′ N. lat., 125°07.31′ W. 

long.;

(40) 47°46.47′ N. lat., 125°08.63′ W. 

long.;

(41) 47°46.00′ N. lat., 125°06.00′ W. 

long.;

(42) 47°44.50′ N. lat., 125°07.50′ W. 

long.;

(43) 47°43.39′ N. lat., 125°06.57′ W. 

long.;

(44) 47°42.37′ N. lat., 125°05.74′ W. 

long.;

(45) 47°40.61′ N. lat., 125°06.48′ W. 

long.;

(46) 47°37.43′ N. lat., 125°07.33′ W. 

long.;

(47) 47°33.68′ N. lat., 125°04.80′ W. 

long.;

(48) 47°30.00′ N. lat., 125°00.00′ W. 

long.;

(49) 47°28.00′ N. lat., 124°58.50′ W. 

long.;

(50) 47°28.88′ N. lat., 124°54.71′ W. 

long.;

(51) 47°27.70′ N. lat., 124°51.87′ W. 

long.;

(52) 47°24.84′ N. lat., 124°48.45′ W. 

long.;

(53) 47°21.76′ N. lat., 124°47.42′ W. 

long.;

(54) 47°18.84′ N. lat., 124°46.75′ W. 

long.;

(55) 47°19.82′ N. lat., 124°51.43′ W. 

long.;

(56) 47°18.13′ N. lat., 124°54.25′ W. 

long.;

(57) 47°13.50′ N. lat., 124°54.69′ W. 

long.;

(58) 47°15.00′ N. lat., 125°00.00′ W. 

long.;

(59) 47°08.00′ N. lat., 124°59.83′ W. 

long.;

(60) 47°05.79′ N. lat., 125°01.00′ W. 

long.;

(61) 47°03.34′ N. lat., 124°57.49′ W. 

long.;

(62) 47°01.00′ N. lat., 125°00.00′ W. 

long.;

(63) 46°55.00′ N. lat., 125°02.00′ W. 

long.;

(64) 46°51.00′ N. lat., 124°57.00′ W. 

long.;

(65) 46°47.00′ N. lat., 124°55.00′ W. 

long.;

(66) 46°34.00′ N. lat., 124°38.00′ W. 

long.;

(67) 46°30.50′ N. lat., 124°41.00′ W. 

long.;

(68) 46°33.00′ N. lat., 124°32.00′ W. 

long.;

(69) 46°29.00′ N. lat., 124°32.00′ W. 

long.;

(70) 46°20.00′ N. lat., 124°39.00′ W. 

long.;

(71) 46°18.16′ N. lat., 124°40.00′ W. 

long.;

(72) 46°16.00′ N. lat., 124°27.01′ W. 

long.;

(73) 46°15.00′ N. lat., 124°30.96′ W. 

long.;

(74) 46°13.17′ N. lat., 124°37.87′ W. 

long.;

(75) 46°13.17′ N. lat., 124°38.75′ W. 

long.;

(76) 46°10.50′ N. lat., 124°42.00′ W. 

long.;

(77) 46°06.21′ N. lat., 124°41.85′ W. 

long.;

(78) 46°03.02′ N. lat., 124°50.27′ W. 

long.;

(79) 45°57.00′ N. lat., 124°45.52′ W. 

long.;

(80) 45°46.85′ N. lat., 124°45.91′ W. 

long.;

(81) 45°45.81′ N. lat., 124°47.05′ W. 

long.;

(82) 45°44.87′ N. lat., 124°45.98′ W. 

long.;

(83) 45°43.44′ N. lat., 124°46.03′ W. 

long.;

(84) 45°35.82′ N. lat., 124°45.72′ W. 

long.;

(85) 45°35.70′ N. lat., 124°42.89′ W. 

long.;

(86) 45°24.45′ N. lat., 124°38.21′ W. 

long.;

(87) 45°11.68′ N. lat., 124°39.38′ W. 

long.;

(88) 44°57.94′ N. lat., 124°37.02′ W. 

long.;

(89) 44°44.28′ N. lat., 124°50.79′ W. 

long.;

(90) 44°32.63′ N. lat., 124°54.21′ W. 

long.;

(91) 44°23.20′ N. lat., 124°49.87′ W. 

long.;

(92) 44°13.17′ N. lat., 124°58.81′ W. 

long.;

(93) 43°57.92′ N. lat., 124°58.29′ W. 

long.;

(94) 43°50.12′ N. lat., 124°53.36′ W. 

long.;

(95) 43°49.53′ N. lat., 124°43.96′ W. 

long.;

(96) 43°42.76′ N. lat., 124°41.40′ W. 

long.;

(97) 43°24.00′ N. lat., 124°42.61′ W. 

long.;

(98) 43°19.74′ N. lat., 124°45.12′ W. 

long.;

(99) 43°19.62′ N. lat., 124°52.95′ W. 

long.;

(100) 43°17.41′ N. lat., 124°53.02′ W. 

long.;

(101) 42°49.15′ N. lat., 124°54.93′ W. 

long.;

(102) 42°46.74′ N. lat., 124°53.39′ W. 

long.;

(103) 42°43.76′ N. lat., 124°51.64′ W. 

long.;

(104) 42°45.41′ N. lat., 124°49.35′ W. 

long.;

(105) 42°43.92′ N. lat., 124°45.92′ W. 

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(106) 42°38.87′ N. lat., 124°43.38′ W. 

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(107) 42°34.78′ N. lat., 124°46.56′ W. 

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(108) 42°31.47′ N. lat., 124°46.89′ W. 

long.;

(109) 42°31.00′ N. lat., 124°44.28′ W. 

long.;

(110) 42°29.22′ N. lat., 124°46.93′ W. 

long.;

(111) 42°28.39′ N. lat., 124°49.94′ W. 

long.;

(112) 42°26.28′ N. lat., 124°47.60′ W. 

long.;

(113) 42°19.58′ N. lat., 124°43.21′ W. 

long.;

(114) 42°13.75′ N. lat., 124°40.06′ W. 

long.;

(115) 42°05.12′ N. lat., 124°39.06′ W. 

long.;

(116) 42°00.00′ N. lat., 124°37.76′ W. 

long.;

(117) 41°47.93′ N. lat., 124°31.79′ W. 

long.;

(118) 41°21.35′ N. lat., 124°30.35′ W. 

long.;

(119) 41°07.11′ N. lat., 124°25.25′ W. 

long.;

(120) 40°57.37′ N. lat., 124°30.25′ W. 

long.;

(121) 40°48.77′ N. lat., 124°30.69′ W. 

long.;

(122) 40°41.03′ N. lat., 124°33.21′ W. 

long.;

(123) 40°37.40′ N. lat., 124°38.96′ W. 

long.;

(124) 40°33.70′ N. lat., 124°42.50′ W. 

long.;

(125) 40°31.31′ N. lat., 124°41.59′ W. 

long.;

(126) 40°30.00′ N. lat., 124°40.50′ W. 

long.;

(127) 40°25.00′ N. lat., 124°36.65′ W. 

long.;

(128) 40°22.42′ N. lat., 124°32.19′ W. 

long.;

(129) 40°17.17′ N. lat., 124°32.21′ W. 

long.;

(130) 40°18.68′ N. lat., 124°50.44′ W. 

long.;

(131) 40°13.55′ N. lat.,124°34.26′ W. 

long.;

(132) 40°10.00′ N. lat., 124°28.25′ W. 

long.;

(133) 40°06.72′ N. lat.,124°21.40′ W. 

long.;

(134) 40°01.63′ N. lat.,124°17.25′ W. 

long.;

(135) 40°00.68′ N. lat.,124°11.19′ W. 

long.;

(136) 39°59.09′ N. lat., 124°14.92′ W. 

long.;

(137) 39°51.85′ N. lat.,124°10.33′ W. 

long.;

(138) 39°36.90′ N. lat.,124°00.63′ W. 

long.;

(139) 39°32.41′ N. lat.,124°00.01′ W. 

long.;

(140) 39°05.40′ N. lat.,124°00.52′ W. 

long.;

(141) 39°04.32′ N. lat.,123°59.00′ W. 

long.;

(142) 38°58.02′ N. lat.,123°58.18′ W. 

long.;

(143) 38°57.50′ N. lat., 124°01.90′ W. 

long.;

(144) 38°50.27′ N. lat.,123°56.26′ W. 

long.;

(145) 38°46.73′ N. lat.,123°51.93′ W. 

long.;

(146) 38°44.64′ N. lat.,123°51.77′ W. 

long.;

(147) 38°32.97′ N. lat.,123°41.84′ W. 

long.;

(148) 38°14.56′ N. lat.,123°32.18′ W. 

long.;

(149) 38°13.85′ N. lat.,123°29.94′ W. 

long.;

(150) 38°11.88′ N. lat.,123°30.57′ W. 

long.;

(151) 38°08.72′ N. lat.,123°29.56′ W. 

long.;

(152) 38°05.62′ N. lat.,123°32.38′ W. 

long.;

(153) 38°01.90′ N. lat.,123°32.00′ W. 

long.; and

(154) 38°00.00′ N. lat., 123°30.00′ W. 

long.

(m) The 250 fm (457 m) depth contour 

used between the U.S. border with 

Canada and 38° N. lat., modified to 

allow fishing in petrale sole areas, is 

defined by straight lines connecting all 

of the following points in the order 

stated:

(1) 48°14.71′ N. lat., 125°41.95′ W. 

long.;

(2) 48°13.00′ N. lat., 125°39.00′ W. 

long.;

(3) 48°08.50′ N. lat., 125°45.00′ W. 

long.;

(4) 48°06.00′ N. lat., 125°46.50′ W. 

long.;

(5) 48°03.50′ N. lat., 125°37.00′ W. 

long.;

(6) 48°01.50′ N. lat., 125°40.00′ W. 

long.;

(7) 47°57.00′ N. lat., 125°37.00′ W. 

long.;

(8) 47°55.50′ N. lat., 125°28.50′ W. 

long.;

(9) 47°58.00′ N. lat., 125°25.00′ W. 

long.;

(10) 48°00.50′ N. lat., 125°24.50′ W. 

long.;

(11) 48°03.50′ N. lat., 125°21.00′ W. 

long.;

(12) 48°02.00′ N. lat., 125°19.50′ W. 

long.;

(13) 48°00.00′ N. lat., 125°21.00′ W. 

long.;

(14) 47°58.00′ N. lat., 125°20.00′ W. 

long.;

(15) 47°58.00′ N. lat., 125°18.00′ W. 

long.;

(16) 47°52.00′ N. lat., 125°16.50′ W. 

long.;

(17) 47°49.00′ N. lat., 125°11.00′ W. 

long.;

(18) 47°46.00′ N. lat., 125°06.00′ W. 

long.;

(19) 47°44.50′ N. lat., 125°07.50′ W. 

long.;

(20) 47°42.00′ N. lat., 125°06.00′ W. 

long.;

(21) 47°38.00′ N. lat., 125°07.00′ W. 

long.;

(22) 47°30.00′ N. lat., 125°00.00′ W. 

long.;

(23) 47°28.00′ N. lat., 124°58.50′ W. 

long.;

(24) 47°28.88′ N. lat., 124°54.71′ W. 

long.;

(25) 47°27.70′ N. lat., 124°51.87′ W. 

long.;

(26) 47°24.84′ N. lat., 124°48.45′ W. 

long.;

(27) 47°21.76′ N. lat., 124°47.42′ W. 

long.;

(28) 47°18.84′ N. lat., 124°46.75′ W. 

long.;

(29) 47°19.82′ N. lat., 124°51.43′ W. 

long.;

(30) 47°18.13′ N. lat., 124°54.25′ W. 

long.;

(31) 47°13.50′ N. lat., 124°54.69′ W. 

long.;

(32) 47°15.00′ N. lat., 125°00.00′ W. 

long.;

(33) 47°08.00′ N. lat., 124°59.82′ W. 

long.;

(34) 47°05.79′ N. lat., 125°01.00′ W. 

long.;

(35) 47°03.34′ N. lat., 124°57.49′ W. 

long.;

(36) 47°01.00′ N. lat., 125°00.00′ W. 

long.;

(37) 46°55.00′ N. lat., 125°02.00′ W. 

long.;

(38) 46°51.00′ N. lat., 124°57.00′ W. 

long.;

(39) 46°47.00′ N. lat., 124°55.00′ W. 

long.;

(40) 46°34.00′ N. lat., 124°38.00′ W. 

long.;

(41) 46°30.50′ N. lat., 124°41.00′ W. 

long.;

(42) 46°33.00′ N. lat., 124°32.00′ W. 

long.;

(43) 46°29.00′ N. lat., 124°32.00′ W. 

long.;

(44) 46°20.00′ N. lat., 124°39.00′ W. 

long.;

(45) 46°18.16′ N. lat., 124°40.00′ W. 

long.;

(46) 46°16.00′ N. lat., 124°27.01′ W. 

long.;

(47) 46°15.00′ N. lat., 124°30.96′ W. 

long.;

(48) 46°13.17′ N. lat., 124°38.76′ W. 

long.;

(49) 46°10.51′ N. lat., 124°41.99′ W. 

long.;

(50) 46°06.24′ N. lat., 124°41.81′ W. 

long.;

(51) 46°03.04′ N. lat., 124°50.26′ W. 

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(52) 45°56.99′ N. lat., 124°45.45′ W. 

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(53) 45°49.94′ N. lat., 124°45.75′ W. 

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(54) 45°49.94′ N. lat., 124°42.33′ W. 

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(55) 45°45.73′ N. lat., 124°42.18′ W. 

long.;

(56) 45°45.73′ N. lat., 124°43.82′ W. 

long.;

(57) 45°41.94′ N. lat., 124°43.61′ W. 

long.;

(58) 45°41.58′ N. lat., 124°39.86′ W. 

long.;

(59) 45°38.45′ N. lat., 124°39.94′ W. 

long.;

(60) 45°35.75′ N. lat., 124°42.91′ W. 

long.;

(61) 45°24.49′ N. lat., 124°38.20′ W. 

long.;

(62) 45°14.43′ N. lat., 124°39.05′ W. 

long.;

(63) 45°14.30′ N. lat., 124°34.19′ W. 

long.;

(64) 45°08.98′ N. lat., 124°34.26′ W. 

long.;

(65) 45°09.02′ N. lat., 124°38.81′ W. 

long.;

(66) 44°57.98′ N. lat., 124°36.98′ W. 

long.;

(67) 44°56.62′ N. lat., 124°38.32′ W. 

long.;

(68) 44°50.82′ N. lat., 124°35.52′ W. 

long.;

(69) 44°46.89′ N. lat., 124°38.32′ W. 

long.;

(70) 44°50.78′ N. lat., 124°44.24′ W. 

long.;

(71) 44°44.27′ N. lat., 124°50.78′ W. 

long.;

(72) 44°32.63′ N. lat., 124°54.24′ W. 

long.;

(73) 44°23.25′ N. lat., 124°49.78′ W. 

long.;

(74) 44°13.16′ N. lat., 124°58.81′ W. 

long.;

(75) 43°57.88′ N. lat., 124°58.25′ W. 

long.;

(76) 43°56.89′ N. lat., 124°57.33′ W. 

long.;

(77) 43°53.41′ N. lat., 124°51.95′ W. 

long.;

(78) 43°51.56′ N. lat., 124°47.38′ W. 

long.;

(79) 43°51.49′ N. lat., 124°37.77′ W. 

long.;

(80) 43°48.02′ N. lat., 124°43.31′ W. 

long.;

(81) 43°42.77′ N. lat., 124°41.39′ W. 

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(130) 40°05.55′ N. lat., 124°18.11′ W. 

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(131) 40°04.74′ N. lat., 124°18.11′ W. 

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(133) 40°01.13′ N. lat., 124°12.98′ W. 

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(134) 40°01.55′ N. lat., 124°09.80′ W. 

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(136) 39°55.72′ N. lat., 124°07.44′ W. 

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(140) 39°34.79′ N. lat., 123°58.47′ W. 

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(141) 39°33.79′ N. lat., 123°56.77′ W. 

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(142) 39°33.03′ N. lat., 123°57.06′ W. 

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(144) 39°07.81′ N. lat., 123°59.06′ W. 

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(145) 39°03.06′ N. lat., 123°57.77′ W. 

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(146) 38°57.50′ N. lat., 123°57.00′ W. 

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(147) 38°52.26′ N. lat., 123°56.18′ W. 

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(148) 38°50.21′ N. lat., 123°55.48′ W. 

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(149) 38°46.81′ N. lat., 123°51.49′ W. 

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(150) 38°45.28′ N. lat., 123°51.55′ W. 

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(151) 38°42.76′ N. lat., 123°49.73′ W. 

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(152) 38°41.53′ N. lat., 123°47.80′ W. 

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(153) 38°41.41′ N. lat., 123°46.74′ W. 

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(154) 38°38.01′ N. lat., 123°45.74′ W. 

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(155) 38°37.19′ N. lat., 123°43.98′ W. 

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(156) 38°35.26′ N. lat., 123°41.99′ W. 

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(157) 38°33.38′ N. lat., 123°41.76′ W. 

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(158) 38°19.95′ N. lat., 123°32.90′ W. 

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(159) 38°14.38′ N. lat., 123°25.51′ W. 

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(160) 38°09.39′ N. lat., 123°24.39′ W. 

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(161) 38°10.09′ N. lat., 123°27.21′ W. 

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(162) 38°03.76′ N. lat., 123°31.90′ W. 

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(163) 38°02.06′ N. lat., 123°31.26′ W. 

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(164) 38°00.00′ N. lat., 123°29.56′ W. 

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24. In part 660, subpart G, Tables 1-

5 are added to read as follows:

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25. In part 660, subpart G, Figure 1, 

‘‘Diagram of Selective Flatfish Trawl’’ is 

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