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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 660 

[Docket No. 060824226–6226–01; I.D. 

082806B] 

RIN 0648–AU57 

Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; 

Fisheries off West Coast States; 

Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; 

Biennial Specifications and 

Management Measures; Amendment 

16–4; Pacific Coast Salmon Fishery 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Proposed rule; request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: NMFS proposes a rule to 

implement Amendment 16–4 to the 

Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery 

Management Plan (FMP) and to set the 

2007–2008 harvest specifications and 

management measures for groundfish 

taken in the U.S. exclusive economic 

zone (EEZ) off the coasts of Washington, 

Oregon, and California. Amendment 16– 

4 would modify the FMP to implement 

revised rebuilding plans for seven 

overfished species: bocaccio, canary 

rockfish, cowcod, darkblotched 

rockfish, Pacific ocean perch (POP), 

widow rockfish, and yelloweye rockfish. 

Groundfish harvest specifications and 

management measures for 2007–2008 

are intended to: achieve but not exceed 

optimum yields (OYs); prevent 

overfishing; rebuild overfished species; 

reduce and minimize the bycatch and 

discard of overfished and depleted 

stocks; provide harvest opportunity for 

the recreational and commercial fishing 

sectors; and, within the commercial 

fisheries, achieve harvest guidelines and 

limited entry and open access 

allocations as closely as possible. 

Together, Amendment 16–4 and the 

2007–2008 harvest specifications and 

management measures are intended to 

rebuild overfished stocks as soon as 

possible, taking into account the status 

and biology of the stocks, the needs of 

fishing communities, and the 

interaction of the overfished stocks 

within the marine environment. In 

addition to the management measures 

implemented for directed and incidental 

groundfish fisheries, this proposed rule 

would implement a new Yelloweye 

Rockfish Conservation Area off 

Washington State, which will be closed 

to commercial salmon troll fishing. 

DATES: Comments must be received no 

later than 5 p.m., Pacific Standard Time, 

on October 31, 2006. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by I.D. 082806B by any of the 

following methods: 

• E-mail: Amendment 16– 

4.nwr@noaa.gov: Include I.D. 082806B 

in the subject line of the message. 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Fax: 206–526–6736, Attn: Yvonne 

deReynier 

• Mail: D. Robert Lohn, 

Administrator, Northwest Region, 

NMFS, 7600 Sand Point Way NE, 

Seattle, WA 98115–0070, Attn: Yvonne 

deReynier. 

Information relevant to this proposed 

rule, which includes a draft 

environmental impact statement (DEIS), 

a regulatory impact review (RIR), and an 

initial regulatory flexibility analysis 

(IRFA) are available for public review 

during business hours at the office of 

the Pacific Fishery Management Council 

(Council), at 7700 NE Ambassador 

Place, Portland, OR 97220, phone: 503– 

820–2280. Copies of additional reports 

referred to in this document may also be 

obtained from the Council. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Yvonne deReynier (Northwest Region, 

NMFS), phone: 206–526–6129; fax: 206– 

526–6736 and; e-mail: 

yvonne.dereynier@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic Access 

The proposed rule also is accessible 

via the Internet at the Office of the 

Federal Register’s website at http:// 

www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html. 

Background information and 

documents, including the DEIS, are 

available at the Council’s website at 

http://www.pcouncil.org. 

Background 

Groundfish harvest specifications are 

the amounts of West Coast groundfish 

species or species groups available to be 

caught in a particular year. Harvest 

specifications include acceptable 

biological catches (ABCs), optimum 

yields (OYs), and harvest guidelines 

(HGs), as well as set-asides of 

harvestable amounts of fish for 

particular fisheries or particular 

geographic areas. The ABC is a 

biologically based estimate of the 

amount of fish that may be harvested 

from the fishery each year without 

jeopardizing the resource. The ABC may 

be modified with precautionary 

adjustments to account for uncertainty. 

A stock’s OY is its target harvest level, 

and is usually lowered from its ABC. 

The Council’s policies on setting ABCs, 

OYs, and other harvest specifications 

are discussed later in the preamble to 

this proposed rule. Proposed harvest 

specifications for 2007–2008 are 

provided in proposed Tables 1a through 

2c of this proposed rulemaking. 

Management measures set in this 

biennial management process are 

intended to constrain the fisheries so 

that OYs of healthier groundfish stocks 

are achieved as much as is practicable 

within the constraints of requirements 

to rebuild co-occurring overfished 

groundfish species. In order to rebuild 

overfished species, allowable harvest 

levels of healthy species will only be 

achieved where such harvest will not 

deter rebuilding of overfished stocks. 

Routine management measures for the 

commercial fisheries include trip 

landing and frequency limits, time/area 

closures, size limits, and gear 

restrictions. Routine management 

measures for the recreational fisheries 

include bag limits, size limits, gear 

restrictions, fish dressing requirements, 

and time/area closures. These measures 

can be adjusted inseason to achieve but 

not exceed OYs. The groundfish fishery 

is managed with a variety of other 

regulatory requirements that are not 

considered routine, and which are 

found at 50 CFR 660, Subpart G. 

Regulations outside of this rulemaking 

include, but are not limited to long-term 

harvest allocations, recordkeeping and 

reporting requirements, requirements to 

carry vessel monitoring system (VMS) 

transceiver units and observers, license 

limitation programs, and essential fish 

habitat (EFH) protection measures. 

The Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery 

Management Plan (FMP) requires the 

Council to set harvest specifications and 

management measures for groundfish at 

least biennially. This proposed rule 

would set 2007–2008 harvest 

specifications and management 

measures for all of the 90+ FMPmanaged groundfish species or species 

groups, except for Pacific whiting. 

Pacific whiting harvest specifications 

will be proposed as a range via this 

action, with the final specifications for 

2007 and 2008 to be set following the 

March 2007 and March 2008 Council 

meetings, respectively. 

Amendment 16–4, which this action 

proposes concurrently with the 2007– 

2008 groundfish specifications and 

management measures, would modify 

the FMP to implement revised 

rebuilding plans for the seven 

overfished groundfish species bocaccio, 

canary rockfish, cowcod, darkblotched 

rockfish, POP, widow rockfish, and 

yelloweye rockfish consistent with the 


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Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act 

(Magnuson-Stevens Act) and Natural 

Resources Defense Council v. NMFS, 

421 F.3d 872 (9th Cir. 2005) [hereinafter 

NRDC v. NMFS,] discussed below. 

NMFS published a Notice of 

Availability for Amendment 16–4 on 

July 28, 2006 (71 FR 42846.) This 

proposed rule would modify Federal 

regulations at 50 CFR 660.365 per 

Amendment 16–4 to specify revised 

target rebuilding dates and harvest rates 

for each overfished species. 

This preamble describes the new 

approach taken by NMFS, the Council, 

and state and tribal partners in light of 

NRDC v. NMFS. As in past years, this 

preamble also discusses the Council′s 

ABC and OY policies, harvest levels for 

overfished and all other groundfish 

species or species groups, fisheryspecific management measures, and 

other issues related to this 2007–2008 

management package. Preambles to 

prior proposed rules on groundfish 

harvest specifications and management 

measures have also discussed bycatch 

accounting and reduction measures. On 

June 27, 2006, NMFS published a 

proposed rule to implement 

Amendment 18 to the FMP on bycatch 

mitigation (71 FR 36506.) The preamble 

to that proposed rule discussed NMFS 

and Council bycatch accounting and 

mitigation policies, programs, and 

regulations. Therefore, these issues will 

only be briefly discussed in this 

preamble as they pertain to 2007–2008 

fisheries. 

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Ruling 

NRDC v. NMFS, 421 F.3d 872 (9th Cir. 

2005,) involved a challenge to the 2002 

groundfish harvest specifications and 

management measures, specifically the 

darkblotched rockfish rebuilding plan. 

In that case, the Ninth Circuit Court of 

Appeals held that, pursuant to the 

Magnuson-Stevens Act, overfished 

species rebuilding periods must be as 

‘‘short as possible, taking into account 

the status and biology of any overfished 

stock of fish [and] the needs of fishing 

communities.’’ The Court also stated, 

‘‘Congress intended to ensure that 

overfished species were rebuilt as 

quickly as possible, but wanted to leave 

some leeway to avoid disastrous shortterm consequences for fishing 

communities. . . Section 1854(e)(4)(i)[of 

the Magnuson-Stevens Act,] then, 

allows the Agency to set limited quotas 

that would account for the short-term 

needs of fishing communities (for 

example, to allow for some fishing of 

plentiful species despite the 

inevitability of bycatch), even though 

this would mean that the rebuilding 

period would take longer than it would 

under a total fishing ban.’’ In light of 

this case, NMFS and the Council are 

revising all seven of the overfished 

species rebuilding plans by January 1, 

2007, and as described in detail below, 

have taken a new approach to 

developing rebuilding alternatives per 

the court ruling. 

Rebuild as Quickly as Possible, Taking 

Into Account the Status and Biology of 

the Stock 

Stock assessments are intended in 

part to determine the status of each 

assessed stock relative to its estimated 

unfished biomass level, BUNFISHED. For 

example, when we say that a stock is at 

B40, we are saying that the stock’s 

abundance is at a level that is 40 percent 

of the abundance level we have 

estimated for BUNFISHED. Under the FMP, 

stocks that decline to below 25 percent 

of estimated BUNFISHED are declared 

overfished and must then be managed 

under rebuilding plans. The MagnusonStevens Act requires that overfished 

stocks be rebuilt to BMSY, which is the 

biomass level at which a stock is 

estimated to be able to maintain its 

maximum sustainable yield (MSY) over 

time. The FMP sets a proxy BMSY level 

for all groundfish species at B40; 

therefore, an overfished groundfish 

stock is considered rebuilt once its 

biomass reaches B40. 

A rebuilding analysis for an 

overfished species uses the information 

in its stock assessment to determine 

TMIN, the minimum time to rebuild to 

B40 in the absence of fishing. For each 

stock, its TMIN is dependent on a variety 

of physical and biological factors. The 

best available scientific information on 

each stock’s life history characteristics 

(e.g., age of reproductive maturity, 

relative productivity at different ages 

and sizes, etc.) and the effects of 

environmental conditions on its 

abundance (e.g., relative productivity 

under interannual and interdecdal 

climate variability, availability of 

suitable feed and habitat for different 

life stages, etc.) is taken into account in 

its stock assessment and rebuilding 

analysis. For example, one of the factors 

considered in the 2005 widow rockfish 

stock assessment was that widow 

rockfish tend to be more easily caught 

in higher abundance during El Nino 

(anomalously warm and dry) years, 

possibly affecting how data from El 

Nino years is used within a multi-year 

time series of data. TMIN estimates 

derived from the rebuilding analyses for 

the seven overfished species are 

provided for each species in the section 

below, ‘‘OY Policies and Rebuilding 

Parameters for Overfished Species.’’

Rebuilding analyses predict TMIN for 

each overfished species and, in doing 

so, answer the question of what is ‘‘as 

quickly as possible’’ for those species. 

Complete absence of targeted fishing 

mortality, however, does not necessarily 

result in the complete absence of 

human-induced mortality on any 

species of fish. Federal regulations at 50 

CFR 600.310(f)(4)(iii) state, ‘‘All fishing 

mortality must be counted against OY, 

including that resulting from bycatch, 

scientific research, and any other fishing 

activities.’’ Thus, rebuilding by the TMIN

date would require elimination of 

extractive scientific fishing, in addition 

to any target or incidental commercial, 

recreational, or ceremonial and 

subsistence fishing that results in 

overfished species mortality. 

Eliminating extractive scientific fishing 

would eliminate a significant portion of 

the new data that are used to update 

stock assessments and our 

understanding of the biological 

condition of the majority of groundfish 

stocks. Because West Coast groundfish 

species are so intermixed, extractive 

scientific fishing would have to be 

eliminated for all groundfish (overfished 

and healthy), and for some nongroundfish species as well. The Council 

determined that, in order to 

appropriately take into account the 

status and biology of overfished stocks, 

both now and in the future, scientific 

take of overfished and other groundfish 

stocks must continue. Scientific fishing 

needs in 2007 and 2008 for individual 

overfished species are estimated below 

in the species-specific footnotes in 

Tables 1a and 2a of 50 CFR subpart G. 

Rebuild as Quickly as Possible, Taking 

Into Account the Needs of Fishing 

Communities 

As discussed above, the Court in 

NRDC v. NMFS stated that overfished 

species should be rebuilt as quickly as 

possible, but noted that Congress 

‘‘wanted to leave some leeway to avoid 

disastrous short-term consequences for 

fishing communities.’’ The Court also 

noted that the Magnuson-Stevens Act ‘‘

allows the Agency to set limited quotas 

that would account for the short-term 

needs of fishing communities (for 

example, to allow for some fishing of 

plentiful species despite the 

inevitability of bycatch), even though 

this would mean that the rebuilding 

period would take longer than it would 

under a total fishing ban.’’

National Standard 8 of the MagnusonStevens Act, 16 U.S.C. 1851(a)(8), also 

requires consideration of fishing 

communities consistent with the 

conservation requirements of the Act: 

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measures shall, consistent with the 

conservation requirements of this Act 

(including the prevention of overfishing 

and rebuilding of overfished stocks), 

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.’’ (1851(a)(8).) Both 

National Standard 8 and NRDC v. NMFS 

speak to the difficult and often 

conflicting short-term and long-term 

socio-economic and biological 

considerations in fisheries management, 

which require sustaining both the longterm productive capacity of marine 

resources and the ability of fishing 

communities to harvest those resources. 

To address the NRDC v. NMFS ruling, 

the DEIS took a significant new 

direction in analyzing the socioeconomic effects of this action. To guide 

its consideration of the effects of the 

action on communities, the Council 

included this statement in the draft 

Amendment 16–4, ‘‘Fishing 

Communities need a sustainable fishery 

that is safe, well managed, and 

profitable, that provides jobs and 

incomes, that contributes to the local 

social fabric, culture, and image of the 

community, and helps market the 

community and its services and 

products.’’ In its recommendations for 

overfished species rebuilding plans and 

for 2007–2008 groundfish specifications 

and management measures, the Council 

was clear that it did not expect fishing 

community needs would be met by 

those plans and measures, due to 

conservation actions needed for the 

stocks. Rather, the Council took these 

needs into account as it analyzed 

different rebuilding plan and 

management measures alternatives. In 

essence, this means that harvest levels 

and management measures for 2007–

2008 are expected to allow fishing 

businesses and communities to operate 

at a level that will provide for the 

continued existence of those fishing 

businesses and communities and will 

only allow opportunities for economic 

growth or profit if they are consistent 

with the rebuilding policies adopted 

under Amendment 16–4. In many 

instances this means that the harvests of 

healthy and growing stocks will be 

curtailed because of potential effects on 

rebuilding species. 

Determining how to appropriately 

take into account the needs of fishing 

communities while preventing shortterm disastrous consequences from 

fishery regulations was the most 

challenging aspect of this action, as 

there is little to no guidance provided 

by the Court, within current NOAA 

guidelines, or available academic 

literature. NMFS and its partner 

agencies have been conducting West 

Coast groundfish stock assessments for 

over 20 years. The agencies have been 

collecting fishery-dependent groundfish 

data since the early 20th century, and 

the earliest NMFS shelf/slope trawl 

survey occurred off the West Coast in 

1977. With this history of biological 

scientific effort, it has been standard 

Council practice to set groundfish 

harvest levels using stock assessments 

that evaluate and take into account the 

status and biology of those stocks. To 

address the Court’s orders concerning 

fishing communities, NMFS and its 

partner agencies had to assess fishing 

communities for their groundfish 

harvest needs, just as biological analysts 

assess the status and biology of the 

groundfish species. 

The DEIS for this action is intended, 

in part, to assess: the needs of 

groundfish fishing communities, the 

dependence of different fishing 

communities on each overfished 

species, and the vulnerability of fishing 

communities to further near-term 

reductions in groundfish harvest. These 

analyses were complicated by the fact 

that different gears and fisheries affect 

various groundfish species to greater or 

lesser degrees. For example, slope 

rockfish such as POP and darkblotched 

are almost exclusively taken in the trawl 

fisheries, while yelloweye rockfish is 

primarily taken in recreational and 

commercial hook-and-line fisheries. 

Most fishing communities have a mix of 

commercial and recreational fishing 

participation, although community 

dependence on the different sectors 

varies. Similarly, some fishing 

communities are dependent on 

commercial trawl fisheries, while others 

have more non-trawl gear fishery 

participation. To address fishing 

community heterogeneity, the EIS for 

this action assesses community 

dependency on groundfish, on different 

sectors of the groundfish fishery, and on 

the fisheries with incidental catch of 

particular overfished species. 

Past EISs for groundfish harvest 

specifications and management 

measures have primarily addressed the 

socio-economic environment of West 

Coast groundfish fisheries in terms of 

groundfish landings by weight and exvessel revenue over time. This DEIS 

took a significant new direction in 

analyzing socio-economic effects of this 

action. Chapter 7 and Appendix A of the 

DEIS describe the socio-economic 

environment, provide economic impact 

projections of the alternatives, and 

classify fishing communities in terms of 

their ability to withstand short-term 

negative consequences that could result 

from declines in annual groundfish 

revenue. Although the ‘‘needs’’ of 

fishing communities cannot be 

quantified because of the lack of data 

and models, available fisheries and 

economic demographic information 

communities can be used to develop 

indicators of community engagement in 

fisheries, dependence on groundfish, 

and community resiliency. These 

indicators can then be combined to 

classify those communities or associated 

counties that are most vulnerable. A 

community or county is considered 

‘‘vulnerable’’ and ‘‘most vulnerable’’ to 

changes in management measures if in 

comparison to other communities or 

counties, it is more engaged in fishing, 

more dependent on groundfish, and 

least resilient to negative socioeconomic impacts. 

Appendix A, section A.4., describes 

the analysis in more detail. It describes 

fishing community engagement in 

fishing generally and dependence on the 

groundfish fishery particularly, using 

indicator factors such as employment in 

fishing as a percentage of total 

employment in the community; income 

from fishing as a percentage of total 

income in the community; number of 

fishing vessels in the community; 

number of fishing permits in the 

community; number of processors/ 

buyers in the community; and fish 

landings to the community. These 

factors are then analyzed to determine 

community resilience to changes in 

groundfish revenue, their ability to 

weather short-term disastrous 

consequences from landings reductions 

associated with rebuilding overfished 

species. It is typically assumed that the 

greater socio-economic and cultural 

diversity and infrastructure an area has, 

the more resilient an area will be if a 

management regulation negatively 

affects the area. Community resiliency 

indices included: employment in 

various industries; unemployment 

levels; income levels; resident mobility; 

resident education, skills and training 

levels; population density (as a proxy 

for community infrastructure); 

community isolation; and fisheries 

specific infrastructure. (Much of the 

information was drawn from the NOAA 

Northwest Fisheries Science Center’s 

Community Profiling Project found at: 

http://www.nwfsc.noaa.gov/research/ 

divisions/sd/communityprofiles/ 

index.cfm). 

Taking these two major factors into 

consideration, community dependency/ 

engagement and community resiliency 

to change, Appendix A then identified 

which communities would be most 


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vulnerable to changes associated with 

potential short-term disastrous 

consequences from shortened rebuilding 

periods. Vulnerable areas were defined 

in the DEIS as those communities that 

have relatively low resilience to 

economic shifts, and are either highly 

engaged in or highly dependent on 

groundfish fishing. With regard to 

engagement in commercial fishing in 

general, the DEIS identifies 29 cities and 

16 counties as vulnerable areas. With 

regard to dependency on the 

commercial groundfish fishery in 

particular, the draft EIS identifies 32 

cities and 17 counties as vulnerable 

areas. The EIS also identified 10 

Washington and Oregon communities as 

vulnerable areas with regard to 

recreational fishing dependency. 

California recreational fisheries data is 

aggregated in a way that makes 

identifying vulnerability to recreational 

fisheries change difficult to identify for 

particular communities. However, 

analysts were able to identify 

vulnerability at the county level for 

California recreational fisheries, 

showing that San Luis Obispo through 

Santa Cruz counties and San Diego 

through Los Angeles counties are most 

engaged in recreational fishing and 

dependent on the groundfish 

recreational fishery. 

When the Council took ‘‘into account 

the needs of fishing communities,’’ it 

had before it economic analysis that 

showed by community and fishing 

sector, trends in commercial harvests 

and ex-vessel revenues and in 

recreational harvests, trips, and 

expenditures by sector and community 

(or proxy county or port group). These 

variables were translated into estimates 

of regional, state, and community levels 

of personal income and employment. 

The economic impacts of the various 

rebuilding alternatives were projected 

based on the bycatch models (used by 

biologists to illustrate the relationships 

between overfished and healthy 

groundfish stocks,) which were 

expanded to include the relationship of 

overfished species to the various 

communities. The Council then 

reviewed the various alternatives in 

light of the overall and community 

economic impacts, the above discussed 

analysis of ‘‘vulnerable’’ communities, 

and the alternative rebuilding schedules 

embedded in the alternatives. 

NMFS made its first declaration of 

overfished species in 1999 (bocaccio, 

lingcod, POP,) and the declines in 

allowable groundfish harvest levels and 

associated revenues are a result of 

NMFS and Council rebuilding policies. 

On January 19, 2000, under Section 312 

of the Magnuson-Stevens Act, the 

Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) 

declared a commercial resource disaster 

due to a fisheries resource failure in the 

West Coast groundfish fishery, paving 

the way for congressional provision of 

disaster relief to affected commercial 

fishers and their communities. This 

declaration was made on a review of 

past and projected trends in nonwhiting commercial groundfish harvests 

and revenues, and the potential 

underlying causes of these trends. (In 

this and many other long-term analyses, 

whiting is excluded as it is highly 

variable species that, unlike traditional 

groundfish fisheries, was predominantly 

a foreign fishery that transitioned to a 

joint venture fishery, and finally a 

Americanized fishery completely 

harvested and processed by U.S. entities 

in 1991.) As shown in Figure 2–13 of 

the Draft EIS ‘‘Trends in ex-vessel 

revenues from the West Coast 

groundfish fishery and projected 

revenues under the final Councilpreferred alternative,’’ during the late 

1980’s and until the late 1990’s, nonwhiting groundfish fisheries generated 

annual ex-vessel revenues that largely 

ranged from $90 million to $110 million 

annually when adjusted for inflation. In 

1998, there was a sharp decline to $64 

million, a level that was largely 

maintained for the next two years. In 

2001 and 2002, revenues sharply fell to 

$51 million and $42 million, 

respectively. Since 2002, ex-vessel 

revenues have ranged between $41 

million to $45 million. Implementation 

of the Council’s preferred alternative is 

expected to generate revenues in 2007 

and 2008 at levels slightly less than the 

2005 level of $43 million. (See also 

Table 7–2c ‘‘Total domestic shoreside 

landings and at-sea deliveries-ex-vessel 

revenue... ‘‘of the DEIS) 

In considering the effects of the action 

on fishing communities, the Council 

was concerned about the effects of 

inseason fishery management on fishing 

communities. At the start of each 

biennial management cycle, NMFS and 

the Council set fishery management 

measures that are expected to achieve as 

much of the healthy species′ OYs as 

possible without exceeding allowable 

harvest levels for co-occurring 

overfished species. These management 

measures are set using the best scientific 

information available at that time, but 

new scientific information inevitably 

becomes available during each fishing 

year. Catch data vary in quality and 

abundance both before and during the 

season, and some of the most 

constraining rebuilding species are also 

caught in fisheries not managed under 

the groundfish FMP. Managing a 

coastwide fishery to ensure that OYs of 

overfished species are not exceeded is 

particularly difficult because many of 

these OYs are low. If new information 

received during the season reveals that 

landings are occurring at a faster pace 

than were initially anticipated, 

management action would be needed to 

keep the harvest of healthy stocks and 

the incidental catch of overfished 

species at or below their specified OYs. 

If these inseason adjustments to 

management measures are dramatic, 

such as an early closure of a fishery, 

then the effects of management actions 

on these communities can be severe. 

To prevent major inseason 

fluctuations in available harvest, 

Amendment 16–4 and the 2007–2008 

harvest levels account for uncertainty in 

order to minimize the potential need for 

dramatic inseason measures. In other 

words, currently available scientific 

information is used to design 

management measures that are projected 

to result in overfished species harvest 

levels that are somewhat lower than 

their OYs. This practice provides a 

buffer to account for both scientific 

uncertainty and unexpected occurrences 

and, in general, has helped prevent OYs 

from being exceeded in past 

management years. Even with these 

safeguards, scientific information that 

becomes available during the 2007–2008 

period may reveal that previously set 

management measures need to be 

revised inseason. If that is the case, 

management measures will be 

appropriately adjusted inseason to keep 

harvest from exceeding OYs. 

Rebuild as Quickly as Possible, Taking 

into Account the Interactions of 

Overfished Stocks Within the Marine 

Environment 

In December 2005, NMFS published a 

final EIS on the designation of 

groundfish EFH and minimization of 

adverse fishing effects on EFH. (See: 

http://www.nwr.noaa.gov/GroundfishHalibut/Groundfish-FisheryManagement/NEPA-Documents/EFH/- 

Final-EIS.cfm). The final EFH EIS 

primarily focuses on the interactions of 

groundfish species with their physical 

environment. The DEIS for Amendment 

16–4 and the 2007–2008 groundfish 

specifications and management 

measures expand upon the EFH EIS’s 

analysis to analyze the interactions of 

groundfish species with each other and 

with other marine species within the 

California Current ecosystem. In 

general, the DEIS concludes that the life 

histories of most groundfish species, 

longer-lived and slower-growing with 

relatively low rates of predation, make 

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species less likely to affect overall 

productivity within the California 

Current ecosystem. Pacific whiting is an 

exception, its high abundance and 

productivity, as well as its broad 

distribution, give it influence on 

ecosystem productivity both as a 

predator and as prey. 

The abundance of site-loyal 

overfished rockfish species, cowcod and 

yelloweye rockfish, is likely to affect 

marine community composition in 

particular geographic areas, but not the 

ecosystem as a whole. The abundance of 

plankton likely affects the health of 

overfished planktivorous rockfish (POP, 

darkblotched, canary, and widow,) but 

plankton abundance is primarily 

determined by physical environmental 

influences that control larval survival 

and distribution into beneficial habitat. 

The best available scientific information 

indicates that no one rockfish species, 

even those species with abundant 

population levels, has a population 

large or productive enough to influence 

overall biological productivity within 

the California Current ecosystem. As a 

consequence, the rate of rebuilding for 

a particular overfished species is also 

not expected to influence productivity 

within the California Current ecosystem. 

Therefore, the Council focused its 

efforts at crafting appropriate rebuilding 

plans within the Court’s guidance on 

the factors discussed earlier in this 

document the status and biology of the 

stocks, and the needs of fishing 

communities. 

Council Decision-Making Process 

In September and November 2005, the 

Council adopted most of the new 

groundfish stock assessments needed to 

support fishery management in 2007–

2008. Yelloweye rockfish was the only 

species with a stock assessment delayed 

for adoption until March 2006. Based on 

the adopted stock assessments, the 

Council also adopted initial 

management recommendations for the 

2007–2008 fisheries at its November 

2005 meeting. These recommendations 

included: preliminary ABCs and ranges 

of OYs for all groundfish species, ranges 

of alternative allocations of canary and 

yelloweye rockfish to the commercial 

and recreational fisheries, and a variety 

of potential management measures for 

the 2007–2008 fisheries. Taking into 

account the status and biology of 

overfished stocks, the Council adopted 

preliminary ABCs and ranges of 

overfished species OYs based on: the 

time to rebuild if fishing were 

eliminated beginning in 2007 (TF=0,) 

varying probabilities of rebuilding by 

TMIN plus one mean generation time for 

each species, projecting fishing 

mortality rates associated with 2005 

OYs forward through time, and applying 

the current FMP harvest rates to the 

newly assessed biomass levels. 

Overfished species OY ranges adopted 

at the Council′s November 2005 meeting 

for analysis were: bocaccio, 0–425 mt; 

canary rockfish, 0–67 mt; cowcod, 0–11 

mt; darkblotched rockfish, 0–456 mt; 

POP, 0–741 mt; widow rockfish, 0–

1,352 mt; yelloweye rockfish, 0–24 mt. 

The Council developed each initial 

range of overfished species OYs using 

only biological parameters to ask how 

quickly the stock might rebuild at 

differing levels of potential future 

harvest. The initial ranges were not 

intended to take into account the needs 

of fishing communities, nor did they 

account for the interactions of 

overfished stocks with each other. 

However, these ranges provided a 

starting point for more detailed analysis. 

Over winter 2005–2006, the Council’s 

advisory bodies met to discuss and 

analyze the Council’s preliminary 

harvest level ranges. At its March 2006 

meeting, the Council adopted a 

yelloweye rockfish stock assessment, 

finalizing the set of stock assessments 

for the 2007–2008 fisheries. At its April 

2006 meeting, the Council adopted, for 

further analysis, preferred ABCs for all 

groundfish species, and preferred OYs 

for the non-overfished species. As 

discussed below in the section on 

‘‘ABC-Setting Policies,’’ ABC-setting for 

all species is guided by harvest policies 

in the FMP. From the low end of the 

ranges of overfished species OYs that it 

had adopted in November 2005, the 

Council also adopted suites of 

‘‘Preferred Low’’ and ‘‘Preferred High’’

overfished species OYs at its April 2006 

meeting. The Preferred Low OY suite set 

out potential OYs as: bocaccio, 40 mt; 

canary rockfish 32 mt; cowcod, 4 mt; 

darkblotched rockfish, 130 mt; POP, 44 

mt; widow rockfish, 120 mt; yelloweye 

rockfish, 12.6 mt. The Preferred High 

OY suite set out potential OYs as: 

bocaccio, 218 mt; canary rockfish, 44 

mt; cowcod, 8 mt; darkblotched 

rockfish, 229 mt; POP, 100 mt; widow 

rockfish, 368 mt; yelloweye rockfish, 

harvest level ramp-down strategy (i.e. 

not an OY based on a constant harvest 

rate.) In addition to these preliminary 

OY suites, the Council also adopted 

draft amendatory language for 

Amendment 16–4, which modifies the 

FMP to include the Council’s approach 

for developing rebuilding plans in light 

of NRDC v. NMFS. 

For the April 2006 meeting, NMFS 

and the Council adopted a new, 

integrated approach in their analyses to 

develop and evaluate overfished species 

OY alternatives. The Council has 

traditionally been provided with 

analyses on preferred OYs for each 

overfished species in isolation from 

other species. For this action, the 

analyses not only considered each 

overfished species OY in isolation, but 

also considered how different 

overfished species OYs might affect or 

constrain other overfished species. By 

adopting a suite of OYs for overfished 

species in April 2006, the Council 

intended to take a realistic look at 

minimal harvest levels that would 

rebuild as quickly as possible taking 

into account the status and biology of 

the stocks and at least allowing for some 

extractive scientific take of overfished 

stocks. Although the Council had not 

yet fully considered the potential socioeconomic effects of the different 

alternatives on fishing communities, it 

determined in April that OYs set at zero 

would not take into account fishing 

community needs. 

At the April Council meeting, in its 

April 2006 report to the Council, the 

Council’s Groundfish Management 

Team (GMT) provided the Council with 

issues to consider when developing the 

suites of OYs for overfished species in 

order to take into account the status and 

biology of the stock, the needs of fishing 

communities, and the interactions of 

those species within the marine 

ecosystem (See April 2006 Agenda Item 

F.1.c., Supplemental GMT Report.) The 

GMT suggested that, in taking into 

account the status and biology of the 

stock, the Council consider: the 

different depletion rates of each 

overfished species relative to their 

estimated unfished biomasses; the 

sensitivity of each overfished species’

rebuilding trajectory to management 

decisions that raised or lowered that 

species’ OY; and, the need for extractive 

scientific research to continue to occur 

on overfished and co-occurring 

groundfish species. 

The GMT also suggested that, in 

taking into account the needs of fishing 

communities, the Council consider: the 

vulnerability of different fishing 

communities to reductions in available 

harvest of different overfished species; 

the resilience of different fishing 

communities to changes in community 

groundfish fishing revenues; the effects 

that recent past harvest levels have had 

on fishing communities; and, the 

uncertainty in pre-season predictions of 

bycatch rates and the associated need 

for management flexibility to address 

that uncertainty without either allowing 

OYs to be exceeded or causing 

disastrous immediate consequences for 

groundfish fishing communities. 

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overfished species within the marine 

ecosystem by integrating their 

considerations of the status and biology 

of overfished stocks with their 

considerations of the needs of fishing 

communities by prioritizing greater 

protection for the overfished species 

with rebuilding trajectories most 

sensitive to changes in OY and to the 

most vulnerable fishing communities by 

allowing relatively more incidental take 

of the less sensitive overfished species. 

These GMT recommendations, and the 

advice that the Council received from its 

other advisory bodies and the public, 

informed how the Council developed its 

overfished species OY alternatives at its 

April 2006 meeting. 

In taking the status and biology of the 

stocks into account via its April 

preferred alternatives, the Council 

looked at the sensitivity of each 

overfished species′ rebuilding trajectory 

to future changes in OY. Rebuilding 

times were compared with each other in 

terms of how far each alternative would 

extend a species′ rebuilding period 

beyond TF=0, the time at which 

rebuilding would be estimated to occur 

were fishing mortality eliminated for 

that species beginning in 2007. The 

effects of the alternatives on rebuilding 

periods were compared to those under 

a TF=0 scenario, rather than to those 

under a TMIN scenario. TMIN is defined 

as the shortest time to rebuild if all 

fishing were eliminated from the start of 

a species’ rebuilding period. For West 

Coast groundfish species with existing 

rebuilding plans, TMIN is used as a 

reference point to illustrate what might 

have been possible had all fishing been 

eliminated from the start of the 

rebuilding period. Amendment 16–4 

does not set new rebuilding period start 

dates for overfished species; instead, it 

revises the rebuilding trajectories and 

target dates that were set in place by 

Amendments 16–2 and 16–3, per the 

requirements of NRDC v. NMFS. 

Because the rebuilding period start 

dates remain in place, comparing 

rebuilding periods to those that would 

have occurred under TMIN scenarios 

would have required making an untrue 

assumption that no fishing mortality 

had occurred for overfished species 

since the start of the rebuilding periods. 

For this reason, comparing rebuilding 

periods to those that would have 

occurred under the TF=0 provides a more 

useful estimate of what is rebuilding ‘‘as 

soon as possible.’’

Some of the overfished stocks are 

more productive than others, meaning 

that they are more likely to rebuild to 

BMSY at faster rates. Rebuilding times for 

the less productive species are more 

sensitive to changes in OY levels. For 

example, a 130–mt darkblotched 

rockfish OY is expected to increase the 

darkblotched rebuilding period by 4 

months beyond TF=0, while a 229–mt 

OY is expected to increase that period 

by 7 months beyond TF=0. Conversely, a 

4–mt cowcod OY is expected to increase 

the cowcod rebuilding period by 4 years 

beyond TF=0, while an 8 mt OY is 

expected to increase that period by 8 

years beyond TF=0. Species with 

rebuilding times that are most sensitive 

to changes in OYs are yelloweye 

rockfish, and cowcod. These low 

productivity stocks would take longer to 

rebuild than the higher productivity 

stocks, even if fishing mortality were 

eliminated. The more productive and 

less sensitive stocks are darkblotched, 

POP, and widow rockfish. The 

productivity and sensitivity of bocaccio 

and canary rockfish is intermediate to 

these two groups. 

To properly take overfished species 

productivity into account, the Council 

also had to make initial 

recommendations on management 

measures to best match management 

programs to the species in need of more 

or less conservative management. In 

recent years, groundfish management 

measures have been designed to reduce 

effort on overfished stocks with low 

productivity and redirect effort on 

healthy stocks, with somewhat higher 

incidental take of those overfished 

species with higher productivity. Trawl 

fishing effort is prohibited on the 

continental shelf, constrained in 

nearshore waters, and focused on 

continental slope waters, where the 

most productive overfished species tend 

to occur. The less productive species 

tend to occur on the shelf, with cowcod 

and yelloweye being caught primarily 

by hook-and-line gear, and canary and 

bocaccio being caught in a broad range 

of fisheries. Thus, at its April 2006 

meeting, the Council recommended that 

suites of management measures be 

developed for the Preferred High and 

Low OY alternatives that would 

maintain the philosophy of constraining 

fishing opportunities where trawlers 

might incidentally catch the most 

sensitive species. 

At its June 2006 meeting, the Council 

considered three management 

alternatives that packaged overfished 

species OYs with management measures 

intended to constrain fishing to those 

OYs. To ensure adequate analysis of a 

no-fishing baseline, the Council also 

considered F=0 scenarios, which 

represent each species’ shortest time to 

rebuild in the absence of fishing 

mortality, starting in 2007. Alternative 

1, associated with the Preferred Low OY 

suite, was more restrictive than status 

quo and provided the shortest 

rebuilding times with modest fishing 

mortality. Under Alternative 1, 

rebuilding was extended less than five 

years from the times associated with 

F=0 for bocaccio, cowcod, darkbloched 

rockfish, POP, and widow rockfish. 

Canary and yelloweye rockfish 

rebuilding periods would have been 

extended by an estimated 7 and 35 

years, respectively, under Alternative 1. 

Alternative 2 was intermediate to 

Alternatives 1 and 3, and resulted in 

overfished species mortality similar to 

current management measures. 

Alternative 3, the Preferred High OY, 

allowed for greater harvest and resulted 

in longer rebuilding periods than the 

other alternatives by extending the 

rebuilding time for bocaccio, 

darkblotched rockfish, POP and widow 

rockfish rebuilding periods by five years 

or less from TF=0, and extending the 

cowcod, canary and yelloweye rockfish 

rebuilding periods by an estimated 8, 10 

and 36 years, respectively, from TF=0. 

At the June Council meeting, in its 

June 2006 report to the Council, the 

GMT again provided the Council with 

issues to consider when making its final 

decision on preferred overfished species 

OYs in order to take into account the 

status and biology of the stock, the 

needs of fishing communities, and the 

interactions of those species within the 

marine ecosystem (See June 2006 

Agenda Item F.2.c., Supplemental GMT 

Report.) To take into account the status 

and biology of overfished stocks, the 

GMT reiterated its April advice that the 

Council consider the potential 

rebuilding trajectories of each 

overfished species and the effects of 

varying harvest rates on those 

trajectories, and the need for extractive 

scientific research to continue into the 

future. The GMT provided the Council 

with a comparison of each overfished 

species’ rebuilding trajectory under the 

different harvest scenarios and under 

the TF=0 scenario. Based on that 

comparison, the GMT reminded the 

Council that cowcod and yelloweye are 

the species with rebuilding trajectories 

most sensitive to changes in OYs, and 

that bocaccio and canary are moderately 

sensitive to changes in OY. The GMT 

identified widow rockfish, darkblotched 

rockfish and POP as having rebuilding 

trajectories least sensitive to changes in 

OY, and most subject to what the GMT 

called the ‘‘rebuilding paradox.’’ The 

rebuilding paradox occurs as a stock’s 

size gets closer to its rebuilt level, BMSY. 

Although the fisheries must continue to 

avoid a rebuilding stock throughout its 

rebuilding period, rebuilding stocks that 

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they become increasingly difficult to 

avoid. 

In its June report, the GMT also 

provided the Council with issues to 

consider in taking into account the 

needs of fishing communities. In 

particular, the GMT discussed the 

effects of the different action 

alternatives and the TF=0 alternative in 

terms of: short term economic impacts 

when compared to status quo, short 

term economic impacts compared to 

historic economic impacts, short term 

economic impacts compared to the 2000 

disaster declaration by the Secretary, 

and short term economic impacts of 

each action alternatives when compared 

to one another. The GMT noted that, 

under the status quo (2005–2006) 

fishery, groundfish revenues are lower 

than revenues generated in 2000, the 

year of the disaster declaration. In 2000, 

2001, and 2002 groundfish ex-vessel 

revenues were approximately $62 

million, $52 million, and $43 million 

respectively. Recreational angler trips 

numbered an estimated 1,218,000 in 

2000, 927,000 in 2001, and 843,000 in 

2002. The GMT reported that each of the 

action alternatives under Council 

consideration would result in ex-vessel 

revenue, recreational angler trips, and 

income that would be lower than in 

2000, when the disaster declaration was 

made. Finally, the GMT expressed its 

concern with the lack of management 

flexibility under the lowest OYs in the 

action alternatives, anticipating that 

implementing the lowest OYs would 

eliminate management flexibility, 

potentially resulting in more radical 

inseason management shifts and 

potentially disastrous consequences for 

fishing communities. 

When making its recommendations 

for a preferred suite of rebuilding OYs, 

the Council considered the differences 

in the biology of the different overfished 

rockfish stocks and varying rebuilding 

schedules. The depletion rates of each 

overfished species and the sensitivity of 

each species to changes in the 

management regime were considered. 

The OY alternatives considered by the 

Council included allowances for 

research catch, in order to ensure that 

future information could be gathered to 

assess the status and biology of these 

and other fish stocks. 

In addition, the Council considered 

the needs of the fishing communities 

within the framework suggested by its 

GMT, which looked at the short term 

economic consequences of the different 

alternatives and whether those 

alternatives were likely to be 

immediately disastrous for fishing 

communities. The Council also 

considered the uncertainty inherent in 

inseason groundfish fisheries 

management. See inseason discussion, 

above, under ‘‘Rebuild as Quickly as 

Possible, Taking Into Account the Needs 

of Fishing Communities.’’ For example, 

the Preferred Low OY alternative would 

have required a variety of fisheries to be 

either severely constrained or closed by 

January 1, 2007. In addition, this 

alternative had little flexibility to 

respond to management uncertainty and 

would likely result in inseason fishery 

closures in response to fishery 

information received inseason. 

In summary, in making its final 

recommendations for rebuilding OYs in 

2007–2008, the Council took into 

account the status and biology of the 

stocks by looking for the shortest 

possible rebuilding periods within a 

package of management measures that 

provided the greatest protection for the 

most sensitive and lowest productivity 

species. The Council took the needs of 

fishing communities into account by 

providing fishing opportunities where 

such opportunities would have a 

minimal effect on rebuilding periods for 

stocks with higher productivity, and by 

recommending restrictive management 

measures focused on stocks with the 

lowest productivity levels. The Council 

adopted the following optimum yields 

(OYs) for overfished species in 2007–

2008: bocaccio rockfish 218 mt; canary 

rockfish 44 mt; cowcod 4 mt; 

darkblotched rockfish 290 mt for 2007 

and 330 mt for 2008; Pacific ocean 

perch 150 mt; widow rockfish 368 mt; 

and a harvest rate ramp-down strategy 

for yelloweye rockfish with a 23 mt OY 

in 2007 and a 20 mt OY in 2008. These 

recommended OYs allow for extractive 

scientific research in 2007 and 2008. In 

order to account for uncertainty in 

inseason management, the Council’s 

recommended management measures 

are projected to result in total catch 

levels that are lower than the overfished 

species OYs. As discussed below, the 

recommended overfished species OYs 

are estimated to extend rebuilding 

periods beyond TF=0 by: for bocaccio, 5 

years; for canary rockfish, 10 years; for 

cowcod, 4 years; for darkblotched 

rockfish, 1 year; for POP, 2 years; for 

widow rockfish, 2 years; and for 

yelloweye rockfish, 38 years. These 

Council-adopted OYs and the associated 

harvest rates and rebuilding trajectories 

would be implemented via this action, 

which implements both the 2007–2008 

groundfish harvest specifications and 

management measures and Amendment 

16–4. Amendment 16–4 revises the FMP 

with new overfished species rebuilding 

parameters at Section 4.5. 

ABC-setting Policies 

The Council develops annual 

estimates of the ABC (acceptable 

biological catch) for major groundfish 

stocks. The ABC is a biologically based 

estimate of the amount of fish that may 

be harvested from the fishery each year 

without jeopardizing the resource. The 

ABC may be modified with 

precautionary adjustments to account 

for uncertainty. A stock’s OY is its target 

harvest level, and is usually lowered 

from its ABC; OY setting policies are 

explained in a later section of this 

preamble. When setting the 2007 and 

2008 ABCs, the Council maintained a 

policy of using a default harvest rate as 

a proxy for the fishing mortality rate 

that is expected to achieve the 

maximum sustainable yield (FMSY). The 

ABCs for groundfish species or species 

groups are derived by multiplying the 

harvest rate proxy by the current 

estimated biomass. In 2007 and 2008, 

the following default harvest rate 

proxies, based on the Council’s 

Scientific and Statistical Committee 

(SSC) recommendations, were used: 

F40% for flatfish and Pacific whiting, 

F50% for rockfish (including 

thornyheads), and F45% for other 

groundfish such as sablefish and 

lingcod. 

A harvest rate of F40% can be 

explained as that which reduces 

spawning potential per female to 40 

percent of what it would have been 

under natural conditions (if there were 

no mortality due to fishing), and is 

therefore a more aggressive harvest rate 

than F45% or F50%. The FMP allows 

default harvest rate proxies to be 

modified as scientific knowledge 

improves for a particular species. A 

fishing mortality or harvest rate can 

vary, depending on the productivity of 

a particular species. For fast growing 

species (those with individuals that 

mature quickly and produce many 

young that survive to an age where they 

are caught in the fishery,) a higher 

fishing mortality rate may be used, such 

as F40%. Fishing mortality rate policies 

must account for several complicating 

factors, including the capacity of mature 

individuals to produce young over time 

and the optimal stock size necessary for 

the highest level of productivity within 

that stock. 

For some groundfish species, there is 

little or no detailed biological data 

available on which to base ABCs, and 

therefore only rudimentary stock 

assessments have been prepared. For 

other species, no stock assessments have 

been prepared and the ABC levels were 

established on the basis of historical 

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applied a more precautionary ABC 

policy in which the ABCs are first 

calculated using the rudimentary stock 

assessments or historic catch levels, and 

then those ABCs are reduced by 25 

percent as a precautionary measure. 

2007 and 2008 ABCs For All Groundfish 

Species 

In 2004, NMFS implemented 

regulations setting a biennial 

management cycle for groundfish 

harvest specifications and management 

measures. Biennial specification were 

first established for the 2005 and 2006 

management cycle. During the first year 

in a biennial cycle, new stock 

assessments are prepared and the results 

of the new assessments are reviewed 

and adopted for use in a future 

management cycle. In some cases, the 

Council may identify the need to refine 

a stock assessment, and the assessment 

may not be adopted until later in the 

first year or early in the second year of 

the biennial cycle. 

A stock assessment is an evaluation of 

the biological condition of a stock or 

stock complex and the impacts of 

fishing on that stock or stock complex. 

Stock assessments prepared for Pacific 

Coast groundfish species include 

current estimates of the abundance, 

changes in abundance over time, 

depletion levels relative to an unfished 

state, fishing mortality estimates, 

mortality estimates from other causes, 

and different harvest forecasts including 

the harvestable amount and the likely 

effect on the stock abundance. In 

addition, Pacific Coast groundfish stock 

assessments identify areas of 

uncertainty and modeling difficulties. 

To estimate stock abundance and 

population trends, each stock 

assessment relies on various types and 

sources of information, both fisherydependent and fishery-independent. For 

example, basic fishery dependent data 

for stock assessments includes the 

amount of fish caught and the ratio of 

fish caught to the time spent fishing 

(catch per unit of effort (CPUE)). In 

addition to fishery dependent data, 

fishery independent data for stock 

assessments are collected during 

scientific research surveys. Individual 

sizes of fish and their biological 

characteristics (e.g., age, maturity, sex) 

can be collected from both fishery 

dependent and independent sources. 

When data are lacking for a particular 

species, it can result in uncertainty and 

modeling difficulties for the stock 

assessment scientists. 

West Coast groundfish stock 

assessments are developed and 

evaluated through a thorough review 

process. Stock assessments for each 

species are developed in draft by a 

NMFS or state agency fishery biologist, 

or team of biologists. Each stock 

assessment is then reviewed by a Stock 

Assessment Review (STAR) Panel. 

STAR panel membership for each 

species includes NMFS stock 

assessment scientists other than the 

scientist(s) who assessed the species in 

question, scientists from state agencies 

and/or academic institutions, members 

of the Council’s SSC, and independent 

peer reviewers chosen from the Center 

for Independent Experts (See: http:// 

www.rsmas.miami.edu/groups/cie/.) 

Representatives from the Council’s GMT 

and Groundfish Advisory Panel (GAP) 

also participate in the STAR process. 

STAR panels review each stock 

assessment and provide comments back 

to the stock assessment team, usually 

suggesting changes or refinements to 

modeling, methods, or datasets used. 

The stock assessment team then 

completes the next draft of the 

assessment and submits it to the SSC for 

review. Once it has completed its 

review of the stock assessments, the SSC 

reports to the Council on the suitability 

of each assessment for use in managing 

the assessed stock. 

In preparation for setting new ABC 

values for 2007 and 2008, stock 

assessment scientists prepared 23 stock 

assessments on 22 groundfish stocks. 

Full stock assessments, those that not 

only update available biological and 

fishery information, but also consider 

the appropriateness of the assessment 

model and that revise the model as 

necessary, were prepared for the 

following species: canary rockfish, 

cowcod, widow rockfish, yelloweye 

rockfish, lingcod, English sole, petrale 

sole, starry flounder, darkblotched 

rockfish, blackgill rockfish, shortspine 

thornyhead, longspine thornyhead, 

sablefish, Dover sole, cabezon, 

California scorponfish, gopher rockfish 

and kelp greenling. Stock assessment 

updates, those that run new data 

through an existing model without 

changing the model, were prepared for: 

bocaccio, POP, and yellowtail rockfish. 

Vermilion rockfish was assessed for the 

first time in 2005. However, there were 

significant concerns about the reliability 

of the vermilion rockfish assessment 

and the Council did not accept the 

assessment for use in management. 

Instead, vermilion rockfish remains 

within the minor rockfish complex, 

managed with harvest levels based on 

historic harvests, with precautionary 

reductions for species with little or no 

scientific information. 

At its September and November 2005 

meetings, the Council adopted most of 

the 2005 groundfish stock assessments 

that were used to derive the 2007–2008 

harvest specifications and management 

measures. Council adoption of stock 

assessments follows the rigorous Stock 

Assessment Review panel (STAR) 

process, which culminates in SSC 

review of the stock assessments and 

STAR panel reviews of those 

assessments. Each new stock assessment 

included a base model as well as 

alternative states of nature that assume 

higher or lower stock productivity than 

the base model. The SSC makes 

recommendations to the Council on the 

appropriateness of using the different 

stock assessments for management, after 

which the Council considers adoption 

of the stock assessments, use of the 

stock assessment for the rebuilding 

assessments, and recommends ABCs 

derived from the base model runs of 

those stock assessments. 

Species that had ABCs in 2005 and 

2006 continue to have ABCs in 2007 

and 2008. However, because of a lack of 

data, many groundfish species are 

grouped into species complexes and 

managed as a group with an ABC for the 

complex. In 2005, several stocks 

received more quantitative stock 

assessments and are being removed 

from species complexes. New speciesspecific ABC values for the 2007 and 

2008 management cycle would be 

implemented by this action for: Starry 

Flounder and English sole, which are 

being removed from the ‘‘other flatfish’’

complex; California scorpionfish in the 

Conception area, which is being 

removed from the ‘‘other fish’’ complex; 

and gopher rockfish south of 40°10′ N. 

lat., which is being removed from the 

‘‘other rockfish’’ complex and added to 

the ‘‘remaining minor rockfish’’

complex. Although a stock assessment 

was prepared for kelp greenling in 

waters off California and Oregon, the 

Council only adopted the Oregon 

portion of the assessment because the 

stock assessment review process had 

concluded that data available for and 

modeling of the California kelp 

greenling sub-stock were inadequate to 

provide management advice for this 

species. A species specific ABC is not 

being established for 2007 and 2008, 

and kelp greenling will remain within 

the other fish complex. 

For species that did not have new 

stock assessments prepared for the 2007 

and 2008 cycle, the Council considered 

a single ABC derived from the base 

model of the most recent stock 

assessment or continued to use the 

results of rudimentary stock 

assessments or historical landings data. 

Species or species complexes without 

new stock assessments include: Pacific 

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rockfish, chilipepper rockfish, splitnose 

rockfish, black rockfish, minor rockfish, 

bank rockfish, blackgill rockfish, other 

flatfish, other rockfish, and other fish. 

Species that are not overfished and 

which had new stock assessments or 

stock assessment updates prepared and 

adopted for use in setting harvest 

specifications by the Council include: 

sablefish, Cabezon (California), 

California Scorpionfish, Dover sole, 

English sole, petrale sole, starry 

flounder, yellowtail rockfish, shortspine 

thornyhead, longspine thornyhead, kelp 

greenling (Oregon), and blackgill 

rockfish. Specific information on the 

ABC values for the species without new 

stock assessments, and for those species 

that are not overfished and which have 

new stock assessments or assessment 

updates, are provided in the footnotes to 

Table 1a. and Table 2a. 

As mentioned above, petrale sole had 

a new stock assessment in 2005. When 

it adopted ABCs for all groundfish 

species, the Council recommended a 

2007 petrale sole ABC of 2,917 mt, 

based on a table of all species’ ABCs 

provided by the Council’s GMT. 

Following the Council’s June 2006 

meeting, NMFS discovered that the 

2,917 mt 2007 petrale sole ABC the 

Council had adopted had been 

incorrectly calculated from the stock 

assessment. The Council should have 

specified an ABC of 3,025 mt for 2007, 

which is the sum of the northern ABC 

of 1,397 mt and the southern ABC of 

1,628 mt. Instead, the 2007 ABC of 

2,917 mt chosen by the Council in June 

2006 was incorrectly calculated by 

summing the stock’s northern OY of 

1,289 mt and the southern ABC of 1,628 

mt. The 2008 petrale sole ABC of 2,919 

mt had been correctly calculated prior 

to Council adoption. This action 

proposes a 2007 petrale sole ABC of 

3,025 in Table 1a. The Council plans to 

review this issue at its September 11–

15, 2006 meeting in Foster City, 

California, to ensure that this correction 

is made in the Council forum. In the 

preamble to the final rule for this action, 

NMFS will review the Council’s 

September 2006 recommendation on the 

petrale sole and finalize the appropriate 

ABC based on the stock assessment, the 

Council’s deliberations, and any 

comments received from the public. 

A new stock assessment was prepared 

for lingcod in 2005. The 2005 lingcod 

stock assessment estimates that the 

coastwide lingcod stock in 2005 is at 64 

percent of its unfished biomass level, 

with the northern component of the 

stock (north of Cape Mendocino, CA) at 

87 percent of its unfished biomass level 

and the southern component of the 

stock at 27 percent of its unfished 

biomass level. Lingcod is managed as a 

single coastwide stock; therefore, the 

stock is considered to be rebuilt because 

the coastwide biomass is above the MSY 

level, 40 percent of the stock’s unfished 

biomass. The SSC endorsed the 2005 

lingcod stock assessment as the best 

available science, and the Council 

adopted the assessment for use in 

establishing the 2007 and 2008 

management measures. Based on the 

recommendations of the SSC and the 

Council, NMFS announced on February 

17, 2006 that the lingcod stock off the 

U.S. West Coast was rebuilt (71 FR 

8489). 

All seven overfished species had new 

stock assessments or stock assessment 

updates: bocaccio, canary rockfish, 

cowcod, darkblotched rockfish, POP, 

widow rockfish, and yelloweye rockfish. 

The stock assessments for overfished 

species are detailed below. 

A bocaccio stock assessment update 

and a rebuilding analysis were prepared 

in 2005 for the stock south of Cape 

Mendocino, CA (40° 10′ N. lat.); the last 

full assessment was conducted in 2003. 

The 2005 stock assessment update used 

the 2003 length-based stock synthesis 

model with input data extending back to 

1951. The update followed the 

methodology and assumptions of the 

2003 bocaccio assessment as closely as 

possible with the main difference from 

the previous assessment being the 

addition and revision of recent data. 

Although the update included the threemodel approach from the 2003 

assessment (see the 2005–2006 

proposed rule preamble, (69 FR 56550, 

September 21, 2004)), the STATc model 

was considered as the base model and 

was the focus of this 2005 update, with 

limited consideration given to the 

STARb1 and STARb2 models. The SSC 

endorsed the updated bocaccio stock 

assessment as being the best available 

science that could be used as the basis 

for the Council’s recommendations. 

As a result of the assessment update, 

the bocaccio stock in the Monterey and 

Conception areas was estimated to be at 

10.7 percent of its unfished biomass in 

2005 and was projected to continue on 

an increasing trend if the 2006 

exploitation rate of 0.0498 were to 

remain in place. The ABC of 602 mt for 

2007 and 618 mt for 2008 ABC were 

based on the STATc base model with an 

F50% FMSY proxy. 

A new coastwide canary rockfish 

stock assessment and updated 

rebuilding analysis were completed in 

2005. NMFS used a stock synthesis 

model for the assessment, which is an 

integrated length-age structured model. 

Data through 2004 were used to revise 

and update the assessment model 

Primary changes to the model included: 

addition of the 2004 trawl survey and 

catch data through 2004, recalculation 

of all historical fishery catch and size/ 

age composition data, extension of the 

model time series back to 1916, 

calibration of ageing method, 

conversion from a age-based selectivity 

to size-based selectivity, and a modeling 

change to the Stock Synthesis 2 model 

coded (AD Model Builder) for faster 

execution and integration of powerful 

variance estimation procedures. 

The results of the new assessment 

estimated that the canary rockfish stock 

was at 9.4 percent (see rebuilding 

analysis) of its unfished biomass 

coastwide in 2005. The 2005 stock 

assessment estimated that the canary 

rockfish spawning stock biomass was at 

its lowest level in 2000, but has been 

increasing since that time and is 

projected to continue increasing. Canary 

rockfish recruitment has shown a steady 

decline over the last 50 years. Recent 

recruitments have generally been low, 

with 1998 producing the largest 

estimated year-class of recruitment in 

the last decade. 

Several alternative model 

configurations were investigated during 

the stock assessment process to best 

understand the patterns and information 

in the canary rockfish data. These model 

configurations included variations in 

specification of age versus length-based 

selectivity, incorporating changes in 

ageing criteria and re-estimating growth 

parameters to reflect these changes, 

allowing female selectivity to differ 

from male selectivity, and other factors. 

It was found that allowing female 

length-selectivity to differ from male 

length-selectivity provided a somewhat 

better statistical fit to the fishery age and 

length composition data and this 

configuration was selected as the base 

model. During its review of the stock 

assessment, the SSC raised several 

technical questions, including: the high 

value for survey catchability (q), the low 

spawner-recruit relationship being 

assumed (sigma r), and if juvenile 

rockfish survey data should be 

included. The SSC concluded that the 

parametric variance around a single 

base model underestimated the overall 

uncertainty in the canary rockfish 

assessment. After considerable 

deliberation, the SSC recommended no 

major changes to the base model, and 

the SSC concluded that the Base and 

alternate models were equally likely and 

they supported a statistically based 

blend of the two models as the basis for 

the rebuilding analysis. The SSC 

recommended further investigations 

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The SSC agreed with the principal 

conclusions of the canary stock 

assessment and endorsed the 

assessment as the best scientific data 

available for management decisions. 

The canary ABCs of 172 mt for 2007 and 

179 mt for 2008 are derived from the 

base model with an F50% FMSY proxy. 

A new stock assessment and a new 

rebuilding analysis for cowcod in the 

Conception area were prepared in 2005. 

The Conception area (U.S. waters south 

of 36°N. lat.) is where cowcod are most 

abundant, where adult habitat is most 

common and where historical catches 

were highest. Although larvae may 

spread across larger distances, it is 

assumed that the adults do not move 

beyond the stock boundary. 

The cowcod stock assessment is based 

on catch data from commercial and 

recreational fisheries, an index of 

relative abundance (CPUE) from 

Commercial Passenger Fishing Vessel 

logbook data, and a single visual 

transect survey estimate made from a 

submersible vessel in the Western 

Cowcod Conservation Area in 2002. The 

assessment is affected by the lack 

consistent data of sufficient quality. 

Catches since 2001 have been very low 

(< 0.5 mt) due to management 

constraints on fisheries targeting cooccurring species. A time series of 

relative abundance after 2000 is not 

currently available. Development of a 

quantitative measure of relative 

abundance is necessary to monitor 

changes in the cowcod population. 

Both the steepness of the stock recruit 

relationship and the natural mortality 

rate are influential to the assessment; 

the cowcod stock assessment used 

assumed values. The cowcod stock 

assessment consists of 3 models that 

differ in the assumed steepness (h) of 

the Stock-Recruit relationship. The 

model that assumed the stock recruit 

relationship as h=0.5 was considered 

the base model because it has the 

highest probability of being true, 

although the actual value of h is not 

known. The SSC endorsed the 

assessment as the best scientific data 

available for management decisions. 

Cowcod was estimated to be between 

14 and 21 percent of its unfished 

biomass in 2005 and is believed to be 

increasing. The ABC in the area south 

of 36° N. lat., the Conception area, is 17 

mt for 2007 and 2008. The ABC is based 

on the 2005 stock assessment base 

model and a F50% FMSY proxy. The ABC 

for the Monterey area (19 mt) continues 

to be based on average landings from 

1993–1997. 

Darkblotched rockfish was assessed 

coastwide in 2005 and its rebuilding 

analysis was updated with the new 

assessment information. The new 

assessment incorporated a number of 

significant changes, including: the use 

of a stock synthesis model, extending 

the modeling period back in time to 

1928 as compared to 1963 in the 

previous model, estimating stock growth 

parameters within the model, 

eliminating all age composition data 

except for shelf trawl survey data from 

2004, and using a delta-GLM 

(generalized linear model) for estimates 

of abundance from slope survey data. 

The results of this stock assessment 

were primarily influenced by data from 

four fishery independent surveys: the 

Alaska Fishery Science Center’s 

triennial shelf, POP, and slope trawl 

surveys, and the Northwest Fishery 

Science Center’s slope trawl surveys. 

The major sources of uncertainty in 

this stock assessment were: the assumed 

natural mortality rate, the age to length 

relationship, indistinct survey indices 

and length compositions resulting from 

a few large survey catches with larger 

than average fish, steepness of the 

spawner-recruit curve, and the lack of 

species specific historical landings prior 

to 1978. Uncertainty in the model 

results focused on the examination of 

alternative natural mortality values. The 

primary source of this conflict was the 

Alaska Fisheries Science Center slope 

survey, where the abundance index fit 

best when natural mortality equaled 

0.05, but the lengths fit best when it 

equaled 0.10. Length data from the 

fishery, shelf and Northwest Fisheries 

Science Center slope survey indices and 

length compositions all fit best for 

natural mortality values of the 0.07–0.08 

range. The STAR panel determined that 

the confidence intervals produced 

within the models underestimated 

uncertainty. They determined 

uncertainty could be bracketed by 

assuming a natural mortality value of 

0.07 in the base model. Because 

darkblotched rockfish is a long-lived 

species that is difficult to age due to 

frequent natural check marks in the 

otoliths, the range on natural mortality 

was broadened to qualitatively reflect 

this additional uncertainty. The SSC 

endorsed the stock assessment base 

model as the best scientific data 

available for management decisions. 

The last full assessment was 

conducted in 2000 and estimated the 

stock to be at 22 percent of its unfished 

biomass in 2000. The result of the new 

assessment estimates that darkblotched 

rockfish was at 16 percent of its 

unfished biomass in 2005, and was 

notably lower in 2000 (8 percent) than 

had been estimated in the previous 

assessment. However, the assessment 

indicates that the spawning output has 

more than doubled since 1999 resulting 

in rapid rebuilding of the stock due to 

the strong numbers of fish spawned in 

1999 and 2000 maturing and entering 

the fishery. This strong recruitment 

combined with low exploitation rates in 

recent years has resulted in more rapid 

rebuilding than expected in the 2000 

assessment. The ABC is projected to be 

456 mt in 2007 and 487 mt in 2008. The 

ABCs are projected from the 2005 base 

stock assessment model with an FMSY

proxy of F50%. 

POP stock assessment and rebuilding 

analysis updates were prepared in 2005 

for the U.S. portion of the Vancouver 

area and Columbia area (U.S. waters 

north of 43° N. lat.) This assessment is 

an update and uses the same model as 

in the 2003 assessment, a forward 

projection age-structured model. As a 

stock assessment update, the model 

code was unchanged, but the following 

new data which extended the model 

time series were incorporated into the 

model: catch through 2004, fishery 

length and weight compositions from 

2003 and 2004, the 2004 slope survey 

biomass estimate, the slope survey age 

composition data for 2001, 2003 and 

2004, the 2004 triennial shelf survey 

biomass estimate, and the triennial shelf 

survey age composition data from 1995 

and 2004. 

A number of sources of uncertainty 

are explicitly addressed in the 

assessment. For example, allowance is 

made for uncertainty in natural 

mortality, the parameters of the stockrecruitment relationship, and the survey 

catchability coefficients. However, 

sensitivity analyses based upon 

alternative model structures and data set 

choices suggested that the overall 

uncertainty may be greater than that 

predicted by a single model 

specification, as was the case in the 

2003 assessment. There are also other 

sources of uncertainty that are not 

included in the current model. The SSC 

endorsed the assessment update as the 

best scientific data available for 

management decisions. 

The updated assessment estimated the 

stock to be at 23.4 percent of its 

unfished biomass in 2005. Recent 

decades have provided rather poor 

recruitment when compared with the 

1950s and 1960s, although the 1999 and 

2000 year classes (2002 and 2003 

recruitment years) appear to be larger 

those seen since the early 1970s. From 

1965 to 1998 recruitment was relatively 

stable and showed recruits/spawning 

output as an increasing trend over time. 

The situation is now somewhat more 

complicated because there was not an 

obvious increasing trend in recruits/ 

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2005 assessments, nor are the 

recruitments completely stable.Despite 

this, the low exploitation rate shown in 

the assessment (1 percent) since 2000, 

has allowed the stock to rebuild slowly. 

Since that time, the POP stock has 

increased from 20.9 percent of the 

unfished biomass to 23.4 percent. The 

POP ABC of 900 mt for 2007 and 911 

mt for 2008 were projected from the 

2005 stock assessment base model with 

an FMSY proxy of F50%. 

A new coastwide stock assessment 

and rebuilding analysis were completed 

for widow rockfish in 2005. Like the 

2003 assessment, an age-based 

population model was used with 

updated landings data, additional age 

composition data, and revised 

abundance indices. These changes 

included: the addition of bottom trawl 

survey indices from 1977 to 2004, a 

depletion rate computed in the same 

way as in the 2003 rebuilding analysis, 

an estimated power coefficient for the 

midwater juvenile survey rather than a 

fixed value, a value for recruitment 

steepness based on past knowledge of 

the stock was included in the likelihood 

functions, and effective sample sizes for 

age composition data were used. Of the 

four alternative models that were used 

to measure uncertainty in the stock 

assessment, one was selected as the base 

model. The results of the 2005 base 

model stock assessment estimated that 

the widow rockfish stock was at 31.1 

percent of its unfished biomass in 2004. 

In retrospect, the new assessment shows 

that the stock biomass may not have 

declined below the overfished species 

threshold of 25 percent of its unfished 

biomass as was estimated in previous 

assessments. 

Similar to other rockfish species, the 

biomass of widow rockfish has 

decreased steadily since the early 1980s 

and recruitment during early 1990s is 

estimated to have been considerably 

smaller than before the mid 1970s. The 

reason for the lower recruitment during 

the period could be due to lower 

spawning stock biomass, but it could 

also be due to environmental 

conditions. There is evidence that 

recruitment of many rockfish species 

since 1999 has been higher than 1990s 

average recruitment. This evidence is 

also supported by the most recent 

juvenile survey and age composition 

data. 

The lack of a reliable abundance 

index for widow rockfish is a major 

source of uncertainty in the assessment 

results. The primary source of 

information on trends in abundance of 

widow rockfish is fishery dependent 

information from the Oregon bottom 

trawl logbook data. No Oregon bottom 

trawl logbook data after 1999 can be 

used in the assessment because the 

catch rates were very low due to trip 

limits and other management 

regulations. Triennial survey indices 

were used in the assessment as an 

additional abundance index. At this 

time, there is no fishery independent 

survey conducted specifically for midwater species such as widow rockfish. 

Because widow rockfish is a mid-water 

species, the use of bottom trawl survey 

data may not be representative of the 

population and is a source of 

uncertainty in the assessment model. 

Additional areas of uncertainty include: 

the estimated value used for natural 

mortality, the estimates of stockrecruitment relationships, the 

appropriate use of the Santa Cruz 

juvenile survey data where survey 

indices are highly variable, and the 

relationship of the Canadian stock to the 

U.S. stock. Rebuilding analyses rely on 

estimates of past stock-recruitment 

relationships to predict future stockrecruitment relationships that are then 

used to project stock growth rates and 

rebuilding trajectories. Therefore, 

uncertainty in the estimates of stockrecruitment relationships may lead to 

greater uncertainties in a rebuilding 

analysis and its ability to predict future 

stock recruitment rates. 

The SSC endorsed the assessment 

update as the best scientific data 

available for management decisions. 

The ABCs of 5,334 mt for 2007 and 

5,144 mt for 2008 are derived from the 

base model with the F50% FMSY proxy. 

In September 2005, the Council 

adopted a new assessment of yelloweye 

rockfish for use in 2007–2008 

management decision-making. However, 

in November, the Council decided to 

explore a re-assessment of yelloweye 

rockfish before the March 2006 Council 

meeting. Various technical issues 

compelled the Council to consider redoing the yelloweye assessment, 

including an investigation of new data 

sources particularly the International 

Pacific Halibut Commission’s (IPHC’s) 

fishery independent survey. The STAR 

Panel reviewing the original assessment 

was not afforded the time to consider 

new data sources or new approaches. 

The Council judged this shortcoming 

too important to defer until the next 

assessment cycle. 

The March 2006 assessment used a 

stock synthesis model and re-evaluated 

all of the available coastwide catch and 

effort information and reformulated all 

of the indices of abundance. Yelloweye 

rockfish populations were treated in two 

different ways in the assessment model, 

as a single coastwide stock and as 

separate and distinct sub-populations of 

each of the three states. Model changes 

include: the addition of abundance data 

from the IPHC’s fishery independent 

survey, a detailed examination of 

recreational catch per unit of effort, 

historical data back to 1923, change in 

selectivity curve for growth parameters, 

and a reduction in natural mortality 

rate. 

The yelloweye rockfish stock 

assessment was relatively data poor. 

Both the current and 2002 yelloweye 

rockfish stock assessment have been 

tuned to a recreational catch per unit of 

effort index and lack fishery 

independent trend information. Because 

yelloweye rockfish are found in rocky 

habitat and are not as vulnerable to 

trawl gear as other rockfish, the bottom 

trawl survey data is of limited use in 

assessing the population. Standardized 

fishery independent sampling is 

designed so that changes in sampled 

indices of the population reflect changes 

in the population being measured, 

rather than changes in management and 

sampling methodology. Fishery catch 

per unit of effort data can be vulnerable 

to changes in behavior of the fishery 

(area of operation, gear, target species, 

etc.) rather than changes in the 

population. For yelloweye rockfish, the 

model’s ability to assess the resource is 

limited by the lack of size and age 

composition data and the lack of fishery 

independent survey data. The SSC 

believes that for future assessments to 

be fruitful, new trend indices, 

particularly for waters off California and 

Oregon, are needed. 

Yelloweye rockfish is vulnerable to 

localized depletion because of its 

sedentary nature. Although considerable 

progress was made in developing a 

plausible model for each of the states, 

adequate data were not available to 

support such an approach. The SSC 

encouraged further development of areaspecific models, and ultimately SSC 

endorsed the coastwide assessment and 

recommended its use for management 

decisions. The results of the coastwide 

assessment estimated that yelloweye 

rockfish is at 17.7 percent of its 

unfished biomass coastwide in 2006 and 

that the stock is lagging behind the 

original rebuilding schedule. The 

coastwide ABCs of 23 mt for 2007 and 

20 for 2008 were derived from the 

revised base model stock assessment 

with an FMSY proxy of F50%. 

The 2007 and 2008 ABCs are based on 

the best scientific information available 

to the Council at its November 2005 and 

April 2006 meetings. Stock assessment 

documents and related reports were 

made available to the public prior to the 

Council’s April 2006 meeting and can 

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Additional information on the 

groundfish stocks can be found in the 

EIS prepared for this action and in 

documents that were available at the 

April and June 2006 Council meetings 

(see ADDRESSES). 

OY-setting Policies 

The Council recommends annual 

harvest levels, which are OYs, for the 

species or species groups that it 

manages. The Magnuson-Stevens Act 

requires the FMP to prevent overfishing 

while achieving, on a continuing basis, 

the OY from each fishery. Overfishing is 

defined in the National Standards 

Guidelines (50 CFR part 600, subpart D) 

as exceeding the fishing mortality rate 

(F) needed to produce MSY on a 

continuing basis. 

A biennial management cycle, 

adopted under Amendment 17 to the 

FMP, is being used to establish the 2007 

and 2008 harvest specifications and 

management measures. At the beginning 

of the biennial management cycle, two 

one-year ABCs and OYs will be adopted 

for each species or species complex the 

Council proposes to manage. The 

annual OYs will be applied in the same 

manner as has been done in previous 

years. If an OY is not achieved or is 

exceeded in the first year, the underage 

or overage will not be transferred to the 

following year, as such a transfer could 

result in severe fishing and management 

problems in the second year. Overages 

or underages are accounted for in 

subsequent stock assessments, which 

are populated with historical total catch 

and other relevant data. 

The 2007 and 2008 OYs for species 

other than those managed with 

overfished species rebuilding plans are 

set at levels that are expected to prevent 

overfishing, equal to or less than their 

ABCs. For overfished species, the OYs 

are set at levels that allow the 

overfished species to rebuild as quickly 

as possible, taking into account the 

status and biology of the stock, the 

needs of fishing communities, and the 

interaction of the stock within the 

marine ecosystem. The specific OYs 

being adopted for overfished species are 

described below in ‘‘OY Policies and 

Rebuilding Parameters for Overfished 

Species.’’

The Council used the FMP’s ‘‘40–10’’

policy to set OYs for species not 

managed with overfished species 

rebuilding plans, a policy designed to 

prevent those species from becoming 

overfished. If the stock biomass is larger 

than the biomass needed to produce 

MSY (BMSY), the OY may be set equal 

to or less than ABC. The Council uses 

40 percent as a default proxy for BMSY, 

also referred to as B40%. A stock with a 

current biomass between 25 percent of 

the unfished level and BMSY (the 

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 

further the stock is below the 

precautionary threshold, the greater the 

reduction in OY relative to the ABC, so 

that the slope of this line assumes that, 

at B10%, the OY would be set at zero. 

This is, in effect, a default rebuilding 

policy for precautionary zone stocks 

that will foster quicker return to the 

BMSY level than would fishing at the 

ABC level. Stocks below B25% have OYs 

set with species-specific rebuilding 

plans, designed to meet the rebuilding 

requirements of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Act. For further information on the 40–

10 policy see the FMP at Section 5.3. 

After considering appropriate 

analysis, the Council may recommend 

setting the OY higher than what the 

default OY harvest policy specifies and 

as long as the OY: does not exceed the 

ABC (which is set at FMSY), complies 

with the requirements of the MagnusonStevens Act, and is consistent with the 

National Standard Guidelines. On a 

case-by-case basis, additional 

precaution may be added as is 

warranted by uncertainty in the data or 

by higher risks of being overfished. If a 

stock falls below 25 percent of its 

unfished biomass (B25%) and is declared 

overfished, the Magnuson-Stevens Act 

requires the Council to develop a 

rebuilding plan within one year from 

the declaration date. 

In addition, the Council has the 

discretion to make additional OY 

adjustments for stocks with only 

rudimentary stock assessments. For 

such stocks, the Council’s policy is to 

set the OY at 75 percent of the ABC. For 

stocks that have not been quantitatively 

assessed and where the ABC is based on 

historical data, the OY policy is to set 

the OY at 50 percent of the ABC. For 

further information, see the preamble 

discussion of the Annual Specification 

and Management Measures published 

on January 11, 2001 (66 FR 2338). 

2007 and 2008 OYs For Healthy and 

Precautionary Zone Species 

The species that had OYs in 2005 and 

2006 continue to have OYs in 2007 and 

2008. As stated above, the FMP provides 

the Council’s guidance on setting 

harvest specifications for groundfish at 

a variety of stock status levels. In 

November 2005, the Council reviewed 

the list of groundfish stocks that needed 

species or species group harvest levels 

set for 2007–2008 to determine which of 

those species or species complexes 

either had no new information on its 

status as of the 2005 stock assessments, 

or fell clearly into one of the FMP 

management categories with alreadyarticulated harvest strategy guidance. 

For each species or species groups 

falling into one or both of those 

categories, the Council did not consider 

a broad set of harvest level alternatives, 

but only considered a single 

combination of ABC/OY harvest levels 

for 2007–2008. These species included: 

Pacific cod, shortbelly rockfish, 

splitnose rockfish south, yellowtail 

rockfish north, black rockfish, cabezon 

South of 42 deg. N. lat., English sole, 

arrowtooth flounder, other flatfish, other 

fish. In April 2006, the Council 

recommended adoption of the single 

ABC/OYs combination values for these 

species. Specific information on the 

OYs recommended for adoption by the 

Council, and the information of how the 

OYs were derived can be found in the 

footnotes to Table 1a. and Table 2a. 

Species for which the Council 

considered alternative OYs include: 

lingcod, sablefish, chilipepper, 

shortspine thornyhead, longspine 

thornyhead, minor rockfish north and 

south, California scorpionfish, Dover 

sole, petrale sole, and starry flounder. 

Lingcod is currently estimated to be 

above 40 percent of unfished biomass 

on a coastwide basis; however, the 

southern portion of the stock (south of 

the CA/OR border at 42° N. lat.) is 

estimated to be just below 25 percent of 

its unfished biomass. The OYs were 

divided north and south of the CA/OR 

border to facilitate better state-based 

management in nearshore waters. The 

coastwide lingcod OY under Alternative 

1 of 6,280 mt (5,428 mt for the northern 

portion of the stock and 852 mt for the 

southern portion of the stock) was 

calculated by setting the OY equal to the 

coastwide ABC, as lingcod is a healthy 

stock. The coastwide lingcod OY under 

Alternative 2, 6,088 mt (5,428 mt for the 

northern portion of the stock and 660 mt 

for the southern portion of the stock) is 

the sum of separate northern and 

southern lingcod substock OYs with the 

southern OY having a 40–10 

adjustment, because the southern 

substock is estimated to be at 27 percent 

of its unfished biomass. In addition to 

the first two alternatives, CDFG brought 

forward a recommendation to maintain 

the 2006 OY of 612 mt for the southern 

potion of the stock. The final OY 

adopted of 6,040 mt was based on the 

CDFG recommendation of 612 mt for the 

southern portion of the stock and 5,428 

mt for the northern portion of the stock. 

The final OY is intermediate to the first 

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allow the southern portion of the stock 

to continue increasing in biomass. 

A coastwide sablefish stock 

assessment was prepared in 2005. The 

coastwide sablefish biomass was 

estimated to be at 35.2 percent of its 

unfished biomass in 2005. Projections 

indicate that the biomass is increasing 

and will be near 42 percent by 2008. 

Alternative 1, 4,574 mt was calculated 

by applying the 40–10 adjustment to the 

ABC derived from the low stock/ 

production model in the 2005 sablefish 

assessment and OY Alternative 2, 5,934 

mt, was calculated by applying the 40–

10 adjustment using the assessment’s 

base case model. Each coastwide OY 

alternative was also divided north and 

south of 36° N. lat. using the status quo 

proportions from 2006. Alternative 

methods for apportioning the OY were 

not considered because the STAR Panel 

recommended calculating coastwide 

biomass without including Conception 

area survey data. The Council 

recommended adopting the Alternative 

2 OY, 5,934 mt, for 2007 and 2008, 

which is substantially less than the 2006 

OY of 7,634 mt. 

There is no new stock assessment 

from which to base new harvest 

specifications for chilipepper rockfish. 

Chilipepper rockfish is a healthy stock, 

with its biomass estimated to be above 

B40%. Two OY alternatives were 

considered because chilipepper rockfish 

co-occur with bocaccio, an overfished 

species. Alternative 1 OY is the status 

quo OY of 2,000 mt, which is a 

reduction from the ABC determined in 

the 1998 assessment. The OY 

adjustment is to constrain mortality on 

co-occurring bocaccio. The Alternative 2 

OY, 2,700 is set equal to the ABC 

projections in the 1998 assessment. The 

Council considered the OY alternatives 

and recommended maintaining a 

chilipepper rockfish OY of 2,000 mt, 

which provides the precautionary 

adjustment for bocaccio. 

Shortspine thornyhead was assessed 

coastwide in 2005 and the stock was 

estimated to be at 63 percent of its 

unfished biomass in 2007. The 

shortspine thornyhead OY alternatives 

considered by the Council provide for 

area-specific OYs north and south of Pt. 

Conception. The OY under Alternative 

1 includes an OY for the area south of 

Pt. Conception (421 mt)on the base case 

stock assessment scenario from the 2005 

stock assessment, which indicated that 

34 percent of the coastwide biomass is 

in this area, and with a 50 percent 

reduction to account for the paucity of 

survey data south of Pt. Conception. The 

Council recommended making a 50–

percent reduction because the SSC had 

concluded that the assessment was only 

marginally sufficient to estimate 

resource status given the short duration 

and density of survey data south of Pt. 

Conception. 

The shortspine thornyhead OY under 

Alternative 1 for the area north of Pt. 

Conception (1,240 mt) was from the 

base case stock assessment indicating 66 

percent of the coastwide biomass is in 

this area, reduced by a 25 percent 

precautionary deduction from the ABC. 

The Council recommended making the 

25–percent reduction because the SSC 

had concluded that the assessment was 

marginally sufficient to estimate 

resource status. The Alternative 2 OY 

for the areas north and south of 34° 27′ 

N. lat. were based on the same biomass 

estimates from the 2005 stock 

assessment base case model, but with no 

precautionary reduction. Under 

Alternative 2, the OY alternative for the 

area south of Pt. Conception (841 mt) 

was based on an estimate that 34 

percent coastwide biomass is in this 

area, and the OY alternative for the 

northern portion (1,634 mt) is based on 

an estimate of the remaining 66 percent 

of the coastwide biomass. 

Specifying an OY for the area south of 

Pt. Conception is expected to distribute 

harvest opportunities proportional to 

the relative abundance of the resource. 

The precautionary OYs specified in 

Alternative 1 were not considered to be 

constraining relative to recent catches. 

In light of the data-poor nature of 

thisassessment, the Council 

recommended the adoption of the more 

precautionary Alternative 1. 

Longspine thornyhead was assessed 

coastwide in 2005 and the stock was 

estimated to be at 69 percent of its 

unfished biomass in 2007. The two 

longspine thornyhead OY alternatives 

provide for area-specific OYs north and 

south of Pt. Conception. Area-specific 

OYs are intended to distribute harvest 

opportunities in proportion to the 

relative abundance of the resource. 

Alternative 1, 2,696 mt, was based on 

the assumption of a constant density of 

the stock throughout the Conception 

area with the proportion of the stock 

area north and south of Pt. Conception 

having a 25 percent precautionary 

reduction. The second alternative, 3,930 

mt, was based on a constant density 

throughout the Conception area and no 

precautionary adjustment. Because 

longspine thornyhead is considered to 

be a healthy stock, the OY can be set 

equal to the ABC as was done under 

Alternative 2. The precautionary OYs 

specified in Alternative 1 are not 

constraining relative to recent catches. 

In light of the data-poor nature of this 

assessment, the Council recommended 

Alternative 1. 

In 2005 the Council approved new 

assessments for two species managed 

within the minor rockfish south 

complex. The Council recommended 

that California scorpionfish be removed 

from this complex and be managed with 

a separate OY, while gopher rockfish 

remain within the complex and the OY 

be adjusted to reflect new information 

from this stock assessment. Gopher 

rockfish are part of the Minor Nearshore 

Rockfish South portion of this complex. 

Gopher rockfish co-occur with both 

shallow and deeper nearshore species 

and cannot be cleanly targeted. As a 

result, raising the gopher rockfish 

portion of the minor nearshore rockfish 

south OY to the level derived from the 

stock assessment could result in 

additional harvest of other data-poor 

stocks within the complex, rather than 

just harvests of gopher rockfish. 

The minor rockfish south complex is 

comprised of three depth-associated 

rockfish assemblages: minor nearshore, 

minor shelf, and minor slope. Four OY 

alternatives considered by the Council 

for minor rockfish south included: 

Alternative 1, 1,753 mt, in which the 

OY includes the current contribution for 

gopher rockfish (48.5 mt); Alternative 2, 

1,855 mt, which was determined by 

removing the current contribution for 

gopher rockfish (48.5 mt) from the OY 

and then increasing the OY by 50 

percent of the new gopher ABC/OY of 

302 mt (based on the 2007–2008 average 

ABC/OY; 2007 = 340 mt, 2008 = 264 

mt); Alternative 3, 1,898 mt, which was 

determined by removing the current 

contribution for gopher rockfish (48.5 

mt) from the OY and then increasing the 

OY by 75 percent of the new gopher 

ABC/OY of 302 mt (based on the 2007–

2008 average ABC/OY; 2007 = 340 mt, 

2008 = 264 mt); and Alternative 4, 2,006 

mt, which was determined by removing 

the current contribution for gopher 

rockfish (48.5 mt) from the OY and then 

increasing the OY by the new gopher 

ABC/OY of 302 mt (based on the 2007–

2008 average ABC/OY; 2007 = 340 mt, 

2008 = 264 mt). The Council 

recommended 1,904 mt, the preferred 

OY alternative, which was intermediate 

to Alternatives 3 and 4 and included the 

new gopher rockfish contribution. The 

Council recommended dividing that 

1,904 mt OY into the three major depth 

assemblages for the minor rockfish 

south OY: 564 mt attributed to minor 

nearshore species, 714 mt attributed to 

the minor shelf, and 626 mt to the minor 

slope species. The minor nearshore 

rockfish contribution was the ABC 

contribution based on 2001–2002 

landings, reduced by 50 percent as a 

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contributions from the other depth 

assemblages remain unchanged. 

California scorpionfish south of 34° 

27′ N. lat. was assessed in 2005 and was 

estimated to be above 40 percent of its 

unfished biomass in 2005. The 

California scorpionfish assessment used 

a recreational catch data stream based 

upon Commercial Passenger Fishing 

Vessel (CPFV) logbook data expanded to 

total recreational catch using a 

proportion of CPFV to total recreational 

catch (based upon Marine Recreational 

Fisheries Statistics Survey catch 

history). The Council′s SSC approved 

this assessment, with the caveat that the 

ABC/OY from this assessment could 

only be related to recreational catch 

calculated in the same manner as this 

catch stream. Consequently, an 

alternative ABC/OY was generated by 

modifying the original ABC/OY from 

the assessment so that it could be 

compared and tracked using California 

Recreational Fisheries Survey (CRFS) 

catch estimates. 

Because the stock is above B40%

coastwide, the OY could be set equal to 

the ABC. Both the original stock 

assessment and the modified stock 

assessment were used to develop the 

ABC/OY alternatives for California 

scorpionfish. Alternative 1, 137 mt, was 

an average of the 2007 and 2008 ABC/ 

OYs as modified for comparison against 

CRFS estimates. Alternative 2, 219 mt, 

was an average of the 2007 and 2008 

ABC/OYS based on CPFV logbook data 

taken directly from the new assessment. 

The Council selected an OY of 175 mt, 

which is an intermediate value between 

Alternatives 1 and 2. 

Dover sole north of 34° 27′ N. lat. was 

assessed in 2005. The Dover sole 

biomass was estimated to be at 59.8 

percent of its unfished biomass in 2005 

and is projected to be increasing. The 

OY alternatives specified for analysis for 

Dover sole stock are 16,500 mt under 

Alternative 1 and 28,482 mt under 

Alternative 2. The first OY alternative is 

equal to the equilibrium MSY from the 

2005 stock assessment; the second 

alternative is set equal to the ABC 

because the stock is above B40%

coastwide. The Council recommended 

OY Alternative 1, 16,500 mt, which was 

derived from the equilibrium MSY at 

F40% in the base model. The OY of 

16,500 mt, which is less than the ABC, 

is the MSY harvest level and is 

considerably larger than the coastwide 

catches in any recent years. 

A petrale sole stock assessment was 

prepared in 2004. In 2005, the petrale 

sole stock coastwide was estimated to be 

at 32 percent of its unfished biomass (34 

percent in the northern assessment area 

and 29 percent of its unfished biomass 

in the southern assessment area). The 

petrale sole biomass is believed to be 

increasing. Three OY alternatives for 

petrale sole (coastwide) were analyzed 

for Council decision: 1,921 mt under 

Alternative 1, 2,499 mt under 

Alternative 2, and 2,883 mt under 

Alternative 3. The coastwide OY of 

1,921 mt under Alternative 1 was based 

on the low spawning stock biomass 

model from the new stock assessment. 

The Coastwide OY of 2,499 mt under 

Alternative 2 was derived from the base 

model with a 40–10 adjustment for the 

northern and southern substock with an 

additional 25 percent reduction in the 

OYs for the southern stock due to 

assessment uncertainty. The coastwide 

OY under Alternative 3 of 2,883 mt, was 

derived from the base case stock 

assessment model with the 40–10 

adjustment for both the northern and 

southern substock. 

Each of the coastwide OYs were also 

subdivided by INPFC regions (Columbia 

and US-Vancouver areas and Eureka, 

Monterey, and Conception areas) and by 

latitude (north and south of 40°10′ N. 

lat.) for consideration of regional 

management. The Council 

recommended the adoption of the 

Alternative 2 coastwide OY of 2,499 mt. 

Although the Council considered 

regional management designed to 

achieve the OY specification, stratifying 

the OY north and south of 40° 10′ N. lat. 

was expected to result in a decrease in 

bottom trawl ex-vessel revenues of over 

$3 million, but could be higher or lower 

depending on the alternative chosen. 

The Council did not endorse regional 

management of petrale sole. 

Starry flounder was assessed for the 

first time in 2005. The SSC reviewed the 

new stock assessment and 

recommended the stock assessment for 

management decision-making. For the 

first time, starry flounder is proposed to 

be removed from the ‘‘other flatfish’’

category and managed as a separate 

species with its own ABC and OY 

values. The Council requested the 

following two OY alternatives be 

analyzed for starry flounder: 890 mt and 

1,186 mt. OY Alternative 1 (890 mt) is 

based on a 25 percent reduction of the 

combined 2007 and 2008 area OYs from 

the base model in the stock assessment. 

The Council recommended a 

precautionary adjustment of 25 percent 

because it is a relatively data poor stock. 

OY Alternative 2 (1,186 mt) was based 

on the combined area OYs from the base 

model in the stock assessment. The 

Council considered the alternative OYs 

and recommended an OY of 890 mt, 

which includes the precautionary 

adjustment of 25 percent for data poor 

stocks. 

At its April meeting, the Council 

adopted a tentative black rockfish 

sharing framework for 2007–2008 that 

would carry forward the 2005–2006 

black rockfish catch sharing 

recommendation of 58 percent to 

Oregon and 42 percent to California 

within the southern OY. The Council 

further recommended specifying those 

values as harvest guidelines in the 

Federal regulations for the respective 

states. These percentages result in an 

Oregon harvest guideline of 419 mt 

(recreational and commercial harvest 

guidelines of 286.6–350.2 mt and 90.5–

110.7 mt respectively) and a California 

harvest guideline of 303 mt. Much of the 

harvest of black rockfish occurs in state 

waters and the states actively manage 

these fisheries. The States of California 

and Oregon have factored in 

precautionary approaches in managing 

to these black rockfish targets. 

For the waters off Oregon, the 

recreational fishery catch estimate and 

commercial harvest guideline for black 

rockfish are being presented as a range 

because the Oregon State rulemaking 

process does not coincide with the 

Council’s management measures 

development process. The Oregon Fish 

and Wildlife Commission will make 

recommendations on in-state allocation 

issues in December 2006, too late for the 

proposed rule comment period for this 

action. The Oregon Fish and Wildlife 

Commission is scheduled to meet on 

December 8, 2006, at the Oregon 

Department of Fish and Wildlife 

(ODFW) office in Salem. The schedule 

of meetings, the process for providing 

written or oral testimony, as well as the 

agenda and meeting materials for the 

upcoming meeting, are available online 

at the following ODFW website address: 

www.dfw.state.or.us/agency/ 

commission. Information on the Oregon 

recommendation can be obtained from 

the following web site in early 

December: www.dfw.state.or.us/agency/ 

commission/minutes/. 

OY Policies and Rebuilding Parameters 

for Overfished Species 

Earlier, this notice discussed the 

Council’s decision making process and 

how that process focused the Council’s 

decision on a suite of inter-related OYs 

for overfished species. As discussed 

above, the overfished species OYs 

constrain fishing for all co-occurring 

groundfish species and for some nongroundfish species as well, making the 

suite of overfished species OYs the 

cornerstone of the entire groundfish 

harvest specifications and management 

measures package. As also discussed 

above, adopting a suite of interrelated 

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Council to recommend a management 

package that best took into account the 

status and biology of those stocks and 

the needs of fishing communities by 

emphasizing protection for the species 

most sensitive to changes in OY harvest 

levels and for communities most 

vulnerable to shifts in groundfish 

fishing income. 

The results of the most recent round 

of stock assessments for overfished 

species were, in general, more 

optimistic than the prior round of 

assessments. The exception to this is 

yelloweye rockfish, which was 

substantially more pessimistic. 

Yelloweye rockfish have a life history 

that illustrates the classic challenge of 

rebuilding overfished West Coast 

rockfish stocks they are slow to mature, 

have low productivity, and can live in 

excess of 100 years. Given their low 

productivity, small changes in 

yelloweye rockfish harvest levels can 

result in large changes to the associated 

constant harvest rates. The Council 

recognized the need to restrict the 

fisheries based on the new yelloweye 

rockfish assessment, but also took into 

account the potentially widespread 

negative effects of an immediate 

reduction in OY and recommended an 

OY ramp-down strategy over a 5–year 

period. The ramp-down strategy 

provides time to collect much-needed 

additional data that could better inform 

new management measures for greater 

yelloweye rockfish protection, and 

reduces the immediate adverse impacts 

to fishing communities while altering 

the rebuilding period by less than one 

year. 

The DEIS analyzes the effects of a 12–

12.6 mt yelloweye rockfish OY in 2007, 

estimating that multiple fishing sectors 

and communities would be negatively 

affected by that OY level, and affected 

to large degree. The DEIS estimates that 

recreational fishing effort for groundfish 

and Pacific halibut off Washington 

would decrease by 30 percent under the 

12–mt yelloweye rockfish alternative. 

Off Oregon, it is estimated that 

recreational fishing effort for groundfish 

and Pacific halibut would decrease by 

32 percent, and recreational fishing 

effort for groundfish off California 

would decrease by over 33 percent. 

Commercial fixed gear vessels that 

homeport along the northern 

Washington coast and Puget Sound 

would likely experience a complete 

closure of traditional fishing grounds for 

sablefish. Some of these vessels could 

choose to move further south along the 

coast and homeport in different 

locations in order to access other fishing 

grounds; however, this would have 

repercussions to those communities 

where fixed gear vessels currently 

homeport, and many of these 

communities are described as being 

resource-dependent. Analysis of 

commercial management measures 

designed to achieve a suite of OYs for 

all overfished species and which 

included the 12 mt yelloweye rockfish 

OY showed that ex-vessel revenue 

would be reduced by nearly 40 percent. 

However, this is likely an overestimate 

of the reduction in commercial fisheries 

if only yelloweye rockfish were to be 

reduced to 12 mt and other overfished 

species were to remain at status quo 

levels. By contrast, the EIS estimates 

that the OY ramp-down strategy would 

have effects in 2007 on the recreational 

fisheries ranging from near status quo to 

22 percent reduction in angler effort, 

and on the commercial fisheries ranging 

from near status quo to 13 percent 

reduction in revenues. 

The yelloweye rockfish OY rampdown strategy is a departure from the 

past practice of setting constant harvest 

rates that are intended to carry through 

time to the rebuilt dates. The ramped 

down yelloweye rockfish OYs for 2007–

2010 begin with 23 mt in 2007 and 

continue to 20 mt in 2008, ultimately 

reaching 13.5 mt in 2011. Beginning in 

2011, the yelloweye rockfish rebuilding 

plan would revert to a constant harvest 

rate of F = 0.0101 through to the rebuilt 

date of 2083.5. By contrast, an initial 

2007 OY based on this harvest rate 

would result in an OY of 12.6 mt and 

a rebuilt date of 2083. As points of 

reference, the 2006 yelloweye rockfish 

OY is 27 mt, with expected total catch 

currently estimated at 21.1 mt. 

The Council recommended separate 

harvest guidelines for yelloweye 

rockfish for the recreational fisheries 

that are divided at the Oregon/California 

border (42° N. lat.). The yelloweye 

rockfish harvest guideline for the area 

north of 42° N. lat. is 6.8 mt in 2007 and 

2008, and the harvest guideline for the 

area south of 42° N. lat. is 2.1 mt in 2007 

and 2008 with a residual amount of 1.5 

mt that will be set aside and, if needed, 

will have a priority on being made 

available to the recreational fishery. 

Canary rockfish and bocaccio are 

more productive than yelloweye 

rockfish and cowcod, but less 

productive than POP, darkblotched 

rockfish, and widow rockfish. The 

Council recommended adopting OYs for 

canary and bocaccio that are relatively 

close to preseason catch predictions 

with room to accommodate inseason 

deviations from pre-season catch 

predictions. Doing so would have a 

relatively small impact on the 

rebuilding times for these species, but 

would accommodate management 

flexibility, reduce the need for inseason 

adjustments to management, and result 

in greater stability to the management 

regime. The Council considered 

management measures for both species 

that would result in preseason catch 

projections that are slightly less than the 

recommended OY. 

Canary’s wide geographic distribution 

and catchability in all fisheries makes it 

one of the most constraining stocks 

when setting 2007–2008 management. 

The commercial trawl preseason 

bycatch rate projections have been off 

by a factor of 75–100 percent as 

compared to inseason estimates in 

recent years. This has required severe 

management adjustments inseason to 

keep canary mortality within the OY. 

West Coast Groundfish Observer 

Program (WCGOP) data for fixed gear is 

fairly sparse, and there is very little 

observer data for open access and 

recreational fisheries. Therefore, the 

Council recommended a 44 mt OY (the 

Preferred High OY) and management 

measures that would result in preseason 

catch projections that are slightly less 

than the Preferred High OY. The 

Council recommended separate harvest 

guidelines for canary rockfish for the 

recreational fisheries that are divided at 

the Oregon/California border (42° N. 

lat.). The canary rockfish recreational 

harvest guideline for the area north of 

42° N. lat. is 8.2 mt in 2007 and 2008, 

and the recreational harvest guideline 

for the area south of 42° N. lat. is 9.0 mt 

in 2007 and 2008. 

The Council’s recommended OY for 

bocaccio was 218 mt, however the 

projected catch is much lower. The 

bocaccio stock assessment demonstrates 

that recruitment is highly variable and 

anecdotal evidence suggests there may 

be a strong incoming year-class. Past 

experience indicates that young 

bocaccio are difficult to avoid for most 

fisheries and, should this strong year 

class become evident, incidental 

encounter rates would be expected to 

increase. Additionally, the commercial 

trawl preseason bycatch rate projections 

for bocaccio have been off by a 

significant amount (100–200 percent) as 

compared to inseason estimates in 

recent years, and fixed gear WCGOP 

data, especially for the area south of 

40°10′N. lat., is fairly sparse. As with 

canary rockfish, revising catch 

projections with new information 

inseason has required severe 

management adjustments inseason to 

keep bocaccio mortality within the OY. 

Therefore, the Council recommended 

management measures that would result 

in preseason catch projections that are 

significantly less (e.g., about 15–20 mt) 

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Cowcod is an unproductive stock, 

similar to yelloweye rockfish; however, 

its most recent assessment shows this 

stock is less depleted than previously 

thought. Because of the more optimistic 

stock assessment result, the Council did 

not recommend a dramatic decrease in 

the OY, but rather status quo 

management with an OY of 4 mt. 

Continued use of closed areas as a 

management tool is expected to 

appropriately keep cowcod catch below 

its OY. 

POP, darkblotched rockfish, and 

widow rockfish are less depleted and 

more productive than the other three 

overfished species. The commercial 

trawl preseason bycatch rate projections 

for POP have been off by as much as 100 

percent as compared to inseason 

estimates in recent years. Having the 

POP preseason bycatch rate projections 

adjusted by new data received inseason 

has resulted in less dramatic corrective 

inseason adjustments to constrain POP 

harvest, mainly because POP harvest 

has been consistently below its OY due 

to measures that constrain incidental 

catch of co-occurring darkblotched 

rockfish. Like darkblotched, POP is 

rarely caught by fixed gear and 

recreational fisheries. However, the time 

estimated for POP to reach its rebuilt 

level is relatively short, so there will be 

increased incidental encounter rates for 

POP in 2007 and 2008. The OYs 

analyzed for POP in 2007 and 2008 (44 

mt and 100 mt) were significantly 

reduced from the 2006 OY level of 447 

mt. These reduced OYs were not the 

result of the recent stock assessment or 

rebuilding plan, but were proposed from 

recent catch levels in the commercial 

slope fisheries, which are more 

significantly constrained by 

darkblotched rebuilding levels. After 

weighing the effects of a higher OY on 

POP’s rebuilding time against the effects 

on fishing communities of more 

management flexibility, the Council 

recommended a POP OY of 150 mt. The 

Council anticipated that this OY, which 

was higher than the Preferred High OY, 

would be adequate to cover the 

rebuilding paradox of a potentially 

significant increased incidental 

encounter rate. (See earlier discussion 

on the Council’s decision-making 

process for an explanation of the 

rebuilding paradox.) 

For widow rockfish, the commercial 

trawl preseason bycatch rate projections 

have been off by as much as 100 percent 

as compared to inseason estimates in 

recent years. Widow rockfish is 

primarily incidentally taken in the 

whiting fishery, which has is 

constrained by a widow rockfish 

bycatch limit. Thus, constraining widow 

rockfish incidental catch inseason to 

account for revisions to preseason 

bycatch rate projections has primarily 

resulted in whiting fishery participants 

having to shift their fishing areas to 

better avoid widow rockfish. Precision 

in widow rockfish catch estimation 

methodology has greatly improved over 

the past year, however, especially for 

the trawl fishery. Widow rockfish occur 

infrequently in fixed gear and 

recreational fisheries. The time 

estimated for widow rockfish to reach 

its rebuilt level is relatively short, so 

there would likely be increased 

incidental encounter rates for widow 

rockfish in 2007 and 2008. The Council 

recommended management measures 

that would result in preseason catch 

projections that are slightly less than the 

Preferred High OY of 368 mt. 

In the recent past, the commercial 

trawl preseason bycatch rate projections 

for darkblotched rockfish have been off 

by as much as 250 percent as compared 

to inseason estimates. As with bocaccio 

and canary rockfish, revising bycatch 

rate projections with new information 

inseason has required severe 

management adjustments inseason to 

keep darkblotched rockfish mortality 

within the OY. Slope fishing 

opportunities have been largely closed 

in the past several winters in order to 

constrain darkblotched rockfish 

incidental catch, following the receipt of 

new inseason data that revised 

preseason bycatch rate projections. 

Darkblotched rockfish is rarely caught 

by fixed gear and recreational fisheries. 

While precision in catch estimation 

methodology has increased over the past 

year, inseason data indicates that actual 

catches are still about 50 percent higher 

than what was projected preseason for 

2006. Additionally, the time estimated 

for darkblotched rockfish to reach its 

rebuilt level is relatively short, and 

strong year classes from 1999 and 2000 

are now entering the fishery. Between 

2000 and 2005, both the biomass and 

the spawning output of darkblotched 

rockfish roughly doubled. The biomass 

is expected to increase by an additional 

40 percent from current levels by 2010, 

with spawning output doubling again in 

that period, at which point the stock is 

expected to be rebuilt. This rapid 

darkblotched rockfish stock increase 

means that there would likely be 

increased encounter rates for 

darkblotched rockfish in 2007 and 2008 

(i.e., the rebuilding paradox that occurs 

as the stock approaches target biomass 

levels, where catch rates increase even 

though fishing effort remains the same 

or decreases.) 

The Council considered including a 

relatively high amount of OY to cover 

the rebuilding paradox catch projection 

modeling uncertainty. As a potential 

consequence of variable and increasing 

encounter rates, darkblotched rockfish 

bycatch may cause early closure of 

commercial slope fisheries targeting cooccurring healthy stocks. The Council 

repeatedly heard testimony from 

industry on the importance of winter 

petrale and DTS (Dover sole, 

thornyhead, sablefish) fisheries in 

maintaining a permanent work force, 

and avoiding loss of markets to other 

supply sources which, once lost, can be 

difficult to regain. Concern over the 

potential loss of these fisheries, and 

recognition that an increase in the 2007 

and 2008 OYs would make little 

difference in when darkblotched would 

be rebuilt, led the Council to 

recommend OYs for darkblotched 

rockfish of 290 mt in 2007 and 330 mt 

in 2008. 

For each approved overfished species 

rebuilding plan, Amendment 16–4 will 

specify the following parameters in the 

FMP: estimates of unfished biomass (B0) 

and target biomass (BMSY), the year the 

stock would be rebuilt in the absence of 

fishing (TMIN), the year the stock would 

be rebuilt if all fishing mortality were to 

cease beginning in 2007 (TF=0,) the year 

the stock would be rebuilt if the 

maximum time period permissible 

under National Standard Guidelines 

were applied (TMAX), the target year in 

which the stock would be rebuilt under 

the adopted rebuilding plan (Ttarget also 

referred to as the median time to 

rebuild), the spawning potential ratio 

(SPR = spawning per recruit at the 

current population level relative to that 

at the stock’s unfished condition) and/ 

or the harvest control rule (F). Other 

relevant rebuilding information will 

also be included in the FMP. The 

estimated rebuilding parameters will 

serve as management benchmarks in the 

FMP and the FMP will not be amended 

if the values change after new stock 

assessments are completed, as is likely 

to happen. Regulations at 50 CFR 

660.365 that would implement 

Amendment 16–4 update rebuilding 

plan parameters, the target rebuilding 

date and the harvest control rule, from 

the most recent round of stock 

assessments and in accordance with 

Council recommendations for 

Amendment 16–4. Future updates that 

may be needed to these two parameters 

would be implemented via the Federal 

notice-and-comment rulemaking 

process. 

The OY alternatives analyzed in this 

EIS were based on harvest rates 

estimated from the rebuilding 

simulation program and were calculated 

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mortality (F or the harvest control rule), 

which may be converted to a Spawning 

Potential Ratio or SPR. This value is 

being provided so the specific fishing 

mortality rates can be more easily 

compared to one another and to 

standardize the basis of rebuilding 

calculations. Given fishery selectivity 

patterns and basic life history 

parameters, there is a direct inverse 

relationship between the harvest control 

rule and SPR. When there is no fishing, 

each new female recruit is expected to 

achieve 100 percent of its spawning 

potential. As fishing intensity increases, 

expected lifetime reproduction declines 

due to this added source of mortality. 

Conversion of the harvest control rule 

into the equivalent SPR has the benefit 

of standardizing for differences in 

growth, maturity, fecundity, natural 

mortality, and fishery selectivity 

patterns and, as a consequence, the SSC 

recommended that the SPR value be 

used routinely. 

Rebuilding parameters being defined 

in regulation include the harvest control 

rule and the target time to rebuild. If, 

after a new stock assessment, the 

Council and NMFS conclude that the 

parameters defined in regulation should 

be revised, the revision will be proposed 

through the Federal rulemaking process, 

and the updated values codified in the 

Federal regulation. Any changes to the 

values in regulation will be fully 

supported by a corresponding analysis 

and updated through the Federal 

rulemaking process, which would 

include opportunity for public notice 

and comment. 

An approved rebuilding plan will be 

implemented through setting OYs and 

establishing management measures 

necessary to maintain the fishing 

mortality within the OYs to achieve 

objectives related to rebuilding 

requirements. The adopted OYs and 

management measures being 

implemented through Federal regulation 

are summarized below. Management 

measures adopted for 2007 and 2008 are 

expected to keep the incidental catch of 

overfished species within the adopted 

OYs. Management measures designed to 

rebuild overfished species, or to prevent 

species from becoming overfished, may 

restrict the harvest of relatively healthy 

stocks that are harvested with 

overfished species. As a result of the 

constraining management measures 

imposed to rebuild overfished species, a 

number of the OYs for healthy stocks 

may not be achieved in 2007 or 2008. 

POP 

Date declared overfished: March 3, 

1999 

Areas affected: Vancouver and 

Columbia 

Status of stock: Following the 2005 

assessment, the stock was believed to be 

at 23.4 percent of unfished biomass 

level in 2005 

SB0: 37,838 units of spawning output 

SBMSY: 15,135 units of spawning 

output 

TMIN: 2015 

TF=0: 2015 

TMAX: 2043 

Target (median) year to rebuild: 2017 

SPR harvest rate: 86.4 percent 

Harvest control rule: F=0.011 

ABC: 900 mt in 2007, 911 mt in 2008 

OY: 150 mt in 2007 and 2008 

Biology of the stock: POP occur in the 

western north Pacific south to Honshu 

Japan, southern Bering Sea, and the 

eastern north Pacific south to Baja 

California. POP are found on the upper 

continental slope (slope), 109–150 fm 

(200–275 m) during the summer and 

somewhat deeper 164–246 fm (300–450 

m) during the winter. Adults sometimes 

aggregate up to 16 fm (29 m) above hardbottom features and may then disperse 

and rise into the water column at night. 

POP are livebearers. Most larvae are 

released February through May. The 

maximum age of POP has been 

determined to be 70 to 90 years. The 

mean generation time is 28 years. POP 

recruitment into the population occurs 

when the stock is at 3 years of age. Age 

of maturity and size varies with locality. 

POP reach 90 percent of their maximum 

size by age 20 years. Average size at age 

of mature females is greater than males. 

From 1965 to 1998, recruitment was 

relatively stable and showed recruits/ 

spawning output as an increasing trend 

over time. The situation is now slightly 

more complicated because there was not 

an obvious increasing trend in recruits/ 

spawning output for either the 2003 or 

2005 assessments, nor are the 

recruitments completely stable. 

Management measures for 2007 and 

2008: POP tend to occur in similar 

depths as darkblotched rockfish, 

although they have a more northern 

geographic distribution. Adult POP are 

often caught with other upper slope 

groundfish such as Dover sole, 

thornyheads, sablefish, and 

darkblotched, rougheye, and sharpchin 

rockfish. North of 40°10′ N. lat., POP are 

caught in similar fisheries as 

darkblotched rockfish. POP are rarely 

caught in the recreational fisheries. 

Management measures for 2007 and 

2008 that are intended to limit the 

bycatch of POP and keep fishing 

mortality within the OY include (1) 

RCAs to restrict fishing in areas where 

overfished species are found and (2) 

cumulative trip limits. 

Because POP co-occur with 

darkblotched rockfish, measures to 

reduce the incidental catch of 

darkblotched rockfish benefit POP. 

These measures include seaward trawl 

RCA boundaries that are established to 

keep fishing effort in deeper water 

where POP are less abundant, and 

cumulative limits for POP and minor 

slope rockfish that are intended to 

discourage targeting while allowing low 

levels of incidental catch to be landed. 

As needed, trip limits for other cooccurring species may be adjusted to 

reduce POP bycatch. 

Darkblotched Rockfish 

Date declared overfished: January 11, 

2001 (66 FR 2338) 

Areas affected: Coastwide 

Status of the stock: Following the 

2005 stock assessment the coastwide 

stock was believed to be at 16 percent 

of its unfished biomass level. 

SB0: 25,361 mt 

SBMSY: 10,144 mt 

TMIN: 2009 

TF=0: 2010 

TMAX: 2033 

ABC: 456 mt in 2007, 487 mt in 2008 

OY: 290 mt in 2007, 330 mt in 2008 

Target (median) year to rebuild: 2011 

SPR harvest rate: 64.1 percent for 

2007 and 60.7 percent for 2008 

Harvest control rule: F=0.029 for 2007 

and F=0.030 for 2008 

Biology of the stock: Darkblotched 

rockfish occur from Tanaga Island 

(Aleutian Islands) and Bering Sea to 

near Catalina Island, California. They 

are most abundant from Oregon to 

British Columbia. Darkblotched rockfish 

occur on the outer shelf and slope, 

mainly north of Point Reyes (38° N. lat). 

Most adult darkblotched rockfish are 

associated with hard substrates on the 

lower shelf and upper slope at depths 

between 77 and 200 fm (140 and 365 m). 

Like many Sebastes species, 

darkblotched rockfish show sexually 

dimorphic growth, in that females grow 

faster than and reach larger sizes than 

males. Darkblotched rockfish migrate to 

deeper waters with increasing size and 

age. Diurnal migration, raising offbottom at night, is also is a likely 

behavior of darkblotched rockfish. 

In general, darkblotched rockfish mate 

from August to December, eggs are 

fertilized from October through March, 

and larvae are released from November 

through April. Fecundity increases with 

fish size. Size-at-age estimates vary 

widely. Fish landed in California 

generally had smaller size-at-age than 

fish landed in the two northern states 

(Oregon-Washington). Size-at-age in the 

2003–2004 survey data did not, 

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Management measures in 2007 and 

2008: Because of their deeper 

distribution, darkblotched rockfish are 

caught almost exclusively by 

commercial vessels. Most landings have 

been made by bottom trawl vessels 

targeting flatfish on the shelf, and 

rockfish and the DTS species on the 

slope. Even once the darkblotched 

rockfish population is rebuilt to BMSY, 

its population size will still be small 

relative to the larger complex of slope 

rockfish species it commonly co-occurs 

with. Having an overfished species 

rebuilding plan has required, and the 

detailed stock assessments have 

allowed, darkblotched ABCs and OYs to 

be established separately from the rest 

of the minor slope rockfish complex 

since 2001. In continued recognition of 

its status as a minor, but increasingly 

healthy, stock within a larger stock 

complex, darkblotched rockfish 

continues to be managed within the 

minor slope rockfish trip limit. 

Management measures intended to limit 

bycatch of darkblotched rockfish and 

keep fishing mortality within the OY 

specified for 2004 include (1) RCAs and 

(2) cumulative trip limits. 

The boundaries of the RCAs vary by 

season and fishing sector and may be 

modified in response to new 

information about geographical and 

seasonal distribution of bycatch. The 

seaward boundary of the trawl RCA was 

set at a depth that was likely to keep 

fishing effort in deeper waters and away 

from areas were the bycatch of 

darkblotched rockfish was highest. 

During the winter months, 

modifications to the line allow for the 

harvest of flatfish while minimizing the 

impacts on darkblotched rockfish. 

Cumulative limits for slope rockfish 

north of 40°10′ N. lat. are intended to 

accommodate incidental take of 

darkblotched rockfish. These slope 

rockfish limits are intended to allow 

vessels to retain slope rockfish taken as 

bycatch in the DTS (Dover sole, 

thornyhead, sablefish) fishery. 

Cumulative limits for splitnose rockfish, 

a co-occurring species between 40°10′ 

N. lat. and 38° N. lat., are constrained 

by darkblotched rockfish. As needed, 

trip limits for other co-occurring species 

may be adjusted to reduce darkblotched 

rockfish bycatch. 

Incidental catch of darkblotched 

rockfish will continue to be allowed 

during the primary season for whiting, 

but will be constrained by bycatch 

limits that require closure of the 

commercial fisheries when reached. For 

2007 and 2008, the darkblotched 

rockfish bycatch limit is 25 mt for the 

commercial whiting fisheries. A final 

2007 and 2008 whiting ABC and OY 

will be adopted at the Council’s March 

meetings in those years, and the bycatch 

limits may be reconsidered at that time 

and adjusted inseason. 

Canary Rockfish 

Date declared overfished: January 4, 

2000 (65 FR 221) 

Affected area: Coastwide 

Status of the stock: 9.4 percent of its 

unfished biomass level in 2005. 

B0: 34,798 mt 

BMSY: 15,584 mt 

TMIN: 2048 

TF=0: 2053 

TMAX: 2071 

Target (median) year to rebuild: 2063 

SPR harvest rate: 88.7 percent 

Harvest control rule: F=0.018 

ABC: 172 mt in 2007, 179 mt in 2008 

OY: 44 mt in 2007 and 2008 

Biology of the stock: Canary rockfish 

are a continental shelf (shelf) species 

ranging from the western Gulf of Alaska 

to northern Baja California and are most 

abundant from British Columbia to 

central California. Juveniles settle in 

nearshore waters after a several month 

pelagic stage. Adults range from depths 

of 25–475 fm (46–868 m). Most adults 

are caught off the middle and lower 

shelf at depths between 44 fm and 109 

fm (80 and 200 m). Larger fish tend to 

be found in deeper waters. Canary 

rockfish are usually associated with 

areas of high relief such as pinnacles, 

but also occur over flat rock or mud and 

boulder bottoms. They are usually 

found near the bottom. A tagging study 

showed that they can migrate up to 700 

km (435 miles). 

The maximum age of canary rockfish 

is 84 years. Mature females may have 

higher natural mortality rate than males. 

Females tend to be larger than males of 

the same age. Female canary rockfish 

reach 90 percent of their expected 

maximum size at 15 years. Canary 

rockfish are live bearers. Parturition 

occurs from September through March 

peaking December-January. Little is 

known about ecological relationships 

between canary rockfish and other 

organisms. 

Management measures in 2007 and 

2008: Unavoidable incidental catches of 

canary rockfish occur in trawl, fixed 

gear, open access, and recreational 

fisheries targeting groundfish, as well as 

commercial and recreational fisheries 

targeting species other than groundfish. 

Canary is one of the most constraining 

stocks in 2007–2008 management. Adult 

canary rockfish are often caught with 

bocaccio, sharpchin, yelloweye, and 

yellowtail rockfishes, and lingcod. 

Researchers have also observed canary 

rockfish associated with silvergray, and 

widow rockfish. Management measures 

intended to limit bycatch of canary 

rockfish include RCAs and cumulative 

trip limits to constrain the fishery 

coastwide. Canary′s wide geographic 

distribution and catchability in all 

fisheries makes it difficult to manage 

with species-specific RCAs, like 

yelloweye rockfish and cowcod. 

Bottom trawling is prohibited in the 

trawl RCA, which covers depths where 

canary rockfish have been most 

frequently caught. Cumulative limits are 

structured to discourage targeting of 

shelf species while allowing very low 

levels of incidental take to be landed. 

Because vessels fishing with trawl gear 

shoreward of the trawl RCA are more 

likely to encounter canary rockfish than 

those fishing seaward of the RCA, 

differential trip limits have been used 

for large footrope, small footrope and 

selective flatfish trawl gear. To reduce 

incidental take of canary rockfish in the 

area north of 40°10′ N. lat. vessels 

fishing shoreward of the RCAs are 

required to use selective flatfish trawl 

gear. By allowing higher limits for large 

and small footrope gear in areas seaward 

of the RCAs and prohibiting its use in 

nearshore areas, there is an incentive for 

vessels to fish in deeper waters, beyond 

the range of canary rockfish. 

Incidental catch of canary rockfish 

will continue to be allowed during the 

primary season for whiting, but will be 

constrained by bycatch limits that 

require closure of the commercial 

fisheries when reached. For 2007 and 

2008 the canary rockfish bycatch limit 

is 4.7 mt. A final 2007 and 2008 Whiting 

ABC and OY will be adopted at the 

Council’s March meeting and the 

bycatch limits may be reconsidered at 

that time and adjusted inseason. 

The non-trawl limited entry fisheries 

will be constrained by RCAs coastwide 

that are intended to reduce the catch of 

canary rockfish. Ridgeback prawn trawl 

vessels fishing in waters off the state of 

California will continue to be required 

to have and use finfish excluder devices 

that are intended to reduce the catch of 

overfished species including canary 

rockfish. 

Recreational fisheries are managed 

through bag limits, size limits and 

seasons. As necessary, seasons can be 

shortened and bag limits reduced to stay 

within the OYs. The retention of canary 

rockfish is prohibited in the recreational 

fisheries. 

Bocaccio 

Date declared overfished: March 3, 

1999 

Areas affected: Monterey and 

Conception 

Status of stock: 10.7 percent of its 

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B0: 13,402 Billion eggs in 2005 

BMSY: 5,361 Billion eggs in 2005 

TMIN: 2018 

TF=0: 2021 

TMAX: 2032 

Target (median) year to rebuild: 2026 

SPR Harvest rate: 77.7 percent 

Harvest control rule: F=0.034 

ABC: 602 mt in 2007, 618 mt in 2008 

OY: 218 mt in 2007 and 2008 

Biology of the stock: Bocaccio is a 

rockfish species that ranges from Kodiak 

Island, Alaska south to central Baja 

California. Bocaccio are historically 

most abundant in waters off central and 

southern California. Juveniles settle in 

nearshore waters after a several month 

pelagic stage. Adults range from depths 

of 6.5–261 fm (12–478 m). Most adults 

are caught off the middle and lower 

shelf at depths between 27 fm and 137 

fm (50 and 250 m). Larger fish tend to 

be deeper. Bocaccio are found in a wide 

variety of habitats, often on or near 

bottom features but sometimes over 

muddy bottoms. While usually found 

near the bottom they also occur as much 

as 16.4 fm (30 m) off bottom. Tagging 

studies have shown that young fish 

move up to 148 km (92 miles). 

Maximum age of bocaccio was 

determined to be at least 40 and perhaps 

more than 50 years. Bocaccio are live 

bearers. Parturition occurs from October 

through July peaking January-February 

off California. Little is known about 

ecological relationships between 

bocaccio and other organisms. 

Management measures for 2007 and 

2008: Bocaccio have historically been 

taken by commercial trawl and fixed 

gear vessels and in the recreational 

fisheries. Adult bocaccio are often 

caught with chilipepper rockfish and 

have been observed schooling with 

speckled, vermilion, widow, and 

yellowtail rockfish. South of 40°10′ N. 

lat. the bottom trawl, limited entry fixed 

gear, and open access fishing 

opportunities in the depths where 

bocaccio are most commonly 

encountered have been reduced though 

the use of RCAs. To accommodate 

incidental catch of shelf species, very 

small limits are allowed to be retained 

with large footrope and midwater trawl 

gear, but bocaccio is prohibited with 

small footrope trawl gear. 

Chilipepper rockfish limits for limited 

entry large footrope and mid-water trawl 

gear are being established for the area 

south of 40°10′ N. lat. and may be 

reduced inseason if incidental catch of 

bocaccio is greater than pre-season 

projections. The Chilipepper rockfish 

limits are conservative and not expected 

to result in the bocaccio OY being 

exceeded. 

Ridgeback prawn trawl vessels fishing 

in waters off the State of California will 

continue to be required to have and use 

fin fish excluder devices that are 

intended to reduce the catch of 

overfished species including bocaccio. 

Bocaccio are vulnerable to 

commercial non-trawl gears and to 

recreational fishing gear. To 

accommodate incidental catch of 

bocaccio in commercial fixed gear 

fisheries, very small limits are allowed 

to be retained. California recreational 

fisheries will constrain incidental 

bocaccio catch with recreational fishery 

bag limits. 

Cowcod 

Date declared overfished: January 4, 

2000 

Areas affected: Point Conception to 

the U.S.- Mexico boundary. 

Status of stock: between 14 and 21 

percent of unfished biomass in 2005 

B0: 3,045 mt 

BMSY: 1,218 mt 

TMIN: 2035 

TF=0: 2039 

TMAX: 2074 

Target (median) year to rebuild: 2039 

SPR harvest rate: 90 percent 

Harvest control rule: F=0.004 

ABC: 17 mt south of 36° N. lat. and 

19 mt between of 36 N. lat. and 40° 30′ 

N. lat. in both 2007 and 2008. 

OY: 4 mt in 2007 and 2008 

Biology of the stock: Cowcod are 

found at 11–200 fm (75 366 m) depths. 

Cowcod range from central Oregon to 

central Baja California and Guadalupe 

Island. However, they are rare off 

Oregon and Northern California. It has 

long been argued that smaller cowcod 

are found at the shallow end of the 

depth range. Recent submersible work, 

however, indicates that cowcod size 

distribution may be more associated 

with sea floor structure than depth. 

As with other species of Sebastes, 

fertilization is internal and females give 

birth to first-feeding stage planktonic 

larvae during the winter. Peak 

abundance of cowcod larvae is January 

through April, with some larvae present 

from November through August. In 

Monterey Bay, juveniles recruit to fine 

sand and clay sediments at depths of 

22–56 fm (40 100 m) during the months 

of March September. Adults are found 

at depths of 50–280 fm (90 500 m) 

usually on high relief rocky bottom. 

Management measures in 2007 and 

2008: All directed cowcod fishing 

opportunities have been eliminated 

since 2001. Retention of cowcod will 

continue to be prohibited for all 

commercial and recreational fisheries. 

To prevent incidental cowcod harvest, 

two Cowcod Conservation Areas (CCAs) 

(the Eastern CCA and the Western CCA) 

in the Southern California Bight were 

delineated to encompass key cowcod 

habitat areas and known areas of high 

catches. The CCAs were codified into 

regulation on November 4, 2003 (68 FR 

62374). Fishing for groundfish is 

prohibited within the CCAs, except that 

minor nearshore rockfish, California 

scorpionfish, cabezon, lingcod, and 

greenling may be taken from waters 

where the bottom depth is less than 20 

fm (36.9 m). Recent catches have been 

<1 mt, and indicate that management 

has been effective at reducing landings 

unless there has been significant 

unreported fishing mortality. 

The boundaries of the Western CCA 

for limited entry fixed gear and open 

access non-trawl fisheries are proposed 

to be modified by this action. The 

current western CCA would be 

segmented into several smaller areas 

and fishing in waters greater than 175 

fm (323 m) in depth would be allowed. 

Adult cowcod are believed to be less 

abundant in depths greater than 175 fm 

(323 m). 

Widow Rockfish 

Date declared overfished: January 11, 

2001 

Areas affected: Coastwide 

Status of stock: 31.1 percent of its 

unfished biomass in 2004 

B0: 49,678 million eggs 

BMSY: 19,871 million eggs 

TMIN: 2013 

TF=0: 2013 

TMAX: 2033 

Target (median) year to rebuild: 2015 

SPR harvest rate: 95 percent 

Harvest control rule: F=0.008 

ABC: 5,334 mt in 2007, 5,144 mt in 

2008 

OY: 368 in 2007 and 2008 

Biology of the stock: Occur from near 

Kodiak Island, Alaska to Bahia de Todos 

Santos, Baja California. They are most 

abundant off northern Oregon and 

southern Washington and are one of the 

most abundant West Coast rockfish. 

Young of the year recruit to shallow 

nearshore waters after spending up to 5 

months as pelagic larvae and juveniles 

in offshore waters. Adults range from 

bottom depths of 13 fm to 300 fm (24 

m to 549 m). Most adults occur near the 

shelf break at bottom depths between 77 

fm to 115 fm (140 m to 210 m). Adults 

are semi-pelagic and their behavior is 

dynamic. 

Large concentrations of widow 

rockfish form at night and disperse at 

dawn, an atypical pattern for rockfish. 

Widow rockfish tend to be more easily 

caught in higher abundance during El 

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is 59 years. Size and age of maturity 

varies with locality. Females attain a 

larger size compared to males and fish 

from the northern part of the range tend 

to be larger at age compared to those in 

the south. Widow rockfish are live 

bearers and most larvae are released 

January through March. Little is known 

about ecological relationships between 

widow rockfish and other organisms. 

Management measures in 2007 and 

2008: Historically, widow rockfish were 

caught with yellowtail rockfish in 

waters off Washington, while California 

and Oregon fishers often made large 

pure catches of widow rockfish from 

mid-water schools. Current commercial 

limits for widow rockfish are intended 

to accommodate incidental catch and do 

not provide an incentive for directed 

fishing. Therefore, the midwater trawl 

fisheries for yellowtail rockfish, a cooccurring species with widow rockfish, 

are also being constrained. 

Because bottom trawl opportunities 

for more constraining shelf rockfish 

species continue to be extremely 

limited, RCA management measures to 

restrict fishing on the shelf is expected 

to be beneficial to the recovery of 

widow rockfish. Non-trawl fisheries 

have little incidental catch of widow 

rockfish. 

Incidental catch of widow rockfish 

will continue to be allowed during the 

primary season for whiting, but will be 

constrained by bycatch limits that 

require closure of the commercial 

fisheries when reached. For 2007 and 

2008 the widow rockfish bycatch limit 

is 200 mt. Final 2007 and 2008 Whiting 

ABC and OY will be adopted at the 

Council’s March meeting and the 

bycatch limits may be reconsidered at 

that time and adjusted inseason. 

Yelloweye Rockfish 

Date declared overfished: January 11, 

2002 

Areas affected: Coastwide 

Status of stock: 17.7 percent of its 

unfished biomass in 2006 

B0: 3,322 mt 

BMSY: 1,328 mt 

TMIN: 2046 

TF=0: 2048 

TMAX: 2096 

Target (median) year to rebuild: 2084 

SPR rate: 55.4 percent in 2007 and 

60.8 percent in 2008 

Harvest control rule: 0.015 in 2007 

and 0.013 in 2008 

Biology of the stock: Yelloweye 

rockfish range from Umnak Island, 

Aleutian Islands to Ensenada, northern 

Baja California. They are most abundant 

from southeastern Alaska to central 

California. Yelloweye rockfish can be 

characterized as relatively low in 

abundance, extremely long-lived (aged 

up to 120 years), late maturing, and 

slow growing. Juveniles have been 

found at depths greater than 8 fm (15 m) 

in areas of high bottom relief. Adults 

range to depths of 300 fm (549 m). Most 

adults are caught off the middle and 

lower shelf at depths between 50 fm and 

98 fm (91 m and 180 m). Adult 

yelloweye rockfish tend to be solitary 

and are usually associated with areas of 

high relief with refuges such as caves 

and crevices, but also occur on mud 

adjacent to rock structures. They are 

usually found on or near the bottom. 

The affinity for hard bottom suggests 

that yelloweye rockfish may form stable 

local populations that, when 

recognized, could be treated as 

independent stocks. Evaluation of stock 

boundaries is reliant upon life history 

traits associated with a population or 

sub-population. Data for delineation of 

stock boundaries for yelloweye rockfish 

off the West Coast are limited. 

Maximum age of yelloweye rockfish is 

115 years. Parturition occurs from 

March through September and peak 

May-June. Yelloweye are carnivorous 

feeding primarily on other rockfishes, 

herring, sand lance, crab and 

shrimp.Little is known about the 

ecological relationships between 

yelloweye rockfish and other organisms. 

Researchers have observed adult 

yelloweye rockfish associated with 

bocaccio, cowcod, greenspotted, and 

tiger rockfish. 

Management measures in 2007 and 

2008: Yelloweye rockfish inhabit areas 

typically inaccessible to trawl gear. In 

the coastal trawl fishery, incidental 

catch occurs during the harvest of other 

target fisheries operating at the fringes 

of yelloweye rockfish habitat. Yelloweye 

rockfish is particularly vulnerable to 

hook-and-line gear. Since the 1970′s, 

yelloweye rockfish has been subjected 

to a periodic target fishery for both 

commercial hook-and-line and sport 

fisheries. Current yelloweye rockfish 

harvest is incidental and occurs in tribal 

and non-tribal hook and line fisheries, 

and in recreational fisheries. 

North of 40°10′ N. lat., Yelloweye 

Rockfish Conservation areas (YRCAs) 

will continue to be used to reduce 

yelloweye rockfish catch in the 

commercial fixed gear, open access, and 

recreational fisheries. Off Washington, 

recreational fishing for groundfish and 

halibut will continue to be prohibited 

inside the YRCAs and limited entry 

fixed gear and open access fishing in the 

‘‘C’’ shaped YRCA off Washington will 

continue to be designated as an area to 

avoid. New YRCAs off the coast of 

Washington are being defined in Federal 

regulation at § 660.390. The new North 

Coast Commercial YRCA would restrict 

commercial limited entry and open 

access, the new Salmon Troll YRCA 

would restrict salmon troll fishing, and 

a new recreational YRCA off the 

southern coast of Washington would 

prohibit all recreational fishing for 

groundfish and halibut. A new 

recreational YRCA is also being defined 

for Stonewall banks off Oregon. 

Overfishing 

The Magnuson-Stevens Act defines 

‘‘overfishing’’ as ‘‘a rate or level of 

fishing mortality that jeopardizes the 

capacity of a fishery to produce the 

maximum sustainable yield on a 

continuing basis.’’ Under the FMP, 

ABCs for all species are set at the FMSY

level, the level that, for a particular year, 

is intended to produce maximum 

sustainable yield for that species on a 

continuing basis. None of the 2007–

2008 ABCs is set higher than FMSY or its 

proxy, none of the OYs is set higher 

than the corresponding ABCs, and the 

management measures in this proposed 

rule are designed to keep harvest levels 

within specified OYs. 

When evaluating whether overfishing 

has occurred for any species under the 

FMP, NMFS compares that species’

estimated total catch (landed catch + 

discard) in a particular year to its ABC 

for that year. Overfishing is difficult to 

detect inseason for many groundfish, 

particularly for minor rockfish species, 

because most species are not 

individually identified on landing. 

Species compositions, based on 

proportions encountered in samples of 

landings and extrapolated observer data, 

are applied during the year. However, 

final results are not available until after 

the end of the year. 

In the preamble to the proposed rule 

for the 2005–2006 groundfish 

specifications and management 

measures, NMFS discussed overfishing 

that had occurred in 2003. NMFS has 

completed its analysis of 2004 

groundfish total catch, but will not be 

able to complete its analysis of 2005 

groundfish total catch until after 

observer program data become available 

in autumn 2006. Therefore, this 

proposed rule discusses both 

overfishing estimated to have occurred 

in 2004 and preliminary indicators of 

whether overfishing occurred on any 

species in 2005. When new data are 

available, NMFS updates estimates of 

whether overfishing has occurred as 

part of the agency’s report to Congress 

on the ‘‘Status of U.S. Fisheries’’ (See 

http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/ 

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NMFS estimates that overfishing 

occurred on darkblotched rockfish 

during the 2004 fishing season, since 

the total catch of darkblotched rockfish 

exceeded its ABC of 240 mt by 1.6 mt. 

In 2004, the darkblotched rockfish OY 

was also 240 mt. For canary rockfish, 

NMFS estimates that while the 2004 

total catch of canary rockfish of 58 mt 

was below its ABC of 243 mt, that level 

of catch exceeded the OY of 47.3 mt. 

While the canary rockfish OY was 

exceeded, overfishing did not occur 

because total catch was below the 

canary rockfish ABC. For all remaining 

groundfish species or species groups, 

NMFS estimates that total catch was 

below both ABCs and OYs. Both canary 

and darkblotched rockfish are 

overfished. NMFS has taken action to 

prevent the fisheries from exceeding the 

ABCs and OYs for these species in 2006 

and does not expect that harvest 

exceedances in 2004 will jeopardize the 

rebuilding progress for either species. 

Darkblotched rockfish are taken 

almost exclusively in the limited entry 

trawl continental slope fishery. The 

2004 exceedance of the darkblotched 

rockfish ABC/OY is so slight that it is 

difficult to assess what particular action 

might have allowed overfishing to 

occur. As discussed earlier, 

darkblotched rockfish are rebuilding at 

a rapid rate and are expected to be fully 

rebuilt by 2011. As the darkblotched 

rockfish population nears the BMSY

level, it becomes increasingly more 

difficult to craft management measures 

that constrain the fisheries to 

appropriately avoid darkblotched 

rockfish. Data from the 2006 trawl 

fisheries are showing higher 

darkblotched rockfish encounter rates 

than NMFS had estimated from prior 

years’ observer data. At the Council’s 

recommendation, NMFS took action on 

July 1, 2006 to constrain the fisheries to 

stay within the 2006 darkblotched 

rockfish OY (71 FR 37839, July 3, 2006.) 

Proposed management measures for 

2007–2008 are intended to keep the 

fisheries within the darkblotched OYs 

for those years, but NMFS anticipates 

again evaluating the fisheries inseason 

to determine whether even more 

constraining measures are needed to 

minimize darkblotched rockfish bycatch 

through the end of its rebuilding period. 

Canary rockfish are taken in all 

fisheries coastwide, making 

management to prevent incidental 

canary catch one of the more 

challenging requirements of groundfish 

management. As mentioned above, the 

estimated 2004 canary rockfish total 

catch is 10.7 mt above its 2004 OY. Of 

the catch from the post-season catch 

estimate that was apparently not 

anticipated pre-season 7.3 mt of the 10.7 

mt exceedance was taken in research 

and exempted fishing permit (EFP) 

fisheries. Portions of the remaining 3.4 

mt exceedance, in amounts of less than 

1 mt, were taken in most of the 

coastwide fishing sectors. The Oregon 

recreational fishery was the exception to 

these exceedances, since it is estimated 

to have finished 2004 with a 3.9–mt 

catch, 2 mt below that anticipated for 

that fishery at the start of 2004 (See EIS 

for 2004 groundfish harvest 

specifications and management 

measures.) 

In its EIS on the 2005–2006 

groundfish specifications and 

management measures, the Council 

more closely examined anticipated 

research catch in those years and 

adjusted overfished species research set 

asides appropriately. The 2004 

arrowtooth trawl EFP took 2.5 mt of the 

unanticipated EFP canary rockfish 

catch; that EFP was not renewed for 

2005 or 2006. While these measures 

were appropriately precautionary, they 

could not fully address the question of 

how to facilitate the collection of best 

available scientific data while 

minimizing overfished species mortality 

in research activities. 

NMFS must support and conduct 

scientific activity on canary and other 

rockfish, and it would be unrealistic to 

expect this research to be entirely nonextractive. Important data on rockfish 

habitat and behavior are being collected 

via non-extractive methods, such as 

underwater remotely-operated-vehicles. 

However, methods like these are 

expensive and site-specific, gathering a 

great deal of data specific to small sites. 

The collection of fisheries independent 

data for coastwide stock assessments, 

particularly for broadly distributed 

schooling species like canary rockfish, 

requires extractive scientific fishing to 

occur over as much of the range of 

managed species as possible. If NMFS 

were to operate its continental shelf/ 

slope survey with the intent of avoiding 

overfished rockfish, the data from that 

survey would lose its scientific value. 

The Council’s preferred alternative for 

2007–2008 anticipates 3 mt of canary 

rockfish being taken in scientific 

research activities each year. Consistent 

with Council policy and Federal 

regulations at 50 CFR 600.310 (f)(4)(iii), 

that 3 mt of anticipated research catch 

is deducted from the canary rockfish 

OY. Research catch levels are monitored 

inseason. Should research take of canary 

rockfish in either year be predicted, 

based on information received inseason, 

to exceed 3 mt, commercial and 

recreational fisheries will be 

constrained to ensure that the overall 

canary rockfish take remains below the 

OY. 

Preliminary data from the 2005 

fisheries show that the catch of petrale 

sole exceeded its 2005 ABC. This is the 

only species for which it is now evident 

that overfishing occurred in 2005. 

NMFS will not have complete observer 

data on the 2005 fisheries until autumn 

2006, at which time NMFS will be better 

able to analyze total groundfish catch to 

determine whether overfishing occurred 

on any other species. Petrale sole is 

almost exclusively taken in the 

groundfish trawl fishery. The Council 

addressed higher than expected 2005 

petrale sole catch levels at its September 

and November 2005 meetings. Data 

available at the September Council 

meeting indicated that the fisheries 

were approaching the petrale sole ABC/ 

OY of 2,762 mt, which led the Council 

to recommend and NMFS to implement 

a closure of the winter petrale sole 

fisheries (See 70 FR 50866, October 5, 

2005). Data available at the November 

Council meeting indicated that the 

petrale sole ABC/OY had been exceeded 

and that further action was needed to 

minimize potential incidental petrale 

sole mortality through the end of the 

year. Thus, the Council recommended 

and NMFS implemented management 

measures to further constrain the 

November-December continental slope 

fisheries to constrain petrale sole 

bycatch (70 FR 72385, December 5, 

2005.) 

2007–2008 Fishery Management 

Measures 

As discussed earlier in this document, 

groundfish fishery management 

measures for 2007–2008 are intended to 

facilitate the rebuilding of overfished 

species as quickly as possible, taking 

into account the status and biology of 

the stocks and the needs of fishing 

communities. Within the constraints of 

protecting overfished species, the 

Council’s management measure 

recommendations are intended to allow 

fishery participants as much access to 

healthy stocks as possible. In 2007 and 

beyond, fishing communities will have 

to forego much of the available 

harvestable surplus of healthy 

groundfish stocks that co-occur with 

overfished species so that overfished 

species may be rebuilt as quickly as 

possible. Management measures 

intended to address the rebuilding 

needs of specific overfished species are 

discussed earlier in this document, in 

the species-specific sections of ‘‘OY 

Policies and Rebuilding Parameters for 

Overfished Species.’’

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significantly from those used in recent 

years to reduce the incidental catch of 

overfished species while allowing some 

harvest of co-occurring healthy stocks. 

Management measures are intended 

allow overfished species to rebuild by 

reducing their catch in times and areas 

where they most frequently occur, to 

minimize bycatch with gear and fishing 

area restrictions, and to distribute 

groundfish harvest throughout the year 

to maintain groundfish fishing 

opportunities and markets. The fisheries 

management regime tends to be most 

constrained by protective measures for 

canary rockfish coastwide, yelloweye 

rockfish north of 40° 10′ N. lat., and 

bocaccio south of 40° 10′ N. lat. Trawl 

fisheries are additionally constrained by 

measures to prevent bycatch of POP, 

darkblotched, and widow rockfish. 

Groundfish management measures 

that will continue to be used in 2007–

2008 include: trip and bag limits, size 

limits, differential trip limits by gear 

type, season openings and closures, 

large-scale area closures such as the 

RCAs, gear restrictions, and bycatch 

limits. In addition to the fishery-specific 

management measures addressed below, 

the Council recommended that NMFS 

work with the states to include in this 

proposed rule any revisions to RCA 

boundary lines needed to ensure that: 

the lines better approximate the depth 

contours they are intended to represent; 

open fishing areas to allow petrale sole 

targeting are as consistent as possible 

between petrale-modified depth contour 

lines; and the lines that may intersect 

with EFH conservation area polygons 

are as compatible as possible with the 

boundaries of those areas. In addition, 

the Council recommended extending 

the 180–fm (329–m) line south of 42° N. 

lat., and recommended extending the 

250–fm (458–m) line, including petrale 

areas, south of 38° N. lat., making both 

of these lines available coastwide. New 

RCA lines proposed via this action 

include: 10–fm (18–m) off Washington; 

20–fm (37–m) off Washington and 

Oregon; 25–fm (46–m) off Washington 

and Oregon, which will replace the 27–

fm (49–m) line; 180–fm (329–m) south 

of 42° N. lat., modified to allow fishing 

in petrale sole areas; 250–fm (458–m) 

lines around San Clemente Island, Santa 

Catalina Island, Lasuen Knoll, and San 

Diego Rise; 250–fm (458–m) line, 

including petrale areas, south of 38° N. 

lat., making both of these lines available 

coastwide. To implement this Council 

recommendation, this proposed rule 

would make changes to the RCA 

boundary line regulations at 50 CFR 

660.390 through. 660.394. 

The management measures proposed 

in this rule are only part of the overall 

management strategy for West Coast 

groundfish. On May 11, 2006, NMFS 

published a final rule to implement 

management measures to protect 

groundfish EFH under Amendment 19 

to the FMP, including 51 new EFH 

conservation areas (71 FR 27408.) On 

June 27, 2006, NMFS published a 

proposed rule to implement bycatch 

mitigation measures in the groundfish 

fisheries under Amendment 18 to the 

FMP including, among other measures, 

the requirement that management take 

into account the co-occurrence ratios of 

overfished stocks with more abundant 

target stocks (71 FR 36506.) On 

September 7, 2006, NMFS approved 

Amendment 18; this proposed rule to 

implement Amendment 16–4 and the 

2007–2008 groundfish specifications 

and management measures complies 

with the FMP as revised through 

Amendments 18 and 19. NMFS will 

continue to require vessels to carry and 

operate VMS units to monitor fishing 

locations, and to carry observers when 

requested by NMFS. NMFS and the 

states will again be conducting stock 

assessments over the next two years, 

which will inform the 2009–2010 

specifications and management 

measures process and provide a gauge 

for rebuilding progress. 

Federal regulations for the West Coast 

groundfish fishery are found in 50 CFR, 

subpart G, §§ 660.301 through 660.399. 

Definitions for terms used in groundfish 

regulations are at § 660.302. 

Prohibitions are at § 660.306. 

Amendment 16–4 would implement 

revised overfished species rebuilding 

parameters at § 660.365. Routine and 

automatic fishery management 

measures, as identified at § 660.370 and 

implemented in §§ 660.370 through 

660.385 and in Tables 3–5 of subpart G, 

will continue to be available for revision 

through the inseason management 

process. Management measures specific 

to the black rockfish fisheries are found 

at § 660.371. Management measures for 

the nontrawl sablefish fisheries are 

found at § 660.372, although daily/ 

weekly sablefish limits are found in 

Tables 4 and 5 (North) and Tables 4 and 

5 (South) of subpart G. Management 

measures for the primary Pacific 

whiting season are found at § 660.373, 

although trip limits for vessels operating 

outside of the primary season are found 

in Tables 3 (North) and (South) of 

subpart G. Coordinates for all of the 

closed areas affecting the groundfish 

fisheries, including the EFH 

conservation areas, are found in 

§§ 660.390 through 660.399. 

Limited Entry Trawl Fishery 

Management Measures 

Although the types of management 

measures proposed for the limited entry 

trawl fishery in 2007–2008 are similar to 

those implemented for 2005–2006, the 

closed areas and landings limits are 

more restrictive than in the past 

biennium. More restrictive management 

measures are intended to respond to the 

need for more rapid rebuilding of 

overfished species, and harvest 

reductions resulting from new petrale 

sole and sablefish stock assessments. 

NMFS′s bycatch model for the limited 

entry trawl fishery does not differ 

significantly from that used in setting 

the 2005–2006 fishery management 

measures, except that new and more 

recent observer data has been 

incorporated into that model. 

As in past years, trawl fisheries 

continue to be managed with differing 

RCAs and trip limits north and south of 

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

shoreward boundary of the Trawl RCA 

is primarily based on the need to reduce 

canary rockfish bycatch, although its 

location is also expected to reduce 

incidental take of other, northern 

overfished shelf species such as widow 

and yelloweye rockfish. Most adult 

canary rockfish are caught off the 

middle and lower continental shelf at 

depths between 44–109 fm (80–200 m,) 

which means that vessels operating 

shoreward of the RCA are more likely to 

encounter canary rockfish than those 

operating seaward of the RCA. This 

proposed rule would implement a 75–

fm (137–m) shoreward boundary line for 

the Trawl RCA throughout the year, 

except in the summer months of JulyAugust. To reduce incidental take of 

canary rockfish shoreward of the RCA, 

vessels operating shoreward of the RCA 

in the area north of 40°10′ N. lat. are 

required to use selective flatfish trawl 

gear. The Council considered moving 

the shoreward boundary of the RCA 

even closer to the shore than 75–fm 

(137–m), but determined that moving 

trawl operations farther inshore could 

disturb sensitive Dungeness crab habitat 

and could result in increased salmon 

bycatch in the trawl fishery. 

The seaward boundary proposed for 

the trawl RCA north of 40°10′ N. lat. is 

primarily designed to reduce bycatch of 

northern slope overfished species, POP 

and darkblotched rockfish, both of 

which are nearing their rebuilt status. 

Harvestable concentrations of 

darkblotched rockfish is sometimes 

found as far south as 38° N. lat., which 

necessitates a more conservative 

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for south of 38° N. lat. North of 40°10′ 

N. lat., the seaward boundary of the 

Trawl RCA is at a line that approximates 

250–fm (458–m) in January-April and 

November-December (modified for 

petrale sole fishing in winter months) 

and at a line that approximates 200 fm 

(366 m) in May-October. 

South of 40°10′ N. lat., the trawl RCA 

boundaries are most affected by the 

need to reduce incidental catch of 

bocaccio and canary rockfish, both of 

which are shelf species. The focus on 

shelf protection in the south means that 

the southern trawl RCA is narrower than 

that in the north, which covers both 

shelf and slope habitat. South of 40°10′ 

N. lat., the trawl RCA is primarily 

proposed to be between 100 fm (183 m) 

and 150 fm (274m,) with an extension 

of the seaward trawl RCA boundary to 

a petrale-modified 200–fm (368.6–m) 

line in winter months (January-February 

and November-December) between 38° 

and 40°10′ N. lat. South of 34°27′ N. lat., 

the trawl RCA around islands is 

proposed to be between the shoreline 

and 150 fm (274 m). 

In addition to closures between RCA 

boundary lines, trawl fishery 

participants are also subject to several 

groundfish closed areas other than those 

intended for EFH conservation areas. 

The following closed areas apply to 

trawl vessels in addition to RCAs and 

EFH conservation areas (§ 660.390): a 

Cordell Banks Closed Area; closed areas 

around the Farallon Islands off San 

Francisco and San Mateo Counties, CA; 

and the Eastern and Western Cowcod 

Conservation Areas (CCAs) in the 

Southern California Bight. None of the 

boundaries of these closed areas are 

proposed to be changed for trawl fishery 

participants in 2007 and beyond. 

As discussed earlier in this document, 

NMFS initial estimates indicate that 

petrale sole was subject to overfishing in 

2005. In 2006, the Council 

recommended more conserviative 

measures and more responsive inseason 

management mechanisms to constrain 

petrale sole catch below its 2006 OY. 

Petrale sole limits proposed via this 

action for 2007–2008 are more 

conservative than those initially 

implemented for 2005–2006. This more 

conservative approach reflects both the 

lower ABC and OY resulting from the 

new petrale sole stock assessment and 

the Council′s desire to constrain the 

fishery at the beginning of the year to 

prevent petrale sole overfishing and to 

allow a fall fishery to occur. 

As discussed earlier in this document, 

the new 2005 sablefish stock assessment 

resulted in lower sablefish ABCs and 

OYs for 2007 and 2008. This lower 

harvestable surplus of sablefish has 

resulted in lower sablefish trip limits for 

most fisheries. 

As mentioned above, the Council 

recommended continuing to require the 

use of selective flatfish trawl gear in 

waters shoreward of the trawl RCA 

north of 40°10′ N. lat. California 

Department of Fish and Game (CDFG) 

had wished to explore the effectiveness 

of selective flatfish trawl gear at rockfish 

exclusion south of 40°10′ N. lat., but did 

not get appropriate EFP participation to 

determine its usefulness in the southern 

flatfish trawl fisheries. When ODFW 

had conducted experiments on selective 

flatfish trawl gear use via EFP, that 

agency had multiple EFP participants 

targeting a standard mix of nearshore 

flatfish and using trawl nets that were 

newly configured in shape, yet similar 

in mesh size and mesh material to nets 

used historically in that fishery. (See the 

proposed rule to implement the 2005–

2006 groundfish specifications and 

management measures for more 

information on implementing the 

selective flatfish trawl gear north of 

40°10′ N. lat., (69 FR 77012, December 

23, 2004. 

When CDFG called for participants in 

an EFP to study selective flatfish trawl 

gear use south of 40°10′ N. lat., the only 

consistent respondent was a vessel 

owner who has historically fished with 

Scottish (demersal) seine gear. Similar 

to bottom trawl gear, demersal seine 

gear is a type of towed demersal net gear 

that uses lighter-weight mesh and a 

different fishing technique from that 

used by the majority of participants in 

the coastwide trawl fleet. This particular 

EFP participant has for many years used 

his limited entry trawl permit to fish 

with demersal seine gear for Pacific 

sanddabs and other flatfish off northcentral California. His gear complied 

with the Federal definition for limited 

entry trawl gear at the time of the 

limited entry permit program 

implementation, and continues to 

comply with the current definition. 

Thus, although his gear is different from 

that used by other trawlers, his vessel is 

appropriately licensed to fish in the 

limited entry fishery and his gear is 

appropriately designed to fit within the 

constraints of the gear requirements for 

that fishery. The end result of this 

vessel’s participation in the EFP was 

that CDFG had results from a 3–year 

EFP showing that demersal seine gear 

has lower bycatch rates for non-target 

species than conventional trawl gear. 

Since the results from CDFG’s EFP 

spoke to the effectiveness of demersal 

seine gear used off north-central 

California, and not to the effectiveness 

of selective flatfish trawl gear used 

south of 40°10′ N. lat., the Council did 

not recommend requiring only selective 

flatfish gear be used shoreward of the 

RCA south of 40°10′ N. lat. However, the 

Council did make regulatory 

recommendations to recognize the 

effectiveness of demersal seine gear at 

maintaining low bycatch rates for nontarget (overfished and otherwise) 

species. This proposed rule would 

exempt vessels using demersal seine 

gear between 38° and 36° N. lat. from 

trawl RCA closures shoreward of 100 fm 

(183 m). In other words, if the southern 

trawl RCA’s shoreward boundary were 

extended shoreward of 100 fm (183 m), 

limited entry permitted vessels using 

demersal seine gear would continue to 

be able to fish out to the boundary line 

approximating the 100–fm (183–m) 

depth contour. This proposed rule also 

proposes a southern trawl RCA 

shoreward boundary of 100 fm (183 m) 

throughout 2007–2008. Therefore, the 

demersal seine gear exemption would 

only be used if that shoreward boundary 

line were moved farther inshore through 

inseason action in 2007 or 2008. 

On March 1, 2006, NMFS 

implemented a final rule that, among 

other regulations, set trip limits for 

spiny dogfish and Pacific cod (71 FR 

8489, February 17, 2006.) Prior to this 

rulemaking, neither of these species had 

been managed with species-specific trip 

limits as routine management measures. 

Trip limits are needed for these species 

both to prevent overharvest of spiny 

dogfish and Pacific cod, and to 

constrain targeting on these species to 

prevent overharvest of co-occurring 

overfished species. For 2007–2008, this 

proposed rule would begin the 

management cycle with trip limits for 

spiny dogfish and Pacific cod that 

reflect the availability of these species to 

the different gear sectors at different 

times of the year. 

Per the Council’s recommendations, 

NMFS implemented overfished species 

bycatch limits for the non-tribal whiting 

fishery in 2005–2006. For 2007–2008, 

the Council recommended again setting 

bycatch limits for canary, darkblotched 

and widow rockfish taken incidentally 

in the non-tribal whiting fishery. This 

proposed rule would implement the 

following annual bycatch limits for 

2007–2008: canary rockfish, 4.7 mt; 

darkblotched rockfish, 25 mt; widow 

rockfish, 200 mt. The Council expects to 

review these limits in March 2007 and 

March 2008, when it sets final whiting 

harvest levels for each of those years, 

and may make recommendations to 

revise those limits then. As in 2005–

2006, NMFS anticipates setting the 2007 

and 2008 Pacific whiting OYs such that 

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constrained by the availability of 

overfished species. 

In 2005, NMFS implemented an 

Ocean Salmon Conservation Zone 

(OSCZ) during the primary whiting 

season, to apply to all sectors of the 

commercial whiting fishery (70 FR 

51682, August 31, 2005.) In that year, 

incidental rates catch of Chinook 

salmon were relatively high, and the 

OSCZ moved whiting fishing offshore of 

a boundary line approximating the 100–

fm (183–m) depth contour. Incidental 

catch rates of Chinook salmon tend to be 

higher in the nearshore area. Because 

the 2005 incidental catch of Chinook 

salmon had exceeded an 11,000–fish 

threshold, NMFS reinitiated Endangered 

Species Act (ESA) section 7 

consultation on the groundfish fishery 

in winter 2005–2006. The supplemental 

biological opinion concluded that, 

although the 2005 catch of Chinook had 

been high, continued operation of the 

groundfish fisheries under the FMP 

would not jeopardize the recovery of 

salmon stocks listed as threatened or 

endangered under the ESA. The 

supplemental biological opinion also 

recommended that, as a longer-term 

management measure, the OSCZ be 

implemented via Federal regulation as a 

management measure available for 

inseason implementation, as needed to 

constrain salmon bycatch in the whiting 

fishery. For the 2006 whiting fishery, 

NMFS included the potential inseason 

use of an OSCZ in the EFP for 

participants in the shore-based whiting 

sector, but did not have a regulatory 

mechanism for applying the OSCZ to 

vessels participating in the catcher/ 

processor or mothership sectors. 

Incidental catch of Chinook salmon has 

been low in the 2006 whiting fishery, 

2,754 fish are estimated to have been 

taken as of August 7, 2006. As part of 

the 2007–2008 groundfish management 

measures, the Council considered 

implementing the OSCZ as a potential 

inseason management tool for the 

whiting fishery. The OSCZ is evaluated 

in the DEIS, and the GMT recommended 

that this measure be adopted as part of 

the Council’s management measures 

recommendations to NMFS. However, 

among the many details the Council 

finalized with the Amendment 16–4 and 

2007–2008 groundfish management 

package, NMFS and the Council 

neglected to ensure that the OSCZ was 

part of the Council’s final management 

recommendations. NMFS and Council 

staff discovered this oversight following 

the June 2006 Council meeting. Because 

the OSCZ has been evaluated in the 

DEIS and, until the last moment of the 

Council’s final decision had been part of 

the Council’s developing management 

package, NMFS is including the OSCZ 

as part of this proposed action. The 

Council plans to review this issue at its 

September 11–15, 2006 meeting in 

Foster City, California, to ensure that 

this management tool is specifically 

addressed in the Council forum. In the 

preamble to the final rule for this action, 

NMFS will review the Council’s 

September 2006 recommendation on the 

OSCZ and finalize the appropriate 

action based on the biological opinion, 

the Council’s deliberations, and any 

comments received from the public. 

The Council’s GMT reviewed current 

groundfish trawl regulations as part of 

its effort to draft recommendations to 

the Council on the 2007–2008 fishery. 

In its review, the GMT found that trawl 

chafing gear regulations that had 

formerly been in place for midwater 

trawl gear had been inadvertently 

removed from Federal gear regulations. 

Based on the GMT’s review, the Council 

recommended that NMFS revise gear 

regulations to ensure that chafing gear 

requirements are reinstated for 

midwater trawl gear and maintained for 

small footrope trawl gear. Groundfish 

trawl nets are regulated to minimum 

mesh sizes to ensure that juvenile fish 

may escape through the trawl mesh. 

Depending on how chafing gear is 

configured on a trawl net, it can have 

the effect of reducing the mesh size and 

result in increased small fish bycatch. 

Management measures for the limited 

entry trawl fishery, including gear 

requirements, are found at § 660.381, 

with management measures specific to 

the primary Pacific whiting season 

found at § 660.373. Trawl trip limits are 

found in Table 3 (North) and Table 3 

(South) of Subpart G of Part 660. 

Limited Entry Fixed Gear and Open 

Access Non-trawl Fishery Management 

Measures 

Management measures for the limited 

entry fixed gear and open access nontrawl fisheries tend to be similar 

because the majority of participants in 

both fisheries use hook-and-line gear. 

Like the trawl fishery, the non-trawl 

fisheries will be most constrained 

coastwide by measures to reduce 

incidental catch of canary rockfish. 

North of 40°10′ N. lat., non-trawl 

fisheries will be even more constrained 

by measures to reduce incidental catch 

of yelloweye rockfish. Yelloweye is 

particularly vulnerable to hook-and-line 

gear. South of 40°10′ N. lat., 

management measures to reduce 

incidental catch of bocaccio augment 

those constraining canary rockfish 

catch. Similar to the trawl fishery, nontrawl management measures account for 

the lower available sablefish, as 

reflected in the lower 2007–2008 

primary season tier limits. Petrale sole 

is rarely taken in non-trawl fisheries, 

thus the more conservative petrale sole 

harvest regime that this proposed rule 

applies to the trawl fisheries does not 

affect the non-trawl fisheries. NMFS′s 

bycatch model for the non-trawl 

fisheries does not differ significantly 

from that used in setting the 2005–2006 

fishery management measures, except 

that new and more recent observer data 

has been incorporated into that model. 

The non-trawl RCA boundaries 

proposed for 2007–2008 are the same as 

those implemented for the non-trawl 

fisheries in 2005–2006, except for the 

shoreward boundary between 40°10′ 

and 34°27′ N. lat. Between 46°16′ N. lat. 

and the U.S. border with Canada, the 

non-trawl RCA is proposed to be 

between the shoreline and a boundary 

line approximating the 100–fm (183–m) 

depth contour. Between 40°10′ N. lat. 

and 46°16′ N. lat., the non-trawl RCA is 

proposed to be between boundary lines 

approximating the 30–fm (55–m) and 

100–fm (183–m) depth contours. 

Between 34°27′ N. lat. and 40°10′ N. lat., 

the non-trawl RCA is proposed to be 

between boundary lines approximating 

the 30–fm (55–m) and 150–fm (274–m) 

depth contours. Between 34°27′ N. lat. 

and the U.S. border with Mexico, 

including waters around islands, the 

non-trawl RCA is proposed to be 

between boundary lines approximating 

the 60–fm (110–m) and 150–fm (274–m) 

depth contours. 

Like trawl fishery participants, nontrawl vessels are also subject to several 

groundfish closed areas other than those 

within the RCA boundary lines and 

those intended for EFH conservation. 

The following closed areas apply to 

non-trawl vessels and have not been 

proposed for modification in 2007 and 

beyond (§ 660.390): a Cordell Banks 

Closed Area; closed areas around the 

Farallon Islands off San Francisco and 

San Mateo Counties, CA; the Eastern 

CCA. 

For 2007 and beyond, this proposed 

rule would add two new commercial 

YRCAs north of 40°10′ N. lat. to Federal 

regulations at § 660.390. Both of the new 

commercial YRCAs are off the northern 

Washington coast. The new North Coast 

Commercial YRCA would apply to the 

commercial limited entry and open 

access nontrawl groundfish fisheries. 

The new Salmon Troll YRCA would 

apply just to salmon troll fishery 

participants. These areas are intended to 

reduce incidental take of yelloweye 

rockfish in areas where yelloweye are 

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gear. The Salmon Troll YRCA is found 

in groundfish regulation at § 660.383 

and § 660.390, and in the Pacific Coast 

salmon regulations at § 660.405. 

For 2007 and beyond, this proposed 

rule would allow fishing in some areas 

within the Western CCA by limited 

entry fixed gear and open access 

nontrawl vessels carrying and using 

VMS units under Federal groundfish 

regulations at § 660.312 with a position 

reporting rate set at 15 minute intervals. 

This revision would create 5 discrete 

new closed areas within the current 

Western CCA, referred to as the 175–fm 

(320–m) CCAs, leaving much of the 

current Western CCA open to fishing in 

waters greater than 175 fm (320 m) in 

depth. The Council′s intent with this 

recommendation was to allow southern 

California fishers’ access to more 

abundant slope rockfish species found 

within waters currently closed to 

fishing. Cowcod retention has been 

prohibited since 2001, but prior to that 

prohibition, cowcod had historically 

been taken in depths from 11–200 fm 

(75–366 m). 

The nontrawl fisheries have little to 

no incidental catch of POP, 

darkblotched, or widow rockfish. The 

effects of these fisheries on bocaccio, 

canary, cowcod, and yelloweye rockfish 

are constrained as much as possible by 

the non-trawl RCA, described above, 

and by the YRCAs and CCAs. Trip 

limits proposed for the nontrawl 

fisheries in 2007–2008 are similar to 

those that applied to these fisheries in 

2005–2006. The open access sablefish 

limit is more conservative than the 

limited entry limit, recognizing that the 

open access fleet can expand to an 

unknown number of participants. Tier 

limits for the limited entry sablefishendorsed fleet are lower than in 2005–

2006, reflecting the lower sablefish 

harvest specifications: Tier 1, 48,500 lb 

(21,999 kg); Tier 2, 22,000 lb (9,979 kg); 

Tier 3, 12,500 lb (5,670 kg). Similar to 

the limited entry trawl fishery, landings 

of spiny dogfish and Pacific cod taken 

in the non-trawl fisheries will be subject 

to trip limits throughout the 2007–2008 

management cycle. This proposed rule 

would also lower the lingcod size limit 

for non-trawl commercial fisheries north 

of 42° N. lat. (Oregon/California border) 

from 24 inches (61 cm) to 22 inches (56 

cm). In addition, trip limits for minor 

nearshore and black rockfish south of 

40°10′ N. lat. were increased above 

2005–2006 levels. These species were 

harvested well below their harvest 

targets in 2005–2006 and these fisheries 

are constrained in their effects on 

overfished species by prohibitions 

against fishing within the non-trawl 

RCA. Therefore, the Council 

recommended maintaining the 

boundaries of the non-trawl RCA, while 

increasing trip limits for healthier stocks 

taken in the non-trawl fisheries. The 

Council also recommended opening 

fishing for lingcod in the month of 

November, in recognition of lingcod’s 

new status as a healthy and rebuilt 

stock. 

Management measures for the limited 

entry fixed gear fishery, including gear 

requirements, are found at § 660.382, 

with management measures specific to 

the primary sablefish season found at 

§ 660.372. Limited entry fixed gear trip 

limits are found in Table 4 (North) and 

Table 4 (South) of Subpart G of part 660. 

Management measures for the open 

access fishery, including gear 

requirements, are found at § 660.383. 

Open access trip limits are found in 

Table 5 (North) and Table 5 (South) of 

subpart G of Part 660. 

Open Access Non-Groundfish Trawl 

Gear Fisheries Management Measures 

Open access non-groundfish trawl 

gear (used to harvest ridgeback prawns, 

California halibut, sea cucumbers, and 

pink shrimp) is managed with ‘‘per trip’’

limits, cumulative trip limits, and area 

closures. Trip limits are similar to those 

in 2005–2006. The species-specific open 

access limits apply but vessels may not 

exceed overall groundfish limits. As in 

past years, the pink shrimp fishery is 

subject to species-specific limits that are 

different from other open access limits 

for lingcod and sablefish. Also as in past 

years, thornyheads may not be taken or 

retained in the open access fisheries 

north of 34°27′ N. lat. 

Trawling with open access nongroundfish gear for pink shrimp will be 

permitted within the trawl RCA; 

however, the states require pink shrimp 

trawlers to use finfish excluder devices 

to reduce their groundfish bycatch, 

particularly to prevent bycatch mortality 

for canary and other rockfishes. 

Trawling for ridgeback prawns, 

California halibut, and sea cucumber is 

subject to the same RCA area closures as 

the limited entry trawl fishery, except 

that ridgeback prawn trawling will be 

permitted out to a boundary line 

approximating the 100–fm (183- m) 

depth contour if and when the inshore 

boundary line of the trawl RCA is 

moved shallower than 100 fm (183 m). 

The Council revised this RCA restriction 

based on the GMT′s review of 

overfished species bycatch rates in the 

ridgeback prawn trawl fishery, which 

found overfished species bycatch to be 

low shoreward of 100 fm (183 m.) RCA 

restrictions off California are 

particularly intended to reduce bycatch 

and bycatch mortality for southern and 

coastwide overfished species such as 

bocaccio, cowcod, canary rockfish, and 

lingcod. The CCA boundaries are not 

proposed to be changed for open access 

non-groundfish trawl vessels. 

Management measures for the open 

access fisheries, including gear 

requirements, are found at § 660.383. 

Trip limits are found in Table 5 (North) 

and Table 5 (South) of subpart G of part 

660. 

Recreational Fisheries Management 

Measures 

Recreational fisheries management 

measures are designed to constrain 

catch of overfished and nearshore 

species while also allowing favorable 

fishing seasons. Overfished species that 

tend to be vulnerable to recreational 

fisheries are bocaccio, cowcod, canary, 

and yelloweye rockfish. Because sport 

fisheries are more concentrated in 

nearshore waters, the 2007–2008 

recreational fishery management 

measures are also intended to constrain 

catch of nearshore species such as black 

rockfish and cabezon. These protections 

are particularly important for fisheries 

off California, where the bulk of West 

Coast recreational fishing occurs. 

Washington, Oregon, and California 

each proposed, and the Council 

recommended, different combinations 

of seasons, bag limits, area closures, and 

size limits to best fit the requirements to 

rebuild overfished species found in 

their regions, and the needs and 

constraints of their particular 

recreational fisheries. 

Off Washington, recreational fishing 

for groundfish and halibut will continue 

to be prohibited inside the North Coast 

Recreational YRCA, a C-shaped closed 

area off the northern Washington coast. 

The Council also adopted an additional 

WDFW-recommended YRCA for 

recreational fisheries off the southern 

coast of Washington, the South Coast 

Recreational YRCA, which would also 

be closed to all recreational fishing for 

groundfish and halibut. Coordinates for 

both of these YRCAs are defined at 50 

CFR 660.390. The RCA for recreational 

fishing off Washington will be the same 

as in 2006; recreational fishing for 

groundfish will be prohibited offshore 

of the 30–fm (55–m) depth contour. The 

groundfish bag limit off Washington 

will remain the same as in 2005–2006: 

15 aggregate bottomfish bag limit; 10 

rockfish sub-limit with no retention of 

canary or yelloweye rockfish; 2 lingcod 

sub-limit, with the lingcod minimum 

size reduced from 24 inches (61.4 cm) 

to 22 inches (56 cm). The lingcod 

seasons in 2007 and 2008 will be similar 

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although the season north of 48°10′ N. 

lat. will not begin until mid-April. As in 

the commercial non-trawl fisheries, the 

lingcod size limit for the Washington 

recreational fishery is reduced from 24 

inches (61 cm) to 22 inches (56 cm). 

Retention of yelloweye and canary 

rockfish is prohibited in the Washington 

recreational fishery. 

Off Oregon, recreational fishing for 

groundfish will be depth-restricted 

April through September, when the 

fishery will be closed offshore of a 

boundary line approximating the 40–fm 

(73–m) depth contour. Recreational 

fisheries participation is heaviest during 

these months and this closure is 

intended to move the groundfish 

fisheries inshore of the continental shelf 

to reduce incidental catch of canary and 

yelloweye rockfish. The Council also 

adopted a new YRCA off Oregon at 

ODFW’s recommendation, the 

Stonewall Bank YRCA. This is the same 

Stonewall Bank YRCA currently in 

place for the recreational Pacific halibut 

fishery off Oregon (71 FR 10850, March 

3, 2006.) In addition, EFH Conservation 

Areas, listed at § 660.306, also apply to 

recreational fisheries using bottom 

contact gear off Oregon. The Oregon 

recreational fishery marine fish bag 

limit will be reduced from 10 to 8 fish 

in aggregate. As in waters off 

Washington, retention of yelloweye and 

canary rockfish continues to be 

prohibited. The lingcod bag limit will 

remain at 2 fish per day, and the size 

limit will decrease as off Washington 

from 24 inches (61 cm) to 22 inches (56 

cm). 

For 2007–2008, recreational fisheries 

off California will continue to be 

managed as four separate regions: the 

Oregon/California border to 40°10′ N. 

lat.; 40°10′ N. lat. to 37°11′ N. lat.; 

37°11′ N. lat. to 34°27′ N. lat., and; 

34°27′ N. lat. to the U.S./Mexico border. 

California updated its recreational 

fisheries catch model with data from the 

California Recreational Fisheries Survey 

(CRFS) to make recommendations to the 

Council for the 2007–2008 fisheries. 

Season and area closures differ between 

California regions to better prevent 

incidental catch of overfished species 

according to where those species occur 

and where fishing effort is strongest. 

The California-wide combined bag limit 

for the Rockfish-Cabezon-Greenling 

(RCG) complex would continue to be 10 

fish per day. Bag limits are only 

available when seasons are open. RCG 

sub-bag limits will also remain the 

same, except that the sub-bag limit for 

kelp greenling increases from 1 fish to 

2 fish. Fishing for lingcod will be closed 

in the winter months to prevent catch of 

lingcod during its spawning and nesting 

season. Unlike Oregon and Washington, 

the lingcod size limit will remain at 24 

inches (61 cm) for sport fisheries off 

California. 

Between the Oregon/California border 

(42° N. lat.) and 40°10′ N. lat., the 

recreational fishery will be open MayDecember (May-November for lingcod) 

in waters shallower than a boundary 

approximating the 30–fm (55–m) depth 

contour. Between 40°10′ N. lat. and 

37°11′ N. lat., the recreational fishery 

will be open June-November, in waters 

shallower than a boundary 

approximating the 30–fm (55–m) depth 

contour. These northern California 

waters seasons and area closures are 

intended to reduce catch of canary 

rockfish, as well as to limit the catch of 

black rockfish and other nearshore 

rockfish species. 

Between 37°11′ N. lat. and 34°27′ N. 

lat., the fishery will be open MayDecember (April-November for lingcod) 

in waters shallower than a boundary 

line approximating the 40–fm (73–m) 

depth contour. In this area, fishing for 

California scorpionfish will be open 

from January-February in waters 

shallower than a boundary line 

approximating the 40–fm (73–m) depth 

contour, and from March-December in 

waters shallower than a boundary line 

approximating the 60–fm (110–m) depth 

contour. South of 34°27′ N. lat. to the 

U.S. border with Mexico, the fishery 

will be open from March through 

December in waters shallower than a 

boundary line approximating the 60–fm 

(110–m) depth contour. These time and 

area closures are intended to reduce 

catch of bocaccio and of canary rockfish 

in the southern edge of its range. 

Cowcod catch in the area south of 34°27′ 

N. lat. continues to be constrained by 

the CCAs, which are closed throughout 

the year to recreational fishing for 

groundfish. This proposed rule does not 

propose to modify the fishing 

restrictions within the CCAs for the 

recreational fisheries. In addition, EFH 

Conservation Areas, listed at § 660.306, 

apply to recreational fisheries using 

bottom contact gear off California. 

Management measures for 

recreational fisheries off all three West 

Coast states are found at § 660.384. 

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). 

For those species with tribal 

allocations, the tribal allocation is 

subtracted from the species OY before 

limited entry and open access 

allocations are derived. The tribal 

fisheries for sablefish, black rockfish, 

and whiting are separate fisheries and 

are not governed by the limited entry or 

open access regulations or allocations. 

The tribes regulate these fisheries so as 

to not exceed their allocations. 

The tribal harvest guideline for black 

rockfish is the same in 2007 and 2008 

as it was in 2005 and 2006. Also similar 

to past years, the tribal sablefish 

allocation is 10 percent of the total catch 

OY north of 36° N. lat., less 1.9 percent 

for estimated discard mortality. For both 

2007 and 2008, the tribal sablefish 

allocation is 572.3 mt, less 1.9 percent 

for discard mortality, or 561.4 mt. 

From 1999 through 2006, the tribal 

whiting allocation has been based on a 

methodology originally proposed by the 

Makah Tribe in 1998. The methodology 

is an abundance-based sliding scale that 

determines the tribal allocation based 

on the overall U.S. OY, up to a 

maximum 17.5 percent tribal harvest 

ceiling at OY levels below 145,000 mt. 

The tribes have proposed using the 

same methodology in 2007 and 2008. 

NMFS has determined that this 

methodology is consistent with the 

Magnuson-Stevens Act, and uses the 

best available science to determine the 

appropriate allocation of whiting to the 

tribes. Therefore, the allocation will be 

calculated based on that methodology 

once the final whiting OY is 

determined. No other tribes have 

proposed to harvest whiting in 2007 or 

2008. 

The tribes do not have formal 

allocation for Pacific cod; however, the 

Council recommended adopting a tribal 

proposal for tribal Pacific cod harvest 

guidelines in 2007 and 2008. The tribes 

and the Council made this 

recommendation as part of the Council′s 

efforts to more closely manage Pacific 

cod and spiny dogfish in all of the 

commercial fisheries. In both 2007 and 

2008, the tribes will be subject to an 

annual 400 mt Pacific cod harvest 

guideline. Spiny dogfish taken in tribal 

fisheries will be managed via trip limits, 

described below. 

For some species, on which the tribes 

have a modest harvest, no specific 

allocation has been determined. Rather 

than try to reserve specific allocations 

for the tribes, NMFS is establishing trip 

limits recommended by the tribes and 

the Council to accommodate tribal 

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are restricted to 600–lb (272–kg) per day 

and 1,800–lb (816–kg) per week, except 

for in the treaty salmon troll fishery, 

which would be limited to 1,000–lb 

(454–kg) per day and 4,000–lb (1,814 kg) 

per week. Tribal fisheries will be 

managed to a 50 mt lingcod harvest 

guideline in 2007 and 2008, although 

tribal fisheries may take as much as 100 

mt if they determine that they are able 

to fish in times and areas where 

additional lingcod harvest does not 

result in increased take of canary 

rockfish above the level the tribes have 

projected will be taken in 2007 and 

2008. 

For rockfish species, the 2007–2008 

tribal hook-and-line and non-whiting 

trawl fisheries will operate under trip 

and cumulative limits, and will be 

required by tribal regulations to fully 

retain all overfished and marketable 

rockfish species. Tribal fisheries will 

operate under a 300–lb (136–kg) per trip 

limit each for canary rockfish, and the 

minor rockfish species groups 

(nearshore, shelf, and slope), and under 

a 100–lb (45–kg) per trip limit for 

yelloweye rockfish. Longspine and 

shortspine thornyheads will be 

restricted to the non-tribal limited entry 

trip limits for these species. Tribal 

fishing regulations, as recommended by 

the tribes and the Council and adopted 

by NMFS, are in Federal regulations at 

50 CFR 660.385. 

Federal and State Jurisdiction 

The management measures herein, as 

well as Federal regulations at 50 CFR 

part 660, subpart G, govern groundfish 

fishing vessels of the United States in 

the U.S. EEZ from 3–200 nautical miles 

offshore of the coasts of Washington, 

Oregon, and California. The States of 

Washington, Oregon, and California 

retain jurisdiction in state waters from 

0–3 nautical miles offshore. This is true 

even though boundaries of some fishing 

areas cross between Federal and state 

waters. Under their own legal 

authorities, the states generally conform 

their state regulations to the Federal 

management measures, so measures that 

apply to Federal and state waters are the 

same. This is not true in every case, 

however, and fishers are advised to 

consult both state and Federal 

regulations if they intend to fish in both 

state and Federal waters. 

Groundfish stocks are distributed 

throughout Federal and State waters. 

Therefore, the Federal harvest limits 

(OYs) include fish taken in both Federal 

and State waters, as do vessel trip limits 

for individual groundfish species. Other 

Federal management measures related 

to federally-regulated groundfish fishing 

also apply to landings and other 

shoreside activities in Washington, 

Oregon and California. 

Housekeeping Measures 

NMFS is proposing to revise 

definitions in § 660.302 to either clarify 

those definitions or cross-reference to 

other Federal regulations, to update 

names of various NMFS offices, to 

arrange the definitions in a more logical 

order, and to improve the clarity and/or 

grammar of the definition language. 

Definitions for the following terms are 

proposed to be clarified, added, or 

updated via this rulemaking: Allocation; 

At-sea processing; BMSY; Catch, take, 

harvest; Commercial harvest guideline 

or commercial quota; Fishing; Fishing 

gear; Fishing vessel; Groundfish; 

Groundfish Conservation Area or GCA; 

Limited entry fishery; Limited entry 

permit; North-South management area; 

Observer Program Office; Office of Law 

Enforcement; Maximum Sustainable 

Yield or MSY; Operator; Processing or 

to process; Regional Administrator; 

Round weight; Scientific research 

activity; Secretary; Sell or sale; 

Shoreside processing; Trip, and; Vessel 

of the United States or U.S. vessel. 

NMFS is also proposing to correct and 

update the prohibitions in § 660.306 as 

a housekeeping measure within this 

action. Changes to the prohibitions 

section other than those discussed 

earlier in the preamble to this proposed 

rule are intended to improve the 

grammar and comprehensibility of the 

regulatory language. Housekeeping 

changes to the prohibitions do not 

change the intent or effect of those 

prohibitions. In addition, any references 

to ‘‘shoreside’’ when referring to 

whiting sectors or to processing would 

be changed to ‘‘shore-based’’ for 

consistency throughout the regulations. 

Any references to the years 2005 or 2006 

are removed. In the tribal management 

measures section, § 660.385, species 

names are added to the beginning of 

each paragraph for ease of use, if not 

already there. In sections § 660.381 

through § 660.384, references to 

EFHCAs are added where appropriate. 

Classification 

At this time, NMFS has not 

determined whether Amendment 16–4 

and the 2007–2008 groundfish harvest 

specifications and management 

measures, which this proposed rule 

would implement, is consistent with the 

national standards of the MagnusonStevens Act and other applicable laws. 

NMFS, in making that determination, 

will take into account the data, views, 

and comments received during the 

comment period. 

A DEIS was prepared for Amendment 

16–4 and the 2007–2008 groundfish 

harvest specifications and management 

measures. The DEIS includes an RIR 

and an IRFA. The Environmental 

Protection Agency published a notice of 

availability for the draft EIS on July 28, 

2006 (71 FR 42846.) A copy of the DEIS 

is available online at http:// 

www.pcouncil.org/. 

The Council considered two sets of 

alternatives for 2007–2008 groundfish 

management, the first set of alternatives 

addressed the selection of ABCs and 

OYs and the second set of alternatives 

provided a range of management 

measures based on the initial range of 

OYs considered. The Council narrowed 

the range of ABC/OY alternatives by 

eliminating the no harvest alternative 

and by eliminating the harvest 

alternatives at the higher end of the 

range. Then the Council set ‘‘preferred 

high OY’’ and ‘‘preferred low OY’’

suites from the low end of the initial 

range of ABCs/OYs, so that management 

measures could be considered from the 

lower overall harvest perspective. 

The range of management measure 

alternatives intended to keep total catch 

at the low end of the initial ABC/OY 

alternatives are considered here, since 

these were the alternatives the Council 

evaluated for their effects on small 

entities. Management measure 

alternatives included: the no action 

alternative, which would have 

implemented the 2005–2006 regime for 

2007–2008; Alternative 1, which was 

intended to keep catch most aligned 

with the preferred low OY values; 

Alternative 2, which was intended to 

keep catch intermediary to the range of 

preferred low-high OY values; 

Alternative 3, which was intended to 

keep catch most aligned with this 

preferred high OY values; and the 

Council’s preferred alternative, which 

set management measures intended to 

achieve rebuilding species’ OYs 

between Alternatives 2 and 3 for 

bocaccio, at Alternative 3 for cowcod, 

and above Alternative 3 for canary, 

darkblotched, POP, widow and 

yelloweye rockfish. All of the 

alternatives included management 

measures intended to constrain target 

fisheries for healthy stocks so as to 

minimize the effects of the fisheries on 

rebuilding stocks, with Alternatives 1–

3 and the preferred alternative applying 

more stringent management measures 

than those in effect for the fishery in 

2005–2006. 

Each of the alternatives analyzed by 

the Council was expected to have 

different overall effects on the economy. 

Among other factors, the DEIS for this 

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expected increases or decreases in 

revenue and income from 2006 levels. 

Alternative 1 was expected to decrease 

annual income, as compared to the no 

action alternative, from combined 

recreational angler expenditures and 

commercial fisheries landings by $75.2 

million, and decrease the number of 

coastwide fisheries-related jobs by 3,226 

jobs. Alternative 2 was expected to 

decrease annual income, as compared to 

the no action alternative, from 

combined recreational angler 

expenditures and commercial fisheries 

landings by $34.1 million, and decrease 

the number of coastwide fisheriesrelated jobs by 1,446 jobs. Alternative 3 

was expected to increase annual 

income, as compared to the no action 

alternative, from combined recreational 

angler expenditures and commercial 

fisheries landings by $1.8 million, and 

increase the number of coastwide 

fisheries-related jobs by 41 jobs. The 

Council’s preferred alternative was 

expected to have a range of annual 

income effects, depending on the level 

of Pacific whiting OYs chosen in 2007 

and 2008, from decreasing annual 

income by $37.2 million at the low 

whiting OY to increasing annual income 

by $0.6 million, as compared to the no 

action alternative, from combined 

recreational angler expenditures and 

commercial fisheries landings. The 

Council’s preferred alternative was 

expected to have a range of annual 

employment effects, depending on the 

level of Pacific whiting OYs chosen in 

2007 and 2008, from decreasing 

employment by 1,699 jobs at the low 

whiting OY to decreasing employment 

by 7 jobs at the high whiting OY. The 

Council’s preferred alternative is 

primaily designed to meet the 

overfished species rebuilding 

requirement of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Act to rebuild overfished species as 

quickly as possible, taking into account 

the status and biology of the stocks and 

the needs of fishing communities. 

The Council’s final preferred 

alternative was developed through a 

new and integrated approach of 

analyzing alternative suites of 

rebuilding harvest levels and rebuilding 

trajectories for all of the overfished 

species. This approach allowed the 

Council to develop a management 

package that focused the greatest 

protection on the most sensitive 

overfished species and the most 

vulnerable fishing communities, in 

order to meet the Magnuson-Stevens Act 

requirement to rebuild as quickly as 

possible, taking into account the status 

and biology of the overfished stocks and 

the needs of fishing communities. For 

non-overfished species, the effects of 

this action will be that they will be 

harvested in 2007–2008 at or below 

MSY harvest levels. Harvests of most 

non-overfished species will not achieve 

their MSY levels, primarily because 

their harvest will be constrained to 

achieve faster rebuilding of co-occurring 

overfished species. 

The economic effect of this action is 

that many fishery sectors are expected 

to achieve social and economic benefits 

that are similar to status quo levels. 

However, some sectors are more or less 

severely affected by management 

measures to rebuild overfished species. 

Although the yelloweye rebuilding 

period is longer than the status quo 

TTARGET, the OYs for 2007 and 2008 are 

lower than in past years. These lower 

yelloweye OYs will negatively affect 

northern hook-and-line fisheries, 

particularly the recreational fisheries. 

Southern recreational fisheries, 

however, will benefit from bocaccio’s 

more rapid rebuilding progress to date. 

The increase in the Dover sole OY and 

the expected stable whiting OY will 

stabilize the effects of this action on the 

trawl fisheries. The decrease in the 

sablefish OY will negatively affect all of 

the commercial fisheries. On a 

coastwide basis, the commercial exvessel revenues for the major directed 

groundfish sectors are estimated to be 

approximately $67.5 million, and the 

number of recreational bottomfish trips 

is estimated to be 571,742. These figures 

are 98 percent of 2005 exvessel 

revenues, and 105 percent of 2005 

recreational angler trips. 

This proposed rule has been 

determined to be not significant for 

purposes of Executive Order 12866. 

NMFS and the Council prepared an 

IRFA, as required by section 603 of the 

Regulatory Flexibility Act. The IRFA 

describes the economic impact this 

proposed rule, if adopted, would have 

on small entities. A description of the 

action, why it is being considered, and 

the legal basis for this action are 

contained in the preamble to this 

proposed rule. A copy of this analysis 

is available from the Council (see 

ADDRESSES). A summary of the analysis 

follows. 

NMFS estimates that implementation 

of this action will affect about 2,600 

small entities. These entities are 

associated with those vessels that either 

target groundfish or harvest groundfish 

as bycatch. Consequently, these are the 

vessels, other than catcher-processors, 

that participate in the limited entry 

portion of the fishery, the open access 

fishery, the charterboat fleet, and the 

tribal fleets. Catcher-processors also 

operate in the Alaska pollock fishery, 

and all are entities associated with 

larger companies such as Trident and 

American Seafoods. Therefore, NMFS 

does not consider catcher-processors to 

be small entities. 

As of July 2006, there were 403 

limited entry permits for the West Coast 

groundfish fishery, including: 179 

endorsed for trawl (174 trawl only, 4 

trawl and longline, and 1 trawl and trappot); 198 endorsed for longline (193 

longline only, 4 longline and trap-pot, 

and 4 trawl and longline); 32 endorsed 

for trap-pot (27 trap-pot only, 4 longline 

and trap-pot, and 1 trawl and trap-pot). 

Of the longline and trap-pot permits, 

164 are sablefish endorsed. Of these 

endorsements 126 are ‘‘stacked’’ on 50 

vessels, in accordance with Federal 

regulations at 50 CFR 660.335. Eight of 

the trawl limited entry permits are used 

or owned by catcher-processor 

companies associated with the whiting 

fishery. The remaining 395 entities are 

considered small businesses based on a 

review of sector revenues and average 

revenues per entity. The open access or 

nearshore fleet, depending on the year 

and level of participation, is estimated 

to be about 1,300 to 1,600 vessels. All 

of the open access fishery participants 

are considered small entities. The tribal 

fleet is comprised of 53 vessels, and the 

Charterboat fleet includes 525 vessels 

that are also assumed to be small 

entities. All of these small entities 

would be affected by this action. 

The final Council-preferred 

alternative represents the Council’s 

efforts to address directions provided by 

the court that emphasized the need to 

rebuild stocks in as short a time as 

possible, taking into account: (1) the 

status and biology of the stocks, (2) the 

needs of fishing communities, and (3) 

interactions of depleted stocks within 

the marine ecosystem. When the 

Council was taking into account the 

‘‘needs of fishing communities’’ it was 

also simultaneously taking into account 

the ‘‘needs of small businesses,’’ since 

fishing communities rely on small 

businesses as a source of economic 

income and activity. In particular, as 

discussed in the IRFA, the inclusion of 

the yelloweye rockfish ‘‘ramp down’’

strategy and creation of additional 

YRCAs is a means of trying to mitigate 

impacts of this proposed rule on small 

entities. (It should also be noted that the 

development of the final Councilpreferred alternative reflects a process 

that includes the provision of the 

numerous public comments by 

fishermen and other small business 

representatives. It also reflects 

recommendations made by the 

Council’s Groundfish Advisory Panel--a 

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recreational, and conservation 

representatives, almost all of which are 

associated with small business 

interests.) 

Rather than abruptly shifting West 

Coast fisheries from a 2006 OY of 27 mt 

to a 12–12.6 mt OY, the yelloweye OY 

ramp-down strategy commits the 

Council to adopting gradually declining 

OY levels. The 2007–2008 OYs are 23 

mt, 20 mt, and the 2009–2010 OYs are 

anticipated to be 17 mt, and 14 mt, 

respectively under the ramp-down 

strategy. Under a 12 or 12.16 mt 

Optimum Yield, there would be a 

projected 40 percent decline in exvessel revenues and about a 30 percent 

decline in recreational fisheries angler 

trips and expenditures. However many 

argue that the recreational fisheries 

impact is larger, since fishing seasons 

would be shortened, which would have 

the additional impact of fewer tourists 

being drawn to communities during 

times when fishing closures are in 

place. The communities most 

vulnerable to reductions in yelloweye 

catch are remote northern coast towns 

with small year-round populations and 

a strong revenue dependence on 

seasonal tourism influxes. This means 

that economic impacts would be larger 

than indicated by just examining 

changes in angler trips. Because 

yelloweye rockfish are harvested in 

almost all West Coast groundfish and 

non-groundfish fisheries, the economic 

impact of a zero harvest OY is projected 

to result in a loss of at least $100 million 

in ex-vessel revenues and 

approximately 1.2 million recreational 

angler trips. The yelloweye ramp-down 

OY results in economic impacts to 

recreational fisheries that range from 

near status quo, to reductions in angler 

effort of approximately 22 percent in 

2007 compared to 2005 levels. 

Similarly, commercial ex-vessel 

revenues would range from near status 

quo to reductions of 13 percent. Beyond 

2007, the effects are less clear; however, 

it is expected that the economic 

implications will be less severe than 

with an OY of 12 mt or 12.6 mt. It is 

estimated that these impacts will be in 

place until 2084, or 36 years longer than 

TMIN. 

Through adopting the ramp-down 

approach that includes expanded 

YRCAs off Oregon and Washington, the 

Council was able to consider the tradeoff between rebuilding periods (need to 

rebuild as fast as possible) and effects 

on communities (taking into account the 

needs of fishing communities) and small 

businesses, supported by additional 

management measures to assure the OY 

is not exceeded (which in turn would 

affect the majority of communities and 

small businesses because of the 

yelloweye OY’s broadly distributed 

effects.) In comparison to the 12 mt OY 

Alternative, the ramp-down approach 

extends the rebuilding period by 6 years 

from 2078 to 2084, allows the current 

fishing sectors to continue, and prevents 

major closures of fisheries and the 

associated harm to communities and 

their small businesses. 

There are no additional projected 

reporting, record-keeping, and other 

compliance requirements of the 

proposed rule not already envisioned 

within the scope of current 

requirements. References to collectionsof-information made in this action are 

intended to properly cite those 

collections in Federal regulations, and 

not to alter their effect in any way. 

No Federal rules have been identified 

that duplicate, overlap, or conflict with 

this action. 

NMFS issued Biological Opinions 

under the ESA on August 10, 1990, 

November 26, 1991, August 28, 1992, 

September 27, 1993, May 14, 1996, and 

December 15, 1999, pertaining to the 

effects of the Pacific Coast groundfish 

FMP fisheries on Chinook salmon 

(Puget Sound, Snake River spring/ 

summer, Snake River fall, upper 

Columbia River spring, lower Columbia 

River, upper Willamette River, 

Sacramento River winter, Central Valley 

spring, California coastal), coho salmon 

(Central California coastal, southern 

Oregon/northern California coastal), 

chum salmon (Hood Canal summer, 

Columbia River), sockeye salmon (Snake 

River, Ozette Lake), and steelhead 

(upper, middle and lower Columbia 

River, Snake River Basin, upper 

Willamette River, central California 

coast, California Central Valley, south/ 

central California, northern California, 

southern California). These biological 

opinions have concluded that 

implementation of the FMP for the 

Pacific Coast groundfish fishery was not 

expected to jeopardize the continued 

existence of any endangered or 

threatened species under the 

jurisdiction of NMFS, or result in the 

destruction or adverse modification of 

critical habitat. 

NMFS reinitiated a formal ESA 

section 7 consultation in 2005 for both 

the Pacific whiting midwater trawl 

fishery and the groundfish bottom trawl 

fishery. The December 19, 1999 

Biological Opinion had defined an 

11,000 Chinook incidental take 

threshold for the Pacific whiting fishery. 

During the 2005 Pacific whiting season, 

the 11,000 fish Chinook incidental take 

threshold was exceeded, triggering 

reinitiation. Also in 2005, new WCGOP 

data became available, allowing NMFS 

to complete an analysis of salmon take 

in the bottom trawl fishery. 

NMFS prepared a Supplemental 

Biological Opinion dated March 11, 

2006, which addressed salmon take in 

both the Pacific whiting midwater trawl 

and groundfish bottom trawl fisheries. 

In its 2006 Supplemental Biological 

Opinion, NMFS concluded that catch 

rates of salmon in the 2005 whiting 

fishery were consistent with 

expectations considered during prior 

consultations. Chinook bycatch has 

averaged about 7,300 over the last 15 

years and has only occasionally 

exceeded the reinitiation trigger of 

11,000. Since 1999, annual Chinook 

bycatch has averaged about 8,450. The 

Chinook Evolutionarily Significant 

Units (ESUs) most likely affected by the 

whiting fishery have generally improved 

in status since the 1999 ESA section 7 

consultation. Although these species 

remain at risk, as indicated by their ESA 

listing, NMFS concluded that the higher 

observed bycatch in 2005 does not 

require a reconsideration of its prior ‘‘no 

jeopardy’’ conclusion with respect to 

the fishery. For the groundfish bottom 

trawl fishery, NMFS concluded that 

incidental take in the groundfish 

fisheries is within the overall limits 

articulated in the Incidental Take 

Statement of the 1999 Biological 

Opinion. The groundfish bottom trawl 

limit from that opinion was 9,000 fish 

annually. NMFS will continue to 

monitor and collect data to analyze take 

levels. NMFS also reaffirmed its prior 

determination that implementation of 

the Groundfish FMP is not likely to 

jeopardize the continued existence of 

any of the affected ESUs. 

Pursuant to Executive Order 13175, 

this proposed 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 Pacific 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 

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measures in this proposed 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 included in this proposed rule. 

List of Subjects in 50 CFR Part 660 

Fisheries, Fishing, Indian fisheries. 

Dated: September 13, 2006. 

Samuel D. Rauch III, 

Deputy Assistant Administrator for 

Regulatory Programs, National Marine 

Fisheries Service. 

For the reasons set out in the 

preamble, 50 CFR part 660 is proposed 

to be amended as follows: 

PART 660—FISHERIES OFF WEST 

COAST STATES 

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 definitions for 

‘‘At-sea processing,’’ ‘‘Office for Law 

Enforcement,’’ and ‘‘Shoreside 

processing’’ are removed, the definitions 

for ‘‘Allocation,’’ ‘‘Catch, take, harvest,’’

‘‘Commercial harvest guideline or 

commercial quota,’’ ‘‘Fishing,’’ ‘‘Fishing 

gear,’’ paragraph (11)(ii) for ‘‘Midwater 

(pelagic or off–bottom) trawl,’’ ‘‘Fishing 

vessel,’’ ‘‘Groundfish,’’ paragraph (8) for 

‘‘Flatfish’’ and paragraph 9 for ‘‘other 

fish,’’‘‘Groundfish Conservation Area or 

GCA,’’ ‘‘Limited entry fishery,’’

‘‘Limited entry permit,’’ ‘‘North-South 

management area,’’ ‘‘Observer Program 

Office,’’ ‘‘Operator,’’ ‘‘Processing or to 

process,’’ ‘‘Regional Administrator,’’

‘‘Round weight,’’ ‘‘Scientific research 

activity,’’ ‘‘Secretary,’’ ‘‘Sell or sale,’’

‘‘Trip,’’ and ‘‘Vessel of the United States 

or U.S. vessel’’ are revised, and the 

definitions for ‘‘BMSY,’’ ‘‘Maximum 

Sustainable Yield or MSY,’’ and ‘‘Office 

of Law Enforcement,’’ are added in 

alphabetical order to read as follows: 

§ 660.302 Definitions. 

* * * * * 

Allocation. (See § 600.10). 

* * * * * 

Bmsy means the biomass level that 

produces maximum sustainable yield 

(MSY), as stated in the PCGFMP at 

Section 4.2. 

* * * * * 

Catch, take, harvest. (See § 600.10). 

* * * * * 

Commercial harvest guideline or 

commercial quota means the harvest 

guideline or quota after subtracting any 

allocation for the Pacific Coast treaty 

Indian tribes, projected research catch, 

recreational fisheries set-asides or 

harvest guidelines, deductions for 

fishing mortality in non-groundfish 

fisheries, as necessary, and set-asides for 

compensation fishing under § 660.350. 

Limited entry and open access 

allocations are derived from the 

commercial harvest guideline or quota. 

* * * * * 

Fishing. (See § 600.10). 

* * * * * 

Fishing gear * * * 

(11) * * * 

(ii) Midwater (pelagic or off-bottom) 

trawl. A trawl in which the otter boards 

and footrope of the net remain above the 

seabed. It includes pair trawls if fished 

in midwater. A midwater trawl has no 

rollers or bobbins on any part of the net 

or its component wires, ropes, and 

chains. For additional midwater trawl 

gear requirements and restrictions, see 

§ 660.381(b). 

* * * * * 

Fishing vessel. (See § 600.10). 

* * * * * 

* * * * * 

Groundfish * * * 

(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 

regulations 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, and sand sole.) 

(9) ‘‘Other fish’’: Where regulations of 

this subpart refer to landings limits for 

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

groundfish listed here in paragraphs (1)- 

(8) except for the following: 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.); and Pacific cod 

and spiny dogfish coastwide. (i.e., 

‘‘other fish’’ may include all sharks 

(except spiny dogfish), skates, ratfish, 

morids, grenadiers, and kelp greenling 

listed in this section, as well as cabezon 

in the north.) 

* * * * * 

Groundfish Conservation Area or GCA 

means a geographic area defined by 

coordinates expressed in degrees 

latitude and longitude, wherein fishing 

by a particular gear type or types may 

be prohibited. GCAs are created and 

enforced for the purpose of contributing 

to the rebuilding of overfished West 

Coast groundfish species. Regulations at 

§ 660.390 define coordinates for these 

polygonal GCAs: Yelloweye Rockfish 

Conservation Areas, Cowcod 

Conservation Areas, waters encircling 

the Farallon Islands, and waters 

encircling the Cordell Banks. GCAs also 

include Rockfish Conservation Areas or 

RCAs, which are areas closed to fishing 

by particular gear types, bounded by 

lines approximating particular depth 

contours. RCA boundaries may and do 

change seasonally according to the 

different conservation needs of the 

different overfished species. Regulations 

at §§ 660.390 through 660.394 define 

RCA boundary lines with latitude/ 

longitude coordinates; regulations at 

Tables 3–5 of Part 660 set RCA seasonal 

boundaries. Fishing prohibitions 

associated with GCAs are in addition to 

those associated with Essential Fish 

Habitat Conservation Areas, regulations 

which are provided at § 660.306 and 

§§ 660.396 through 660.399. 

* * * * * 

Limited entry fishery means the 

fishery composed of vessels registered 

for use with limited entry permits. 

* * * * * 

Limited entry permit means the 

Federal permit required to participate in 

the limited entry fishery, and includes 

any gear, size, or species endorsements 

affixed to the permit. 

* * * * * 

Maximum Sustainable Yield or MSY. 

(See § 600.310). 

* * * * * 

North-South management area means 

the management areas defined in 

paragraph (1) of this definition, or 

defined and bounded by one or more or 

the commonly used geographic 

coordinates set out in paragraph (2) of 

this definition for the purposes of 

implementing different management 

measures in separate geographic areas of 

the U.S. West Coast. * * * 

* * * * * 

Observer Program or Observer 

Program Office means the West Coast 

Groundfish Observer Program (WCGOP) 

Office of the Northwest Fishery Science 

Center, National Marine Fisheries 

Service, Seattle, Washington. 

Office of Law Enforcement (OLE) 

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Service, Office of Law Enforcement, 

Northwest Division. 

* * * * * 

Operator. (See § 600.10). 

* * * * * 

Processing or to process means the 

preparation or packaging of groundfish 

to render it suitable for human 

consumption, retail sale, industrial uses 

or long-term storage, including, but not 

limited to, cooking, canning, smoking, 

salting, drying, filleting, freezing, or 

rendering into meal or oil, but does not 

mean heading and gutting unless 

additional preparation is done. 

(1) At-sea processing means 

processing that takes place on a vessel 

or other platform that floats and is 

capable of being moved from one 

location to another, whether shorebased or on the water. 

(2) Shore-based processing or 

processing in the shore-based sector 

means processing that takes place at a 

facility that is permanently fixed to 

land. 

* * * * * 

Regional Administrator means the 

Administrator, Northwest Region, 

NMFS. 

* * * * * 

Round weight. (See § 600.10). Round 

weight does not include ice, water, or 

slime. 

Scientific research activity. (See 

§ 600.10). 

Secretary. (See § 600.10). 

Sell or sale. (See § 600.10). 

* * * * * 

Trip. (See § 600.10). 

* * * * * 

Vessel of the United States or U.S. 

vessel. (See § 600.10). 

* * * * * 

3. In § 660.303, paragraphs 

(d)(5)(i)(A)(1) and (d)(5)(i)(G)(1) are 

added and paragraphs (d)(5)(i)(A)(2) and 

(d)(5)(i)(G)(2) are added and reserved to 

read as follows: 

§ 660.303 Reporting and recordkeeping. 

* * * * * 

(d) * * * 

(5) * * * 

(i) * * * 

(A) * * * 

(1) Limited entry fixed gear- Cowcod 

Conservation Areas [For this 

declaration, NMFS OLE must be 

contacted during business hours 

Monday through Friday between 0800 

and 1600 Pacific Standard Time], 

(2) [Reserved] 

* * * * * 

(G) * * * 

(1) Non-trawl gear used to take 

groundfish- Cowcod Conservation Areas 

[For this declaration, NMFS OLE must 

be contacted during business hours 

Monday through Friday between 0800 

and 1600 Pacific Standard Time], 

(2) [Reserved] 

* * * * * 

4. In § 660.306, paragraphs (a)(2), 

(a)(9), (c)(1) introductory text, (c)(2), 

(f)(1)(i), (f)(2), (f)(3), (g)(1), (h)(1), and 

(h)(2) are revised to read as follows: 

§ 660.306 Prohibitions. 

* * * * * 

(a) * * * 

(2) Retain any prohibited species 

(defined in § 660.302 and restricted in 

§ 660.370(e)) caught by means of fishing 

gear authorized under this subpart, 

unless authorized by part 600 or part 

300 of this chapter. Prohibited species 

must be returned to the sea as soon as 

practicable with a minimum of injury 

when caught and brought on board. 

* * * * * 

(9) When requested or required by an 

authorized officer, refuse to present 

fishing gear for inspection, refuse to 

present fish subject to such persons 

control for inspections; or interfere with 

a fishing gear or marine animal or plant 

life inspection. 

* * * * * 

(c) * * * 

(1) Fish with groundfish trawl gear, or 

carry groundfish trawl gear on board a 

vessel that also has groundfish on board, 

unless the vessel is registered for use 

with a valid limited entry permit with 

a trawl gear endorsement, with the 

following exception. 

(2) Carry on board a vessel, or deploy, 

limited entry gear when the limited 

entry fishery for that gear is closed, 

except that a vessel may carry on board 

limited entry groundfish trawl gear as 

provided in paragraph (c)(1) of this 

section. 

* * * * * 

(f) * * * 

(1) * * * 

(i) The fish are received from a 

member of a Pacific Coast treaty Indian 

tribe fishing under §§ 660.324 or 

660.385; 

* * * * * 

(2) During times or in areas where atsea processing is prohibited, take and 

retain or receive whiting, except as 

cargo or fish waste, on a vessel in the 

fishery management area that already 

has processed whiting on board. An 

exception to this prohibition is provided 

if the fish are received within the tribal 

U&A from a member of a Pacific Coast 

treaty Indian tribe fishing under 

§§ 660.324. or 660.385. 

(3) Participate in the mothership or 

shore-based sector as a catcher vessel 

that does not process fish, if that vessel 

operates in the same calendar year as a 

catcher/processor in the whiting fishery, 

according to § 660.373(h)(2). 

* * * * * 

(g) * * * 

(1) If a limited entry permit is 

registered for use with a vessel, fail to 

carry that permit onboard the vessel 

registered for use with the permit. A 

photocopy of the permit may not 

substitute for the original permit itself. 

* * * * * 

(h) * * * 

(1) Fish in a conservation area with: 

any trawl gear, including non-trawl gear 

used to take pink shrimp, ridgeback 

prawns, and south of Pt. Arena, CA, 

California halibut and sea cucumber; 

with trawl gear from a tribal vessel; or 

with any gear from a vessel registered to 

a groundfish limited entry permit. An 

exception to this prohibition is provided 

if the vessel owner or operator has a 

valid declaration confirmation code or 

receipt for fishing in a conservation 

area, as specified at § 660.303(d)(5). 

(2) Operate any vessel registered to a 

limited entry permit with a trawl 

endorsement and trawl gear on board in 

any Trawl Rockfish Conservation Area, 

Cowcod Conservation Area, or Essential 

Fish Habitat Conservation Area. 

Exceptions to this prohibition are 

provided if: the vessel is in continuous 

transit, with all groundfish trawl gear 

stowed in accordance with 

§ 660.381(d)(4), or if the vessel 

operation is otherwise authorized in the 

groundfish management measures 

published at § 660.381(d)(4). 

* * * * * 

5. In § 660.314, paragraphs 

(f)(2)(i)(A)(1)(i) through (iii) and 

(f)(2)(i)(A)(3) and (4) are revised to read 

as follows: 

* * * * * 

§ 660.314 Groundfish observer program. 

(f) * * * 

(2) * * * 

(i) * * * 

(A) * * * 

(1) * * * 

(i) Any ownership, mortgage holder, 

or other secured interest in a vessel, 

shore-based or floating stationary 

processor facility involved in the 

catching, taking, harvesting or 

processing of fish, 

(ii) Any business involved with 

selling supplies or services to any 

vessel, shore-based or floating stationary 

processing facility; or 

(iii) Any business involved with 

purchasing raw or processed products 

from any vessel, shore-based or floating 

stationary processing facilities. 

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(3) May not serve as observers on any 

vessel or at any shore-based or floating 

stationary processing facility owned or 

operated by a person who previously 

employed the observers. 

(4) May not solicit or accept 

employment as a crew member or an 

employee of a vessel, shore-based 

processor, or stationary floating 

processor while employed by an 

observer provider. 

* * * * * 

6. In § 660.320, paragraphs (a)(2) and 

(f) are revised to read as follows: 

§ 660.320 Allocations. 

* * * * * 

(a) * * * 

(2) Open access allocation. The 

allocation for the open access fishery is 

derived by applying the open access 

allocation percentage to the annual 

harvest guideline or quota after 

subtracting any recreational fishery 

estimates or tribal allocations. For 

management areas where quotas or 

harvest guidelines for a stock are not 

fully utilized, no separate allocation 

will be established for the open access 

fishery until it is projected that the 

allowable catch for a species will be 

reached. 

(f) Recreational fisheries. Recreational 

fishing for groundfish is outside the 

scope of, and not affected by, the 

regulations governing limited entry and 

open access fisheries. Certain amounts 

of groundfish may be specifically 

allocated to the recreational fishery, and 

will be estimated prior to dividing the 

commercial allocation between the 

commercial limited entry and open 

access fisheries. 

7. In § 660.322, paragraph (e) is 

revised to read as follows: 

§ 660.322 Sablefish allocations. 

* * * * * 

(e) Ratios between tiers for sablefishendorsed limited entry permits. 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. 

8. In § 660.323, paragraphs (a)(2), (b) 

introductory text, (b)(3), (b)(4), (d), and 

(e) are revised to read as follows: 

§ 660.323 Pacific whiting allocations, 

allocation attainment, and inseason 

allocation reapportionment. 

* * * * * 

(a) * * * 

(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 shore-based sector. No 

more than 5 percent of the shore-based 

allocation may be taken and retained 

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

primary whiting season north of 42° N. 

lat. Specific sector allocations for a 

given calendar year are found in tables 

1a and 2a of this subpart. 

* * * * * 

(b) Reaching an allocation. If the 

whiting harvest guideline, commercial 

harvest guideline, or a sector’s 

allocation is reached, or is projected to 

be reached, the following action(s) for 

the applicable sector(s) may be taken as 

provided under paragraph (e) of this 

section and will remain in effect until 

additional amounts are made available 

the next calendar year or under 

paragraph (c) of this section. 

* * * * * 

(3) Shore-based sector coastwide. 

Whiting may not be taken and retained, 

possessed, or landed by a catcher vessel 

participating in the shore-based sector 

except as authorized under a trip limit 

specified under § 660.370(c). 

(4) Shore-based south of 42° N. lat. If 

5 percent of the shore-based allocation 

for whiting is taken and retained south 

of 42° N. lat. before the primary season 

for the shore-based sector begins north 

of 42° N. lat., then a trip limit specified 

under § 660.370(c) may be implemented 

south of 42° N. lat. until the northern 

primary season begins, at which time 

the southern primary season would 

resume. 

* * * * * 

(d) Estimates. Estimates of the amount 

of whiting harvested will be based on 

actual amounts harvested, projections of 

amounts that will be harvested, or a 

combination of the two. Estimates of the 

amount of Pacific whiting that will be 

used by shore-based processors by the 

end of the calendar year will be based 

on the best information available to the 

Regional Administrator from state catch 

and landings data, the testimony 

received at Council meetings, and/or 

other relevant information. 

(e) Announcements. The Regional 

Administrator will announce in the 

Federal Register when a harvest 

guideline, commercial harvest 

guideline, or an allocation of whiting is 

reached, or is projected to be reached, 

specifying the appropriate action being 

taken under paragraph (b) of this 

section. The Regional Administrator 

will announce in the Federal Register 

any reapportionment of surplus whiting 

to others sectors on September 15, or as 

soon as practicable thereafter. In order 

to prevent exceeding the limits or to 

avoid underutilizing the resource, 

prohibitions against further taking and 

retaining, receiving, or at-sea processing 

of whiting, or reapportionment of 

surplus whiting may be made effective 

immediately by actual notice to fishers 

and processors, by e-mail, internet 

(www.nwr.noaa.gov/GroundfishHalibut/Groundfish-FisheryManagement/Whiting-Management/ 

index.cfm), phone, fax, letter, press 

release, and/or USCG Notice to Mariners 

(monitor channel 16 VHF), followed by 

publication in the Federal Register, in 

which instance public comment will be 

sought for a reasonable period of time 

thereafter. 

* * * * * 

9. In § 660.324, paragraphs (c) (1) 

through (4), (g), (h), and (j) are revised 

to read as follows: 

§ 660.324 Pacific Coast treaty Indian 

fisheries. 

* * * * * 

(c) * * * 

(1) Makah-That portion of the FMA 

north of 48°02.25′ N. lat. (Norwegian 

Memorial) and east of 125°44′ W. long. 

(2) Quileute-That portion of the FMA 

between 48°07.60′ N. lat. (Sand Point) 

and 47°31.70′ N. lat. (Queets River) and 

east of 125°44′ W. long. 

(3) Hoh-That portion of the FMA 

between 47°54.30′ N. lat. (Quillayute 

River) and 47°21′ N. lat. (Quinault 

River) and east of 125°44′ W. long. 

(4) Quinault-That portion of the FMA 

between 47°40.10′ N. lat. (Destruction 

Island) and 46°53.30′ N. lat. (Point 

Chehalis) and east of 125°44′ W. long. 

* * * * * 

(g) Fishing under this section and 

§ 660.385 by a member of a Pacific Coast 

treaty Indian tribe within their usual 

and accustomed fishing area is not 

subject to the provisions of other 

sections of this subpart. 

(h) Any member of a Pacific Coast 

treaty Indian tribe must comply with 

this section and § 660.385, and with any 

applicable tribal law and regulation, 

when participating in a tribal 

groundfish fishery described in 

paragraph (d) of this section. 

* * * * * 

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for commercial harvests of black 

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will be established biennially for two 

subsequent one-year periods for the 

areas between the U.S.-Canadian 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.), in accordance with the procedures 

for implementing harvest specifications 

and management measures. Pacific 

Coast treaty Indians fishing for black 

rockfish in these areas under these 

harvest guidelines are subject to the 

provisions in this section §§ 660.321 

and 660.385, and not to the restrictions 

in other sections of this part. 

* * * * * 

10. Section § 660.365 is revised to 

read as follows: 

§ 660.365 Overfished species rebuilding 

plans. 

For each overfished groundfish stock 

with an approved rebuilding plan, this 

section contains the standards to be 

used to establish annual or biennial 

OYs, specifically the target date for 

rebuilding the stock to its MSY level 

and the harvest control rule to be used 

to rebuild the stock. The harvest control 

rule is expressed as a ‘‘Spawning 

Potential Ratio’’ or ‘‘SPR’’ harvest rate. 

(a) Bocaccio. The target year for 

rebuilding the southern bocaccio stock 

to BMSY is 2026. The harvest control rule 

to be used to rebuild the southern 

bocaccio stock is an annual SPR harvest 

rate of 77.7 percent. 

(b) Canary rockfish. The target year 

for rebuilding the canary rockfish stock 

to BMSY is 2063. The harvest control rule 

to be used to rebuild the canary rockfish 

stock is an annual SPR harvest rate of 

88.7 percent. 

(c) Cowcod. The target year for 

rebuilding the cowcod stock south of 

Point Conception to BMSY is 2039. The 

harvest control rule to be used to 

rebuild the cowcod stock is an annual 

SPR harvest rate of 90.0 percent. 

(d) Darkblotched rockfish. The target 

year for rebuilding the darkblotched 

rockfish stock to BMSY is 2011. The 

harvest control rule to be used to 

rebuild the darkblotched rockfish stock 

is an annual SPR harvest rate of 64.1 

percent in 2007 and 60.7 percent 

beginning in 2008. 

(e) Pacific ocean perch (POP). The 

target year for rebuilding the POP stock 

to BMSY is 2017. The harvest control rule 

to be used to rebuild the POP stock is 

an annual SPR harvest rate of 86.4 

percent. 

(f) Widow rockfish. The target year for 

rebuilding the widow rockfish stock to 

BMSY is 2015. The harvest control rule 

to be used to rebuild the widow rockfish 

stock is an annual SPR harvest rate of 

95.0 percent. 

(g) Yelloweye rockfish. The target year 

for rebuilding the yelloweye rockfish 

stock to BMSY is 2084. The harvest 

control rule to be used to rebuild the 

yelloweye rockfish stock is an annual 

SPR harvest rate is 55.4 in 2007 and 

60.8 in 2008. Yelloweye rockfish is 

subject to a ramp-down strategy where 

the harvest level will be reduced from 

current levels until 2011. Beginning in 

2011, yelloweye rockfish will be subject 

to a constant harvest rate strategy with 

a constant SPR harvest rate of 71.9 

percent. 

11. In § 660.370, paragraphs (c)(1)(iii), 

and (h)(5)(iv)(C) are added, and 

paragraphs (d), (h)(5)(i) introductory 

text, (h)(5)(iv)(A) and (B), (h)(6) 

introductory text, (h)(8)(iv)(A) and (B), 

(h)(8)(v) and (vi) are revised to read as 

follows: 

§ 660.370 Specifications and management 

measures. 

* * * * * 

(c) * * * 

(1) * * * 

(iii) Type of limited entry trawl gear 

on board. Limits on the type of limited 

entry trawl gear on board a vessel may 

be imposed on a biennial or more 

frequent basis. Requirements and 

restrictions on limited entry trawl gear 

type are found at § 660.381. 

* * * * * 

(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. An automatic 

action is also used in the Pacific whiting 

fishery to implement the Ocean Salmon 

Conservation Zone, described at 

660.373(c)(3), when NMFS projects the 

Pacific whiting fishery may take in 

excess of 11,000 Chinook within a 

calendar year. 

* * * * * 

(h) * * * 

(5) * * * 

(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. Washington state 

regulations require all fish with a size 

limit landed into Washington to be 

landed with the head on. 

* * * * * 

(iv) * * * 

(A) North of 42° N. lat., for lingcod 

with the head removed, the minimum 

size limit is 18 inches (46 cm), which 

corresponds to 22 inches (56 cm) total 

length for whole fish. 

(B) South of 42° N. lat., 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. 

(C) 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: 

* * * * * 

(8) * * * 

(iv) * * * 

(A) If a vessel takes and retains minor 

slope rockfish north of 40°10′ N. lat., 

that vessel is also permitted to take and 

retain, possess or land splitnose rockfish 

up to its cumulative limit south of 

40°10′ N. lat., even if splitnose rockfish 

were a part of the landings from minor 

slope rockfish taken and retained north 

of 40°10′ N. lat. 

* * * * * 

(B) If a vessel takes and retains minor 

slope rockfish south of 40°10′ N. lat., 

that vessel is also permitted to take and 

retain, possess or land POP up to its 

cumulative limit north of 40°10′ N. lat., 

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retained south of 40°10′ N. lat. 

* * * * * 

(v) ‘‘DTS complex.’’ There are often 

differential trawl trip limits for the 

‘‘DTS complex’’ north and south of 

latitudinal management lines. 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 often 

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 latitudinal 

management lines. 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. 

12. In § 660.372, paragraphs (b)(1) and 

(b)(3)(i) is revised to read as follows: 

§ 660.372 Fixed gear sablefish fishery 

management. 

* * * * * 

(b) * * * 

(1) Season dates. North of 36° N. lat., 

the primary sablefish season for the 

limited entry, fixed gear, sablefishendorsed 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 through 

the routine management measures 

process described at § 660.370(c). 

* * * * * 

(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 this 

paragraph for the tiers for those permits, 

except as limited by paragraph (b)(3)(ii) 

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. The 

following annual limits are in effect: 

Tier 1 at 48,500 lb (21,999 kg), Tier 2 

at 22,000 lb (9,979 kg), and Tier 3 at 

12,500 lb (5,670 kg). 

* * * * * 

13. In § 660.373, paragraphs (a), 

(b)(1)(iii) introductory text, (b)(2), (b)(3) 

introductory text, (b)(4), (c)(1), (c)(2), 

and (d)(1) are revised and paragraph 

(c)(3) is added to read as follows: 

§ 660.373 Pacific whiting (whiting) fishery 

management. 

(a) Sectors. The catcher/processor 

sector is composed of catcher/ 

processors, which are vessels that 

harvest and process whiting during a 

calendar year. The mothership sector is 

composed of motherships and catcher 

vessels that harvest whiting for delivery 

to motherships. Motherships are vessels 

that process, but do not harvest, whiting 

during a calendar year. The shore-based 

sector is composed of vessels that 

harvest whiting for delivery to shorebased processors. 

(b) * * * 

(1) * * * 

(iii) 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. The 

primary seasons for the whiting fishery 

are as follows: 

(2) South of 40°30′ N. lat. The primary 

season starts on April 15 south of 40°30′ 

N. lat. 

(3) 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 3 of this subpart, and is a 

routine management measure under 

§ 660.370(c). This trip limit includes 

any whiting caught shoreward of 100–

fm (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: 

(4) 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 management 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. The whiting fishery 

bycatch limits for the sectors identified 

§ 660.323(a) are 4.7 mt of canary 

rockfish, 200 mt of widow rockfish, and 

25 mt of darkblotched rockfish. 

* * * * * 

(c) * * * 

(1) Klamath River Salmon 

Conservation Zone. The ocean area 

surrounding the Klamath River mouth 

bounded on the north by 41°38.80′ N. 

lat. (approximately 6 nm north of the 

Klamath River mouth), on the west by 

124°23′ W. long. (approximately 12 nm 

from shore), and on the south by 

41°26.80′ N. lat. (approximately 6 nm 

south of the Klamath River mouth). 

(2) Columbia River Salmon 

Conservation Zone. The ocean area 

surrounding the Columbia River mouth 

bounded by a line extending for 6 nm 

due west from North Head along 46°18′ 

N. lat. to 124°13.30′ W. long., then 

southerly along a line of 167 True to 

46°11.10′ N. lat. and 124°11′ W. long. 

(Columbia River Buoy), then northeast 

along Red Buoy Line to the tip of the 

south jetty. 

(3) Ocean Salmon Conservation Zone. 

All waters shoreward of a boundary line 

approximating the 100–fm (183–m) 

depth contour. Latitude and longitude 

coordinates defining the boundary line 

approximating the 100 fm (183 m) depth 

contour are provided at § 660.393(a). 

(d) * * * 

(1) 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). 

* * * * * 

14. In § 660.381, paragraphs (a), (b)(3), 

(d)(3), and (d)(4)(i) and (ii) are revised 

; and paragraph (d)(5) 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 660.399). The trawl fishery has 

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differ by the type of trawl gear on board 

and the area fished. 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) * * * 

(3) Chafing gear. Chafing gear may 

encircle no more than 50 percent of the 

net′s circumference. No section of 

chafing gear may be longer than 50 

meshes of the net to which it is 

attached. Chafing gear may be used only 

on the last 50 meshes, measured from 

the terminal (closed) end of the codend. 

Except at the corners, the terminal end 

of each section of chafing gear on all 

trawl gear must not be connected to the 

net. (The terminal end is the end 

farthest 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. 

* * * * * 

(d) * * * 

(3) Cordell Banks. Commercial fishing 

for groundfish is prohibited in waters of 

depths less than 100–fm (183–m) 

around Cordell Banks as defined by 

specific latitude and longitude 

coordinates at § 660.390. 

(4) * * * 

(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 and for vessels fishing 

with demersal seine gear between 38° N. 

lat. and 36° N. lat. shoreward of a 

boundary line approximating the 100–

fm (183–m) depth contour as defined at 

§ 660.393. 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. 

* * * * * 

(5) Essential Fish Habitat 

Conservation Areas. The Essential Fish 

Habitat Conservation Areas (EFHCAs) 

are closed areas, defined by specific 

latitude and longitude coordinates at 

§§ 660.396 through 660.399, where 

specified types of fishing are prohibited. 

Prohibitions applying to specific 

EFHCAs are found at § 660.306. 

15. In § 660.382, paragraphs (a) and 

(c) are revised 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 

660.399). Cowcod retention is 

prohibited in all fisheries and 

groundfish vessels operating south of 

Point Conception must adhere to CCA 

restrictions (see paragraph (c)(4) 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. 

* * * * * 

(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) North Coast Recreational 

Yelloweye Rockfish Conservation Area. 

The latitude and longitude coordinates 

of the North Coast Recreational 

Yelloweye Rockfish Conservation Area 

(YRCA) boundaries are specified at 

§ 660.390. The North Coast Recreational 

YRCA is designated as an area to be 

avoided (a voluntary closure) by 

commercial fixed gear fishers. 

(2) North Coast Commercial 

Yelloweye Rockfish Conservation Area. 

The latitude and longitude coordinates 

of the North Coast Commercial 

Yelloweye Rockfish Conservation Area 

(YRCA) boundaries are specified at 

§ 660.390. Fishing with limited entry 

fixed gear is prohibited within the North 

Coast Commercial YRCA. It is unlawful 

to take and retain, possess, or land 

groundfish taken with limited entry 

fixed gear within the North Coast 

Commercial YRCA. 

(3) South Coast Recreational 

Yelloweye Rockfish Conservation Area. 

The latitude and longitude coordinates 

of the South Coast Recreational 

Yelloweye Rockfish Conservation Area 

(YRCA) boundaries are specified at 

§ 660.390. The South Coast Recreational 

YRCA is designated as an area to be 

avoided (a voluntary closure) by 

commercial fixed gear fishers. 

(4) Cowcod Conservation Areas. The 

latitude and longitude coordinates of 

the Cowcod Conservation Areas (CCAs) 

boundaries are specified at § 660.390. 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 

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limited entry fixed gear is prohibited 

within the CCAs, except as follows: 

(i) 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 two 1–lb (0.45–kg) weights per 

line. 

(ii) Fishing for rockfish and lingcod is 

permitted shoreward of the 20 fm (37 m) 

depth contour. 

(iii) If a vessel has VMS, as required 

at § 660.312, with position reports set at 

15 minute intervals, fishing is permitted 

within the boundaries of the Western 

CCA described at § 660.390(f) but 

outside the boundaries of the 175–fm 

(320–m) CCAs described at § 660.390(j). 

Vessels with commercial fishing gear 

onboard are prohibited from transiting 

the 175–fm (320–m) CCAs. 

(5) 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). An exception to this prohibition 

is that commercial fishing for ‘‘other 

flatfish’’ is permitted within the nontrawl 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 two 1–lb (0.45–kg) 

weights 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 nontrawl gear, although non-trawl vessels 

on a fishing trip for species other than 

groundfish that occurs within the nontrawl 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. 

(6) 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. An 

exception to this prohibition is 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 two 1–lb (0.45–kg) 

weights per line. (See Table 4 (South) of 

this subpart.) For a definition of the 

Farallon Islands, see § 660.390. 

(7) Cordell Banks. Commercial fishing 

for groundfish is prohibited in waters of 

depths less than 100 fm (183 m) around 

Cordell Banks, as defined by specific 

latitude and longitude coordinates at 

§ 660.390. An exception to this 

prohibition is 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 two 1–

lb (0.45–kg) weights per line. 

(8) Essential Fish Habitat 

Conservation Areas. The Essential Fish 

Habitat Conservation Areas (EFHCAs) 

are closed areas, defined by specific 

latitude and longitude coordinates at 

§§ 660.396 through 660.399, where 

specified types of fishing are prohibited. 

Prohibitions applying to specific 

EFHCAs are found at § 660.306. 

16. In § 660.383, paragraphs (a), (b) 

introductory text, (b)(2)(i)(A), (b)(2)(iii) 

introductory text, (c), (d)(1)(i), (d)(2)(i), 

and (d)(3)(i) are revised 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 (see seasons in 

Tables 5 (North) and 5 (South) of this 

subpart), gear restrictions (see paragraph 

(b) of this section), and closed areas (see 

paragraph (c) of this section and 

§§ 660.390 through 660.399). 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)(4) 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 is not 

registered for use with a limited entry 

permit for the Pacific Coast groundfish 

fishery with an endorsement for the gear 

used to harvest the groundfish. This 

includes longline, trap, pot, hook-andline (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 non-groundfish 

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: 

* * * * * 

(2) * * * 

(i) * * * 

(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)(2)(ii) of this 

section. 

* * * * * 

(iii) A buoy used to mark fixed gear 

under paragraph (b)(2)(i)(A) or (b)(2)(ii) 

of this section must be marked with a 

number clearly identifying the owner or 

operator of the vessel. The number may 

be either: 

* * * * * 

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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) North Coast Recreational 

Yelloweye Rockfish Conservation Area. 

The latitude and longitude coordinates 

of the North Coast Recreational 

Yelloweye Rockfish Conservation Area 

(YRCA) boundaries are specified at 

§ 660.390. The North Coast Recreational 

YRCA is designated as an area to be 

avoided (a voluntary closure) by 

commercial fixed gear fishers. 

(2) North Coast Commercial 

Yelloweye Rockfish Conservation Area. 

The latitude and longitude coordinates 

of the North Coast Commercial 

Yelloweye Rockfish Conservation Area 

(YRCA) boundaries are specified at 

§ 660.390. Fishing with open access gear 

is prohibited within the North Coast 

Commercial YRCA. It is unlawful to 

take and retain, possess, or land 

groundfish within the North Coast 

Commercial YRCA. 

(3) South Coast Recreational 

Yelloweye Rockfish Conservation Area. 

The latitude and longitude coordinates 

of the South Coast Recreational 

Yelloweye Rockfish Conservation Area 

(YRCA) boundaries are specified at 

§ 660.390. The South Coast Recreational 

YRCA is designated as an area to be 

avoided (a voluntary closure) by 

commercial fixed gear fishers. 

(4) Salmon Troll Yelloweye Rockfish 

Conservation Area. The latitude and 

longitude coordinates of the Salmon 

Troll Yelloweye Rockfish Conservation 

Area (YRCA) boundaries are specified in 

the groundfish regulations at § 660.390 

and in the salmon regulations at 

§ 660.405. Fishing with salmon troll 

gear is prohibited within the Salmon 

Troll YRCA. It is unlawful for 

commercial salmon troll vessels to take 

and retain, possess, or land fish within 

the Salmon Troll YRCA. 

(5) Cowcod Conservation Areas. The 

latitude and longitude coordinates of 

the Cowcod Conservation Areas (CCAs) 

boundaries are specified at § 660.390. 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. Fishing with 

open access gear is prohibited in the 

CCAs, except as follows: 

(i) 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 two 1 lb (0.45 kg) weights per line. 

(ii) Fishing with open access nontrawl gear for rockfish and lingcod is 

permitted shoreward of the 20 fm (37 m) 

depth contour. 

(iii) If an open access non-trawl vessel 

has VMS, as required at § 660.312, with 

position reports set at 15 minute 

intervals, fishing is permitted with open 

access non-trawl gear within the 

boundaries of the Western CCA 

described at § 660.390(f) but outside the 

boundaries of the 175–fm (320–m) CCAs 

described at § 660.390(j). Vessels with 

commercial fishing gear onboard are 

prohibited from transiting the 175–fm 

(320–m) CCAs. 

(6) Non-trawl Rockfish Conservation 

Area 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). An exception to this prohibition 

is that commercial fishing for ‘‘other 

flatfish’’ is permitted within the nontrawl 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 two 1 lb (0.45 kg) 

weights 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 

or Pacific halibut with non-trawl gear, 

although non-trawl vessels on a fishing 

trip for species other than groundfish 

and Pacific halibut that occurs within 

the non-trawl RCA may not retain any 

groundfish taken on that trip (The 

Pacific halibut regulations at 50 CFR 

300.63(e) describe the RCA that applies 

to the commercial halibut fishery). 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 nontrawl RCA. Retention of groundfish 

caught by salmon troll gear is prohibited 

in the non-trawl RCA, except that 

salmon trollers may retain yellowtail 

rockfish caught both inside and outside 

the non-trawl 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). Non-trawl RCA boundaries 

are defined by specific latitude and 

longitude coordinates which are 

specified at §§ 660.390 through 660.394. 

(7) Non-groundfish Trawl Rockfish 

Conservation Area for the open access 

non-groundfish trawl fisheries. 

(i) Fishing with any non-groundfish 

trawl gear in the open access fisheries 

is prohibited within the non-groundfish 

trawl RCA coastwide, except as 

authorized in this paragraph. Nothing in 

these Federal regulations supercedes 

any state regulations that may prohibit 

trawling shoreward of the 3 nm state 

waters boundary line. Trawlers 

operating in the open access fisheries 

with legal groundfish trawl gear are 

considered to be operating in the nongroundfish trawl fishery and are, 

therefore, prohibited from fishing in the 

non-groundfish trawl RCA. Coastwide, 

it is unlawful to take and retain, 

possess, or land any species of fish 

taken with non-groundfish trawl gear 

within the non-groundfish trawl RCA, 

except as permitted in this paragraph for 

vessels participating in the pink shrimp 

and ridgeback prawn trawl fisheries. 

Boundaries for the non-groundfish 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). Nongroundfish trawl RCA boundaries are 

defined by specific latitude and 

longitude coordinates which are 

specified below at §§ 660.390 through 

660.394. The non-groundfish trawl RCA 

is closed coastwide to open access nongroundfish trawl fishing, except as 

follows: 

(A) Pink shrimp trawling is permitted 

in the non-groundfish trawl RCA, and 

(B) When the shoreward line of the 

non-groundfish 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 

(183 m) boundary line specified at 

§ 660.393 (i.e., the shoreward boundary 

of the non-groundfish trawl RCA is at 

the 100 fm (183 m) boundary line all 

year for the ridgeback prawn trawl 

fishery in this area). 

(ii) If a vessel fishes in the nongroundfish trawl RCA, it may not 

participate in any fishing on that trip 

that is prohibited by the restrictions that 

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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.] 

(8) 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. An 

exception to this prohibition is 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 two 1 lb (0.45 kg) 

weights per line. (See Table 5 (South) of 

this subpart.) For a definition of the 

Farallon Islands, see § 660.390. 

(9) Cordell Banks. Commercial fishing 

for groundfish is prohibited in waters of 

depths less than 100–fm (183–m) 

around Cordell Banks, as defined by 

specific latitude and longitude 

coordinates at § 660.390. An exception 

to this prohibition is 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 

two 1 lb (0.45 kg) weights per line. 

(10) Essential Fish Habitat 

Conservation Areas. The Essential Fish 

Habitat Conservation Areas (EFHCAs) 

are closed areas, defined by specific 

latitude and longitude coordinates at 

§§ 660.396 through 660.399, where 

specified types of fishing are prohibited. 

Prohibitions applying to specific 

EFHCAs are found at § 660.306. 

(d) * * * 

(1) * * * 

(i) It is not registered to a valid 

Federal limited entry groundfish permit 

issued under § 660.333 for trawl gear; 

and 

* * * * * 

(2) * * * 

(i) It is not registered to a valid 

Federal limited entry groundfish permit 

issued under § 660.333 for trawl gear; 

* * * * * 

(3) * * * 

(i) It is not registered to a valid 

Federal limited entry groundfish permit 

issued under § 660.333 for trawl gear; 

* * * * * 

17. In § 660.384, paragraphs (c)(1)(i), 

(c)(1)(iii), (c)(2)(i), (c)(2)(iii), (c)(3) 

introductory text, (c)(3)(i)(A)(1) through 

(4), (c)(3)(i)(B), (c)(3)(ii)(A)(1) through 

(4), (c)(3)(ii)(B), (c)(3)(iii)(A)(1) through 

(4), (c)(3)(iv), (c)(3)(v) introductory text, 

and (c)(3)(v)(A)(1) through (3) are 

revised; and paragraph (c)(3)(i)(E) is 

added to read as follows: 

§ 660.384 Recreational fishery 

management measures. 

* * * * * 

(c) * * * 

(1) * * * 

(i) Recreational Groundfish 

Conservation Areas off Washington. (A) North Coast Recreational 

Yelloweye Rockfish Conservation Area. 

Recreational fishing for groundfish and 

halibut is prohibited within the North 

Coast Recreational Yelloweye Rockfish 

Conservation Area (YRCA). It is 

unlawful for recreational fishing vessels 

to take and retain, possess, or land 

groundfish within the North Coast 

Recreational YRCA. The North Coast 

Recreational YRCA is defined by 

latitude and longitude coordinates 

specified at § 660.390. 

(B) South Coast Recreational 

Yelloweye Rockfish Conservation Area. 

Recreational fishing for groundfish and 

halibut is prohibited within the South 

Coast Recreational YRCA. It is unlawful 

for recreational fishing vessels to take 

and retain, possess, or land groundfish 

within the South Coast Recreational 

YRCA. The South Coast Recreational 

YRCA is defined by latitude and 

longitude coordinates specified at 

§ 660.390. 

(C) 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.] (1) Between the U.S. border with 

Canada and the Queets River, 

recreational fishing for groundfish is 

prohibited seaward of a boundary line 

approximating the 20–fm (37–m) depth 

contour from May 1 through September 

30, except on days when the Pacific 

halibut fishery is open in this area. Days 

open to Pacific halibut recreational 

fishing off Washington are announced 

on the NMFS hotline at (206)526 6667 

or (800)662 9825. Coordinates for the 

boundary line approximating the 20–fm 

(37–m) depth contour are listed in 

§ 660.391. 

* * * * * 

(2) Between the Queets River and 

Leadbetter Point, recreational fishing for 

groundfish is prohibited seaward of a 

boundary line approximating the 30–fm 

(55–m) depth contour in from March 17, 

2007, through July 31, 2007, except that 

recreational fishing for sablefish and 

Pacific cod is permitted within the 

recreational RCA from May 1 through 

June 15. In 2008, recreational fishing for 

groundfish is prohibited seaward of a 

boundary line approximating the 30–fm 

(55–m) depth contour in from March 15, 

2008, through July 31, 2008, except that 

recreational fishing for sablefish and 

Pacific cod is permitted within the 

recreational RCA from May 1 through 

June 15. Coordinates for the boundary 

line approximating the 30–fm (55–m) 

depth contour are listed in § 660.391. 

* * * * * 

(iii) Lingcod. 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 

22 in (56 cm) total length. The 

recreational fishing season for lingcod is 

open as follows: 

(A) Between the U.S./Canada border 

to 48°10′ N. lat. (Cape Alava) 

(Washington Marine Area 4), 

recreational fishing for lingcod is open, 

for 2007, from April 15 through October 

13, and for 2008, from April 15 through 

October 15. 

(B) Between 48°10′ N. lat. (Cape 

Alava) and 46°16′ N. lat. (Washington/ 

Oregon border) (Washington Marine 

Areas 1–3), recreational fishing for 

lingcod is open for 2007, from March 17 

through October 13, and for 2008, from 

March 15 through October 18. 

(2) * * * 

(i) Recreational Groundfish 

Conservation Areas off Oregon. 

(A) Stonewall Bank Yelloweye 

Rockfish Conservation Area. 

Recreational fishing for groundfish and 

halibut is prohibited within the 

Stonewall Bank YRCA. It is unlawful for 

recreational fishing vessels to take and 

retain, possess, or land groundfish 

within the Stonewall Bank YRCA. The 

Stonewall Bank 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, 

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 

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however, on the same trip fish for and 

retain groundfish shoreward of the RCA 

on the return trip to port.] Off Oregon, 

from April 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. 

(C) Essential Fish Habitat 

Conservation Areas. The Essential Fish 

Habitat Conservation Areas (EFHCAs) 

are closed areas, defined by specific 

latitude and longitude coordinates at 

§§ 660.396 through 660.399, where 

specified types of fishing are prohibited. 

Prohibitions applying to specific 

EFHCAs are found at § 660.306. 

* * * * * 

(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 22 in (56 

cm) total length; and 8 marine fish per 

day, which excludes Pacific halibut, 

salmonids, tuna, perch species, 

sturgeon, sanddabs, flatfish, lingcod, 

striped bass, hybrid bass, offshore 

pelagic species and baitfish (herring, 

smelt, anchovies and sardines), but 

which includes rockfish, greenling, 

cabezon and other groundfish species. 

The bag limit for all flatfish is 25 fish 

per day, which excludes Pacific halibut, 

but which includes all soles, flounders 

and Pacific sanddabs. In the Pacific 

halibut fisheries, retention of groundfish 

is governed in part by annual 

management measures for Pacific 

halibut fisheries, which are published in 

the Federal Register. Between the 

Oregon border with Washington and 

Cape Falcon, when Pacific halibut are 

onboard the vessel, groundfish may not 

be taken and retained, possessed or 

landed, except sablefish and Pacific cod. 

Between Cape Falcon and Humbug 

Mountain, during days open to the 

Oregon Central Coast ‘‘all-depth’’ sport 

halibut fishery, when Pacific halibut are 

onboard the vessel, no groundfish may 

be taken and retained, possessed or 

landed, except sablefish. ‘‘All-depth’’

season days are established in the 

annual management measures for 

Pacific halibut fisheries, which are 

published in the Federal Register and 

are announced on the NMFS halibut 

hotline, 1 800 662 9825. 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 at all 

times and in all areas. 

(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.] For groundfish 

species not specifically mentioned in 

this paragraph, fishers are subject to the 

overall 20–fish bag limit for all species 

of finfish and the depth restrictions at 

paragraph (3)(i). 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 Hexagrammos. 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) * * * 

(A) * * * 

(1) Between 42° N. lat. (California/ 

Oregon border) and 40°10.00′ N. lat. 

(North Region), 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 30 fm 

(55 m) depth contour along the 

mainland coast and along islands and 

offshore seamounts from May 1 through 

December 31; and is closed entirely 

from January 1 through April 30 (i.e., 

prohibited seaward of the shoreline). 

Coordinates for the boundary line 

approximating the 30 fm (55 m) depth 

contour are specified in § 660.391. 

(2) Between 40°10′ N. lat. and 37°11′ 

N. lat. (North Central Region), 

recreational fishing for all groundfish 

(except ‘‘other flatfish’’ as specified in 

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

prohibited seaward of the 30 fm (55 m) 

depth contour along the mainland coast 

and along islands and offshore 

seamounts from June 1 through 

November 30; and is closed entirely 

from January 1 through May 31 and 

from December 1 - 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 37°11′ N. lat. and 34°27′ 

N. lat. (South Central Regions - 

Monterey and Morro Bay), 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 May 1 through November 30; and 

is closed entirely from January 1 

through April 30 and from December 1 

- 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′ N. latitude (South 

Region), recreational fishing for all 

groundfish (except California 

scorpionfish as specified below in this 

paragraph and in paragraph (v) and 

‘‘other flatfish’’ as specified in 

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

prohibited seaward of a boundary line 

approximating the 60 fm (110 m) depth 

contour from March 1 through 

December 31 along the mainland coast 

and along islands and offshore 

seamounts, 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 28 (i.e., prohibited 

seaward of the shoreline). Recreational 

fishing for California scorpionfish south 

of 34°27′ N. lat. is prohibited seaward of 

a boundary line approximating the 40 

fm (73 m) depth contour from January 

1 through February 28, and seaward of 

the 60 fm (110 m) depth contour from 

March 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. Coordinates for the boundary line 

approximating the 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 when the season for those 

species is open south of 34°27′ N. lat.: 

minor nearshore rockfish, cabezon, kelp 

greenling, lingcod, California 

scorpionfish, and ‘‘other flatfish’’


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(subject to gear requirements at 

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

during January-February). [NOTE: 

California state regulations also permit 

recreational fishing for California 

sheephead, ocean whitefish, and all 

greenlings of the genus Hexagrammos 

shoreward of the 20 fm (37 m) depth 

contour in the CCAs when the season 

for the RCG complex is open south of 

34°27′ N. lat.] It is unlawful to take and 

retain, possess, or land groundfish 

within the CCAs, except for species 

authorized in this section. 

* * * * * 

(E) Essential Fish Habitat 

Conservation Areas. The Essential Fish 

Habitat Conservation Areas (EFHCAs) 

are closed areas, defined by specific 

latitude and longitude coordinates at 

§§ 660.396 through 660.399, where 

specified types of fishing are prohibited. 

Prohibitions applying to specific 

EFHCAs are found at § 660.306. 

(ii) * * * 

(A) * * * 

(1) North of 40°10′ N. lat. (North 

Region), recreational fishing for the RCG 

Complex is open from May 1 through 

December 31. 

(2) Between 40°10′ N. lat. and 37°11′ 

N. lat. (North Central Region), 

recreational fishing for the RCG 

Complex is open from June 1 through 

November 30 (i.e., it′s closed from 

January 1 through May 31 and from 

December 1 - 31). 

(3) Between 37°11′ N. lat. and 34°27′ 

N. lat. (South Central Regions - 

Monterey and Morro Bay), recreational 

fishing for the RCG Complex is open 

from May 1 through November 30 (i.e., 

it′s closed from January 1 through April 

30 and from December 1 - 31). 

(4) South of 34°27′ N. lat. (South 

Region), recreational fishing for the RCG 

Complex is open from March 1 through 

December 31 (i.e., it′s closed from 

January 1 through February 29). 

(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 1 

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 1 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. 

* * * * * 

(iii) * * * 

(A) * * * 

(1) North of 40°10′ N. lat. (North 

Region), recreational fishing for lingcod 

is open from May 1 through November 

30 (i.e., it′s closed from January 1 

through April 30 and from December 1 

- 31). 

(2) Between 40°10′ N. lat. and 37°11′ 

N. lat. (North Central Region), 

recreational fishing for lingcod is open 

from June 1 through November 30 (i.e., 

it′s closed from January 1 through May 

31 and from December 1 - 31). 

(3) Between 37°11′ N. lat. and 34°27′ 

N. lat. (South Central Regions - 

Monterey and Morro Bay), recreational 

fishing for lingcod is open from May 1 

through November 30 (i.e., it′s closed 

from January 1 through April 30 and 

from December 1 - 31). 

(4) South of 34°27′ N. lat. (South 

Region), recreational fishing for lingcod 

is open from April 1 through November 

30 (i.e., it′s closed from January 1 

through March 31 and from December 1 

- 31). 

* * * * * 

(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. ‘‘Other flatfish’’ are defined 

at § 660.302 and include butter sole, 

curlfin sole, flathead sole, Pacific 

sanddab, rex sole, rock sole, and sand 

sole. 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, 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 predominately occur south 

of 40°10′ N. lat. 

(A) * * * 

(1) Between 40°10′ N. lat. and 37°11′ 

N. lat. (North Central Region), 

recreational fishing for California 

scorpionfish is open from June 1 

through November 30 (i.e., it′s closed 

from January 1 through May 31 and 

from December 1 through December 31). 

(2) Between 37°11′ N. lat. and 34°27′ 

N. lat. (South Central Regions - 

Monterey and Morro Bay), recreational 

fishing for California scorpionfish is 

open from May 1 through November 30 

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

April 30 and from December 1 through 

December 31). 

(3) South of 34°27′ N. lat. (South 

Region), recreational fishing for 

California scorpionfish is open from 

January 1 through December 31. 

* * * * * 

18. In § 660.385, paragraphs (a), (b) 

introductory text, (b)(1) and (2), (b)(5), 

(d), (f), and (g) are revised; and 

paragraph (b)(7) is removed to read as 

follows: 

§ 660.385 Washington coastal tribal 

fisheries management measures. 

* * * * * 

(a) Sablefish. The tribal allocation is 

561.4 mt per year. This allocation is, for 

each year, 10 percent of the Monterey 

through Vancouver area OY, less 1.9 

percent estimated discard mortality. 

(b) Rockfish. The tribes will require 

full retention of all overfished rockfish 

species and all other marketable 

rockfish species during treaty fisheries. 

(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°09.50′ N. 

lat.) and 10,000 lb (4,536 kg) between 

Destruction Island, WA (47°40′ N. lat.) 

and Leadbetter Point, WA (46°38.17′ N. 

lat.). There are no tribal harvest 

restrictions for the area between Cape 

Alava and Destruction Island. 

(2) Thornyheads. The tribes will 

manage their fisheries to the limited 

entry trip limits in place at the 

beginning on the year for both 

shortspine and longspine thornyheads 

as follows: 

(i) Trawl gear. (A) Shortspine 

thornyhead cumulative trip limits are as 

follows: 

(1) small and large footrope trawl 

gear- 7,500–lb (3,402–kg) per 2 months. 

(2) selective flatfish trawl gear- 3,000–

lb (1,361–kg) per 2 months. 

(3) multiple bottom trawl gear- 3,000–

lb (1,361–kg) per 2 months. 

(B) Longspine thornyhead cumulative 

trip limits are as follows: 

(1) small and large footrope trawl 

gear- 22,000–lb (9,979–kg) per 2 months. 

(2) selective flatfish trawl gear- 3,000–

lb (1,361–kg) per 2 months. 

(3) multiple bottom trawl gear- 3,000–

lb (1,361–kg) per 2 months. 

(ii) Fixed gear. (A) Shortspine 

thornyhead cumulative trip limits are 

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(B) Longspine thornyhead cumulative 

trip limits are 10,000–lb (4,536–kg) per 

2 months. 

* * * * * 

(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, provided 

the average 2–month cumulative 

yellowtail rockfish limit does not 

exceed 180,000 lb (81,647 kg) for the 

fleet. 

* * * * * 

(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 

Dover sole, English sole, rex sole, 

arrowtooth flounder, and other flatfish 

in place at the beginning of the season. 

For Dover sole and arrowtooth flounder, 

the limited entry trip limits in place at 

the beginning of the season will be 

combined across periods and the fleet to 

create a cumulative harvest target. The 

limits available to individual vessels 

will then be adjusted inseason to stay 

within the overall harvest target as well 

as estimated impacts to overfished 

species. For petrale sole, treaty fishing 

vessels are restricted to a 50,000 lb 

(22,680 kg) per 2 month limit for the 

entire year. Trawl vessels are restricted 

to using small footrope trawl gear. 

* * * * * 

(f) Pacific cod. There is a tribal 

harvest guideline of 400 mt of Pacific 

cod. The tribes will manage their 

fisheries to stay within this harvest 

guideline. 

(g) Spiny dogfish. The tribes will 

manage their spiny dogfish fishery 

within the limited entry trip limits for 

the non-tribal fisheries. 

19. Section 660.390 is revised to read 

as follows: 

§ 660.390 Groundfish conservation areas. 

In § 660.302, a groundfish 

conservation area is defined in part as 

‘‘a geographic area defined by 

coordinates expressed in degrees 

latitude and longitude, wherein fishing 

by a particular gear type or types may 

be prohibited.’’ 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 at §§ 660.381 through 

660.384. 

(a) North Coast Recreational 

Yelloweye Rockfish Conservation Area. 

The North Coast Recreational Yelloweye 

Rockfish Conservation Area (YRCA) is a 

C-shaped area off the northern 

Washington coast intended to protect 

yelloweye rockfish. The North Coast 

Recreational YRCA is defined by 

straight lines connecting the following 

specific latitude and longitude 

coordinates in the order listed: 

(1) 48°18.00′ N. lat.; 125°18.00′ W. 

long.; 

(2) 48°18.00′ N. lat.; 124°59.00′ W. 

long.; 

(3) 48°11.00′ N. lat.; 124°59.00′ W. 

long.; 

(4) 48°11.00′ N. lat.; 125°11.00′ W. 

long.; 

(5) 48°04.00′ N. lat.; 125°11.00′ W. 

long.; 

(6) 48°04.00′ N. lat.; 124°59.00′ W. 

long.; 

(7) 48°00.00′ N. lat.; 124°59.00′ W. 

long.; 

(8) 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) North Coast Commercial 

Yelloweye Rockfish Conservation Area. 

The North Coast Commercial Yelloweye 

Rockfish Conservation Area (YRCA) is 

an area off the northern Washington 

coast, overlapping the northern part of 

North Coast Recreational YRCA, 

intended to protect yelloweye rockfish. 

The North Coast Commercial YRCA is 

defined by straight lines connecting the 

following specific latitude and 

longitude coordinates in the order 

listed: 

(1) 48°11.77′ N. lat., 125°13.03′ W. 

long.; 

(2) 48°16.43′ N. lat., 125°07.55′ W. 

long.; 

(3) 48°14.72′ N. lat., 125°01.84′ W. 

long.; 

(4) 48°13.36′ N. lat., 125°03.20′ W. 

long.; 

(5) 48°12.74′ N. lat., 125°05.83′ W. 

long.; 

(6) 48°11.55′ N. lat., 125°04.99′ W. 

long.; 

(7) 48°09.96′ N. lat., 125°06.63′ W. 

long.; 

(8) 48°09.68′ N. lat., 125°08.75′ W. 

long.; 

and connecting back to 48°11.77′ N. 

lat., 125°13.03′ W. long. 

(c) Salmon Troll Yelloweye Rockfish 

Conservation Area. The Salmon Troll 

Yelloweye Rockfish Conservation Area 

(YRCA) is an area off the northern 

Washington coast, overlapping the 

southern part of North Coast 

Recreational YRCA, intended to protect 

yelloweye rockfish. The Salmon Troll 

YRCA is defined by straight lines 

connecting the following specific 

latitude and longitude coordinates in 

the order listed: 

(1) 48°00.00′ N. lat., 125°14.00′ W. 

long.; 

(2) 48°02.00′ N. lat., 125°14.00′ W. 

long.; 

(3) 48°00.00′ N. lat., 125°16.50′ W. 

long.; 

(4) 48°02.00′ N. lat., 125°16.50′ W. 

long.; 

and connecting back to 48°00.00′ N. 

lat., 125°14.00′ W. long. 

(d) South Coast Recreational 

Yelloweye Rockfish Conservation Area. 

The South Coast Recreational Yelloweye 

Rockfish Conservation Area (YRCA) is 

an area off the southern Washington 

coast intended to protect yelloweye 

rockfish. The South Coast Recreational 

YRCA is defined by straight lines 

connecting the following specific 

latitude and longitude coordinates in 

the order listed: 

(1) 46°58.00′ N. lat., 124°48.00′ W. 

long.; 

(2) 46°55.00′ N. lat., 124°48.00′ W. 

long.; 

(3) 46°58.00′ N. lat., 124°49.00′ W. 

long.; 

(4) 46°55.00′ N. lat., 124°49.00′ W. 

long.; 

and connecting back to 46°58.00′ N. 

lat., 124°48.00′ W. long. 

(e) Stonewall Bank Yelloweye 

Rockfish Conservation Area. The 

Stonewall Bank Yelloweye Rockfish 

Conservation Area (YRCA) is an area off 

central Oregon, near Stonewall Bank, 

intended to protect yelloweye rockfish. 

The Stonewall Bank YRCA is defined by 

straight lines connecting the following 

specific latitude and longitude 

coordinates in the order listed: 

(1) 44°37.46′ N. lat.; 124°24.92′ W. 

long.; 

(2) 44°37.46′ N. lat.; 124°23.63′ W. 

long.; 

(3) 44°28.71′ N. lat.; 124°21.80′ W. 

long.; 

(4) 44°28.71′ N. lat.; 124°24.10′ W. 

long.; 

(5) 44°31.42′ N. lat.; 124°25.47′ W. 

long.; 

and connecting back to 44°37.46′ N. 

lat.; 124°24.92′ W. long. 

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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: 

(1) 33°50.00′ N. lat., 119°30.00′ W. 

long.; 

(2) 33°50.00′ N. lat., 118°50.00′ W. 

long.; 

(3) 32°20.00′ N. lat., 118°50.00′ W. 

long.; 

(4) 32°20.00′ N. lat., 119°37.00′ W. 

long.; 

(5) 33°00.00′ N. lat., 119°37.00′ W. 

long.; 

(6) 33°00.00′ N. lat., 119°53.00′ W. 

long.; 

(7) 33°33.00′ N. lat., 119°53.00′ W. 

long.; 

(8) 33°33.00′ N. lat., 119°30.00′ W. 

long.; 

and connecting back to 33°50.00′ N. 

lat., 119°30.00′ W. long. 

(g) 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: 

(1) 32°42.00′ N. lat., 118°02.00′ W. 

long.; 

(2) 32°42.00′ N. lat., 117°50.00′ W. 

long.; 

(3) 32°36.70′ N. lat., 117°50.00′ W. 

long.; 

(4) 32°30.00′ N. lat., 117°53.50′ W. 

long.; 

(5) 32°30.00′ N. lat., 118°02.00′ W. 

long.; 

and connecting back to 32°42.00′ N. 

lat., 118°02.00′ W. long. 

(h) 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 

prohibits fishing for groundfish between 

the shoreline and the 10–fm (18–m) 

depth contour around the Farallon 

Islands. 

(i) Cordell Banks. Cordell Banks are 

located offshore of California′s Marin 

County. Generally, fishing for 

groundfish is prohibited in waters of 

depths 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: 

(1) 38°03.18′ N. lat., 123°20.77′ W. 

long.; 

(2) 38°06.29′ N. lat., 123°25.03′ W. 

long.; 

(3) 38°06.34′ N. lat., 123°29.32′ W. 

long.; 

(4) 38°04.57′ N. lat., 123°31.30′ W. 

long.; 

(5) 38°02.32′ N. lat., 123°31.07′ W. 

long.; 

(6) 38°00.00′ N. lat., 123°28.40′ W. 

long.; 

(7) 37°58.10′ N. lat., 123°26.66′ W. 

long.; 

(8) 37°55.07′ N. lat., 123°26.81′ W. 

long.; 

and connecting back to 38°03.18′ N. 

lat., 123°20.77′ W. long. 

(j) Rockfish Conservation Areas. RCA 

restrictions are detailed at §§ 660.381 

through 660.384. 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 trawl, non-trawl, 

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 Areas. 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 Areas. 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 Areas. 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 

pursuant to § 660.370. Recreational RCA 

boundaries are defined by specific 

latitude and longitude coordinates and 

are provided in §§ 660.391 through 

660.394. 

(k) 175–fm (320–m) Cowcod 

Conservation Areas. The 175–fm (320–

m) Cowcod Conservation Areas (CCAs) 

are five areas off the southern California 

coast that are within the Western CCA 

described at § 660.390(f). They are 

intended to protect cowcod and are 

defined by latitude and longitude 

coordinates approximating the 175–fm 

(320–m) depth contour. The Tanner 

Bank Western 175–fm (320–m) CCA is 

an area defined by straight lines 

connecting the following specific 

latitude and longitude coordinates in 

the order listed: 

(1) 33°04.87′ N. lat., 119°39.51′ W. 

long.; 

(2) 33°05.85′ N. lat., 119°39.45′ W. 

long.; 

(3) 33°06.14′ N. lat., 119°37.30′ W. 

long.; 

(4) 33°03.61′ N. lat., 119°34.92′ W. 

long.; 

(5) 33°02.99′ N. lat., 119°33.66′ W. 

long.; 

(6) 33°01.99′ N. lat., 119°33.51′ W. 

long.; 

(7) 33°00.64′ N. lat., 119°32.22′ W. 

long.; 

(8) 32°59.63′ N. lat., 119°31.60′ W. 

long.; 

(9) 32°57.50′ N. lat., 119°30.58′ W. 

long.; 

(10) 32°56.51′ N. lat., 119°26.48′ W. 

long.; 

(11) 32°57.22′ N. lat., 119°23.53′ W. 

long.; 

(12) 32°57.06′ N. lat., 119°21.07′ W. 

long.; 

(13) 32°55.25′ N. lat., 119°19.52′ W. 

long.; 

(14) 32°54.07′ N. lat., 119°20.35′ W. 

long.; 

(15) 32°53.22′ N. lat., 119°21.87′ W. 

long.; 

(16) 32°52.18′ N. lat., 119°21.01′ W. 

long.; 

(17) 32°50.60′ N. lat., 119°21.07′ W. 

long.; 

(18) 32°49.22′ N. lat., 119°19.65′ W. 

long.; 

(19) 32°48.31′ N. lat., 119°20.91′ W. 

long.; 

(20) 32°48.55′ N. lat., 119°22.96′ W. 

long.; 

(21) 32°50.49′ N. lat., 119°26.08′ W. 

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(22) 32°53.90′ N. lat., 119°29.10′ W. 

long.; 

(23) 32°57.35′ N. lat., 119°30.87′ W. 

long.; 

(24) 32°59.39′ N. lat., 119°31.98′ W. 

long.; 

(25) 33°01.63′ N. lat., 119°35.64′ W. 

long.; 

(26) 33°02.19′ N. lat., 119°37.05′ W. 

long.; 

(27) 33°03.90′ N. lat., 119°37.50′ W. 

long.; 

and connecting back to 33°04.87′ N. 

lat., 119°39.51′ W. long.; 

(l) The West Tanner Bank Western 

175–fm (320–m) CCA is an area defined 

by straight lines connecting the 

following specific latitude and 

longitude coordinates in the order 

listed: 

(1) 32°42.36′ N. lat., 119°36.07′ W. 

long.; 

(2) 32°41.85′ N. lat., 119°33.50′ W. 

long.; 

(3) 32°40.49′ N. lat., 119°32.26′ W. 

long.; 

(4) 32°38.33′ N. lat., 119°33.49′ W. 

long.; 

(5) 32°37.14′ N. lat., 119°33.55′ W. 

long.; 

(6) 32°38.71′ N. lat., 119°34.95′ W. 

long.; 

(7) 32°40.28′ N. lat., 119°36.88′ W. 

long.; 

and connecting back to 32°42.36′ N. 

lat., 119°36.07′ W. long. 

(m) The Santa Barbara Island Western 

175–fm (320–m) CCA is an area defined 

by straight lines connecting the 

following specific latitude and 

longitude coordinates in the order 

listed: 

(1) 33°28.50′ N. lat., 118°57.89′ W. 

long.; 

(2) 33°28.50′ N. lat., 118°54.53′ W. 

long.; 

(3) 33°21.78′ N. lat., 118°54.54′ W. 

long.; 

(4) 33°21.79′ N. lat., 119°00.13′ W. 

long.; 

(5) 33°20.94′ N. lat., 119°00.14′ W. 

long.; 

(6) 33°20.52′ N. lat., 119°01.28′ W. 

long.; 

(7) 33°21.76′ N. lat., 119°04.78′ W. 

long.; 

(8) 33°24.60′ N. lat., 119°09.61′ W. 

long.; 

(9) 33°26.14′ N. lat., 119°08.27′ W. 

long.; 

(10) 33°23.87′ N. lat., 119°05.82′ W. 

long.; 

(11) 33°23.56′ N. lat., 119°04.33′ W. 

long.; 

(12) 33°24.08′ N. lat., 119°02.20′ W. 

long.; 

(13) 33°25.96′ N. lat., 119°02.20′ W. 

long.; 

(14) 33°25.70′ N. lat., 119°03.42′ W. 

long.; 

(15) 33°26.08′ N. lat., 119°04.68′ W. 

long.; 

(16) 33°26.48′ N. lat., 119°06.80′ W. 

long.; 

(17) 33°27.69′ N. lat., 119°07.64′ W. 

long.; 

(18) 33°28.01′ N. lat., 119°09.02′ W. 

long.; 

(19) 33°28.19′ N. lat., 119°12.91′ W. 

long.; 

(20) 33°29.31′ N. lat., 119°12.87′ W. 

long.; 

(21) 33°29.67′ N. lat., 119°08.44′ W. 

long.; 

(22) 33°32.00′ N. lat., 119°06.95′ W. 

long.; 

(23) 33°34.60′ N. lat., 119°07.61′ W. 

long.; 

(24) 33°37.01′ N. lat., 119°11.10′ W. 

long.; 

(25) 33°39.41′ N. lat., 119°11.17′ W. 

long.; 

(26) 33°40.47′ N. lat., 119°13.02′ W. 

long.; 

(27) 33°42.07′ N. lat., 119°15.00′ W. 

long.; 

(28) 33°42.62′ N. lat., 119°15.94′ W. 

long.; 

(29) 33°43.18′ N. lat., 119°16.02′ W. 

long.; 

(30) 33°46.01′ N. lat., 119°14.12′ W. 

long.; 

(31) 33°45.45′ N. lat., 119°11.83′ W. 

long.; 

(32) 33°44.27′ N. lat., 119°09.25′ W. 

long.; 

(33) 33°42.79′ N. lat., 119°07.79′ W. 

long.; 

(34) 33°40.83′ N. lat., 119°04.76′ W. 

long.; 

(35) 33°38.15′ N. lat., 119°02.58′ W. 

long.; 

(36) 33°36.27′ N. lat., 118°58.76′ W. 

long.; 

(37) 33°33.33′ N. lat., 118°57.79′ W. 

long.; 

(38) 33°33.30′ N. lat., 119°02.45′ W. 

long.; 

(39) 33°32.43′ N. lat., 119°02.43′ W. 

long.; 

and connecting back to 33°28.50′ N. 

lat., 118°57.89′ W. long. 

(n) The San Nicolas Island Western 

175–fm (320–m) CCA is an area defined 

by straight lines connecting the 

following specific latitude and 

longitude coordinates in the order 

listed: 

(1) 33°33.01′ N. lat., 119°49.70′ W. 

long.; 

(2) 33°32.40′ N. lat., 119°45.01′ W. 

long.; 

(3) 33°25.64′ N. lat., 119°35.56′ W. 

long.; 

(4) 33°20.80′ N. lat., 119°26.10′ W. 

long.; 

(5) 33°17.25′ N. lat., 119°21.24′ W. 

long.; 

(6) 33°16.81′ N. lat., 119°18.76′ W. 

long.; 

(7) 33°15.88′ N. lat., 119°18.30′ W. 

long.; 

(8) 33°15.27′ N. lat., 119°18.71′ W. 

long.; 

(9) 33°15.38′ N. lat., 119°17.23′ W. 

long.; 

(10) 33°14.49′ N. lat., 119°15.05′ W. 

long.; 

(11) 33°13.39′ N. lat., 119°14.41′ W. 

long.; 

(12) 33°11.52′ N. lat., 119°17.40′ W. 

long.; 

(13) 33°11.24′ N. lat., 119°23.08′ W. 

long.; 

(14) 33°10.27′ N. lat., 119°25.65′ W. 

long.; 

(15) 33°13.74′ N. lat., 119°38.97′ W. 

long.; 

(16) 33°12.22′ N. lat., 119°41.95′ W. 

long.; 

(17) 33°12.23′ N. lat., 119°42.82′ W. 

long.; 

(18) 33°13.41′ N. lat., 119°43.79′ W. 

long.; 

(19) 33°14.29′ N. lat., 119°43.59′ W. 

long.; 

(20) 33°15.01′ N. lat., 119°44.97′ W. 

long.; 

(21) 33°17.06′ N. lat., 119°46.22′ W. 

long.; 

(22) 33°17.24′ N. lat., 119°47.49′ W. 

long.; 

(23) 33°18.34′ N. lat., 119°48.83′ W. 

long.; 

(24) 33°17.16′ N. lat., 119°48.99′ W. 

long.; 

(25) 33°16.73′ N. lat., 119°48.59′ W. 

long.; 

(26) 33°16.27′ N. lat., 119°47.75′ W. 

long.; 

(27) 33°15.19′ N. lat., 119°47.06′ W. 

long.; 

(28) 33°13.71′ N. lat., 119°46.74′ W. 

long.; 

(29) 33°13.21′ N. lat., 119°47.05′ W. 

long.; 

(30) 33°13.04′ N. lat., 119°47.77′ W. 

long.; 

(31) 33°13.13′ N. lat., 119°48.37′ W. 

long.; 

(32) 33°12.96′ N. lat., 119°48.94′ W. 

long.; 

(33) 33°12.27′ N. lat., 119°49.41′ W. 

long.; 

(34) 33°12.36′ N. lat., 119°50.12′ W. 

long.; 

(35) 33°12.33′ N. lat., 119°50.75′ W. 

long.; 

(36) 33°12.73′ N. lat., 119°51.47′ W. 

long.; 

(37) 33°13.26′ N. lat., 119°52.94′ W. 

long.; 

(38) 33°15.05′ N. lat., 119°52.95′ W. 

long.; 

(39) 33°15.75′ N. lat., 119°52.12′ W. 

long.; 

(40) 33°16.32′ N. lat., 119°52.65′ W. 

long.; 

(41) 33°18.12′ N. lat., 119°52.94′ W. 

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(42) 33°18.18′ N. lat., 119°52.68′ W. 

long.; 

(43) 33°17.97′ N. lat., 119°51.07′ W. 

long.; 

(44) 33°17.44′ N. lat., 119°50.04′ W. 

long.; 

(45) 33°17.27′ N. lat., 119°49.19′ W. 

long.; 

(46) 33°18.40′ N. lat., 119°49.00′ W. 

long.; 

(47) 33°21.18′ N. lat., 119°50.81′ W. 

long.; 

(48) 33°22.57′ N. lat., 119°50.42′ W. 

long.; 

(49) 33°23.90′ N. lat., 119°50.67′ W. 

long.; 

(50) 33°25.84′ N. lat., 119°51.85′ W. 

long.; 

(51) 33°30.00′ N. lat., 119°53.19′ W. 

long.; 

and connecting back to 33°33.01′ N. 

lat., 119°49.70′ W. long. 

(o) The Cortes Bank Western 175–fm 

(320–m) CCA is an area defined by 

straight lines connecting the following 

specific latitude and longitude 

coordinates in the order listed: 

(1) 32°45.52′ N. lat., 119°15.88′ W. 

long.; 

(2) 32°46.66′ N. lat., 119°13.89′ W. 

long.; 

(3) 32°46.55′ N. lat., 119°11.82′ W. 

long.; 

(4) 32°46.23′ N. lat., 119°10.53′ W. 

long.; 

(5) 32°44.85′ N. lat., 119°07.57′ W. 

long.; 

(6) 32°42.34′ N. lat., 119°03.11′ W. 

long.; 

(7) 32°40.75′ N. lat., 119°01.39′ W. 

long.; 

(8) 32°40.20′ N. lat., 119°02.61′ W. 

long.; 

(9) 32°37.41′ N. lat., 119°02.61′ W. 

long.; 

(10) 32°36.44′ N. lat., 119°03.47′ W. 

long.; 

(11) 32°36.19′ N. lat., 119°04.75′ W. 

long.; 

(12) 32°36.82′ N. lat., 119°06.88′ W. 

long.; 

(13) 32°34.68′ N. lat., 119°05.27′ W. 

long.; 

(14) 32°33.71′ N. lat., 119°06.06′ W. 

long.; 

(15) 32°33.09′ N. lat., 119°07.92′ W. 

long.; 

(16) 32°32.19′ N. lat., 119°06.81′ W. 

long.; 

(17) 32°31.79′ N. lat., 119°05.57′ W. 

long.; 

(18) 32°00.50′ N. lat., 119°04.25′ W. 

long.; 

(19) 32°29.18′ N. lat., 119°03.38′ W. 

long.; 

(20) 32°27.19′ N. lat., 118°59.72′ W. 

long.; 

(21) 32°22.89′ N. lat., 118°55.73′ W. 

long.; 

(22) 32°20.92′ N. lat., 118°56.20′ W. 

long.; 

(23) 32°23.08′ N. lat., 119°01.71′ W. 

long.; 

(24) 32°21.96′ N. lat., 119°01.21′ W. 

long.; 

(25) 32°21.68′ N. lat., 119°01.84′ W. 

long.; 

(26) 32°22.08′ N. lat., 119°03.43′ W. 

long.; 

(27) 32°23.20′ N. lat., 119°05.07′ W. 

long.; 

(28) 32°23.40′ N. lat., 119°07.48′ W. 

long.; 

(29) 32°22.77′ N. lat., 119°07.73′ W. 

long.; 

(30) 32°23.12′ N. lat., 119°09.67′ W. 

long.; 

(31) 32°24.59′ N. lat., 119°11.44′ W. 

long.; 

(32) 32°22.66′ N. lat., 119°13.68′ W. 

long.; 

(33) 32°24.66′ N. lat., 119°14.44′ W. 

long.; 

(34) 32°25.96′ N. lat., 119°14.98′ W. 

long.; 

(35) 32°26.63′ N. lat., 119°13.97′ W. 

long.; 

(36) 32°27.27′ N. lat., 119°15.77′ W. 

long.; 

(37) 32°28.66′ N. lat., 119°15.67′ W. 

long.; 

(38) 32°30.26′ N. lat., 119°19.06′ W. 

long.; 

(39) 32°30.60′ N. lat., 119°20.97′ W. 

long.; 

(40) 32°33.41′ N. lat., 119°22.12′ W. 

long.; 

(41) 32°37.11′ N. lat., 119°22.58′ W. 

long.; 

(42) 32°39.03′ N. lat., 119°21.19′ W. 

long.; 

(43) 32°39.65′ N. lat., 119°19.56′ W. 

long.; 

(44) 32°41.49′ N. lat., 119°19.15′ W. 

long.; 

(45) 32°41.44′ N. lat., 119°15.73′ W. 

long.; 

(46) 32°39.93′ N. lat., 119°12.79′ W. 

long.; 

(47) 32°40.84′ N. lat., 119°12.55′ W. 

long.; 

(48) 32°42.58′ N. lat., 119°14.33′ W. 

long.; 

(49) 32°44.00′ N. lat., 119°16.64′ W. 

long.; 

(50) 32°45.17′ N. lat., 119°16.97′ W. 

long.; 

and connecting back to 32°45.52′ N. 

lat., 119°15.88′ W. long. 

20. In § 660.391, the section heading 

and introductory paragraph are revised, 

paragraph (a) is removed, paragraphs (b) 

through (k) are redesignated as (d) 

through (m), newly redesignated 

paragraphs (d) and (j) are revised, and 

paragraphs (a) through (c) are added to 

read as follows: 

§ 660.391 Latitude/longitude coordinates 

defining the 10–fm (18–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 10–

fm (18–m) through 40–fm (73–m) depth 

contours. 

(a) The 10–fm (18–m) depth contour 

between the U.S. border with Canada 

and 46°16′ N. lat. is defined by straight 

lines connecting all of the following 

points in the order stated: 

(1) 48°23.80′ N. lat., 124°44.18′ W. 

long.; 

(2) 48°23.60′ N. lat., 124°44.80′ W. 

long.; 

(3) 48°23.45′ N. lat., 124°44.80′ W. 

long.; 

(4;) 48°23.30′ N. lat., 124°44.20′ W. 

long.; 

(5) 48°22.20′ N. lat., 124°44.30′ W. 

long.; 

(6) 48°20.25′ N. lat., 124°42.20′ W. 

long.; 

(7) 48°12.80′ N. lat., 124°43.10′ W. 

long.; 

(8) 48°11.10′ N. lat., 124°46.50′ W. 

long.; 

(9) 48°10.00′ N. lat., 124°46.50′ W. 

long.; 

(10) 48°08.50′ N. lat., 124°44.20′ W. 

long.; 

(11) 47°59.40′ N. lat., 124°42.50′ W. 

long.; 

(12) 47°52.60′ N. lat., 124°38.80′ W. 

long.; 

(13) 47°51.50′ N. lat., 124°34.60′ W. 

long.; 

(14) 47°39.80′ N. lat., 124°28.10′ W. 

long.; 

(15) 47°31.70′ N. lat., 124°26.30′ W. 

long.; 

(16) 47°25.20′ N. lat., 124°24.80′ W. 

long.; 

(17) 47°09.80′ N. lat., 124°15.20′ W. 

long.; 

(18) 46°54.40′ N. lat., 124°14.80′ W. 

long.; 

(19) 46°48.30′ N. lat., 124°10.25′ W. 

long.; 

(20) 46°38.17′ N. lat., 124°10.30′ W. 

long.; 

(21) 46°27.20′ N. lat., 124°06.50′ W. 

long.; and 

(22) 46°16.00′ N. lat., 124°10.00′ W. 

long. 

(b) The 20–fm (37–m) depth contour 

between the U.S. border with Canada 

and 42° N. lat. is defined by straight 

lines connecting all of the following 

points in the order stated: 

(1) 48°23.90′ N. lat., 124°44.20′ W. 

long.; 

(2) 48°23.60′ N. lat., 124°44.90′ W. 

long.; 

(3) 48°18.60′ N. lat., 124°43.60′ W. 

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(4) 48°18.60′ N. lat., 124°48.20′ W. 

long.; 

(5) 48°10.00′ N. lat., 124°48.80′ W. 

long.; 

(6) 48°02.40′ N. lat., 124°49.30′ W. 

long.; 

(7) 47°37.60′ N. lat., 124°34.30′ W. 

long.; 

(8) 47°31.70′ N. lat., 124°32.40′ W. 

long.; 

(9) 47°17.90′ N. lat., 124°25.00′ W. 

long.; 

(10) 46°58.80′ N. lat., 124°18.30′ W. 

long.; 

(11) 46°47.40′ N. lat., 124°12.70′ W. 

long.; 

(12) 46°38.17′ N. lat., 124°12.40′ W. 

long.; 

(13) 46°16.00′ N. lat., 124°11.50′ W. 

long.; 

(14) 46°16.01′ N. lat., 124°11.56′ W. 

long.; 

(15) 46°15.09′ N. lat., 124°11.33′ W. 

long.; 

(16) 46°11.94′ N. lat., 124°08.51′ W. 

long.; 

(17) 46°08.02′ N. lat., 124°04.06′ W. 

long.; 

(18) 46°05.05′ N. lat., 124°02.13′ W. 

long.; 

(19) 46°02.19′ N. lat., 124°01.35′ W. 

long.; 

(20) 45°58.28′ N. lat., 124°01.70′ W. 

long.; 

(21) 45°55.64′ N. lat., 124°01.16′ W. 

long.; 

(22) 45°52.61′ N. lat., 124°00.33′ W. 

long.; 

(23) 45°48.43′ N. lat., 124°00.65′ W. 

long.; 

(24) 45°46.59′ N. lat., 124°00.79′ W. 

long.; 

(25) 45°46.00′ N. lat., 124°00.53′ W. 

long.; 

(26) 45°44.75′ N. lat., 123°59.92′ W. 

long.; 

(27) 45°44.57′ N. lat., 123°59.64′ W. 

long.; 

(28) 45°41.86′ N. lat., 123°58.82′ W. 

long.; 

(29) 45°36.40′ N. lat., 123°59.42′ W. 

long.; 

(30) 45°34.10′ N. lat., 123°59.90′ W. 

long.; 

(31) 45°32.81′ N. lat., 124°00.35′ W. 

long.; 

(32) 45°29.87′ N. lat., 124°00.98′ W. 

long.; 

(33) 45°27.49′ N. lat., 124°00.79′ W. 

long.; 

(34) 45°25.37′ N. lat., 124°00.73′ W. 

long.; 

(35) 45°22.06′ N. lat., 124°01.66′ W. 

long.; 

(36) 45°17.27′ N. lat., 124°00.76′ W. 

long.; 

(37) 45°14.09′ N. lat., 124°00.75′ W. 

long.; 

(38) 45°12.50′ N. lat., 124°00.53′ W. 

long.; 

(39) 45°11.92′ N. lat., 124°01.62′ W. 

long.; 

(40) 45°11.02′ N. lat., 124°00.60′ W. 

long.; 

(41) 45°10.08′ N. lat., 124°00.58′ W. 

long.; 

(42) 45°05.51′ N. lat., 124°02.15′ W. 

long.; 

(43) 45°01.03′ N. lat., 124°03.22′ W. 

long.; 

(44) 44°57.98′ N. lat., 124°04.29′ W. 

long.; 

(45) 44°55.37′ N. lat., 124°04.39′ W. 

long.; 

(46) 44°51.56′ N. lat., 124°05.54′ W. 

long.; 

(47) 44°45.24′ N. lat., 124°06.47′ W. 

long.; 

(48) 44°42.69′ N. lat., 124°06.73′ W. 

long.; 

(49) 44°33.86′ N. lat., 124°07.43′ W. 

long.; 

(50) 44°29.78′ N. lat., 124°07.62′ W. 

long.; 

(51) 44°28.53′ N. lat., 124°07.93′ W. 

long.; 

(52) 44°23.71′ N. lat., 124°08.30′ W. 

long.; 

(53) 44°21.75′ N. lat., 124°08.79′ W. 

long.; 

(54) 44°20.99′ N. lat., 124°08.48′ W. 

long.; 

(55) 44°17.29′ N. lat., 124°08.82′ W. 

long.; 

(56) 44°11.90′ N. lat., 124°09.44′ W. 

long.; 

(57) 44°03.25′ N. lat., 124°10.33′ W. 

long.; 

(58) 43°52.69′ N. lat., 124°12.01′ W. 

long.; 

(59) 43°42.94′ N. lat., 124°13.88′ W. 

long.; 

(60) 43°41.44′ N. lat., 124°14.47′ W. 

long.; 

(61) 43°36.60′ N. lat., 124°14.92′ W. 

long.; 

(62) 43°29.85′ N. lat., 124°17.35′ W. 

long.; 

(63) 43°25.00′ N. lat., 124°20.84′ W. 

long.; 

(64) 43°21.61′ N. lat., 124°24.09′ W. 

long.; 

(65) 43°20.51′ N. lat., 124°25.01′ W. 

long.; 

(66) 43°19.33′ N. lat., 124°25.43′ W. 

long.; 

(67) 43°16.18′ N. lat., 124°26.02′ W. 

long.; 

(68) 43°14.39′ N. lat., 124°26.17′ W. 

long.; 

(69) 43°13.94′ N. lat., 124°26.72′ W. 

long.; 

(70) 43°13.39′ N. lat., 124°26.41′ W. 

long.; 

(71) 43°11.39′ N. lat., 124°26.90′ W. 

long.; 

(72) 43°10.06′ N. lat., 124°28.24′ W. 

long.; 

(73) 43°07.48′ N. lat., 124°28.65′ W. 

long.; 

(74) 43°06.67′ N. lat., 124°28.63′ W. 

long.; 

(75) 43°06.43′ N. lat., 124°28.22′ W. 

long.; 

(76) 43°03.09′ N. lat., 124°28.52′ W. 

long.; 

(77) 42°57.55′ N. lat., 124°30.74′ W. 

long.; 

(78) 42°52.91′ N. lat., 124°35.03′ W. 

long.; 

(79) 42°51.58′ N. lat., 124°36.43′ W. 

long.; 

(80) 42°49.85′ N. lat., 124°37.20′ W. 

long.; 

(81) 42°46.07′ N. lat., 124°36.98′ W. 

long.; 

(82) 42°46.03′ N. lat., 124°34.76′ W. 

long.; 

(83) 42°45.37′ N. lat., 124°33.59′ W. 

long.; 

(84) 42°43.91′ N. lat., 124°32.14′ W. 

long.; 

(85) 42°41.73′ N. lat., 124°29.20′ W. 

long.; 

(86) 42°40.49′ N. lat., 124°28.95′ W. 

long.; 

(87) 42°40.06′ N. lat., 124°28.94′ W. 

long.; 

(88) 42°39.74′ N. lat., 124°27.80′ W. 

long.; 

(89) 42°37.53′ N. lat., 124°26.39′ W. 

long.; 

(90) 42°34.33′ N. lat., 124°26.56′ W. 

long.; 

(91) 42°32.81′ N. lat., 124°27.55′ W. 

long.; 

(92) 42°31.66′ N. lat., 124°29.58′ W. 

long.; 

(93) 42°30.70′ N. lat., 124°30.91′ W. 

long.; 

(94) 42°29.20′ N. lat., 124°31.27′ W. 

long.; 

(95) 42°27.52′ N. lat., 124°30.79′ W. 

long.; 

(96) 42°24.70′ N. lat., 124°29.65′ W. 

long.; 

(97) 42°23.93′ N. lat., 124°28.60′ W. 

long.; 

(98) 42°19.35′ N. lat., 124°27.23′ W. 

long.; 

(99) 42°14.87′ N. lat., 124°26.14′ W. 

long.; 

(100) 42°11.85′ N. lat., 124°23.78′ W. 

long.; 

(101) 42°08.08′ N. lat., 124°22.91′ W. 

long.; 

(102) 42°07.04′ N. lat., 124°22.66′ W. 

long.; 

(103) 42°05.17′ N. lat., 124°21.41′ W. 

long.; 

(104) 42°04.16′ N. lat., 124°20.55′ W. 

long.; 

(105) 42°02.12′ N. lat., 124°20.51′ W. 

long.; 

(106) 42°01.42′ N. lat., 124°20.29′ W. 

long.; and 

(107) 42°00.00′ N. lat., 124°19.61′ W. 

long. 

(c) The 25–fm (46–m) depth contour 

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N. lat. is defined by straight lines 

connecting all of the following points in 

the order stated: 

(1) 47°31.70′ N. lat., 124°34.70′ W. 

long.; 

(2) 47°25.70′ N. lat., 124°33.00′ W. 

long.; 

(3) 47°12.80′ N. lat., 124°26.00′ W. 

long.; 

(4) 46°53.00′ N. lat., 124°21.00′ W. 

long.; 

(5) 46°44.20′ N. lat., 124°15.00′ W. 

long.; 

(6) 46°38.17′ N. lat., 124°13.70′ W. 

long.; 

(7) 46°16.00′ N. lat., 124°12.50′ W. 

long.; 

(8) 46°15.99′ N. lat., 124°12.04′ W. 

long.; 

(9) 46°13.72′ N. lat., 124°11.04′ W. 

long.; 

(10) 46°09.50′ N. lat., 124°07.62′ W. 

long.; 

(11) 46°04.00′ N. lat., 124°03.20′ W. 

long.; 

(12) 45°57.61′ N. lat., 124°01.85′ W. 

long.; 

(13) 45°51.73′ N. lat., 124°01.06′ W. 

long.; 

(14) 45°47.27′ N. lat., 124°01.22′ W. 

long.; 

(15) 45°43.19′ N. lat., 124°00.32′ W. 

long.; 

(16) 45°36.11′ N. lat., 124°00.38′ W. 

long.; 

(17) 45°32.95′ N. lat., 124°01.38′ W. 

long.; 

(18) 45°27.47′ N. lat., 124°01.46′ W. 

long.; 

(19) 45°23.18′ N. lat., 124°01.94′ W. 

long.; 

(20) 45°19.04′ N. lat., 124°01.29′ W. 

long.; 

(21) 45°16.79′ N. lat., 124°01.90′ W. 

long.; 

(22) 45°13.54′ N. lat., 124°01.64′ W. 

long.; 

(23) 45°09.56′ N. lat., 124°01.94′ W. 

long.; 

(24) 45°06.15′ N. lat., 124°02.38′ W. 

long.; 

(25) 45°00.77′ N. lat., 124°03.72′ W. 

long.; 

(26) 44°49.08′ N. lat., 124°06.49′ W. 

long.; 

(27) 44°40.06′ N. lat., 124°08.14′ W. 

long.; 

(28) 44°36.64′ N. lat., 124°08.51′ W. 

long.; 

(29) 44°29.41′ N. lat., 124°09.24′ W. 

long.; 

(30) 44°25.18′ N. lat., 124°09.37′ W. 

long.; 

(31) 44°16.34′ N. lat., 124°10.30′ W. 

long.; 

(32) 44°12.16′ N. lat., 124°10.82′ W. 

long.; 

(33) 44°06.59′ N. lat., 124°11.00′ W. 

long.; 

(34) 44°02.09′ N. lat., 124°11.24′ W. 

long.; 

(35) 43°57.82′ N. lat., 124°11.60′ W. 

long.; 

(36) 43°53.44′ N. lat., 124°12.34′ W. 

long.; 

(37) 43°49.19′ N. lat., 124°13.08′ W. 

long.; 

(38) 43°45.19′ N. lat., 124°13.73′ W. 

long.; 

(39) 43°41.22′ N. lat., 124°14.59′ W. 

long.; 

(40) 43°37.52′ N. lat., 124°15.05′ W. 

long.; 

(41) 43°33.97′ N. lat., 124°16.00′ W. 

long.; 

(42) 43°29.72′ N. lat., 124°17.78′ W. 

long.; 

(43) 43°27.63′ N. lat., 124°19.11′ W. 

long.; 

(44) 43°20.66′ N. lat., 124°25.39′ W. 

long.; 

(45) 43°15.57′ N. lat., 124°26.86′ W. 

long.; 

(46) 43°06.88′ N. lat., 124°29.30′ W. 

long.; 

(47) 43°03.37′ N. lat., 124°29.06′ W. 

long.; 

(48) 43°01.03′ N. lat., 124°29.41′ W. 

long.; 

(49) 42°56.59′ N. lat., 124°31.93′ W. 

long.; 

(50) 42°54.08′ N. lat., 124°34.55′ W. 

long.; 

(51) 42°51.16′ N. lat., 124°37.02′ W. 

long.; 

(52) 42°49.27′ N. lat., 124°37.73′ W. 

long.; 

(53) 42°46.02′ N. lat., 124°37.54′ W. 

long.; 

(54) 42°45.76′ N. lat., 124°35.68′ W. 

long.; 

(55) 42°42.25′ N. lat., 124°30.47′ W. 

long.; 

(56) 42°40.51′ N. lat., 124°29.00′ W. 

long.; 

(57) 42°40.00′ N. lat., 124°29.01′ W. 

long.; 

(58) 42°39.64′ N. lat., 124°28.28′ W. 

long.; 

(59) 42°38.80′ N. lat., 124°27.57′ W. 

long.; 

(60) 42°35.42′ N. lat., 124°26.77′ W. 

long.; 

(61) 42°33.13′ N. lat., 124°29.06′ W. 

long.; 

(62) 42°31.44′ N. lat., 124°30.71′ W. 

long.; 

(63) 42°29.03′ N. lat., 124°31.71′ W. 

long.; 

(64) 42°24.98′ N. lat., 124°29.95′ W. 

long.; 

(65) 42°20.05′ N. lat., 124°28.16′ W. 

long.; 

(66) 42°14.24′ N. lat., 124°26.03′ W. 

long.; 

(67) 42°10.23′ N. lat., 124°23.93′ W. 

long.; 

(68) 42°06.20′ N. lat., 124°22.70′ W. 

long.; 

(69) 42°04.66′ N. lat., 124°21.49′ W. 

long.; and 

(70) 42°00.00′ N. lat., 124°20.80′ W. 

long. 

(d) 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°16.00′ N. lat., 124°13.04′ W. 

long.; 

(24) 46°07.00′ N. lat., 124°07.01′ W. 

long.; 

(25) 45°55.95′ N. lat., 124°02.23′ W. 

long.; 

(26) 45°54.53′ N. lat., 124°02.57′ W. 

long.; 

(27) 45°50.65′ N. lat., 124°01.62′ W. 

long.; 

(28) 45°48.20′ N. lat., 124°02.16′ W. 

long.; 

(29) 45°46.00′ N. lat., 124°01.86′ W. 

long.; 

(30) 45°43.46′ N. lat., 124°01.28′ W. 

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(31) 45°40.48′ N. lat., 124°01.03′ W. 

long.; 

(32) 45°39.04′ N. lat., 124°01.68′ W. 

long.; 

(33) 45°35.48′ N. lat., 124°01.90′ W. 

long.; 

(34) 45°29.81′ N. lat., 124°02.45′ W. 

long.; 

(35) 45°27.97′ N. lat., 124°01.90′ W. 

long.; 

(36) 45°27.22′ N. lat., 124°02.66′ W. 

long.; 

(37) 45°24.20′ N. lat., 124°02.94′ W. 

long.; 

(38) 45°20.60′ N. lat., 124°01.74′ W. 

long.; 

(39) 45°20.25′ N. lat., 124°01.85′ W. 

long.; 

(40) 45°16.44′ N. lat., 124°03.22′ W. 

long.; 

(41) 45°13.63′ N. lat., 124°02.69′ W. 

long.; 

(42) 45°11.05′ N. lat., 124°03.59′ W. 

long.; 

(43) 45°08.55′ N. lat., 124°03.47′ W. 

long.; 

(44) 45°02.81′ N. lat., 124°04.64′ 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°12.04′ 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°13.18′ 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°20.48′ 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°09.26′ 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°59.72′ 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. 

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

(84) 42°44.27′ 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°29.20′ W. 

long.; 

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

long.; 

(89) 42°36.73′ N. lat., 124°27.54′ W. 

long.; 

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

long.; 

(91) 42°35.77′ 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°24.56′ 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. 

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

long.; 

(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. 

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

(186) 36°34.97′ N. lat., 121°59.37′ W. 

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

(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. 

long.; 

(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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(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. 

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

(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.; 

(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. 

* * * * * 

(j) 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°06.94′ 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°05.81′ W. 

long.; 

(8) 45°53.98′ N. lat., 124°05.05′ W. 

long.; 

(9) 45°49.75′ N. lat., 124°05.14′ W. 

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(10) 45°47.87′ 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°05.20′ W. 

long.; 

(22) 45°05.80′ N. lat., 124°05.40′ W. 

long.; 

(23) 45°05.08′ 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°10.90′ 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°42.26′ 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°14.44′ 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°17.38′ 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°16.79′ 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°51.61′ 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°13.97′ N. lat., 124°31.99′ W. 

long.; 

(55) 43°13.72′ 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°32.33′ 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°38.57′ W. 

long.; 

(62) 42°50.00′ N. lat., 124°39.68′ W. 

long.; 

(63) 42°49.13′ N. lat., 124°39.70′ W. 

long.; 

(64) 42°46.47′ N. lat., 124°38.89′ W. 

long.; 

(65) 42°45.74′ N. lat., 124°38.86′ W. 

long.; 

(66) 42°44.79′ N. lat., 124°37.96′ W. 

long.; 

(67) 42°45.01′ N. lat., 124°36.39′ W. 

long.; 

(68) 42°44.14′ N. lat., 124°35.17′ W. 

long.; 

(69) 42°42.14′ N. lat., 124°32.82′ W. 

long.; 

(70) 42°40.50′ N. lat., 124°31.98′ W. 

long.; 

(71) 42°38.81′ 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°34.84′ W. 

long.; 

(75) 42°26.74′ N. lat., 124°35.59′ W. 

long.; 

(76) 42°23.84′ N. lat., 124°34.06′ 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°25.63′ W. 

long.; 

(82) 42°04.66′ N. lat., 124°24.40′ 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. 

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(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.; 

(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. 

* * * * * 

21. In § 660.392, paragraphs (a), (f), 

and (j) are revised to read as follows: 

§ 660.392 Latitude/longitude coordinates 

defining 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. 

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(4) 48°16.61′ N. lat., 124°53.72′ W. 

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(5) 48°14.68′ N. lat., 124°54.50′ W. 

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(6) 48°12.02′ N. lat., 124°55.29′ W. 

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(7) 48°03.14′ N. lat., 124°57.02′ W. 

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(8) 47°56.05′ N. lat., 124°55.60′ W. 

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(9) 47°52.58′ N. lat., 124°54.00′ W. 

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(10) 47°50.18′ N. lat., 124°52.36′ W. 

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(11) 47°45.34′ N. lat., 124°51.07′ W. 

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(12) 47°40.96′ N. lat., 124°48.84′ W. 

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(13) 47°34.59′ N. lat., 124°46.24′ W. 

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(14) 47°27.86′ N. lat., 124°42.12′ W. 

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(15) 47°22.34′ N. lat., 124°39.43′ W. 

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(16) 47°17.66′ N. lat., 124°38.75′ W. 

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(17) 47°06.25′ N. lat., 124°39.74′ W. 

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(18) 47°00.43′ N. lat., 124°38.01′ W. 

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(19) 46°52.00′ N. lat., 124°32.44′ W. 

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(20) 46°35.41′ N. lat., 124°25.51′ W. 

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(21) 46°25.43′ N. lat., 124°23.46′ W. 

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(22) 46°16.00′ N. lat., 124°17.32′ W. 

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(23) 45°50.88′ N. lat., 124°09.68′ W. 

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(24) 45°46.00′ N. lat., 124°09.39′ W. 

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(25) 45°20.25′ N. lat., 124°07.34′ W. 

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(26) 45°12.99′ N. lat., 124°06.71′ W. 

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(27) 45°03.83′ N. lat., 124°09.17′ W. 

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(28) 44°52.48′ N. lat., 124°11.22′ W. 

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(29) 44°42.41′ N. lat., 124°19.70′ W. 

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(30) 44°38.80′ N. lat., 124°26.58′ W. 

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(31) 44°23.39′ N. lat., 124°31.70′ W. 

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(32) 44°20.30′ N. lat., 124°38.72′ W. 

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(33) 44°13.52′ N. lat., 124°40.45′ W. 

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(34) 44°18.80′ N. lat., 124°35.48′ W. 

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(35) 44°19.62′ N. lat., 124°27.18′ W. 

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(36) 44°08.30′ N. lat., 124°22.17′ W. 

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(37) 43°56.65′ N. lat., 124°16.86′ W. 

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(38) 43°34.95′ N. lat., 124°17.47′ W. 

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(39) 43°20.83′ N. lat., 124°29.11′ W. 

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(40) 43°12.60′ N. lat., 124°35.80′ W. 

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(41) 43°08.96′ N. lat., 124°33.77′ W. 

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(42) 42°59.66′ N. lat., 124°34.79′ W. 

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(43) 42°54.29′ N. lat., 124°39.46′ W. 

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(44) 42°50.00′ N. lat., 124°39.84′ W. 

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(45) 42°46.50′ N. lat., 124°39.99′ W. 

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(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. 

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(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. 

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(52) 42°13.67′ N. lat., 124°27.67′ W. 

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(53) 42°03.04′ N. lat., 124°25.81′ W. 

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(54) 42°00.00′ N. lat., 124°26.21′ W. 

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(55) 41°57.60′ N. lat., 124°27.35′ W. 

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(56) 41°52.53′ N. lat., 124°26.51′ W. 

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(57) 41°50.17′ N. lat., 124°25.63′ W. 

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(58) 41°46.01′ N. lat., 124°22.16′ W. 

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(59) 41°26.50′ N. lat., 124°21.78′ W. 

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(60) 41°15.66′ N. lat., 124°16.42′ W. 

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(61) 41°05.45′ N. lat., 124°16.89′ W. 

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(62) 40°54.55′ N. lat., 124°19.53′ W. 

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(63) 40°42.22′ N. lat., 124°28.29′ W. 

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(64) 40°39.68′ N. lat., 124°28.37′ W. 

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(65) 40°36.76′ N. lat., 124°27.39′ W. 

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(66) 40°34.44′ N. lat., 124°28.89′ W. 

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(67) 40°32.57′ N. lat., 124°32.43′ W. 

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(68) 40°30.95′ N. lat., 124°33.87′ W. 

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(69) 40°30.00′ N. lat., 124°34.18′ W. 

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(70) 40°28.90′ N. lat., 124°34.59′ W. 

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(71) 40°24.36′ N. lat., 124°31.42′ W. 

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(72) 40°23.66′ N. lat., 124°28.35′ W. 

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(73) 40°22.54′ N. lat., 124°24.71′ W. 

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(74) 40°21.52′ N. lat., 124°24.86′ W. 

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(75) 40°21.25′ N. lat., 124°25.59′ W. 

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(76) 40°20.63′ N. lat., 124°26.47′ W. 

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(77) 40°19.18′ N. lat., 124°25.98′ W. 

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(78) 40°18.42′ N. lat., 124°24.77′ W. 

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(79) 40°18.64′ N. lat., 124°22.81′ W. 

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(80) 40°15.31′ N. lat., 124°25.28′ W. 

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(81) 40°15.37′ N. lat., 124°26.82′ W. 

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(82) 40°11.91′ N. lat., 124°22.68′ W. 

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(83) 40°10.01′ N. lat., 124°19.97′ W. 

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(84) 40°10.00′ N. lat., 124°19.97′ W. 

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(85) 40°09.20′ N. lat., 124°15.81′ W. 

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(86) 40°07.51′ N. lat., 124°15.29′ W. 

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(87) 40°05.22′ N. lat., 124°10.06′ W. 

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(88) 40°06.51′ N. lat., 124°08.01′ W. 

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(89) 40°00.72′ N. lat., 124°08.45′ W. 

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(90) 39°56.60′ N. lat., 124°07.12′ W. 

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(91) 39°52.58′ N. lat., 124°03.57′ W. 

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(92) 39°50.65′ N. lat., 123°57.98′ W. 

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(93) 39°40.16′ N. lat., 123°52.41′ W. 

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(94) 39°30.12′ N. lat., 123°52.92′ W. 

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(95) 39°24.53′ N. lat., 123°55.16′ W. 

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(96) 39°11.58′ N. lat., 123°50.93′ W. 

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(97) 38°57.50′ N. lat., 123°51.10′ W. 

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(98) 38°55.13′ N. lat., 123°51.14′ W. 

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(99) 38°28.58′ N. lat., 123°22.84′ W. 

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(100) 38°14.60′ N. lat., 123°09.92′ W. 

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(101) 38°01.84′ N. lat., 123°09.75′ W. 

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(102) 38°00.00′ N. lat., 123°09.25′ W. 

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(103) 37°55.24′ N. lat., 123°08.30′ W. 

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(104) 37°52.06′ N. lat., 123°09.19′ W. 

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(105) 37°50.21′ N. lat., 123°14.90′ W. 

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(106) 37°35.67′ N. lat., 122°55.43′ W. 

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(107) 37°11.00′ N. lat., 122°31.67′ W. 

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(109) 37°03.06′ N. lat., 122°24.22′ W. 

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(110) 36°50.20′ N. lat., 122°03.58′ W. 

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(111) 36°51.46′ N. lat., 121°57.54′ W. 

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(112) 36°44.14′ N. lat., 121°58.10′ W. 

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(113) 36°36.76′ N. lat., 122°01.16′ W. 

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(114) 36°15.62′ N. lat., 121°57.13′ W. 

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(115) 36°10.41′ N. lat., 121°42.92′ W. 

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(116) 36°02.56′ N. lat., 121°36.37′ W. 

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(117) 36°00.00′ N. lat., 121°35.15′ W. 

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(118) 35°58.26′ N. lat., 121°32.88′ W. 

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(119) 35°40.38′ N. lat., 121°22.59′ W. 

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(120) 35°24.35′ N. lat., 121°02.53′ W. 

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(121) 35°02.66′ N. lat., 120°51.63′ W. 

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(122) 34°39.52′ N. lat., 120°48.72′ W. 

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(123) 34°31.26′ N. lat., 120°44.12′ W. 

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(124) 34°27.00′ N. lat., 120°33.31′ W. 

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(125) 34°23.47′ N. lat., 120°24.76′ W. 

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(126) 34°25.83′ N. lat., 120°17.26′ W. 

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(127) 34°24.65′ N. lat., 120°04.83′ W. 

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(128) 34°23.18′ N. lat., 119°56.18′ W. 

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(129) 34°19.20′ N. lat., 119°41.64′ W. 

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(130) 34°16.82′ N. lat., 119°35.32′ W. 

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(131) 34°13.43′ N. lat., 119°32.29′ W. 

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(132) 34°05.39′ N. lat., 119°15.13′ W. 

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(133) 34°08.22′ N. lat., 119°13.64′ W. 

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(134) 34°07.64′ N. lat., 119°13.10′ W. 

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(135) 34°04.56′ N. lat., 119°13.73′ W. 

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(136) 34°03.90′ N. lat., 119°12.66′ W. 

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(137) 34°03.66′ N. lat., 119°06.82′ W. 

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(138) 34°04.58′ N. lat., 119°04.91′ W. 

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(139) 34°01.35′ N. lat., 119°00.30′ W. 

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(140) 34°00.24′ N. lat., 119°03.18′ W. 

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(141) 33°59.63′ N. lat., 119°03.20′ W. 

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(142) 33°59.54′ N. lat., 119°00.88′ W. 

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(143) 34°00.82′ N. lat., 118°59.03′ W. 

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(144) 33°59.11′ N. lat., 118°47.52′ W. 

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(145) 33°59.07′ N. lat., 118°36.33′ W. 

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(146) 33°55.06′ N. lat., 118°32.86′ W. 

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(147) 33°53.56′ N. lat., 118°37.75′ W. 

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(148) 33°51.22′ N. lat., 118°36.14′ W. 

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(149) 33°50.48′ N. lat., 118°32.16′ W. 

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(150) 33°51.86′ N. lat., 118°28.71′ W. 

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(151) 33°50.09′ N. lat., 118°27.88′ W. 

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(152) 33°49.95′ N. lat., 118°26.38′ W. 

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(153) 33°50.73′ N. lat., 118°26.17′ W. 

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(154) 33°49.86′ N. lat., 118°24.25′ W. 

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(155) 33°48.10′ N. lat., 118°26.87′ W. 

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(156) 33°47.54′ N. lat., 118°29.66′ W. 

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(157) 33°44.10′ N. lat., 118°25.25′ W. 

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(158) 33°41.78′ N. lat., 118°20.28′ W. 

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(159) 33°38.18′ N. lat., 118°15.69′ W. 

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(160) 33°37.50′ N. lat., 118°16.71′ W. 

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(161) 33°35.98′ N. lat., 118°16.54′ W. 

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(162) 33°34.15′ N. lat., 118°11.22′ W. 

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(163) 33°34.29′ N. lat., 118°08.35′ W. 

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(164) 33°35.85′ N. lat., 118°07.00′ W. 

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(165) 33°36.12′ N. lat., 118°04.15′ W. 

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(166) 33°34.97′ N. lat., 118°02.91′ W. 

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(167) 33°34.00′ N. lat., 117°59.53′ W. 

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(168) 33°35.44′ N. lat., 117°55.67′ W. 

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(169) 33°35.15′ N. lat., 117°53.55′ W. 

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(170) 33°31.12′ N. lat., 117°47.40′ W. 

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(171) 33°27.99′ N. lat., 117°45.19′ W. 

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(172) 33°26.88′ N. lat., 117°43.87′ W. 

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(173) 33°25.44′ N. lat., 117°41.63′ W. 

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(174) 33°19.50′ N. lat., 117°36.08′ W. 

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(175) 33°12.74′ N. lat., 117°28.53′ W. 

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(176) 33°10.29′ N. lat., 117°25.68′ W. 

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(177) 33°07.36′ N. lat., 117°21.23′ W. 

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(178) 32°59.39′ N. lat., 117°18.56′ W. 

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(179) 32°56.10′ N. lat., 117°18.37′ W. 

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(180) 32°54.43′ N. lat., 117°16.93′ W. 

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(181) 32°51.89′ N. lat., 117°16.42′ W. 

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(182) 32°52.24′ N. lat., 117°19.36′ W. 

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(183) 32°47.06′ N. lat., 117°21.92′ W. 

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(184) 32°45.09′ N. lat., 117°20.68′ W. 

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(185) 32°43.62′ N. lat., 117°18.68′ W. 

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(186) 32°33.43′ N. lat., 117°17.00′ W. 

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(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. 

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(2) 48°23.76′ N. lat., 125°06.77′ W. 

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(3) 48°23.01′ N. lat., 125°03.48′ W. 

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(4) 48°22.42′ N. lat., 124°57.84′ W. 

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(5) 48°22.62′ N. lat., 124°48.97′ W. 

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(6) 48°18.61′ N. lat., 124°52.52′ W. 

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(7) 48°16.62′ N. lat., 124°54.03′ W. 

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(8) 48°15.39′ N. lat., 124°54.79′ W. 

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(9) 48°13.81′ N. lat., 124°55.45′ W. 

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(10) 48°10.51′ N. lat., 124°56.56′ W. 

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(11) 48°06.90′ N. lat., 124°57.72′ W. 

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(12) 48°02.23′ N. lat., 125°00.20′ W. 

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(13) 48°00.87′ N. lat., 125°00.37′ W. 

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(14) 47°56.30′ N. lat., 124°59.51′ W. 

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(15) 47°46.84′ N. lat., 124°57.34′ W. 

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(16) 47°36.49′ N. lat., 124°50.93′ W. 

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(17) 47°32.01′ N. lat., 124°48.45′ W. 

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(18) 47°27.19′ N. lat., 124°46.47′ W. 

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(19) 47°21.76′ N. lat., 124°43.29′ W. 

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(20) 47°17.82′ N. lat., 124°42.12′ W. 

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(21) 47°08.87′ N. lat., 124°43.10′ W. 

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(22) 47°03.16′ N. lat., 124°42.61′ W. 

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(24) 46°42.91′ N. lat., 124°33.20′ W. 

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(25) 46°39.67′ N. lat., 124°30.59′ W. 

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(26) 46°32.47′ N. lat., 124°26.34′ W. 

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(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. 

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(30) 46°15.97′ N. lat., 124°18.80′ W. 

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(31) 46°11.23′ N. lat., 124°19.96′ W. 

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(32) 46°02.51′ N. lat., 124°19.84′ W. 

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(33) 45°59.05′ N. lat., 124°16.52′ W. 

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(34) 45°50.99′ N. lat., 124°12.83′ W. 

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(35) 45°45.85′ N. lat., 124°11.54′ W. 

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(36) 45°38.53′ N. lat., 124°11.92′ W. 

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(37) 45°30.90′ N. lat., 124°10.94′ W. 

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(38) 45°21.20′ N. lat., 124°09.12′ W. 

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(39) 45°12.43′ N. lat., 124°08.74′ W. 

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(40) 44°59.89′ N. lat., 124°11.95′ W. 

long.; 

(41) 44°51.96′ N. lat., 124°15.15′ W. 

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(42) 44°44.63′ N. lat., 124°20.07′ W. 

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(43) 44°39.23′ N. lat., 124°28.09′ W. 

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(44) 44°30.61′ N. lat., 124°31.66′ W. 

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(45) 44°26.20′ N. lat., 124°35.87′ W. 

long.; 

(46) 44°23.65′ N. lat., 124°39.07′ W. 

long.; 

(47) 44°20.30′ N. lat., 124°38.72′ W. 

long.; 

(48) 44°13.52′ N. lat., 124°40.45′ W. 

long.; 

(49) 44°10.97′ N. lat., 124°38.78′ W. 

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(50) 44°08.71′ N. lat., 124°33.54′ W. 

long.; 

(51) 44°04.91′ N. lat., 124°24.55′ W. 

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(52) 43°57.49′ N. lat., 124°20.05′ W. 

long.; 

(53) 43°50.26′ N. lat., 124°21.85′ W. 

long.; 

(54) 43°41.69′ N. lat., 124°21.94′ W. 

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(55) 43°35.51′ N. lat., 124°21.51′ W. 

long.; 

(56) 43°25.77′ N. lat., 124°28.47′ W. 

long.; 

(57) 43°20.25′ N. lat., 124°31.59′ W. 

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(58) 43°12.73′ N. lat., 124°36.68′ W. 

long.; 

(59) 43°08.08′ N. lat., 124°36.10′ W. 

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(60) 43°00.33′ N. lat., 124°37.57′ W. 

long.; 

(61) 42°53.99′ N. lat., 124°41.03′ W. 

long.; 

(62) 42°46.66′ N. lat., 124°41.13′ W. 

long.; 

(63) 42°41.74′ N. lat., 124°37.46′ W. 

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(64) 42°37.42′ N. lat., 124°37.22′ W. 

long.; 

(65) 42°27.35′ N. lat., 124°39.91′ W. 

long.; 

(66) 42°23.94′ N. lat., 124°38.29′ W. 

long.; 

(67) 42°17.72′ N. lat., 124°31.10′ W. 

long.; 

(68) 42°10.36′ 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. 

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(126) 36°02.55′ N. lat., 121°36.35′ W. 

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(128) 35°58.25′ N. lat., 121°32.88′ W. 

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(129) 35°40.38′ N. lat., 121°22.59′ W. 

long.; 

(130) 35°24.35′ N. lat., 121°02.53′ W. 

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(131) 35°02.66′ N. lat., 120°51.63′ W. 

long.; 

(132) 34°39.52′ N. lat., 120°48.72′ W. 

long.; 

(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. 

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(146) 33°59.60′ N. lat., 119°03.14′ W. 

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(147) 33°59.45′ N. lat., 119°00.87′ W. 

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(148) 34°00.71′ N. lat., 118°59.07′ W. 

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(149) 33°59.05′ N. lat., 118°47.34′ W. 

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(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. 

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(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. 

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(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. 

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(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. 

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(182) 32°44.98′ N. lat., 117°21.87′ W. 

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(183) 32°43.52′ N. lat., 117°19.32′ W. 

long.; and 

(184) 32°33.56′ N. lat., 117°17.72′ W. 

long. 

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(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. 

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(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°21.77′ N. lat., 125°02.59′ W. 

long.; 

(12) 48°23.00′ N. lat., 124°59.30′ W. 

long.; 

(13) 48°23.90′ N. lat., 124°54.37′ W. 

long.; 

(14) 48°23.05′ N. lat., 124°48.80′ W. 

long.; 

(15) 48°17.10′ N. lat., 124°54.82′ W. 

long.; 

(16) 48°05.10′ N. lat., 124°59.40′ W. 

long.; 

(17) 48°04.50′ N. lat., 125°02.00′ W. 

long.; 

(18) 48°04.70′ N. lat., 125°04.08′ W. 

long.; 

(19) 48°05.20′ N. lat., 125°04.90′ W. 

long.; 

(20) 48°06.63′ N. lat., 125°06.21′ W. 

long.; 

(21) 48°05.91′ N. lat., 125°08.30′ W. 

long.; 

(22) 48°07.00′ N. lat., 125°09.80′ W. 

long.; 

(23) 48°06.93′ N. lat., 125°11.48′ W. 

long.; 

(24) 48°04.98′ N. lat., 125°10.02′ W. 

long.; 

(25) 47°54.00′ N. lat., 125°04.98′ W. 

long.; 

(26) 47°44.52′ N. lat., 125°00.00′ W. 

long.; 

(27) 47°42.00′ N. lat., 124°58.98′ W. 

long.; 

(28) 47°35.52′ N. lat., 124°55.50′ W. 

long.; 

(29) 47°22.02′ N. lat., 124°44.40′ W. 

long.; 

(30) 47°16.98′ N. lat., 124°45.48′ W. 

long.; 

(31) 47°10.98′ N. lat., 124°48.48′ W. 

long.; 

(32) 47°04.98′ N. lat., 124°49.02′ W. 

long.; 

(33) 46°57.98′ N. lat., 124°46.50′ W. 

long.; 

(34) 46°54.00′ N. lat., 124°45.00′ W. 

long.; 

(35) 46°48.48′ N. lat., 124°44.52′ W. 

long.; 

(36) 46°40.02′ N. lat., 124°36.00′ W. 

long.; 

(37) 46°34.09′ N. lat., 124°27.03′ W. 

long.; 

(38) 46°24.64′ N. lat., 124°30.33′ W. 

long.; 

(39) 46°19.98′ N. lat., 124°36.00′ W. 

long.; 

(40) 46°18.14′ N. lat., 124°34.26′ W. 

long.; 

(41) 46°18.72′ N. lat., 124°22.68′ W. 

long.; 

(42) 46°16.00′ N. lat., 124°19.49′ W. 

long.; 

(43) 46°14.63′ N. lat., 124°22.54′ W. 

long.; 

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(45) 46°04.28′ N. lat., 124°31.49′ W. 

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(46) 45°55.97′ N. lat., 124°19.95′ W. 

long.; 

(47) 45°46.00′ N. lat., 124°16.41′ W. 

long.; 

(48) 45°44.97′ N. lat., 124°15.95′ W. 

long.; 

(49) 45°43.14′ N. lat., 124°21.86′ W. 

long.; 

(50) 45°34.45′ N. lat., 124°14.44′ W. 

long.; 

(51) 45°20.25′ N. lat., 124°12.23′ W. 

long.; 

(52) 45°15.49′ N. lat., 124°11.49′ W. 

long.; 

(53) 45°03.83′ N. lat., 124°13.75′ W. 

long.; 

(54) 44°57.31′ N. lat., 124°15.03′ W. 

long.; 

(55) 44°43.90′ N. lat., 124°28.88′ W. 

long.; 

(56) 44°28.64′ N. lat., 124°35.67′ W. 

long.; 

(57) 44°25.31′ N. lat., 124°43.08′ W. 

long.; 

(58) 44°16.28′ N. lat., 124°47.86′ W. 

long.; 

(59) 44°13.47′ N. lat., 124°54.08′ W. 

long.; 

(60) 44°02.88′ N. lat., 124°53.96′ W. 

long.; 

(61) 44°00.14′ N. lat., 124°55.25′ W. 

long.; 

(62) 43°57.68′ N. lat., 124°55.48′ W. 

long.; 

(63) 43°56.66′ N. lat., 124°55.45′ W. 

long.; 

(64) 43°57.50′ N. lat., 124°41.23′ W. 

long.; 

(65) 44°01.79′ N. lat., 124°38.00′ W. 

long.; 

(66) 44°02.17′ N. lat., 124°32.62′ W. 

long.; 

(67) 43°58.15′ N. lat., 124°30.39′ W. 

long.; 

(68) 43°53.25′ N. lat., 124°31.39′ W. 

long.; 

(69) 43°35.56′ N. lat., 124°28.17′ W. 

long.; 

(70) 43°21.84′ N. lat., 124°36.07′ W. 

long.; 

(71) 43°20.83′ N. lat., 124°35.49′ W. 

long.; 

(72) 43°19.73′ N. lat., 124°34.87′ W. 

long.; 

(73) 43°09.38′ N. lat., 124°39.29′ W. 

long.; 

(74) 43°07.11′ N. lat., 124°37.66′ W. 

long.; 

(75) 42°56.27′ N. lat., 124°43.28′ W. 

long.; 

(76) 42°50.00′ N. lat., 124°42.30′ W. 

long.; 

(77) 42°45.01′ N. lat., 124°41.50′ W. 

long.; 

(78) 42°40.50′ N. lat., 124°39.46′ W. 

long.; 

(79) 42°39.71′ N. lat., 124°39.11′ W. 

long.; 

(80) 42°32.87′ N. lat., 124°40.13′ W. 

long.; 

(81) 42°32.30′ N. lat., 124°39.04′ W. 

long.; 

(82) 42°26.96′ N. lat., 124°44.30′ W. 

long.; 

(83) 42°24.11′ N. lat., 124°42.16′ W. 

long.; 

(84) 42°21.10′ N. lat., 124°35.46′ W. 

long.; 

(85) 42°14.72′ N. lat., 124°32.30′ W. 

long.; 

(86) 42°13.67′ N. lat., 124°32.29′ W. 

long.; 

(87) 42°09.25′ N. lat., 124°32.04′ W. 

long.; 

(88) 42°01.88′ N. lat., 124°32.71′ W. 

long.; 

(89) 42°00.00′ N. lat., 124°32.02′ W. 

long.; 

(90) 41°46.18′ N. lat., 124°26.60′ W. 

long.; 

(91) 41°29.22′ N. lat., 124°28.04′ W. 

long.; 

(92) 41°09.62′ N. lat., 124°19.75′ W. 

long.; 

(93) 40°50.71′ N. lat., 124°23.80′ W. 

long.; 

(94) 40°43.35′ N. lat., 124°29.30′ W. 

long.; 

(95) 40°40.24′ N. lat., 124°29.86′ W. 

long.; 

(96) 40°37.50′ N. lat., 124°28.68′ W. 

long.; 

(97) 40°34.42′ N. lat., 124°29.65′ W. 

long.; 

(98) 40°34.74′ N. lat., 124°34.61′ W. 

long.; 

(99) 40°31.70′ N. lat., 124°37.13′ W. 

long.; 

(100) 40°30.00′ N. lat., 124°36.50′ W. 

long.; 

(101) 40°25.03′ N. lat., 124°34.77′ W. 

long.; 

(102) 40°23.58′ N. lat., 124°31.49′ W. 

long.; 

(103) 40°23.64′ N. lat., 124°28.35′ W. 

long.; 

(104) 40°22.53′ N. lat., 124°24.76′ W. 

long.; 

(105) 40°21.46′ N. lat., 124°24.86′ W. 

long.; 

(106) 40°21.74′ N. lat., 124°27.63′ W. 

long.; 

(107) 40°19.76′ N. lat., 124°28.15′ W. 

long.; 

(108) 40°18.00′ N. lat., 124°25.38′ W. 

long.; 

(109) 40°18.54′ N. lat., 124°22.94′ W. 

long.; 

(110) 40°15.55′ N. lat., 124°25.75′ W. 

long.; 

(111) 40°16.06′ N. lat., 124°30.48′ W. 

long.; 

(112) 40°15.75′ N. lat., 124°31.69′ W. 

long.; 

(113) 40°10.00′ N. lat., 124°21.28′ W. 

long.; 

(114) 40°08.37′ N. lat., 124°17.99′ W. 

long.; 

(115) 40°09.00′ N. lat., 124°15.77′ W. 

long.; 

(116) 40°06.93′ N. lat., 124°16.49′ W. 

long.; 

(117) 40°03.60′ N. lat., 124°11.60′ W. 

long.; 

(118) 40°06.20′ N. lat., 124°08.23′ W. 

long.; 

(119) 40°00.94′ N. lat., 124°08.57′ W. 

long.; 

(120) 40°00.01′ N. lat., 124°09.84′ W. 

long.; 

(121) 39°57.75′ N. lat., 124°09.53′ W. 

long.; 

(122) 39°55.56′ N. lat., 124°07.67′ W. 

long.; 

(123) 39°52.21′ N. lat., 124°05.54′ W. 

long.; 

(124) 39°48.07′ N. lat., 123°57.48′ W. 

long.; 

(125) 39°41.60′ N. lat., 123°55.12′ W. 

long.; 

(126) 39°30.39′ N. lat., 123°55.03′ W. 

long.; 

(127) 39°29.48′ N. lat., 123°56.12′ W. 

long.; 

(128) 39°13.76′ N. lat., 123°54.65′ W. 

long.; 

(129) 39°05.21′ N. lat., 123°55.38′ W. 

long.; 

(130) 38°57.50′ N. lat., 123°54.50′ W. 

long.; 

(131) 38°55.90′ N. lat., 123°54.35′ W. 

long.; 

(132) 38°48.59′ N. lat., 123°49.61′ W. 

long.; 

(133) 38°28.82′ N. lat., 123°27.44′ W. 

long.; 

(134) 38°09.70′ N. lat., 123°18.66′ W. 

long.; 

(135) 38°01.81′ N. lat., 123°19.22′ W. 

long.; 

(136) 38°00.00′ N. lat., 123°22.19′ W. 

long.; 

(137) 37°57.70′ N. lat., 123°25.98′ W. 

long.; 

(138) 37°56.73′ N. lat., 123°25.22′ W. 

long.; 

(139) 37°55.59′ N. lat., 123°25.62′ W. 

long.; 

(140) 37°52.79′ N. lat., 123°23.85′ W. 

long.; 

(141) 37°49.13′ N. lat., 123°18.83′ W. 

long.; 

(142) 37°46.01′ N. lat., 123°12.28′ W. 

long.; 

(143) 37°35.67′ N. lat., 123°00.33′ W. 

long.; 

(144) 37°24.16′ N. lat., 122°51.96′ W. 

long.; 

(145) 37°23.32′ N. lat., 122°52.38′ W. 

long.; 

(146) 37°11.00′ N. lat., 122°45.48′ W. 

long.; 

(147) 37°07.00′ N. lat., 122°41.60′ W. 

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(148) 37°04.12′ N. lat., 122°38.94′ W. 

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(149) 37°00.64′ N. lat., 122°33.26′ W. 

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(150) 36°59.15′ N. lat., 122°27.84′ W. 

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(151) 37°01.41′ N. lat., 122°24.41′ W. 

long.; 

(152) 36°58.75′ N. lat., 122°23.81′ W. 

long.; 

(153) 36°59.17′ N. lat., 122°21.44′ W. 

long.; 

(154) 36°57.51′ N. lat., 122°20.69′ W. 

long.; 

(155) 36°51.46′ N. lat., 122°10.01′ W. 

long.; 

(156) 36°48.43′ N. lat., 122°06.47′ W. 

long.; 

(157) 36°48.66′ N. lat., 122°04.99′ W. 

long.; 

(158) 36°47.75′ N. lat., 122°03.33′ W. 

long.; 

(159) 36°51.23′ N. lat., 121°57.79′ W. 

long.; 

(160) 36°49.72′ N. lat., 121°57.87′ W. 

long.; 

(161) 36°48.84′ N. lat., 121°58.68′ W. 

long.; 

(162) 36°47.89′ N. lat., 121°58.53′ W. 

long.; 

(163) 36°48.66′ N. lat., 121°50.49′ W. 

long.; 

(164) 36°45.56′ N. lat., 121°54.11′ W. 

long.; 

(165) 36°45.30′ N. lat., 121°57.62′ W. 

long.; 

(166) 36°38.54′ N. lat., 122°01.13′ W. 

long.; 

(167) 36°35.76′ N. lat., 122°00.87′ W. 

long.; 

(168) 36°32.58′ N. lat., 121°59.12′ W. 

long.; 

(169) 36°32.95′ N. lat., 121°57.62′ W. 

long.; 

(170) 36°31.96′ N. lat., 121°56.27′ W. 

long.; 

(171) 36°31.74′ N. lat., 121°58.24′ W. 

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(172) 36°30.57′ N. lat., 121°59.66′ W. 

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(173) 36°27.80′ N. lat., 121°59.30′ W. 

long.; 

(174) 36°26.52′ N. lat., 121°58.09′ W. 

long.; 

(175) 36°23.65′ N. lat., 121°58.94′ W. 

long.; 

(176) 36°20.93′ N. lat., 122°00.28′ W. 

long.; 

(177) 36°18.23′ N. lat., 122°03.10′ W. 

long.; 

(178) 36°14.21′ N. lat., 121°57.73′ W. 

long.; 

(179) 36°14.68′ N. lat., 121°55.43′ W. 

long.; 

(180) 36°10.42′ N. lat., 121°42.90′ W. 

long.; 

(181) 36°02.55′ N. lat., 121°36.35′ W. 

long.; 

(182) 36°01.04′ N. lat., 121°36.47′ W. 

long.; 

(183) 36°00.00′ N. lat., 121°35.15′ W. 

long.; 

(184) 35°58.25′ N. lat., 121°32.88′ W. 

long.; 

(185) 35°39.35′ N. lat., 121°22.63′ W. 

long.; 

(186) 35°24.44′ N. lat., 121°02.23′ W. 

long.; 

(187) 35°10.84′ N. lat., 120°55.90′ W. 

long.; 

(188) 35°04.35′ N. lat., 120°51.62′ W. 

long.; 

(189) 34°55.25′ N. lat., 120°49.36′ W. 

long.; 

(190) 34°47.95′ N. lat., 120°50.76′ W. 

long.; 

(190) 34°39.27′ N. lat., 120°49.16′ W. 

long.; 

(192) 34°31.05′ N. lat., 120°44.71′ W. 

long.; 

(193) 34°27.00′ N. lat., 120°36.54′ W. 

long.; 

(194) 34°22.60′ N. lat., 120°25.41′ W. 

long.; 

(195) 34°25.45′ N. lat., 120°17.41′ W. 

long.; 

(196) 34°22.94′ N. lat., 119°56.40′ W. 

long.; 

(197) 34°18.37′ N. lat., 119°42.01′ W. 

long.; 

(198) 34°11.22′ N. lat., 119°32.47′ W. 

long.; 

(199) 34°09.58′ N. lat., 119°25.94′ W. 

long.; 

(200) 34°03.89′ N. lat., 119°12.47′ W. 

long.; 

(201) 34°03.57′ N. lat., 119°06.72′ W. 

long.; 

(202) 34°04.53′ N. lat., 119°04.90′ W. 

long.; 

(203) 34°02.84′ N. lat., 119°02.37′ W. 

long.; 

(204) 34°01.30′ N. lat., 119°00.26′ W. 

long.; 

(205) 34°00.22′ N. lat., 119°03.20′ W. 

long.; 

(206) 33°59.60′ N. lat., 119°03.16′ W. 

long.; 

(207) 33°59.46′ N. lat., 119°00.88′ W. 

long.; 

(208) 34°00.49′ N. lat., 118°59.08′ W. 

long.; 

(209) 33°59.07′ N. lat., 118°47.34′ W. 

long.; 

(210) 33°58.73′ N. lat., 118°36.45′ W. 

long.; 

(211) 33°55.24′ N. lat., 118°33.42′ W. 

long.; 

(212) 33°53.71′ N. lat., 118°38.01′ W. 

long.; 

(213) 33°51.22′ N. lat., 118°36.17′ W. 

long.; 

(214) 33°49.85′ N. lat., 118°32.31′ W. 

long.; 

(215) 33°49.61′ N. lat., 118°28.07′ W. 

long.; 

(216) 33°49.95′ N. lat., 118°26.38′ W. 

long.; 

(217) 33°50.36′ N. lat., 118°25.84′ W. 

long.; 

(218) 33°49.84′ N. lat., 118°24.78′ W. 

long.; 

(219) 33°47.53′ N. lat., 118°30.12′ W. 

long.; 

(220) 33°44.11′ N. lat., 118°25.25′ W. 

long.; 

(221) 33°41.77′ N. lat., 118°20.32′ W. 

long.; 

(222) 33°38.17′ N. lat., 118°15.70′ W. 

long.; 

(223) 33°37.48′ N. lat., 118°16.73′ W. 

long.; 

(224) 33°36.01′ N. lat., 118°16.55′ W. 

long.; 

(225) 33°33.76′ N. lat., 118°11.37′ W. 

long.; 

(226) 33°33.76′ N. lat., 118°07.94′ W. 

long.; 

(227) 33°35.59′ N. lat., 118°05.05′ W. 

long.; 

(228) 33°33.75′ N. lat., 117°59.82′ W. 

long.; 

(229) 33°35.10′ N. lat., 117°55.68′ W. 

long.; 

(230) 33°34.91′ N. lat., 117°53.76′ W. 

long.; 

(231) 33°30.77′ N. lat., 117°47.56′ W. 

long.; 

(232) 33°27.50′ N. lat., 117°44.87′ W. 

long.; 

(233) 33°16.89′ N. lat., 117°34.37′ W. 

long.; 

(234) 33°06.66′ N. lat., 117°21.59′ W. 

long.; 

(235) 33°03.35′ N. lat., 117°20.92′ W. 

long.; 

(236) 33°00.07′ N. lat., 117°19.02′ W. 

long.; 

(237) 32°55.99′ N. lat., 117°18.60′ W. 

long.; 

(238) 32°54.43′ N. lat., 117°16.93′ W. 

long.; 

(239) 32°52.13′ N. lat., 117°16.55′ W. 

long.; 

(240) 32°52.61′ N. lat., 117°19.50′ W. 

long.; 

(241) 32°46.95′ N. lat., 117°22.81′ W. 

long.; 

(242) 32°45.01′ N. lat., 117°22.07′ W. 

long.; 

(243) 32°43.40′ N. lat., 117°19.80′ W. 

long.; and 

(244) 32°33.74′ N. lat., 117°18.67′ W. 

long. 

* * * * * 

22. In § 660.393, paragraphs (a), (d), 

and (h) are revised to read as follows: 

§ 660.393 Latitude/longitude coordinates 

defining 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. 

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(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.; 

(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°30.74′ W. 

long.; 

(88) 46°10.63′ N. lat., 124°37.96′ W. 

long.; 

(89) 46°09.29′ N. lat., 124°39.01′ W. 

long.; 

(90) 46°02.40′ N. lat., 124°40.37′ W. 

long.; 

(91) 45°56.45′ N. lat., 124°38.00′ W. 

long.; 

(92) 45°51.92′ N. lat., 124°38.50′ W. 

long.; 

(93) 45°47.20′ N. lat., 124°35.58′ W. 

long.; 

(94) 45°46.40′ N. lat., 124°32.36′ W. 

long.; 

(95) 45°46.00′ N. lat., 124°32.10′ W. 

long.; 

(96) 45°41.75′ N. lat., 124°28.12′ W. 

long.; 

(97) 45°36.95′ N. lat., 124°24.47′ W. 

long.; 

(98) 45°31.84′ N. lat., 124°22.04′ W. 

long.; 

(99) 45°27.10′ N. lat., 124°21.74′ W. 

long.; 

(100) 45°20.25′ N. lat., 124°18.54′ W. 

long.; 

(101) 45°18.14′ N. lat., 124°17.59′ W. 

long.; 

(102) 45°11.08′ N. lat., 124°16.97′ W. 

long.; 

(103) 45°04.39′ N. lat., 124°18.35′ W. 

long.; 

(104) 45°03.83′ N. lat., 124°18.60′ W. 

long.; 

(105) 44°58.05′ N. lat., 124°21.58′ W. 

long.; 

(106) 44°47.67′ N. lat., 124°31.41′ W. 

long.; 

(107) 44°44.54′ N. lat., 124°33.58′ W. 

long.; 

(108) 44°39.88′ N. lat., 124°35.00′ W. 

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(109) 44°32.90′ N. lat., 124°36.81′ W. 

long.; 

(110) 44°30.34′ N. lat., 124°38.56′ W. 

long.; 

(111) 44°30.04′ N. lat., 124°42.31′ W. 

long.; 

(112) 44°26.84′ N. lat., 124°44.91′ W. 

long.; 

(113) 44°17.99′ N. lat., 124°51.04′ W. 

long.; 

(114) 44°12.92′ N. lat., 124°56.28′ W. 

long.; 

(115) 44°00.14′ N. lat., 124°55.25′ W. 

long.; 

(116) 43°57.68′ N. lat., 124°55.48′ W. 

long.; 

(117) 43°56.66′ N. lat., 124°55.45′ W. 

long.; 

(118) 43°56.47′ N. lat., 124°34.61′ W. 

long.; 

(119) 43°42.73′ N. lat., 124°32.41′ W. 

long.; 

(120) 43°30.92′ N. lat., 124°34.43′ W. 

long.; 

(121) 43°20.83′ N. lat., 124°39.39′ W. 

long.; 

(122) 43°17.45′ N. lat., 124°41.16′ W. 

long.; 

(123) 43°07.04′ N. lat., 124°41.25′ W. 

long.; 

(124) 43°03.45′ N. lat., 124°44.36′ W. 

long.; 

(125) 43°03.91′ N. lat., 124°50.81′ W. 

long.; 

(126) 42°55.70′ N. lat., 124°52.79′ W. 

long.; 

(127) 42°54.12′ N. lat., 124°47.36′ W. 

long.; 

(128) 42°50.00′ N. lat., 124°45.33′ W. 

long.; 

(129) 42°44.00′ N. lat., 124°42.38′ W. 

long.; 

(130) 42°40.50′ N. lat., 124°41.71′ W. 

long.; 

(131) 42°38.23′ N. lat., 124°41.25′ W. 

long.; 

(132) 42°33.02′ N. lat., 124°42.38′ W. 

long.; 

(133) 42°31.90′ N. lat., 124°42.04′ W. 

long.; 

(134) 42°30.08′ N. lat., 124°42.67′ W. 

long.; 

(135) 42°28.28′ N. lat., 124°47.08′ W. 

long.; 

(136) 42°25.22′ N. lat., 124°43.51′ W. 

long.; 

(137) 42°19.23′ N. lat., 124°37.91′ W. 

long.; 

(138) 42°16.29′ N. lat., 124°36.11′ W. 

long.; 

(139) 42°13.67′ N. lat., 124°35.81′ W. 

long.; 

(140) 42°05.66′ N. lat., 124°34.92′ W. 

long.; 

(141) 42°00.00′ N. lat., 124°35.27′ W. 

long.; 

(142) 42°00.00′ N. lat., 124°35.27′ W. 

long.; 

(143) 41°47.04′ N. lat., 124°27.64′ W. 

long.; 

(144) 41°32.92′ N. lat., 124°28.79′ W. 

long.; 

(145) 41°24.17′ N. lat., 124°28.46′ W. 

long.; 

(146) 41°10.12′ N. lat., 124°20.50′ W. 

long.; 

(147) 40°51.41′ N. lat., 124°24.38′ W. 

long.; 

(148) 40°43.71′ N. lat., 124°29.89′ W. 

long.; 

(149) 40°40.14′ N. lat., 124°30.90′ W. 

long.; 

(150) 40°37.35′ N. lat., 124°29.05′ W. 

long.; 

(151) 40°34.76′ N. lat., 124°29.82′ W. 

long.; 

(152) 40°36.78′ N. lat., 124°37.06′ W. 

long.; 

(153) 40°32.44′ N. lat., 124°39.58′ W. 

long.; 

(154) 40°30.00′ N. lat., 124°38.13′ W. 

long.; 

(155) 40°24.82′ N. lat., 124°35.12′ W. 

long.; 

(156) 40°23.30′ N. lat., 124°31.60′ W. 

long.; 

(157) 40°23.52′ N. lat., 124°28.78′ W. 

long.; 

(158) 40°22.43′ N. lat., 124°25.00′ W. 

long.; 

(159) 40°21.72′ N. lat., 124°24.94′ W. 

long.; 

(160) 40°21.87′ N. lat., 124°27.96′ W. 

long.; 

(161) 40°21.40′ N. lat., 124°28.74′ W. 

long.; 

(162) 40°19.68′ N. lat., 124°28.49′ W. 

long.; 

(163) 40°17.73′ N. lat., 124°25.43′ W. 

long.; 

(164) 40°18.37′ N. lat., 124°23.35′ W. 

long.; 

(165) 40°15.75′ N. lat., 124°26.05′ W. 

long.; 

(166) 40°16.75′ N. lat., 124°33.71′ W. 

long.; 

(167) 40°16.29′ N. lat., 124°34.36′ W. 

long.; 

(168) 40°10.00′ N. lat., 124°21.12′ W. 

long.; 

(169) 40°07.70′ N. lat., 124°18.44′ W. 

long.; 

(170) 40°08.84′ N. lat., 124°15.86′ W. 

long.; 

(171) 40°06.53′ N. lat., 124°17.39′ W. 

long.; 

(172) 40°03.15′ N. lat., 124°14.43′ W. 

long.; 

(173) 40°02.19′ N. lat., 124°12.85′ W. 

long.; 

(174) 40°02.89′ N. lat., 124°11.78′ W. 

long.; 

(175) 40°02.78′ N. lat., 124°10.70′ W. 

long.; 

(176) 40°04.57′ N. lat., 124°10.08′ W. 

long.; 

(177) 40°06.06′ N. lat., 124°08.30′ W. 

long.; 

(178) 40°04.05′ N. lat., 124°08.93′ W. 

long.; 

(179) 40°01.17′ N. lat., 124°08.80′ W. 

long.; 

(180) 40°01.03′ N. lat., 124°10.06′ W. 

long.; 

(181) 39°58.07′ N. lat., 124°11.89′ W. 

long.; 

(182) 39°56.39′ N. lat., 124°08.71′ W. 

long.; 

(183) 39°54.64′ N. lat., 124°07.30′ W. 

long.; 

(184) 39°53.86′ N. lat., 124°07.95′ W. 

long.; 

(185) 39°51.95′ N. lat., 124°07.63′ W. 

long.; 

(186) 39°48.78′ N. lat., 124°03.29′ W. 

long.; 

(187) 39°47.36′ N. lat., 124°03.31′ W. 

long.; 

(188) 39°40.08′ N. lat., 123°58.37′ W. 

long.; 

(189) 39°36.16′ N. lat., 123°56.90′ W. 

long.; 

(190) 39°30.75′ N. lat., 123°55.86′ W. 

long.; 

(191) 39°31.62′ N. lat., 123°57.33′ W. 

long.; 

(192) 39°30.91′ N. lat., 123°57.88′ W. 

long.; 

(193) 39°01.79′ N. lat., 123°56.59′ W. 

long.; 

(194) 38°59.42′ N. lat., 123°55.67′ W. 

long.; 

(195) 38°58.89′ N. lat., 123°56.28′ W. 

long.; 

(196) 38°57.50′ N. lat., 123°56.28′ W. 

long.; 

(197) 38°54.72′ N. lat., 123°55.68′ W. 

long.; 

(198) 38°48.95′ N. lat., 123°51.85′ W. 

long.; 

(199) 38°36.67′ N. lat., 123°40.20′ W. 

long.; 

(200) 38°33.82′ N. lat., 123°39.23′ W. 

long.; 

(201) 38°29.02′ N. lat., 123°33.52′ W. 

long.; 

(202) 38°18.88′ N. lat., 123°25.93′ W. 

long.; 

(203) 38°14.12′ N. lat., 123°23.26′ W. 

long.; 

(204) 38°11.07′ N. lat., 123°22.07′ W. 

long.; 

(205) 38°03.19′ N. lat., 123°20.70′ W. 

long.; 

(206) 38°00.00′ N. lat., 123°23.08′ W. 

long.; 

(207) 37°55.07′ N. lat., 123°26.81′ W. 

long.; 

(208) 37°50.66′ N. lat., 123°23.06′ W. 

long.; 

(209) 37°45.18′ N. lat., 123°11.88′ W. 

long.; 

(210) 37°35.67′ N. lat., 123°01.20′ W. 

long.; 

(211) 37°15.58′ N. lat., 122°48.36′ W. 

long.; 

(212) 37°11.00′ N. lat., 122°44.50′ W. 

long.; 

(213) 37°07.00′ N. lat., 122°41.25′ W. 

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(214) 37°03.18′ N. lat., 122°38.15′ W. 

long.; 

(215) 37°00.48′ N. lat., 122°33.93′ W. 

long.; 

(216) 36°58.70′ N. lat., 122°27.22′ W. 

long.; 

(217) 37°00.85′ N. lat., 122°24.70′ W. 

long.; 

(218) 36°58.00′ N. lat., 122°24.14′ W. 

long.; 

(219) 36°58.74′ N. lat., 122°21.51′ W. 

long.; 

(220) 36°56.97′ N. lat., 122°21.32′ W. 

long.; 

(221) 36°51.52′ N. lat., 122°10.68′ W. 

long.; 

(222) 36°48.39′ N. lat., 122°07.60′ W. 

long.; 

(223) 36°47.43′ N. lat., 122°03.22′ W. 

long.; 

(224) 36°50.95′ N. lat., 121°58.03′ W. 

long.; 

(225) 36°49.92′ N. lat., 121°58.01′ W. 

long.; 

(226) 36°48.88′ N. lat., 121°58.90′ W. 

long.; 

(227) 36°47.70′ N. lat., 121°58.75′ W. 

long.; 

(228) 36°48.37′ N. lat., 121°51.14′ W. 

long.; 

(229) 36°45.74′ N. lat., 121°54.17′ W. 

long.; 

(230) 36°45.51′ N. lat., 121°57.72′ W. 

long.; 

(231) 36°38.84′ N. lat., 122°01.32′ W. 

long.; 

(232) 36°35.62′ N. lat., 122°00.98′ W. 

long.; 

(233) 36°32.46′ N. lat., 121°59.15′ W. 

long.; 

(234) 36°32.79′ N. lat., 121°57.67′ W. 

long.; 

(235) 36°31.98′ N. lat., 121°56.55′ W. 

long.; 

(236) 36°31.79′ N. lat., 121°58.40′ W. 

long.; 

(237) 36°30.73′ N. lat., 121°59.70′ W. 

long.; 

(238) 36°30.31′ N. lat., 122°00.22′ W. 

long.; 

(239) 36°29.35′ N. lat., 122°00.36′ W. 

long.; 

(240) 36°27.66′ N. lat., 121°59.80′ W. 

long.; 

(241) 36°26.22′ N. lat., 121°58.35′ W. 

long.; 

(242) 36°21.20′ N. lat., 122°00.72′ W. 

long.; 

(243) 36°20.47′ N. lat., 122°02.92′ W. 

long.; 

(244) 36°18.46′ N. lat., 122°04.51′ W. 

long.; 

(245) 36°15.92′ N. lat., 122°01.33′ W. 

long.; 

(246) 36°13.76′ N. lat., 121°57.27′ W. 

long.; 

(247) 36°14.43′ N. lat., 121°55.43′ W. 

long.; 

(248) 36°10.24′ N. lat., 121°43.08′ W. 

long.; 

(249) 36°07.66′ N. lat., 121°40.91′ W. 

long.; 

(250) 36°02.49′ N. lat., 121°36.51′ W. 

long.; 

(251) 36°01.07′ N. lat., 121°36.82′ W. 

long.; 

(252) 36°00.00′ N. lat., 121°35.15′ W. 

long.; 

(253) 35°57.84′ N. lat., 121°33.10′ W. 

long.; 

(254) 35°50.36′ N. lat., 121°29.32′ W. 

long.; 

(255) 35°39.03′ N. lat., 121°22.86′ W. 

long.; 

(256) 35°24.30′ N. lat., 121°02.56′ W. 

long.; 

(257) 35°16.53′ N. lat., 121°00.39′ W. 

long.; 

(258) 35°04.82′ N. lat., 120°53.96′ W. 

long.; 

(259) 34°52.51′ N. lat., 120°51.62′ W. 

long.; 

(260) 34°43.36′ N. lat., 120°52.12′ W. 

long.; 

(261) 34°37.64′ N. lat., 120°49.99′ W. 

long.; 

(262) 34°30.80′ N. lat., 120°45.02′ W. 

long.; 

(263) 34°27.00′ N. lat., 120°39.00′ W. 

long.; 

(264) 34°21.90′ N. lat., 120°25.25′ W. 

long.; 

(265) 34°24.86′ N. lat., 120°16.81′ W. 

long.; 

(266) 34°22.80′ N. lat., 119°57.06′ W. 

long.; 

(267) 34°18.59′ N. lat., 119°44.84′ W. 

long.; 

(268) 34°15.04′ N. lat., 119°40.34′ W. 

long.; 

(269) 34°14.40′ N. lat., 119°45.39′ W. 

long.; 

(270) 34°12.32′ N. lat., 119°42.41′ W. 

long.; 

(271) 34°09.71′ N. lat., 119°28.85′ W. 

long.; 

(272) 34°04.70′ N. lat., 119°15.38′ W. 

long.; 

(273) 34°03.33′ N. lat., 119°12.93′ W. 

long.; 

(274) 34°02.72′ N. lat., 119°07.01′ W. 

long.; 

(275) 34°03.90′ N. lat., 119°04.64′ W. 

long.; 

(276) 34°01.80′ N. lat., 119°03.23′ W. 

long.; 

(277) 33°59.32′ N. lat., 119°03.50′ W. 

long.; 

(278) 33°59.00′ N. lat., 118°59.55′ W. 

long.; 

(279) 33°59.51′ N. lat., 118°57.25′ W. 

long.; 

(280) 33°58.82′ N. lat., 118°52.47′ W. 

long.; 

(281) 33°58.54′ N. lat., 118°41.86′ W. 

long.; 

(282) 33°55.07′ N. lat., 118°34.25′ W. 

long.; 

(283) 33°54.28′ N. lat., 118°38.68′ W. 

long.; 

(284) 33°51.00′ N. lat., 118°36.66′ W. 

long.; 

(285) 33°39.77′ N. lat., 118°18.41′ W. 

long.; 

(286) 33°35.50′ N. lat., 118°16.85′ W. 

long.; 

(287) 33°32.68′ N. lat., 118°09.82′ W. 

long.; 

(288) 33°34.09′ N. lat., 117°54.06′ W. 

long.; 

(289) 33°31.60′ N. lat., 117°49.28′ W. 

long.; 

(290) 33°16.07′ N. lat., 117°34.74′ W. 

long.; 

(291) 33°07.06′ N. lat., 117°22.71′ W. 

long.; 

(292) 32°59.28′ N. lat., 117°19.69′ W. 

long.; 

(293) 32°55.36′ N. lat., 117°19.54′ W. 

long.; 

(294) 32°53.35′ N. lat., 117°17.05′ W. 

long.; 

(295) 32°53.34′ N. lat., 117°19.13′ W. 

long.; 

(296) 32°46.39′ N. lat., 117°23.45′ W. 

long.; 

(297) 32°42.79′ N. lat., 117°21.16′ W. 

long.; and 

(298) 32°34.22′ N. lat., 117°21.20′ W. 

long. 

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(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. 

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(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. 

long.; 

(55) 47°46.10′ N. lat., 125°04.00′ W. 

long.; 

(56) 47°44.60′ N. lat., 125°04.49′ W. 

long.; 

(57) 47°42.90′ N. lat., 125°04.72′ W. 

long.; 

(58) 47°40.71′ N. lat., 125°04.68′ W. 

long.; 

(59) 47°39.02′ N. lat., 125°05.63′ W. 

long.; 

(60) 47°34.86′ N. lat., 125°02.11′ W. 

long.; 

(61) 47°31.64′ N. lat., 124°58.11′ W. 

long.; 

(62) 47°29.69′ N. lat., 124°55.71′ W. 

long.; 

(63) 47°29.35′ N. lat., 124°53.23′ W. 

long.; 

(64) 47°28.56′ N. lat., 124°51.34′ W. 

long.; 

(65) 47°25.31′ N. lat., 124°48.20′ W. 

long.; 

(66) 47°23.92′ N. lat., 124°47.15′ W. 

long.; 

(67) 47°18.09′ N. lat., 124°45.74′ W. 

long.; 

(68) 47°18.65′ N. lat., 124°51.51′ W. 

long.; 

(69) 47°18.12′ N. lat., 124°52.58′ W. 

long.; 

(70) 47°17.64′ N. lat., 124°50.45′ W. 

long.; 

(71) 47°16.31′ N. lat., 124°50.92′ W. 

long.; 

(72) 47°15.60′ N. lat., 124°52.62′ W. 

long.; 

(73) 47°14.25′ N. lat., 124°52.49′ W. 

long.; 

(74) 47°11.32′ N. lat., 124°57.19′ W. 

long.; 

(75) 47°09.14′ N. lat., 124°57.46′ W. 

long.; 

(76) 47°08.83′ N. lat., 124°58.47′ W. 

long.; 

(77) 47°05.88′ N. lat., 124°58.26′ W. 

long.; 

(78) 47°03.60′ N. lat., 124°55.84′ W. 

long.; 

(79) 47°02.91′ N. lat., 124°56.15′ W. 

long.; 

(80) 47°01.08′ N. lat., 124°59.46′ W. 

long.; 

(81) 46°58.13′ N. lat., 124°58.83′ W. 

long.; 

(82) 46°57.44′ N. lat., 124°57.78′ W. 

long.; 

(83) 46°55.98′ N. lat., 124°54.60′ W. 

long.; 

(84) 46°54.90′ N. lat., 124°54.14′ W. 

long.; 

(85) 46°58.47′ N. lat., 124°49.65′ W. 

long.; 

(86) 46°54.44′ N. lat., 124°48.79′ W. 

long.; 

(87) 46°54.41′ N. lat., 124°52.87′ W. 

long.; 

(88) 46°49.36′ N. lat., 124°52.77′ W. 

long.; 

(89) 46°40.06′ N. lat., 124°45.34′ W. 

long.; 

(90) 46°39.64′ N. lat., 124°42.21′ W. 

long.; 

(91) 46°34.27′ N. lat., 124°34.63′ W. 

long.; 

(92) 46°33.58′ N. lat., 124°29.10′ W. 

long.; 

(93) 46°25.64′ N. lat., 124°32.57′ W. 

long.; 

(94) 46°21.33′ N. lat., 124°36.36′ W. 

long.; 

(95) 46°20.59′ N. lat., 124°36.15′ W. 

long.; 

(96) 46°19.38′ N. lat., 124°38.21′ W. 

long.; 

(97) 46°17.94′ N. lat., 124°38.10′ W. 

long.; 

(98) 46°16.00′ N. lat., 124°22.17′ W. 

long.; 

(99) 46°13.37′ N. lat., 124°30.70′ W. 

long.; 

(100) 46°12.20′ N. lat., 124°36.04′ W. 

long.; 

(101) 46°11.01′ N. lat., 124°38.68′ W. 

long.; 

(102) 46°09.73′ N. lat., 124°39.91′ W. 

long.; 

(103) 46°03.23′ N. lat., 124°42.03′ W. 

long.; 

(104) 46°01.16′ N. lat., 124°42.06′ W. 

long.; 

(105) 46°00.35′ N. lat., 124°42.26′ W. 

long.; 

(106) 45°52.81′ N. lat., 124°41.62′ W. 

long.; 

(107) 45°49.70′ N. lat., 124°41.14′ W. 

long.; 

(108) 45°46.00′ N. lat., 124°38.92′ W. 

long.; 

(109) 45°45.18′ N. lat., 124°38.39′ W. 

long.; 

(110) 45°43.24′ N. lat., 124°37.77′ W. 

long.; 

(111) 45°34.75′ N. lat., 124°28.58′ W. 

long.; 

(112) 45°19.90′ N. lat., 124°21.34′ W. 

long.; 

(113) 45°12.44′ N. lat., 124°19.34′ W. 

long.; 

(114) 45°07.48′ N. lat., 124°19.73′ W. 

long.; 

(115) 45°03.83′ N. lat., 124°21.20′ W. 

long.; 

(116) 44°59.96′ N. lat., 124°22.91′ W. 

long.; 

(117) 44°54.73′ N. lat., 124°26.84′ W. 

long.; 

(118) 44°51.16′ N. lat., 124°31.41′ W. 

long.; 

(119) 44°49.97′ N. lat., 124°32.37′ W. 

long.; 

(120) 44°47.06′ N. lat., 124°34.43′ W. 

long.; 

(121) 44°41.38′ N. lat., 124°36.52′ W. 

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(122) 44°31.80′ N. lat., 124°38.11′ W. 

long.; 

(123) 44°30.35′ N. lat., 124°43.03′ W. 

long.; 

(124) 44°27.95′ N. lat., 124°45.13′ W. 

long.; 

(125) 44°24.73′ N. lat., 124°47.42′ W. 

long.; 

(126) 44°19.67′ N. lat., 124°51.17′ W. 

long.; 

(127) 44°17.96′ N. lat., 124°52.52′ W. 

long.; 

(128) 44°13.70′ N. lat., 124°56.45′ W. 

long.; 

(129) 44°12.26′ N. lat., 124°57.53′ W. 

long.; 

(130) 44°08.30′ N. lat., 124°57.17′ W. 

long.; 

(131) 44°07.57′ N. lat., 124°57.19′ W. 

long.; 

(132) 44°04.78′ N. lat., 124°56.31′ W. 

long.; 

(133) 44°01.14′ N. lat., 124°56.07′ W. 

long.; 

(134) 43°57.49′ N. lat., 124°56.78′ W. 

long.; 

(135) 43°54.58′ N. lat., 124°52.18′ W. 

long.; 

(136) 43°53.18′ N. lat., 124°47.41′ W. 

long.; 

(137) 43°53.60′ N. lat., 124°37.45′ W. 

long.; 

(138) 43°53.05′ N. lat., 124°36.00′ W. 

long.; 

(139) 43°47.93′ N. lat., 124°35.18′ W. 

long.; 

(140) 43°39.32′ N. lat., 124°35.14′ W. 

long.; 

(141) 43°32.38′ N. lat., 124°35.26′ W. 

long.; 

(142) 43°30.19′ N. lat., 124°35.89′ W. 

long.; 

(143) 43°27.80′ N. lat., 124°36.42′ W. 

long.; 

(144) 43°23.73′ N. lat., 124°39.66′ W. 

long.; 

(145) 43°20.83′ N. lat., 124°41.18′ W. 

long.; 

(146) 43°10.48′ N. lat., 124°43.54′ W. 

long.; 

(147) 43°04.77′ N. lat., 124°45.51′ W. 

long.; 

(148) 43°05.94′ N. lat., 124°49.77′ W. 

long.; 

(149) 43°03.38′ N. lat., 124°51.86′ W. 

long.; 

(150) 43°00.39′ N. lat., 124°51.77′ W. 

long.; 

(151) 42°56.80′ N. lat., 124°53.38′ W. 

long.; 

(152) 42°54.53′ N. lat., 124°52.72′ W. 

long.; 

(153) 42°52.89′ N. lat., 124°47.45′ W. 

long.; 

(154) 42°50.00′ N. lat., 124°47.03′ W. 

long.; 

(155) 42°48.10′ N. lat., 124°46.75′ W. 

long.; 

(156) 42°46.34′ N. lat., 124°43.54′ W. 

long.; 

(157) 42°41.66′ N. lat., 124°42.70′ W. 

long.; 

(158) 42°39.97′ N. lat., 124°42.45′ W. 

long.; 

(159) 42°32.53′ N. lat., 124°42.77′ W. 

long.; 

(160) 42°30.37′ N. lat., 124°42.97′ W. 

long.; 

(161) 42°28.07′ N. lat., 124°47.65′ W. 

long.; 

(162) 42°21.58′ N. lat., 124°41.41′ W. 

long.; 

(163) 42°15.17′ N. lat., 124°36.25′ W. 

long.; 

(164) 42°13.67′ N. lat., 124°36.20′ W. 

long.; 

(165) 42°8.29′ N. lat., 124°36.08′ W. 

long.; 

(166) 42°00.00′ N. lat., 124°35.46′ W. 

long.; 

(167) 41°47.67′ N. lat., 124°28.67′ W. 

long.; 

(168) 41°32.91′ N. lat., 124°29.01′ W. 

long.; 

(169) 41°22.57′ N. lat., 124°28.66′ W. 

long.; 

(170) 41°13.38′ N. lat., 124°22.88′ W. 

long.; 

(171) 41°06.42′ N. lat., 124°22.02′ W. 

long.; 

(172) 40°50.19′ N. lat., 124°25.58′ W. 

long.; 

(173) 40°44.08′ N. lat., 124°30.43′ W. 

long.; 

(174) 40°40.54′ N. lat., 124°31.75′ W. 

long.; 

(175) 40°37.36′ N. lat., 124°29.17′ W. 

long.; 

(176) 40°35.30′ N. lat., 124°30.03′ W. 

long.; 

(177) 40°37.02′ N. lat., 124°37.10′ W. 

long.; 

(178) 40°35.82′ N. lat., 124°39.58′ W. 

long.; 

(179) 40°31.70′ N. lat., 124°39.97′ W. 

long.; 

(180) 40°30.00′ N. lat., 124°38.50′ W. 

long.; 

(181) 40°24.77′ N. lat., 124°35.39′ W. 

long.; 

(182) 40°23.22′ N. lat., 124°31.87′ W. 

long.; 

(183) 40°23.40′ N. lat., 124°28.65′ W. 

long.; 

(184) 40°22.30′ N. lat., 124°25.27′ W. 

long.; 

(185) 40°21.91′ N. lat., 124°25.18′ W. 

long.; 

(186) 40°21.91′ N. lat., 124°27.97′ W. 

long.; 

(187) 40°21.37′ N. lat., 124°29.03′ W. 

long.; 

(188) 40°19.74′ N. lat., 124°28.71′ W. 

long.; 

(189) 40°18.52′ N. lat., 124°27.26′ W. 

long.; 

(190) 40°17.57′ N. lat., 124°25.49′ W. 

long.; 

(191) 40°18.20′ N. lat., 124°23.63′ W. 

long.; 

(192) 40°15.89′ N. lat., 124°26.00′ W. 

long.; 

(193) 40°17.00′ N. lat., 124°35.01′ W. 

long.; 

(194) 40°15.97′ N. lat., 124°35.91′ W. 

long.; 

(195) 40°10.00′ N. lat., 124°22.00′ W. 

long.; 

(196) 40°07.35′ N. lat., 124°18.64′ W. 

long.; 

(197) 40°08.46′ N. lat., 124°16.24′ W. 

long.; 

(198) 40°06.26′ N. lat., 124°17.54′ W. 

long.; 

(199) 40°03.26′ N. lat., 124°15.30′ W. 

long.; 

(200) 40°02.00′ N. lat., 124°12.97′ W. 

long.; 

(201) 40°02.60′ N. lat., 124°10.61′ W. 

long.; 

(202) 40°03.63′ N. lat., 124°09.12′ W. 

long.; 

(203) 40°02.18′ N. lat., 124°09.07′ W. 

long.; 

(204) 40°01.26′ N. lat., 124°09.86′ W. 

long.; 

(205) 39°58.05′ N. lat., 124°11.87′ W. 

long.; 

(206) 39°56.39′ N. lat., 124°08.70′ W. 

long.; 

(207) 39°54.64′ N. lat., 124°07.31′ W. 

long.; 

(208) 39°53.87′ N. lat., 124°07.95′ W. 

long.; 

(209) 39°52.42′ N. lat., 124°08.18′ W. 

long.; 

(210) 39°42.50′ N. lat., 124°00.60′ W. 

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(211) 39°34.23′ N. lat., 123°56.82′ W. 

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(212) 39°33.00′ N. lat., 123°56.44′ W. 

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(213) 39°30.96′ N. lat., 123°56.00′ W. 

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(214) 39°32.03′ N. lat., 123°57.44′ W. 

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(215) 39°31.43′ N. lat., 123°58.16′ W. 

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(216) 39°05.56′ N. lat., 123°57.24′ W. 

long.; 

(217) 39°01.75′ N. lat., 123°56.83′ W. 

long.; 

(218) 38°59.52′ N. lat., 123°55.95′ W. 

long.; 

(219) 38°58.98′ N. lat., 123°56.57′ W. 

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(220) 38°57.50′ N. lat., 123°56.57′ W. 

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(221) 38°53.91′ N. lat., 123°56.00′ W. 

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(222) 38°42.57′ N. lat., 123°46.60′ W. 

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(223) 38°28.72′ N. lat., 123°35.61′ W. 

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(224) 38°28.01′ N. lat., 123°36.47′ W. 

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(225) 38°20.94′ N. lat., 123°31.26′ W. 

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(228) 38°05.52′ N. lat., 123°22.90′ W. 

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(229) 38°08.46′ N. lat., 123°26.23′ W. 

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(230) 38°06.95′ N. lat., 123°28.03′ W. 

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(231) 38°06.34′ N. lat., 123°29.80′ W. 

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(232) 38°04.57′ N. lat., 123°31.24′ W. 

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(233) 38°02.33′ N. lat., 123°31.02′ W. 

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(234) 38°00.00′ N. lat., 123°28.23′ W. 

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(235) 37°58.10′ N. lat., 123°26.69′ W. 

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(236) 37°55.46′ N. lat., 123°27.05′ W. 

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(237) 37°51.51′ N. lat., 123°24.86′ W. 

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(238) 37°45.01′ N. lat., 123°12.09′ W. 

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(239) 37°35.67′ N. lat., 123°01.56′ W. 

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(240) 37°26.62′ N. lat., 122°56.21′ W. 

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(241) 37°14.41′ N. lat., 122°49.07′ W. 

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(242) 37°11.00′ N. lat., 122°45.87′ W. 

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(243) 37°07.00′ N. lat., 122°41.97′ W. 

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(244) 37°03.19′ N. lat., 122°38.31′ W. 

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(245) 37°00.99′ N. lat., 122°35.51′ W. 

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(246) 36°58.23′ N. lat., 122°27.36′ W. 

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(247) 37°00.54′ N. lat., 122°24.74′ W. 

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(248) 36°57.81′ N. lat., 122°24.65′ W. 

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(249) 36°58.54′ N. lat., 122°21.67′ W. 

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(250) 36°56.52′ N. lat., 122°21.70′ W. 

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(251) 36°55.37′ N. lat., 122°18.45′ W. 

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(252) 36°52.16′ N. lat., 122°12.17′ W. 

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(253) 36°51.53′ N. lat., 122°10.67′ W. 

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(254) 36°48.05′ N. lat., 122°07.59′ W. 

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(255) 36°47.35′ N. lat., 122°03.27′ W. 

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(256) 36°50.71′ N. lat., 121°58.17′ W. 

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(257) 36°48.89′ N. lat., 121°58.90′ W. 

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(258) 36°47.70′ N. lat., 121°58.76′ W. 

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(259) 36°48.37′ N. lat., 121°51.15′ W. 

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(260) 36°45.74′ N. lat., 121°54.18′ W. 

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(261) 36°45.50′ N. lat., 121°57.73′ W. 

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(262) 36°44.02′ N. lat., 121°58.55′ W. 

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(263) 36°38.84′ N. lat., 122°01.32′ W. 

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(264) 36°35.63′ N. lat., 122°00.98′ W. 

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(265) 36°32.47′ N. lat., 121°59.17′ W. 

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(266) 36°32.52′ N. lat., 121°57.62′ W. 

long.; 

(267) 36°30.16′ N. lat., 122°00.55′ W. 

long.; 

(268) 36°24.56′ N. lat., 121°59.19′ W. 

long.; 

(269) 36°22.19′ N. lat., 122°00.30′ W. 

long.; 

(270) 36°20.62′ N. lat., 122°02.93′ W. 

long.; 

(271) 36°18.89′ N. lat., 122°05.18′ W. 

long.; 

(272) 36°14.45′ N. lat., 121°59.44′ W. 

long.; 

(273) 36°13.73′ N. lat., 121°57.38′ W. 

long.; 

(274) 36°14.41′ N. lat., 121°55.45′ W. 

long.; 

(275) 36°10.25′ N. lat., 121°43.08′ W. 

long.; 

(276) 36°07.67′ N. lat., 121°40.92′ W. 

long.; 

(277) 36°02.51′ N. lat., 121°36.76′ W. 

long.; 

(278) 36°00.00′ N. lat., 121°35.15′ W. 

long.; 

(279) 35°57.84′ N. lat., 121°33.10′ W. 

long.; 

(280) 35°45.57′ N. lat., 121°27.26′ W. 

long.; 

(281) 35°39.02′ N. lat., 121°22.86′ W. 

long.; 

(282) 35°25.92′ N. lat., 121°05.52′ W. 

long.; 

(283) 35°16.26′ N. lat., 121°01.50′ W. 

long.; 

(284) 35°07.60′ N. lat., 120°56.49′ W. 

long.; 

(285) 34°57.77′ N. lat., 120°53.87′ W. 

long.; 

(286) 34°42.30′ N. lat., 120°53.42′ W. 

long.; 

(287) 34°37.69′ N. lat., 120°50.04′ W. 

long.; 

(288) 34°30.13′ N. lat., 120°44.45′ W. 

long.; 

(289) 34°27.00′ N. lat., 120°39.24′ W. 

long.; 

(290) 34°24.71′ N. lat., 120°35.37′ W. 

long.; 

(291) 34°21.63′ N. lat., 120°24.86′ W. 

long.; 

(292) 34°24.39′ N. lat., 120°16.65′ W. 

long.; 

(293) 34°22.48′ N. lat., 119°56.42′ W. 

long.; 

(294) 34°18.54′ N. lat., 119°46.26′ W. 

long.; 

(295) 34°16.37′ N. lat., 119°45.12′ W. 

long.; 

(296) 34°15.91′ N. lat., 119°47.29′ W. 

long.; 

(297) 34°13.80′ N. lat., 119°45.40′ W. 

long.; 

(298) 34°11.69′ N. lat., 119°41.80′ W. 

long.; 

(299) 34°09.98′ N. lat., 119°31.87′ W. 

long.; 

(300) 34°08.12′ N. lat., 119°27.71′ W. 

long.; 

(301) 34°06.35′ N. lat., 119°32.65′ W. 

long.; 

(302) 34°06.80′ N. lat., 119°40.08′ W. 

long.; 

(303) 34°07.48′ N. lat., 119°47.54′ W. 

long.; 

(304) 34°08.21′ N. lat., 119°54.90′ W. 

long.; 

(305) 34°06.85′ N. lat., 120°05.60′ W. 

long.; 

(306) 34°06.99′ N. lat., 120°10.37′ W. 

long.; 

(307) 34°08.53′ N. lat., 120°17.89′ W. 

long.; 

(308) 34°10.00′ N. lat., 120°23.05′ W. 

long.; 

(309) 34°12.53′ N. lat., 120°29.82′ W. 

long.; 

(310) 34°09.02′ N. lat., 120°37.47′ W. 

long.; 

(311) 34°01.01′ N. lat., 120°31.17′ W. 

long.; 

(312) 33°58.07′ N. lat., 120°28.33′ W. 

long.; 

(313) 33°53.37′ N. lat., 120°14.43′ W. 

long.; 

(314) 33°50.53′ N. lat., 120°07.20′ W. 

long.; 

(315) 33°45.88′ N. lat., 120°04.26′ W. 

long.; 

(316) 33°38.19′ N. lat., 119°57.85′ W. 

long.; 

(317) 33°38.19′ N. lat., 119°50.42′ W. 

long.; 

(318) 33°42.36′ N. lat., 119°49.60′ W. 

long.; 

(319) 33°53.95′ N. lat., 119°53.81′ W. 

long.; 

(320) 33°55.85′ N. lat., 119°43.34′ W. 

long.; 

(321) 33°58.48′ N. lat., 119°27.90′ W. 

long.; 

(322) 34°00.34′ N. lat., 119°19.22′ W. 

long.; 

(323) 34°04.48′ N. lat., 119°15.32′ W. 

long.; 

(324) 34°02.80′ N. lat., 119°12.95′ W. 

long.; 

(325) 34°02.39′ N. lat., 119°07.17′ W. 

long.; 

(326) 34°03.75′ N. lat., 119°04.72′ W. 

long.; 

(327) 34°01.82′ N. lat., 119°03.24′ W. 

long.; 

(328) 33°59.33′ N. lat., 119°03.49′ W. 

long.; 

(329) 33°59.01′ N. lat., 118°59.56′ W. 

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(330) 33°59.51′ N. lat., 118°57.25′ W. 

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(332) 33°58.55′ N. lat., 118°41.86′ W. 

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(333) 33°55.10′ N. lat., 118°34.25′ W. 

long.; 

(334) 33°54.30′ N. lat., 118°38.71′ W. 

long.; 

(335) 33°50.88′ N. lat., 118°37.02′ W. 

long.; 

(336) 33°39.78′ N. lat., 118°18.40′ W. 

long.; 

(337) 33°35.50′ N. lat., 118°16.85′ W. 

long.; 

(338) 33°32.46′ N. lat., 118°10.90′ W. 

long.; 

(339) 33°34.11′ N. lat., 117°54.07′ W. 

long.; 

(340) 33°31.61′ N. lat., 117°49.30′ W. 

long.; 

(341) 33°16.36′ N. lat., 117°35.48′ W. 

long.; 

(342) 33°06.81′ N. lat., 117°22.93′ W. 

long.; 

(343) 32°59.28′ N. lat., 117°19.69′ W. 

long.; 

(344) 32°55.37′ N. lat., 117°19.55′ W. 

long.; 

(345) 32°53.35′ N. lat., 117°17.05′ W. 

long.; 

(346) 32°53.36′ N. lat., 117°19.12′ W. 

long.; 

(347) 32°46.42′ N. lat., 117°23.45′ W. 

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(348) 32°42.71′ N. lat., 117°21.45′ W. 

long.; and 

(349) 32°34.54′ N. lat., 117°23.04′ W. 

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(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. 

long.; 

(77) 46°20.64′ N. lat., 124°36.21′ W. 

long.; 

(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. 

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(83) 46°14.87′ N. lat., 124°26.15′ W. 

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(85) 46°12.08′ N. lat., 124°38.39′ W. 

long.; 

(86) 46°09.46′ N. lat., 124°40.64′ W. 

long.; 

(87) 46°07.29′ N. lat., 124°40.89′ 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°30.28′ 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°56.41′ N. lat., 124°27.65′ W. 

long.; 

(100) 44°44.47′ N. lat., 124°37.85′ W. 

long.; 

(101) 44°37.17′ N. lat., 124°38.60′ W. 

long.; 

(102) 44°35.55′ N. lat., 124°39.27′ W. 

long.; 

(103) 44°31.81′ N. lat., 124°39.60′ W. 

long.; 

(104) 44°31.48′ N. lat., 124°43.30′ W. 

long.; 

(105) 44°12.67′ N. lat., 124°57.87′ W. 

long.; 

(106) 44°08.30′ N. lat., 124°57.84′ W. 

long.; 

(107) 44°07.38′ N. lat., 124°57.87′ W. 

long.; 

(108) 43°57.42′ N. lat., 124°57.20′ W. 

long.; 

(109) 43°52.52′ N. lat., 124°49.00′ W. 

long.; 

(110) 43°51.55′ N. lat., 124°37.49′ W. 

long.; 

(111) 43°47.83′ N. lat., 124°36.43′ W. 

long.; 

(112) 43°31.79′ N. lat., 124°36.80′ W. 

long.; 

(113) 43°29.34′ N. lat., 124°36.77′ W. 

long.; 

(114) 43°26.37′ N. lat., 124°39.53′ W. 

long.; 

(115) 43°20.83′ N. lat., 124°42.39′ W. 

long.; 

(116) 43°16.15′ N. lat., 124°44.36′ W. 

long.; 

(117) 43°09.33′ N. lat., 124°45.35′ W. 

long.; 

(118) 43°08.77′ N. lat., 124°49.82′ W. 

long.; 

(119) 43°08.83′ N. lat., 124°50.93′ W. 

long.; 

(120) 43°05.89′ N. lat., 124°51.60′ W. 

long.; 

(121) 43°04.60′ N. lat., 124°53.02′ W. 

long.; 

(122) 43°02.64′ N. lat., 124°52.01′ W. 

long.; 

(123) 43°00.39′ N. lat., 124°51.77′ W. 

long.; 

(124) 42°58.00′ N. lat., 124°52.99′ W. 

long.; 

(125) 42°57.56′ N. lat., 124°54.10′ W. 

long.; 

(126) 42°53.82′ N. lat., 124°55.76′ W. 

long.; 

(127) 42°52.31′ N. lat., 124°50.76′ W. 

long.; 

(128) 42°50.00′ N. lat., 124°48.97′ W. 

long.; 

(129) 42°47.78′ N. lat., 124°47.27′ W. 

long.; 

(130) 42°46.31′ N. lat., 124°43.60′ W. 

long.; 

(131) 42°41.63′ N. lat., 124°44.07′ W. 

long.; 

(132) 42°40.50′ N. lat., 124°43.52′ W. 

long.; 

(133) 42°38.83′ N. lat., 124°42.77′ W. 

long.; 

(134) 42°35.36′ N. lat., 124°43.22′ W. 

long.; 

(135) 42°32.78′ N. lat., 124°44.68′ W. 

long.; 

(136) 42°32.02′ N. lat., 124°43.00′ W. 

long.; 

(137) 42°30.54′ N. lat., 124°43.50′ W. 

long.; 

(138) 42°28.16′ N. lat., 124°48.38′ W. 

long.; 

(139) 42°18.26′ N. lat., 124°39.01′ W. 

long.; 

(140) 42°13.66′ N. lat., 124°36.82′ W. 

long.; 

(141) 42°00.00′ N. lat., 124°35.99′ W. 

long.; 

(142) 41°47.80′ N. lat., 124°29.41′ W. 

long.; 

(143) 41°23.51′ N. lat., 124°29.50′ W. 

long.; 

(144) 41°13.29′ N. lat., 124°23.31′ W. 

long.; 

(145) 41°06.23′ N. lat., 124°22.62′ W. 

long.; 

(146) 40°55.60′ N. lat., 124°26.04′ W. 

long.; 

(147) 40°49.62′ N. lat., 124°26.57′ W. 

long.; 

(148) 40°45.72′ N. lat., 124°30.00′ W. 

long.; 

(149) 40°40.56′ N. lat., 124°32.11′ W. 

long.; 

(150) 40°37.33′ N. lat., 124°29.27′ W. 

long.; 

(151) 40°35.60′ N. lat., 124°30.49′ W. 

long.; 

(152) 40°37.38′ N. lat., 124°37.14′ W. 

long.; 

(153) 40°36.03′ N. lat., 124°39.97′ W. 

long.; 

(154) 40°31.58′ N. lat., 124°40.74′ W. 

long.; 

(155) 40°30.00′ N. lat., 124°38.50′ W. 

long.; 

(156) 40°29.76′ N. lat., 124°38.13′ W. 

long.; 

(157) 40°28.22′ N. lat., 124°37.23′ W. 

long.; 

(158) 40°24.86′ N. lat., 124°35.71′ W. 

long.; 

(159) 40°23.01′ N. lat., 124°31.94′ W. 

long.; 

(160) 40°23.39′ N. lat., 124°28.64′ W. 

long.; 

(161) 40°22.29′ N. lat., 124°25.25′ W. 

long.; 

(162) 40°21.90′ N. lat., 124°25.18′ W. 

long.; 

(163) 40°22.02′ N. lat., 124°28.00′ W. 

long.; 

(164) 40°21.34′ N. lat., 124°29.53′ W. 

long.; 

(165) 40°19.74′ N. lat., 124°28.95′ W. 

long.; 

(166) 40°18.13′ N. lat., 124°27.08′ W. 

long.; 

(167) 40°17.45′ N. lat., 124°25.53′ W. 

long.; 

(168) 40°17.97′ N. lat., 124°24.12′ W. 

long.; 

(169) 40°15.96′ N. lat., 124°26.05′ W. 

long.; 

(170) 40°17.00′ N. lat., 124°35.01′ W. 

long.; 

(171) 40°15.97′ N. lat., 124°35.90′ W. 

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(172) 40°10.00′ N. lat., 124°22.96′ W. 

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(173) 40°07.00′ N. lat., 124°19.00′ W. 

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(174) 40°08.10′ N. lat., 124°16.70′ W. 

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(175) 40°05.90′ N. lat., 124°17.77′ W. 

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(176) 40°02.99′ N. lat., 124°15.55′ W. 

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(177) 40°02.00′ N. lat., 124°12.97′ W. 

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(178) 40°02.60′ N. lat., 124°10.61′ W. 

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(179) 40°03.63′ N. lat., 124°09.12′ W. 

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(180) 40°02.18′ N. lat., 124°09.07′ W. 

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(181) 39°58.25′ N. lat., 124°12.56′ W. 

long.; 

(182) 39°57.03′ N. lat., 124°11.34′ W. 

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(183) 39°56.30′ N. lat., 124°08.96′ W. 

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(184) 39°54.82′ N. lat., 124°07.66′ W. 

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(185) 39°52.57′ N. lat., 124°08.55′ W. 

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(186) 39°45.34′ N. lat., 124°03.30′ W. 

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(187) 39°34.75′ N. lat., 123°58.50′ W. 

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(189) 39°32.98′ N. lat., 123°56.43′ W. 

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(190) 39°31.47′ N. lat., 123°58.73′ W. 

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(191) 39°05.68′ N. lat., 123°57.81′ W. 

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(192) 39°00.24′ N. lat., 123°56.74′ W. 

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(193) 38°57.50′ N. lat., 123°56.74′ W. 

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(194) 38°54.31′ N. lat., 123°56.73′ W. 

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(195) 38°41.42′ N. lat., 123°46.75′ W. 

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(196) 38°39.61′ N. lat., 123°46.48′ W. 

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(197) 38°37.52′ N. lat., 123°43.78′ W. 

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(198) 38°35.25′ N. lat., 123°42.00′ W. 

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(199) 38°28.79′ N. lat., 123°37.07′ W. 

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(200) 38°19.88′ N. lat., 123°32.54′ W. 

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(201) 38°14.43′ N. lat., 123°25.56′ W. 

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(202) 38°08.75′ N. lat., 123°24.48′ W. 

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(203) 38°10.10′ N. lat., 123°27.20′ W. 

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(204) 38°07.16′ N. lat., 123°28.18′ W. 

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(205) 38°06.42′ N. lat., 123°30.18′ W. 

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(206) 38°04.28′ N. lat., 123°31.70′ W. 

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(207) 38°01.88′ N. lat., 123°30.98′ W. 

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(208) 38°00.75′ N. lat., 123°29.72′ W. 

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(209) 38°00.00′ N. lat., 123°28.60′ W. 

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(210) 37°58.23′ N. lat., 123°26.90′ W. 

long.; 

(211) 37°55.32′ N. lat., 123°27.19′ W. 

long.; 

(212) 37°51.47′ N. lat., 123°24.92′ W. 

long.; 

(213) 37°44.47′ N. lat., 123°11.57′ W. 

long.; 

(214) 37°35.67′ N. lat., 123°01.76′ W. 

long.; 

(215) 37°15.16′ N. lat., 122°51.64′ W. 

long.; 

(216) 37°11.00′ N. lat., 122°47.20′ W. 

long.; 

(217) 37°07.00′ N. lat., 122°42.90′ W. 

long.; 

(218) 37°01.68′ N. lat., 122°37.28′ W. 

long.; 

(219) 36°59.70′ N. lat., 122°33.71′ W. 

long.; 

(220) 36°58.00′ N. lat., 122°27.80′ W. 

long.; 

(221) 37°00.25′ N. lat., 122°24.85′ W. 

long.; 

(222) 36°57.50′ N. lat., 122°24.98′ W. 

long.; 

(223) 36°58.38′ N. lat., 122°21.85′ W. 

long.; 

(224) 36°55.85′ N. lat., 122°21.95′ W. 

long.; 

(225) 36°52.02′ N. lat., 122°12.10′ W. 

long.; 

(226) 36°47.63′ N. lat., 122°07.37′ W. 

long.; 

(227) 36°47.26′ N. lat., 122°03.22′ W. 

long.; 

(228) 36°50.34′ N. lat., 121°58.40′ W. 

long.; 

(229) 36°48.83′ N. lat., 121°59.14′ W. 

long.; 

(230) 36°44.81′ N. lat., 121°58.28′ W. 

long.; 

(231) 36°39.00′ N. lat., 122°01.71′ W. 

long.; 

(232) 36°29.60′ N. lat., 122°00.49′ W. 

long.; 

(233) 36°23.43′ N. lat., 121°59.76′ W. 

long.; 

(234) 36°18.90′ N. lat., 122°05.32′ W. 

long.; 

(235) 36°15.38′ N. lat., 122°01.40′ W. 

long.; 

(236) 36°13.79′ N. lat., 121°58.12′ W. 

long.; 

(237) 36°10.12′ N. lat., 121°43.33′ W. 

long.; 

(238) 36°02.57′ N. lat., 121°37.02′ W. 

long.; 

(239) 36°01.00′ N. lat., 121°36.95′ W. 

long. 

(240) 36°00.00′ N. lat., 121°35.15′ W. 

long.; 

(241) 35°57.74′ N. lat., 121°33.45′ W. 

long.; 

(242) 35°51.32′ N. lat., 121°30.08′ W. 

long.; 

(243) 35°45.84′ N. lat., 121°28.84′ W. 

long.; 

(244) 35°38.94′ N. lat., 121°23.16′ W. 

long.; 

(245) 35°26.00′ N. lat., 121°08.00′ W. 

long.; 

(246) 35°07.42′ N. lat., 120°57.08′ W. 

long.; 

(247) 34°42.76′ N. lat., 120°55.09′ W. 

long.; 

(248) 34°37.75′ N. lat., 120°51.96′ W. 

long.; 

(249) 34°29.29′ N. lat., 120°44.19′ W. 

long.; 

(250) 34°27.00′ N. lat., 120°40.42′ W. 

long.; 

(251) 34°21.89′ N. lat., 120°31.36′ W. 

long.; 

(252) 34°20.79′ N. lat., 120°21.58′ W. 

long.; 

(253) 34°23.97′ N. lat., 120°15.25′ W. 

long.; 

(254) 34°22.11′ N. lat., 119°56.63′ W. 

long.; 

(255) 34°19.00′ N. lat., 119°48.00′ W. 

long.; 

(256) 34°15.00′ N. lat., 119°48.00′ W. 

long.; 

(257) 34°08.00′ N. lat., 119°37.00′ W. 

long.; 

(258) 34°08.39′ N. lat., 119°54.78′ W. 

long.; 

(259) 34°07.10′ N. lat., 120°10.37′ W. 

long.; 

(260) 34°10.08′ N. lat., 120°22.98′ W. 

long.; 

(261) 34°13.16′ N. lat., 120°29.40′ W. 

long.; 

(262) 34°09.41′ N. lat., 120°37.75′ W. 

long.; 

(263) 34°03.15′ N. lat., 120°34.71′ W. 

long.; 

(264) 33°57.09′ N. lat., 120°27.76′ W. 

long.; 

(265) 33°51.00′ N. lat., 120°09.00′ W. 

long.; 

(266) 33°38.16′ N. lat., 119°59.23′ W. 

long.; 

(267) 33°37.04′ N. lat., 119°50.17′ W. 

long.; 

(268) 33°42.28′ N. lat., 119°48.85′ W. 

long.; 

(269) 33°53.96′ N. lat., 119°53.77′ W. 

long.; 

(270) 33°59.94′ N. lat., 119°19.57′ W. 

long.; 

(271) 34°03.12′ N. lat., 119°15.51′ W. 

long.; 

(272) 34°01.97′ N. lat., 119°07.28′ W. 

long.; 

(273) 34°03.60′ N. lat., 119°04.71′ W. 

long.; 

(274) 33°59.30′ N. lat., 119°03.73′ W. 

long.; 

(275) 33°58.87′ N. lat., 118°59.37′ W. 

long.; 

(276) 33°58.08′ N. lat., 118°41.14′ W. 

long.; 

(277) 33°50.93′ N. lat., 118°37.65′ W. 

long.; 

(278) 33°39.54′ N. lat., 118°18.70′ W. 

long.; 

(279) 33°35.42′ N. lat., 118°17.14′ W. 

long.; 

(280) 33°32.15′ N. lat., 118°10.84′ W. 

long.; 

(281) 33°33.71′ N. lat., 117°53.72′ W. 

long.; 

(282) 33°31.17′ N. lat., 117°49.11′ W. 

long.; 

(283) 33°16.53′ N. lat., 117°36.13′ W. 

long.; 

(284) 33°06.77′ N. lat., 117°22.92′ W. 

long.; 

(285) 32°58.94′ N. lat., 117°20.05′ W. 

long.; 

(286) 32°55.83′ N. lat., 117°20.15′ W. 

long.; 

(287) 32°46.29′ N. lat., 117°23.89′ W. 

long.; 

(288) 32°42.00′ N. lat., 117°22.16′ W. 

long.; 

(289) 32°39.47′ N. lat., 117°27.78′ W. 

long.; and 

(290) 32°34.83′ N. lat., 117°24.69′ W. 

long. 

* * * * * 

23. In § 660.394, paragraph (a) is 

revised, paragraphs (f) through (m) are 

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paragraphs (f), (n), (o), (p), (q) are added, 

and newly redesignated paragraphs (g), 

(l), (m) and (r) are revised to read as 

follows: 

§ 660.394 Latitude/longitude coordinates 

defining 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.; 

(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°05.80′ N. lat., 124°42.11′ W. 

long.; 

(88) 46°02.84′ N. lat., 124°48.05′ W. 

long.; 

(89) 46°02.41′ N. lat., 124°48.16′ W. 

long.; 

(90) 45°58.96′ N. lat., 124°43.97′ 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°44.22′ N. lat., 124°44.55′ 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°13.09′ N. lat., 124°21.61′ W. 

long.; 

(97) 45°09.59′ N. lat., 124°22.78′ W. 

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(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°40.79′ N. lat., 124°45.76′ W. 

long.; 

(102) 44°41.35′ N. lat., 124°48.03′ W. 

long.; 

(103) 44°40.27′ N. lat., 124°49.11′ W. 

long.; 

(104) 44°38.52′ N. lat., 124°49.11′ W. 

long.; 

(105) 44°38.25′ N. lat., 124°46.47′ W. 

long.; 

(106) 44°28.84′ N. lat., 124°47.09′ W. 

long.; 

(107) 44°23.24′ N. lat., 124°49.96′ W. 

long.; 

(108) 44°13.07′ N. lat., 124°58.34′ W. 

long.; 

(109) 44°08.30′ N. lat., 124°58.23′ W. 

long.; 

(110) 43°57.99′ N. lat., 124°57.83′ W. 

long.; 

(111) 43°51.43′ N. lat., 124°52.02′ W. 

long.; 

(112) 43°50.72′ N. lat., 124°39.23′ W. 

long.; 

(113) 43°39.04′ N. lat., 124°37.82′ W. 

long.; 

(114) 43°27.76′ N. lat., 124°39.76′ W. 

long.; 

(115) 43°20.83′ N. lat., 124°42.70′ W. 

long.; 

(116) 43°20.22′ N. lat., 124°42.92′ W. 

long.; 

(117) 43°13.07′ N. lat., 124°46.03′ W. 

long.; 

(118) 43°10.43′ N. lat., 124°50.27′ W. 

long.; 

(119) 43°08.83′ N. lat., 124°50.93′ W. 

long.; 

(120) 43°05.89′ N. lat., 124°51.60′ W. 

long.; 

(121) 43°04.60′ N. lat., 124°53.01′ W. 

long.; 

(122) 43°02.64′ N. lat., 124°52.01′ W. 

long.; 

(123) 43°00.39′ N. lat., 124°51.77′ W. 

long.; 

(124) 42°58.00′ N. lat., 124°52.99′ W. 

long.; 

(125) 42°57.56′ N. lat., 124°54.10′ W. 

long.; 

(126) 42°53.82′ N. lat., 124°55.76′ W. 

long.; 

(127) 42°53.20′ N. lat., 124°53.56′ W. 

long.; 

(128) 42°50.00′ N. lat., 124°52.36′ W. 

long.; 

(129) 42°49.43′ N. lat., 124°52.03′ W. 

long.; 

(130) 42°47.68′ N. lat., 124°47.72′ W. 

long.; 

(131) 42°46.17′ N. lat., 124°44.05′ W. 

long.; 

(132) 42°41.67′ N. lat., 124°44.36′ W. 

long.; 

(133) 42°40.50′ N. lat., 124°43.86′ W. 

long.; 

(134) 42°38.79′ N. lat., 124°42.88′ W. 

long.; 

(135) 42°32.39′ N. lat., 124°45.38′ W. 

long.; 

(136) 42°32.08′ N. lat., 124°43.44′ W. 

long.; 

(137) 42°30.98′ N. lat., 124°43.84′ W. 

long.; 

(138) 42°28.37′ N. lat., 124°48.91′ W. 

long.; 

(139) 42°20.07′ N. lat., 124°41.59′ W. 

long.; 

(140) 42°15.05′ N. lat., 124°38.07′ W. 

long.; 

(141) 42°13.67′ N. lat., 124°37.77′ W. 

long.; 

(142) 42°07.37′ N. lat., 124°37.25′ W. 

long.; 

(143) 42°04.93′ N. lat., 124°36.79′ W. 

long.; 

(144) 42°00.00′ N. lat., 124°36.26′ W. 

long.; 

(145) 41°47.60′ N. lat., 124°29.75′ W. 

long.; 

(146) 41°22.07′ N. lat., 124°29.55′ W. 

long.; 

(147) 41°13.58′ N. lat., 124°24.17′ W. 

long.; 

(148) 41°06.51′ N. lat., 124°23.07′ W. 

long.; 

(149) 40°55.20′ N. lat., 124°27.46′ W. 

long.; 

(150) 40°49.76′ N. lat., 124°27.17′ W. 

long.; 

(151) 40°45.79′ N. lat., 124°30.37′ W. 

long.; 

(152) 40°40.31′ N. lat., 124°32.47′ W. 

long.; 

(153) 40°37.42′ N. lat., 124°37.20′ W. 

long.; 

(154) 40°36.03′ N. lat., 124°39.97′ W. 

long.; 

(155) 40°31.48′ N. lat., 124°40.95′ W. 

long.; 

(156) 40°30.00′ N. lat., 124°38.50′ W. 

long.; 

(157) 40°24.81′ N. lat., 124°35.82′ W. 

long.; 

(158) 40°22.00′ N. lat., 124°30.01′ W. 

long.; 

(159) 40°16.84′ N. lat., 124°29.87′ W. 

long.; 

(160) 40°17.06′ N. lat., 124°35.51′ W. 

long.; 

(161) 40°16.41′ N. lat., 124°39.10′ W. 

long.; 

(162) 40°10.00′ N. lat., 124°23.56′ W. 

long.; 

(163) 40°06.67′ N. lat., 124°19.08′ W. 

long.; 

(164) 40°08.10′ N. lat., 124°16.71′ W. 

long.; 

(165) 40°05.90′ N. lat., 124°17.77′ W. 

long.; 

(166) 40°02.80′ N. lat., 124°16.28′ W. 

long.; 

(167) 40°01.98′ N. lat., 124°12.99′ W. 

long.; 

(168) 40°01.53′ N. lat., 124°09.82′ W. 

long.; 

(169) 39°58.28′ N. lat., 124°12.93′ W. 

long.; 

(170) 39°57.06′ N. lat., 124°12.03′ W. 

long.; 

(171) 39°56.31′ N. lat., 124°08.98′ W. 

long.; 

(172) 39°55.20′ N. lat., 124°07.98′ W. 

long.; 

(173) 39°52.57′ N. lat., 124°09.04′ W. 

long.; 

(174) 39°42.78′ N. lat., 124°02.11′ W. 

long.; 

(175) 39°34.76′ N. lat., 123°58.51′ W. 

long.; 

(176) 39°34.22′ N. lat., 123°56.82′ W. 

long.; 

(177) 39°32.98′ N. lat., 123°56.43′ W. 

long.; 

(178) 39°32.14′ N. lat., 123°58.83′ W. 

long.; 

(179) 39°07.79′ N. lat., 123°58.72′ W. 

long.; 

(180) 39°00.99′ N. lat., 123°57.56′ W. 

long.; 

(181) 39°00.05′ N. lat., 123°56.83′ W. 

long.; 

(182) 38°57.50′ N. lat., 123°57.22′ W. 

long.; 

(183) 38°56.28′ N. lat., 123°57.53′ W. 

long.; 

(184) 38°56.01′ N. lat., 123°58.72′ W. 

long.; 

(185) 38°52.41′ N. lat., 123°56.38′ W. 

long.; 

(186) 38°46.81′ N. lat., 123°51.46′ W. 

long.; 

(187) 38°45.56′ N. lat., 123°51.32′ W. 

long.; 

(188) 38°43.24′ N. lat., 123°49.91′ W. 

long.; 

(189) 38°41.42′ N. lat., 123°47.22′ W. 

long.; 

(190) 38°40.97′ N. lat., 123°47.80′ W. 

long.; 

(191) 38°38.58′ N. lat., 123°46.07′ W. 

long.; 

(192) 38°37.38′ N. lat., 123°43.80′ W. 

long.; 

(193) 38°33.86′ N. lat., 123°41.51′ W. 

long.; 

(194) 38°29.45′ N. lat., 123°38.42′ W. 

long.; 

(195) 38°28.20′ N. lat., 123°38.17′ W. 

long.; 

(196) 38°24.09′ N. lat., 123°35.26′ W. 

long.; 

(197) 38°16.72′ N. lat., 123°31.42′ W. 

long.; 

(198) 38°15.32′ N. lat., 123°29.33′ W. 

long.; 

(199) 38°14.45′ N. lat., 123°26.15′ W. 

long.; 

(200) 38°10.26′ N. lat., 123°25.43′ W. 

long.; 

(201) 38°12.61′ N. lat., 123°28.08′ W. 

long.; 

(202) 38°11.98′ N. lat., 123°29.35′ W. 

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(203) 38°08.23′ N. lat., 123°28.04′ W. 

long.; 

(204) 38°06.39′ N. lat., 123°30.59′ W. 

long.; 

(205) 38°04.25′ N. lat., 123°31.81′ W. 

long.; 

(206) 38°02.08′ N. lat., 123°31.27′ W. 

long.; 

(207) 38°00.17′ N. lat., 123°29.43′ W. 

long.; 

(208) 38°00.00′ N. lat., 123°28.55′ W. 

long.; 

(209) 37°58.24′ N. lat., 123°26.91′ W. 

long.; 

(210) 37°55.32′ N. lat., 123°27.19′ W. 

long.; 

(211) 37°51.52′ N. lat., 123°25.01′ W. 

long.; 

(212) 37°44.21′ N. lat., 123°11.38′ W. 

long.; 

(213) 37°35.67′ N. lat., 123°01.86′ W. 

long.; 

(214) 37°14.29′ N. lat., 122°52.99′ W. 

long.; 

(215) 37°11.00′ N. lat., 122°49.28′ W. 

long.; 

(216) 37°07.00′ N. lat., 122°44.65′ W. 

long.; 

(217) 37°00.86′ N. lat., 122°37.55′ W. 

long.; 

(218) 36°59.71′ N. lat., 122°33.73′ W. 

long.; 

(219) 36°57.98′ N. lat., 122°27.80′ W. 

long.; 

(220) 36°59.83′ N. lat., 122°25.17′ W. 

long.; 

(221) 36°57.21′ N. lat., 122°25.17′ W. 

long.; 

(222) 36°57.79′ N. lat., 122°22.28′ W. 

long.; 

(223) 36°55.86′ N. lat., 122°21.99′ W. 

long.; 

(224) 36°52.06′ N. lat., 122°12.12′ W. 

long.; 

(225) 36°47.63′ N. lat., 122°07.40′ W. 

long.; 

(226) 36°47.26′ N. lat., 122°03.23′ W. 

long.; 

(227) 36°49.53′ N. lat., 121°59.35′ W. 

long.; 

(228) 36°44.81′ N. lat., 121°58.29′ W. 

long.; 

(229) 36°38.95′ N. lat., 122°02.02′ W. 

long.; 

(230) 36°23.43′ N. lat., 121°59.76′ W. 

long.; 

(231) 36°19.66′ N. lat., 122°06.25′ W. 

long.; 

(232) 36°14.78′ N. lat., 122°01.52′ W. 

long.; 

(233) 36°13.64′ N. lat., 121°57.83′ W. 

long.; 

(234) 36°09.99′ N. lat., 121°43.48′ W. 

long.; 

(235) 36°00.00′ N. lat., 121°36.95′ W. 

long.; 

(236) 35°57.09′ N. lat., 121°34.16′ W. 

long.; 

(237) 35°52.71′ N. lat., 121°32.32′ W. 

long.; 

(238) 35°51.23′ N. lat., 121°30.54′ W. 

long.; 

(239) 35°46.07′ N. lat., 121°29.75′ W. 

long.; 

(240) 35°34.08′ N. lat., 121°19.83′ W. 

long.; 

(241) 35°31.41′ N. lat., 121°14.80′ W. 

long.; 

(242) 35°15.42′ N. lat., 121°03.47′ W. 

long.; 

(243) 35°07.70′ N. lat., 120°59.31′ W. 

long.; 

(244) 34°57.27′ N. lat., 120°56.93′ W. 

long.; 

(245) 34°44.27′ N. lat., 120°57.65′ W. 

long.; 

(246) 34°32.75′ N. lat., 120°50.08′ W. 

long.; 

(247) 34°27.00′ N. lat., 120°41.50′ W. 

long.; 

(248) 34°20.00′ N. lat., 120°30.99′ W. 

long.; 

(249) 34°19.15′ N. lat., 120°19.78′ W. 

long.; 

(250) 34°23.24′ N. lat., 120°14.17′ W. 

long.; 

(251) 34°21.35′ N. lat., 119°54.89′ W. 

long.; 

(252) 34°09.79′ N. lat., 119°44.51′ W. 

long.; 

(253) 34°07.34′ N. lat., 120°06.71′ W. 

long.; 

(254) 34°09.74′ N. lat., 120°19.78′ W. 

long.; 

(255) 34°13.95′ N. lat., 120°29.78′ W. 

long.; 

(256) 34°09.41′ N. lat., 120°37.75′ W. 

long.; 

(257) 34°03.39′ N. lat., 120°35.26′ W. 

long.; 

(258) 33°56.82′ N. lat., 120°28.30′ W. 

long.; 

(259) 33°50.71′ N. lat., 120°09.24′ W. 

long.; 

(260) 33°38.21′ N. lat., 119°59.90′ W. 

long.; 

(261) 33°35.35′ N. lat., 119°51.95′ W. 

long.; 

(262) 33°35.99′ N. lat., 119°49.13′ W. 

long.; 

(263) 33°42.74′ N. lat., 119°47.80′ W. 

long.; 

(264) 33°53.65′ N. lat., 119°53.29′ W. 

long.; 

(265) 33°57.85′ N. lat., 119°31.05′ W. 

long.; 

(266) 33°56.78′ N. lat., 119°27.44′ W. 

long.; 

(267) 33°58.03′ N. lat., 119°27.82′ W. 

long.; 

(268) 33°59.31′ N. lat., 119°20.02′ W. 

long.; 

(269) 34°02.91′ N. lat., 119°15.38′ W. 

long.; 

(270) 33°59.04′ N. lat., 119°03.02′ W. 

long.; 

(271) 33°57.88′ N. lat., 118°41.69′ W. 

long.; 

(272) 33°50.89′ N. lat., 118°37.78′ W. 

long.; 

(273) 33°39.54′ N. lat., 118°18.70′ W. 

long.; 

(274) 33°35.42′ N. lat., 118°17.15′ W. 

long.; 

(275) 33°31.26′ N. lat., 118°10.84′ W. 

long.; 

(276) 33°32.71′ N. lat., 117°52.05′ W. 

long.; 

(277) 32°58.94′ N. lat., 117°20.05′ W. 

long.; 

(278) 32°46.45′ N. lat., 117°24.37′ W. 

long.; 

(279) 32°42.25′ N. lat., 117°22.87′ W. 

long.; 

(280) 32°39.50′ N. lat., 117°27.80′ W. 

long.; and 

(281) 32°34.83′ N. lat., 117°24.67′ W. 

long. 

* * * * * 

(f) The 180–fm (329–m) depth contour 

between 42° N. lat. 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) 42°00.00′ N. lat., 124°36.37′ W. 

long.; 

(2) 41°47.79′ N. lat., 124°29.48′ W. 

long.; 

(3) 41°21.16′ N. lat., 124°28.97′ W. 

long.; 

(4) 41°13.44′ N. lat., 124°24.10′ W. 

long.; 

(5) 41°11.00′ N. lat., 124°22.99′ W. 

long.; 

(6) 41°06.51′ N. lat., 124°23.07′ W. 

long.; 

(7) 40°55.20′ N. lat., 124°27.46′ W. 

long.; 

(8) 40°53.95′ N. lat., 124°26.04′ W. 

long.; 

(9) 40°49.96′ N. lat., 124°26.04′ W. 

long.; 

(10) 40°44.49′ N. lat., 124°30.81′ W. 

long.; 

(11) 40°40.58′ N. lat., 124°32.05′ W. 

long.; 

(12) 40°37.36′ N. lat., 124°29.41′ W. 

long.; 

(13) 40°35.67′ N. lat., 124°30.43′ W. 

long.; 

(14) 40°37.44′ N. lat., 124°37.16′ W. 

long.; 

(15) 40°36.03′ N. lat., 124°39.97′ W. 

long.; 

(16) 40°31.42′ N. lat., 124°40.85′ W. 

long.; 

(17) 40°30.00′ N. lat., 124°36.82′ W. 

long.; 

(18) 40°27.56′ N. lat., 124°37.24′ W. 

long.; 

(19) 40°24.81′ N. lat., 124°35.82′ W. 

long.; 

(20) 40°22.00′ N. lat., 124°30.01′ W. 

long.; 

(21) 40°16.84′ N. lat., 124°29.87′ W. 

long.; 

(22) 40°17.00′ N. lat., 124°34.96′ W. 

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(23) 40°16.03′ N. lat., 124°36.02′ W. 

long.; 

(24) 40°11.93′ N. lat., 124°28.21′ W. 

long.; 

(25) 40°10.00′ N. lat., 124°23.56′ W. 

long.; 

(26) 40°06.67′ N. lat., 124°19.08′ W. 

long.; 

(27) 40°08.10′ N. lat., 124°16.71′ W. 

long.; 

(28) 40°05.90′ N. lat., 124°17.77′ W. 

long.; 

(29) 40°02.80′ N. lat., 124°16.28′ W. 

long.; 

(30) 40°01.98′ N. lat., 124°12.99′ W. 

long.; 

(31) 40°01.53′ N. lat., 124°09.82′ W. 

long.; 

(32) 39°58.54′ N. lat., 124°12.43′ W. 

long.; 

(33) 39°55.72′ N. lat., 124°07.44′ W. 

long.; 

(34) 39°42.78′ N. lat., 124°02.11′ W. 

long.; 

(35) 39°34.76′ N. lat., 123°58.51′ W. 

long.; 

(36) 39°34.22′ N. lat., 123°56.82′ W. 

long.; 

(37) 39°32.98′ N. lat., 123°56.43′ W. 

long.; 

(38) 39°32.14′ N. lat., 123°58.83′ W. 

long.; 

(39) 39°07.79′ N. lat., 123°58.72′ W. 

long.; 

(40) 39°00.99′ N. lat., 123°57.56′ W. 

long.; 

(41) 39°00.05′ N. lat., 123°56.83′ W. 

long.; 

(42) 38°57.50′ N. lat., 123°56.96′ W. 

long.; 

(43) 38°52.22′ N. lat., 123°56.22′ W. 

long.; 

(44) 38°46.81′ N. lat., 123°51.46′ W. 

long.; 

(45) 38°45.56′ N. lat., 123°51.32′ W. 

long.; 

(46) 38°43.24′ N. lat., 123°49.91′ W. 

long.; 

(47) 38°41.41′ N. lat., 123°46.74′ W. 

long.; 

(48) 38°38.48′ N. lat., 123°45.88′ W. 

long.; 

(49) 38°37.38′ N. lat., 123°43.80′ W. 

long.; 

(50) 38°35.26′ N. lat., 123°41.99′ W. 

long.; 

(51) 38°34.44′ N. lat., 123°41.89′ W. 

long.; 

(52) 38°29.45′ N. lat., 123°38.42′ W. 

long.; 

(53) 38°28.20′ N. lat., 123°38.17′ W. 

long.; 

(54) 38°24.09′ N. lat., 123°35.26′ W. 

long.; 

(55) 38°19.95′ N. lat., 123°32.90′ W. 

long.; 

(56) 38°14.38′ N. lat., 123°25.51′ W. 

long.; 

(57) 38°09.39′ N. lat., 123°24.39′ W. 

long.; 

(58) 38°10.09′ N. lat., 123°27.21′ W. 

long.; 

(59) 38°03.98′ N. lat., 123°31.74′ W. 

long.; 

(60) 38°02.08′ N. lat., 123°31.27′ W. 

long.; 

(61) 38°00.17′ N. lat., 123°29.43′ W. 

long.; 

(62) 38°00.00′ N. lat., 123°28.55′ W. 

long.; 

(63) 37°58.24′ N. lat., 123°26.91′ W. 

long.; 

(64) 37°55.32′ N. lat., 123°27.19′ W. 

long.; 

(65) 37°51.52′ N. lat., 123°25.01′ W. 

long.; 

(66) 37°44.21′ N. lat., 123°11.38′ W. 

long.; 

(67) 37°35.67′ N. lat., 123°01.86′ W. 

long.; 

(68) 37°23.42′ N. lat., 122°56.78′ W. 

long.; 

(69) 37°23.23′ N. lat., 122°53.78′ W. 

long.; 

(70) 37°13.97′ N. lat., 122°49.91′ W. 

long.; 

(71) 37°11.00′ N. lat., 122°45.61′ W. 

long.; 

(72) 37°08.28′ N. lat., 122°46.13′ W. 

long.; 

(73) 37°07.00′ N. lat., 122°44.45′ W. 

long.; 

(74) 37°00.86′ N. lat., 122°37.55′ W. 

long.; 

(75) 36°59.71′ N. lat., 122°33.73′ W. 

long.; 

(76) 36°57.98′ N. lat., 122°27.80′ W. 

long.; 

(77) 36°59.83′ N. lat., 122°25.17′ W. 

long.; 

(78) 36°57.21′ N. lat., 122°25.17′ W. 

long.; 

(79) 36°57.79′ N. lat., 122°22.28′ W. 

long.; 

(80) 36°55.86′ N. lat., 122°21.99′ W. 

long.; 

(81) 36°52.06′ N. lat., 122°12.12′ W. 

long.; 

(82) 36°47.63′ N. lat., 122°07.40′ W. 

long.; 

(83) 36°47.27′ N. lat., 122°03.23′ W. 

long.; 

(84) 36°49.53′ N. lat., 121°59.35′ W. 

long.; 

(85) 36°44.81′ N. lat., 121°58.29′ W. 

long.; 

(86) 36°38.95′ N. lat., 122°02.02′ W. 

long.; 

(87) 36°30.86′ N. lat., 122°00.82′ W. 

long.; 

(88) 36°23.43′ N. lat., 121°59.76′ W. 

long.; 

(89) 36°22.00′ N. lat., 122°01.02′ W. 

long.; 

(90) 36°19.01′ N. lat., 122°05.01′ W. 

long.; 

(91) 36°14.78′ N. lat., 122°01.52′ W. 

long.; 

(92) 36°09.99′ N. lat., 121°43.48′ W. 

long.; 

(93) 36°00.00′ N. lat., 121°36.04′ W. 

long.; 

(94) 35°58.19′ N. lat., 121°34.63′ W. 

long.; 

(95) 35°52.71′ N. lat., 121°32.32′ W. 

long.; 

(96) 35°51.23′ N. lat., 121°30.54′ W. 

long.; 

(97) 35°46.07′ N. lat., 121°29.75′ W. 

long.; 

(98) 35°34.08′ N. lat., 121°19.83′ W. 

long.; 

(99) 35°31.41′ N. lat., 121°14.80′ W. 

long.; 

(100) 35°15.42′ N. lat., 121°03.47′ W. 

long.; 

(101) 35°07.21′ N. lat., 120°59.05′ W. 

long.; 

(102) 35°07.45′ N. lat., 120°57.09′ W. 

long.; 

(103) 34°44.29′ N. lat., 120°54.28′ W. 

long.; 

(104) 34°44.24′ N. lat., 120°57.64′ W. 

long.; 

(105) 34°32.75′ N. lat., 120°50.08′ W. 

long.; 

(106) 34°27.00′ N. lat., 120°41.50′ W. 

long.; 

(107) 34°20.00′ N. lat., 120°30.99′ W. 

long.; 

(108) 34°19.15′ N. lat., 120°19.78′ W. 

long.; 

(109) 34°23.24′ N. lat., 120°14.17′ W. 

long.; 

(110) 34°21.35′ N. lat., 119°54.89′ W. 

long.; 

(111) 34°09.79′ N. lat., 119°44.51′ W. 

long.; 

(112) 34°07.34′ N. lat., 120°06.71′ W. 

long.; 

(113) 34°09.74′ N. lat., 120°19.78′ W. 

long.; 

(114) 34°13.95′ N. lat., 120°29.78′ W. 

long.; 

(115) 34°09.41′ N. lat., 120°37.75′ W. 

long.; 

(116) 34°03.39′ N. lat., 120°35.26′ W. 

long.; 

(117) 33°56.82′ N. lat., 120°28.30′ W. 

long.; 

(118) 33°50.71′ N. lat., 120°09.24′ W. 

long.; 

(119) 33°38.21′ N. lat., 119°59.90′ W. 

long.; 

(120) 33°35.35′ N. lat., 119°51.95′ W. 

long.; 

(121) 33°35.99′ N. lat., 119°49.13′ W. 

long.; 

(122) 33°42.74′ N. lat., 119°47.81′ W. 

long.; 

(123) 33°53.65′ N. lat., 119°53.29′ W. 

long.; 

(124) 33°57.85′ N. lat., 119°31.05′ W. 

long.; 

(125) 33°56.78′ N. lat., 119°27.44′ W. 

long.; 

(126) 33°58.03′ N. lat., 119°27.82′ W. 

long.; 

(127) 33°59.31′ N. lat., 119°20.02′ W. 

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(128) 34°02.91′ N. lat., 119°15.38′ W. 

long.; 

(129) 33°59.04′ N. lat., 119°03.02′ W. 

long.; 

(130) 33°57.88′ N. lat., 118°41.69′ W. 

long.; 

(131) 33°50.89′ N. lat., 118°37.78′ W. 

long.; 

(132) 33°39.54′ N. lat., 118°18.70′ W. 

long.; 

(133) 33°35.42′ N. lat., 118°17.15′ W. 

long.; 

(134) 33°31.26′ N. lat., 118°10.84′ W. 

long.; 

(135) 33°32.71′ N. lat., 117°52.05′ W. 

long.; 

(136) 32°58.94′ N. lat., 117°20.06′ W. 

long.; 

(137) 32°46.45′ N. lat., 117°24.37′ W. 

long.; 

(138) 32°42.25′ N. lat., 117°22.87′ W. 

long.; 

(139) 32°39.50′ N. lat., 117°27.80′ W. 

long.; and 

(140) 32°33.00′ N. lat., 117°24.67′ W. 

long. 

(g) 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°07.10 N. lat., 125°45.65 W. 

long.; 

(4) 48°05.71 N. lat., 125°44.70 W. 

long.; 

(5) 48°04.07 N. lat., 125°36.96 W. 

long.; 

(6) 48°03.05 N. lat., 125°36.38 W. 

long.; 

(7) 48°01.98 N. lat., 125°37.41 W. 

long.; 

(8) 48°01.46 N. lat., 125°39.61 W. 

long.; 

(9) 47°56.94 N. lat., 125°36.65 W. 

long.; 

(10) 47°55.11 N. lat., 125°36.92 W. 

long.; 

(11) 47°54.10 N. lat., 125°34.98 W. 

long.; 

(12) 47°54.50 N. lat., 125°32.01 W. 

long.; 

(13) 47°55.77 N. lat., 125°30.13 W. 

long.; 

(14) 47°55.65 N. lat., 125°28.46 W. 

long.; 

(15) 47°58.11 N. lat., 125°26.60 W. 

long.; 

(16) 48°00.40 N. lat., 125°24.83 W. 

long.; 

(17) 48°03.60 N. lat., 125°21.84 W. 

long.; 

(18) 48°03.98 N. lat., 125°20.65 W. 

long.; 

(19) 48°03.26 N. lat., 125°19.76 W. 

long.; 

(20) 48°01.50 N. lat., 125°18.80 W. 

long.; 

(21) 48°01.03 N. lat., 125°20.12 W. 

long.; 

(22) 48°00.04 N. lat., 125°20.26 W. 

long.; 

(23) 47°58.10 N. lat., 125°18.91 W. 

long.; 

(24) 47°58.17 N. lat., 125°17.50 W. 

long.; 

(25) 47°52.33 N. lat., 125°15.78 W. 

long.; 

(26) 47°49.20 N. lat., 125°10.67 W. 

long.; 

(27) 47°48.27 N. lat., 125°07.38 W. 

long.; 

(28) 47°47.24 N. lat., 125°05.38 W. 

long.; 

(29) 47°45.95 N. lat., 125°04.61 W. 

long.; 

(30) 47°44.58 N. lat., 125°07.12 W. 

long.; 

(31) 47°42.24 N. lat., 125°05.15 W. 

long.; 

(32) 47°38.54 N. lat., 125°06.76 W. 

long.; 

(33) 47°35.03 N. lat., 125°04.28 W. 

long.; 

(34) 47°28.82 N. lat., 124°56.24 W. 

long.; 

(35) 47°29.15 N. lat., 124°54.10 W. 

long.; 

(36) 47°28.43 N. lat., 124°51.58 W. 

long.; 

(37) 47°24.13 N. lat., 124°47.50 W. 

long.; 

(38) 47°18.31 N. lat., 124°46.17 W. 

long.; 

(39) 47°19.57 N. lat., 124°51.00 W. 

long.; 

(40) 47°18.12 N. lat., 124°53.66 W. 

long.; 

(41) 47°17.60 N. lat., 124°52.94 W. 

long.; 

(42) 47°17.71 N. lat., 124°51.63 W. 

long.; 

(43) 47°16.90 N. lat., 124°51.23 W. 

long.; 

(44) 47°16.10 N. lat., 124°53.67 W. 

long.; 

(45) 47°14.24 N. lat., 124°53.02 W. 

long.; 

(46) 47°12.16 N. lat., 124°56.77 W. 

long.; 

(47) 47°13.35 N. lat., 124°58.70 W. 

long.; 

(48) 47°09.53 N. lat., 124°58.32 W. 

long.; 

(49) 47°09.54 N. lat., 124°59.50 W. 

long.; 

(50) 47°05.87 N. lat., 124°59.30 W. 

long.; 

(51) 47°03.65 N. lat., 124°56.26 W. 

long.; 

(52) 47°00.87 N. lat., 124°59.52 W. 

long.; 

(53) 46°56.80 N. lat., 125°00.00 W. 

long.; 

(54) 46°51.55 N. lat., 125°00.00 W. 

long.; 

(55) 46°50.07 N. lat., 124°53.90 W. 

long.; 

(56) 46°44.88 N. lat., 124°51.97 W. 

long.; 

(57) 46°33.45 N. lat., 124°36.11 W. 

long.; 

(58) 46°33.20 N. lat., 124°30.64 W. 

long.; 

(59) 46°27.85 N. lat., 124°31.95 W. 

long.; 

(60) 46°18.27 N. lat., 124°39.28 W. 

long.; 

(61) 46°16.00 N. lat., 124°24.88 W. 

long.; 

(62) 46°14.22 N. lat., 124°26.29 W. 

long.; 

(63) 46°11.53 N. lat., 124°39.58 W. 

long.; 

(64) 46°08.77 N. lat., 124°41.71 W. 

long.; 

(65) 46°05.86 N. lat., 124°42.26 W. 

long.; 

(66) 46°03.85 N. lat., 124°48.20 W. 

long.; 

(67) 46°02.33 N. lat., 124°48.51 W. 

long.; 

(68) 45°58.99 N. lat., 124°44.42 W. 

long.; 

(69) 45°46.90 N. lat., 124°43.50 W. 

long.; 

(70) 45°46.00 N. lat., 124°44.27 W. 

long.; 

(71) 45°44.98 N. lat., 124°44.93 W. 

long.; 

(72) 45°43.46 N. lat., 124°44.93 W. 

long.; 

(73) 45°34.88 N. lat., 124°32.59 W. 

long.; 

(74) 45°20.25 N. lat., 124°25.47 W. 

long.; 

(75) 45°13.06 N. lat., 124°22.25 W. 

long.; 

(76) 45°03.83 N. lat., 124°27.13 W. 

long.; 

(77) 45°00.17 N. lat., 124°29.29 W. 

long.; 

(78) 44°55.60 N. lat., 124°32.36 W. 

long.; 

(79) 44°48.25 N. lat., 124°40.61 W. 

long.; 

(80) 44°42.24 N. lat., 124°48.05 W. 

long.; 

(81) 44°41.35 N. lat., 124°48.03 W. 

long.; 

(82) 44°40.27 N. lat., 124°49.11 W. 

long.; 

(83) 44°38.52 N. lat., 124°49.11 W. 

long.; 

(84) 44°23.30 N. lat., 124°50.17 W. 

long.; 

(85) 44°13.19 N. lat., 124°58.66 W. 

long.; 

(86) 44°08.30 N. lat., 124°58.50 W. 

long.; 

(87) 43°57.89 N. lat., 124°58.13 W. 

long.; 

(88) 43°50.59 N. lat., 124°52.80 W. 

long.; 

(89) 43°50.10 N. lat., 124°40.27 W. 

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(90) 43°39.05 N. lat., 124°38.56 W. 

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(91) 43°28.85 N. lat., 124°40.00 W. 

long.; 

(92) 43°20.83 N. lat., 124°42.84 W. 

long.; 

(93) 43°20.22 N. lat., 124°43.05 W. 

long.; 

(94) 43°13.29 N. lat., 124°47.00 W. 

long.; 

(95) 43°13.15 N. lat., 124°52.61 W. 

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(96) 43°04.60 N. lat., 124°53.01 W. 

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(97) 42°57.56 N. lat., 124°54.10 W. 

long.; 

(98) 42°53.82 N. lat., 124°55.76 W. 

long.; 

(99) 42°53.41 N. lat., 124°54.35 W. 

long.; 

(100) 42°49.52 N. lat., 124°53.16 W. 

long.; 

(101) 42°47.47 N. lat., 124°50.24 W. 

long.; 

(102) 42°47.57 N. lat., 124°48.13 W. 

long.; 

(103) 42°46.19 N. lat., 124°44.52 W. 

long.; 

(104) 42°41.75 N. lat., 124°44.69 W. 

long.; 

(105) 42°40.50 N. lat., 124°44.02 W. 

long.; 

(106) 42°38.81 N. lat., 124°43.09 W. 

long.; 

(107) 42°31.82 N. lat., 124°46.24 W. 

long.; 

(108) 42°31.96 N. lat., 124°44.32 W. 

long.; 

(109) 42°30.95 N. lat., 124°44.50 W. 

long.; 

(110) 42°28.39 N. lat., 124°49.56 W. 

long.; 

(111) 42°23.34 N. lat., 124°44.91 W. 

long.; 

(112) 42°19.72 N. lat., 124°41.60 W. 

long.; 

(113) 42°15.12 N. lat., 124°38.34 W. 

long.; 

(114) 42°13.67 N. lat., 124°38.22 W. 

long.; 

(115) 42°12.35 N. lat., 124°38.09 W. 

long.; 

(116) 42°04.35 N. lat., 124°37.23 W. 

long.; 

(117) 42°00.00 N. lat., 124°36.80 W. 

long.; 

(118) 41°47.84 N. lat., 124°30.48 W. 

long.; 

(119) 41°43.33 N. lat., 124°29.96 W. 

long.; 

(120) 41°23.46 N. lat., 124°30.36 W. 

long.; 

(121) 41°21.29 N. lat., 124°29.43 W. 

long.; 

(122) 41°13.52 N. lat., 124°24.48 W. 

long.; 

(123) 41°06.71 N. lat., 124°23.37 W. 

long.; 

(124) 40°54.66 N. lat., 124°28.20 W. 

long.; 

(125) 40°51.52 N. lat., 124°27.47 W. 

long.; 

(126) 40°40.62 N. lat., 124°32.75 W. 

long.; 

(127) 40°36.08 N. lat., 124°40.18 W. 

long.; 

(128) 40°32.90 N. lat., 124°41.90 W. 

long.; 

(129) 40°31.30 N. lat., 124°41.00 W. 

long.; 

(130) 40°30.00 N. lat., 124°37.35 W. 

long.; 

(131) 40°27.29 N. lat., 124°37.34 W. 

long.; 

(132) 40°24.98 N. lat., 124°36.44 W. 

long.; 

(133) 40°22.22 N. lat., 124°31.85 W. 

long.; 

(134) 40°16.94 N. lat., 124°32.00 W. 

long.; 

(135) 40°17.58 N. lat., 124°45.30 W. 

long.; 

(136) 40°13.24 N. lat., 124°32.43 W. 

long.; 

(137) 40°10.00 N. lat., 124°24.64 W. 

long.; 

(138) 40°06.43 N. lat., 124°19.26 W. 

long.; 

(139) 40°07.06 N. lat., 124°17.82 W. 

long.; 

(140) 40°04.70 N. lat., 124°18.17 W. 

long.; 

(141) 40°02.34 N. lat., 124°16.64 W. 

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(142) 40°01.52 N. lat., 124°09.89 W. 

long.; 

(143) 39°58.27 N. lat., 124°13.58 W. 

long.; 

(144) 39°56.59 N. lat., 124°12.09 W. 

long.; 

(145) 39°55.19 N. lat., 124°08.03 W. 

long.; 

(146) 39°52.54 N. lat., 124°09.47 W. 

long.; 

(147) 39°42.67 N. lat., 124°02.59 W. 

long.; 

(148) 39°35.95 N. lat., 123°59.56 W. 

long.; 

(149) 39°34.61 N. lat., 123°59.66 W. 

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(150) 39°33.77 N. lat., 123°56.89 W. 

long.; 

(151) 39°33.01 N. lat., 123°57.14 W. 

long.; 

(152) 39°32.20 N. lat., 123°59.20 W. 

long.; 

(153) 39°07.84 N. lat., 123°59.14 W. 

long.; 

(154) 39°01.11 N. lat., 123°57.97 W. 

long.; 

(155) 39°00.51 N. lat., 123°56.96 W. 

long.; 

(156) 38°57.50 N. lat., 123°57.57 W. 

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(157) 38°56.57 N. lat., 123°57.80 W. 

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(158) 38°56.39 N. lat., 123°59.48 W. 

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(159) 38°50.22 N. lat., 123°55.55 W. 

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(160) 38°46.76 N. lat., 123°51.56 W. 

long.; 

(161) 38°45.27 N. lat., 123°51.63 W. 

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(162) 38°42.76 N. lat., 123°49.83 W. 

long.; 

(163) 38°41.53 N. lat., 123°47.83 W. 

long.; 

(164) 38°40.97 N. lat., 123°48.14 W. 

long.; 

(165) 38°38.02 N. lat., 123°45.85 W. 

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(166) 38°37.19 N. lat., 123°44.08 W. 

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(167) 38°33.43 N. lat., 123°41.82 W. 

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(168) 38°29.44 N. lat., 123°38.49 W. 

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(169) 38°28.08 N. lat., 123°38.33 W. 

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(170) 38°23.68 N. lat., 123°35.47 W. 

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(171) 38°19.63 N. lat., 123°34.05 W. 

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(172) 38°16.23 N. lat., 123°31.90 W. 

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(173) 38°14.79 N. lat., 123°29.98 W. 

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(174) 38°14.12 N. lat., 123°26.36 W. 

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(175) 38°10.85 N. lat., 123°25.84 W. 

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(176) 38°13.15 N. lat., 123°28.25 W. 

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(177) 38°12.28 N. lat., 123°29.88 W. 

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(178) 38°10.19 N. lat., 123°29.11 W. 

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(179) 38°07.94 N. lat., 123°28.52 W. 

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(180) 38°06.51 N. lat., 123°30.96 W. 

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(181) 38°04.21 N. lat., 123°32.03 W. 

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(182) 38°02.07 N. lat., 123°31.37 W. 

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(183) 38°00.00 N. lat., 123°29.62 W. 

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(184) 37°58.13 N. lat., 123°27.28 W. 

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(185) 37°55.01 N. lat., 123°27.53 W. 

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(186) 37°51.40°N. lat., 123°25.25 W. 

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(187) 37°43.97 N. lat., 123°11.56 W. 

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(188) 37°35.67 N. lat., 123°02.32 W. 

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(189) 37°13.65 N. lat., 122°54.25 W. 

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(190) 37°11.00 N. lat., 122°50.97 W. 

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(191) 37°07.00 N. lat., 122°45.90 W. 

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(192) 37°00.66 N. lat., 122°37.91 W. 

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(193) 36°57.40°N. lat., 122°28.32 W. 

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(196) 36°57.40°N. lat., 122°22.69 W. 

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(197) 36°55.43 N. lat., 122°22.49 W. 

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(198) 36°52.29 N. lat., 122°13.25 W. 

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(199) 36°47.12 N. lat., 122°07.62 W. 

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(200) 36°47.10 N. lat., 122°02.17 W. 

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(201) 36°43.76 N. lat., 121°59.17 W. 

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(202) 36°38.85 N. lat., 122°02.26 W. 

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(203) 36°23.41 N. lat., 122°00.17 W. 

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(204) 36°19.68 N. lat., 122°06.99 W. 

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(205) 36°14.75 N. lat., 122°01.57 W. 

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(206) 36°09.74 N. lat., 121°45.06 W. 

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(207) 36°06.75 N. lat., 121°40.79 W. 

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(208) 35°58.18 N. lat., 121°34.69 W. 

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(209) 35°52.31 N. lat., 121°32.51 W. 

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(210) 35°51.21 N. lat., 121°30.97 W. 

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(211) 35°46.32 N. lat., 121°30.36 W. 

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(212) 35°33.74 N. lat., 121°20.16 W. 

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(213) 35°31.37 N. lat., 121°15.29 W. 

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(214) 35°23.32 N. lat., 121°11.50 W. 

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(215) 35°15.28 N. lat., 121°04.51 W. 

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(216) 35°07.08 N. lat., 121°00.36 W. 

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(217) 34°57.46 N. lat., 120°58.29 W. 

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(218) 34°44.25 N. lat., 120°58.35 W. 

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(219) 34°32.30 N. lat., 120°50.28 W. 

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(220) 34°27.00 N. lat., 120°42.61 W. 

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(221) 34°19.08 N. lat., 120°31.27 W. 

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(222) 34°17.72 N. lat., 120°19.32 W. 

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(223) 34°22.45 N. lat., 120°12.87 W. 

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(224) 34°21.36 N. lat., 119°54.94 W. 

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(225) 34°09.95 N. lat., 119°46.24 W. 

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(226) 34°09.08 N. lat., 119°57.59 W. 

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(227) 34°07.53 N. lat., 120°06.41 W. 

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(228) 34°10.54 N. lat., 120°19.13 W. 

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(229) 34°14.68 N. lat., 120°29.54 W. 

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(230) 34°09.51 N. lat., 120°38.38 W. 

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(231) 34°03.06 N. lat., 120°35.60 W. 

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(232) 33°56.39 N. lat., 120°28.53 W. 

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(233) 33°50.25 N. lat., 120°09.49 W. 

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(234) 33°37.96 N. lat., 120°00.14 W. 

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(235) 33°34.52 N. lat., 119°51.90 W. 

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(236) 33°35.51 N. lat., 119°48.55 W. 

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(237) 33°42.76 N. lat., 119°47.83 W. 

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(238) 33°53.62 N. lat., 119°53.34 W. 

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(239) 33°57.61 N. lat., 119°31.32 W. 

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(240) 33°56.34 N. lat., 119°26.46 W. 

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(241) 33°57.79 N. lat., 119°26.91 W. 

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(242) 33°58.88 N. lat., 119°20.12 W. 

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(243) 34°02.65 N. lat., 119°15.17 W. 

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(244) 33°59.02 N. lat., 119°03.05 W. 

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(245) 33°57.61 N. lat., 118°42.13 W. 

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(246) 33°50.76 N. lat., 118°38.03 W. 

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(247) 33°38.41 N. lat., 118°17.08 W. 

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(248) 33°37.14 N. lat., 118°18.44 W. 

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(249) 33°35.51 N. lat., 118°18.08 W. 

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(250) 33°30.68 N. lat., 118°10.40 W. 

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(251) 33°32.49 N. lat., 117°51.90 W. 

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(252) 32°58.87 N. lat., 117°20.41 W. 

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(253) 32°35.53 N. lat., 117°29.72 W. 

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(l) 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. 

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(3) 48°07.10′ N. lat., 125°45.65′ W. 

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(4) 48°05.71′ N. lat., 125°44.70′ W. 

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(5) 48°04.07′ N. lat., 125°36.96′ W. 

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(6) 48°03.05′ N. lat., 125°36.38′ W. 

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(7) 48°01.98′ N. lat., 125°37.41′ W. 

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(8) 48°01.46′ N. lat., 125°39.61′ W. 

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(9) 47°56.94′ N. lat., 125°36.65′ W. 

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(10) 47°55.77′ N. lat., 125°30.13′ W. 

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(11) 47°55.65′ N. lat., 125°28.46′ W. 

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(12) 47°58.11′ N. lat., 125°26.60′ W. 

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(13) 48°00.40′ N. lat., 125°24.83′ W. 

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(14) 48°03.60′ N. lat., 125°21.84′ W. 

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(15) 48°03.98′ N. lat., 125°20.65′ W. 

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(16) 48°03.26′ N. lat., 125°19.76′ W. 

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(17) 48°01.50′ N. lat., 125°18.80′ W. 

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(18) 48°01.03′ N. lat., 125°20.12′ W. 

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(19) 48°00.04′ N. lat., 125°20.26′ W. 

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(20) 47°58.10′ N. lat., 125°18.91′ W. 

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(21) 47°58.17′ N. lat., 125°17.50′ W. 

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(22) 47°52.33′ N. lat., 125°15.78′ W. 

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(23) 47°49.20′ N. lat., 125°10.67′ W. 

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(24) 47°48.27′ N. lat., 125°07.38′ W. 

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(25) 47°47.24′ N. lat., 125°05.38′ W. 

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(26) 47°45.95′ N. lat., 125°04.61′ W. 

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(27) 47°44.58′ N. lat., 125°07.12′ W. 

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(28) 47°42.24′ N. lat., 125°05.15′ W. 

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(29) 47°38.54′ N. lat., 125°06.76′ W. 

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(30) 47°35.03′ N. lat., 125°04.28′ W. 

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(31) 47°28.82′ N. lat., 124 56.24′ W. 

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(32) 47°29.15′ N. lat., 124 54.10′ W. 

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(33) 47°28.43′ N. lat., 124 51.58′ W. 

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(34) 47°24.13′ N. lat., 124 47.50′ W. 

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(35) 47°18.31′ N. lat., 124 46.17′ W. 

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(36) 47°19.57′ N. lat., 124 51.00′ W. 

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(37) 47°18.12′ N. lat., 124 53.66′ W. 

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(38) 47°17.60′ N. lat., 124 52.94′ W. 

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(39) 47°17.71′ N. lat., 124 51.63′ W. 

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(40) 47°16.90′ N. lat., 124 51.23′ W. 

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(43) 47°12.16′ N. lat., 124 56.77′ W. 

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(44) 47°13.35′ N. lat., 124 58.70′ W. 

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(45) 47°09.53′ N. lat., 124 58.32′ W. 

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(46) 47°09.54′ N. lat., 124 59.50′ W. 

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(47) 47°05.87′ N. lat., 124 59.30′ W. 

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(48) 47°03.65′ N. lat., 124 56.26′ W. 

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(49) 47°00.87′ N. lat., 124 59.52′ W. 

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(50) 46°56.80′ N. lat., 125°00.00′ W. 

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(51) 46°51.55′ N. lat., 125°00.00′ W. 

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(52) 46°50.07′ N. lat., 124°53.90′ W. 

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(53) 46°44.88′ N. lat., 124°51.97′ W. 

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(54) 46°33.45′ N. lat., 124°36.11′ W. 

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(55) 46°33.20′ N. lat., 124°30.64′ W. 

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(56) 46°27.85′ N. lat., 124°31.95′ W. 

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(57) 46°18.27′ N. lat., 124°39.28′ W. 

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(58) 46°16.00′ N. lat., 124°24.88′ W. 

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(59) 46°14.22′ N. lat., 124°26.28′ W. 

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(60) 46°11.53′ N. lat., 124°39.58′ W. 

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(61) 46°08.77′ N. lat., 124°41.71′ W. 

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(62) 46°05.86′ N. lat., 124°42.27′ W. 

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(63) 46°03.85′ N. lat., 124°48.20′ W. 

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(64) 46°02.34′ N. lat., 124°48.51′ W. 

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(65) 45°58.99′ N. lat., 124°44.42′ W. 

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(66) 45°46.00′ N. lat., 124°41.82′ W. 

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(67) 45°49.74′ N. lat., 124°43.69′ W. 

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(68) 45°49.68′ N. lat., 124°42.37′ W. 

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(69) 45°40.83′ N. lat., 124°40.90′ W. 

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(70) 45°34.88′ N. lat., 124°32.58′ W. 

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(71) 45°20.25′ N. lat., 124°25.47′ W. 

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(72) 45°13.04′ N. lat., 124°21.92′ W. 

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(73) 45°03.83′ N. lat., 124°27.13′ W. 

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(74) 45°00.17′ N. lat., 124°29.28′ W. 

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(75) 44°50.99′ N. lat., 124°35.40′ W. 

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(76) 44°46.87′ N. lat., 124°38.20′ W. 

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(77) 44°48.25′ N. lat., 124°40.62′ W. 

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(78) 44°41.34′ N. lat., 124°49.20′ W. 

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(79) 44°23.30′ N. lat., 124°50.17′ W. 

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(80) 44°13.19′ N. lat., 124°58.66′ W. 

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(81) 44°08.30′ N. lat., 124°58.72′ W. 

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(82) 43°57.37′ N. lat., 124°58.71′ W. 

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(83) 43°52.32′ N. lat., 124°49.43′ W. 

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(84) 43°51.35′ N. lat., 124°37.94′ W. 

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(85) 43°49.73′ N. lat., 124°40.26′ W. 

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(86) 43°39.06′ N. lat., 124°38.55′ W. 

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(87) 43°28.85′ N. lat., 124°39.99′ W. 

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(88) 43°20.83′ N. lat., 124°42.89′ W. 

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(89) 43°20.22′ N. lat., 124°43.05′ W. 

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(90) 43°13.29′ N. lat., 124°47.00′ W. 

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(91) 43°10.64′ N. lat., 124°49.95′ W. 

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(92) 43°04.26′ N. lat., 124°53.05′ W. 

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(93) 42°53.93′ N. lat., 124°54.60′ W. 

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(94) 42°50.00′ N. lat., 124°50.60′ W. 

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(95) 42°47.57′ N. lat., 124°48.12′ W. 

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(96) 42°46.19′ N. lat., 124°44.52′ W. 

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(97) 42°41.75′ N. lat., 124°44.69′ W. 

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(98) 42°40.50′ N. lat., 124°44.02′ W. 

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(99) 42°38.81′ N. lat., 124°43.09′ W. 

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(100) 42°31.83′ N. lat., 124°46.23′ W. 

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(101) 42°32.08′ N. lat., 124°43.58′ W. 

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(102) 42°30.96′ N. lat., 124°43.84′ W. 

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(103) 42°28.41′ N. lat., 124°49.17′ W. 

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(104) 42°24.80′ N. lat., 124°45.93′ W. 

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(105) 42°19.71′ N. lat., 124°41.60′ W. 

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(106) 42°15.12′ N. lat., 124°38.34′ W. 

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(107) 42°13.67′ N. lat., 124°38.28′ W. 

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(108) 42°12.35′ N. lat., 124°38.09′ W. 

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(109) 42°00.00′ N. lat., 124°36.83′ W. 

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(110) 41°47.78′ N. lat., 124°29.55′ W. 

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(111) 41°21.15′ N. lat., 124°29.04′ W. 

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(112) 41°13.50′ N. lat., 124°24.40′ W. 

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(113) 41°11.00′ N. lat., 124°22.99′ W. 

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(114) 41°06.69′ N. lat., 124°23.30′ W. 

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(115) 40°54.73′ N. lat., 124°28.15′ W. 

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(116) 40°53.94′ N. lat., 124°26.11′ W. 

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(117) 40°50.31′ N. lat., 124°26.15′ W. 

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(118) 40°44.49′ N. lat., 124°30.89′ W. 

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(119) 40°40.62′ N. lat., 124°32.16′ W. 

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(120) 40°38.87′ N. lat., 124°29.79′ W. 

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(121) 40°35.67′ N. lat., 124°30.43′ W. 

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(122) 40°37.41′ N. lat., 124°37.06′ W. 

long.; 

(123) 40°36.09′ N. lat., 124°40.11′ W. 

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(124) 40°31.33′ N. lat., 124°41.01′ W. 

long.; 

(125) 40°30.00′ N. lat., 124°37.40′ W. 

long.; 

(126) 40°27.34′ N. lat., 124°37.28′ W. 

long.; 

(127) 40°25.01′ N. lat., 124°36.36′ W. 

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(128) 40°22.28′ N. lat., 124°31.35′ W. 

long.; 

(129) 40°14.00′ N. lat., 124°33.02′ W. 

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(130) 40°10.00′ N. lat., 124°24.55′ W. 

long.; 

(131) 40°06.45′ N. lat., 124°19.24′ W. 

long.; 

(132) 40°07.08′ N. lat., 124°17.80′ W. 

long.; 

(133) 40°05.55′ N. lat., 124°18.11′ W. 

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(134) 40°04.74′ N. lat., 124°18.11′ W. 

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(135) 40°02.35′ N. lat., 124°16.54′ W. 

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(136) 40°01.51′ N. lat., 124°09.89′ W. 

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(137) 39°58.54′ N. lat., 124°12.43′ W. 

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(138) 39°55.72′ N. lat., 124°07.45′ W. 

long.; 

(139) 39°42.64′ N. lat., 124°02.52′ W. 

long.; 

(140) 39°35.96′ N. lat., 123°59.47′ W. 

long.; 

(141) 39°34.61′ N. lat., 123°59.59′ W. 

long.; 

(142) 39°33.79′ N. lat., 123°56.77′ W. 

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(143) 39°33.03′ N. lat., 123°57.06′ W. 

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(144) 39°32.21′ N. lat., 123°59.12′ W. 

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(145) 39°07.81′ N. lat., 123°59.06′ 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°45.29′ N. lat., 123°51.55′ W. 

long.; 

(151) 38°42.76′ N. lat., 123°49.73′ W. 

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(152) 38°41.42′ N. lat., 123°47.45′ W. 

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(153) 38°35.74′ N. lat., 123°43.82′ W. 

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(154) 38°34.92′ N. lat., 123°42.53′ W. 

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(155) 38°19.65′ N. lat., 123°31.95′ W. 

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(156) 38°14.38′ N. lat., 123°25.51′ W. 

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(157) 38°09.39′ N. lat., 123°24.40′ W. 

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(158) 38°10.06′ N. lat., 123°26.84′ W. 

long.; 

(159) 38°04.58′ N. lat., 123°31.91′ W. 

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(160) 38°02.06′ N. lat., 123°31.26′ W. 

long.; 

(161) 38°00.00′ N. lat., 123°29.56′ W. 

long.; 

(162) 37°58.07′ N. lat., 123°27.21′ W. 

long.; 

(163) 37°50.77′ N. lat., 123°24.52′ W. 

long.; 

(164) 37°43.94′ N. lat., 123°11.49′ W. 

long.; 

(165) 37°35.67′ N. lat., 123°02.23′ W. 

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(166) 37°23.48′ N. lat., 122°57.77′ W. 

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(167) 37°23.23′ N. lat., 122°53.85′ W. 

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(168) 37°13.96′ N. lat., 122°49.97′ W. 

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(169) 37°11.00′ N. lat., 122°45.68′ W. 

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(170) 37°07.00′ N. lat., 122°43.37′ W. 

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(171) 37°01.04′ N. lat., 122°37.94′ W. 

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(172) 36°57.40′ N. lat., 122°28.36′ W. 

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(173) 36°59.21′ N. lat., 122°25.64′ W. 

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(174) 36°56.90′ N. lat., 122°25.42′ W. 

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(175) 36°57.60′ N. lat., 122°21.95′ W. 

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(176) 36°55.92′ N. lat., 122°21.71′ W. 

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(177) 36°55.06′ N. lat., 122°17.07′ W. 

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(178) 36°52.27′ N. lat., 122°13.17′ W. 

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(179) 36°47.38′ N. lat., 122°07.62′ W. 

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(180) 36°47.27′ N. lat., 122°03.77′ W. 

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(181) 36°24.12′ N. lat., 121 59.74′ W. 

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(182) 36°21.99′ N. lat., 122°01.01′ W. 

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(183) 36°19.56′ N. lat., 122°05.88′ W. 

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(184) 36°14.63′ N. lat., 122°01.10′ W. 

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(185) 36°09.74′ N. lat., 121°45.01′ W. 

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(186) 36°06.69′ N. lat., 121°40.77′ W. 

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(187) 36°00.00′ N. lat., 121°36.01′ W. 

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(188) 35°56.54′ N. lat., 121°33.27′ W. 

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(189) 35°52.21′ N. lat., 121°32.46′ W. 

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(190) 35°51.21′ N. lat., 121°30.94′ W. 

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(191) 35°46.28′ N. lat., 121°30.29′ W. 

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(192) 35°33.68′ N. lat., 121°20.09′ W. 

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(193) 35°31.33′ N. lat., 121°15.22′ W. 

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(194) 35°23.29′ N. lat., 121°11.41′ W. 

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(195) 35°15.26′ N. lat., 121°04.49′ W. 

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(196) 35°07.05′ N. lat., 121°00.26′ W. 

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(197) 35°07.46′ N. lat., 120°57.10′ W. 

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(198) 34°44.29′ N. lat., 120°54.28′ W. 

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(199) 34°44.24′ N. lat., 120°57.69′ W. 

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(200) 34°39.06′ N. lat., 120°55.01′ W. 

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(201) 34°19.08′ N. lat., 120°31.21′ W. 

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(202) 34°17.72′ N. lat., 120°19.26′ W. 

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(203) 34°22.45′ N. lat., 120°12.81′ W. 

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(204) 34°21.36′ N. lat., 119°54.88′ W. 

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(205) 34°09.95′ N. lat., 119°46.18′ W. 

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(206) 34°09.08′ N. lat., 119°57.53′ W. 

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(207) 34°07.53′ N. lat., 120°06.35′ W. 

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(208) 34°10.37′ N. lat., 120°18.40′ W. 

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(209) 34°12.50′ N. lat., 120°18.40′ W. 

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(210) 34°12.50′ N. lat., 120°24.96′ W. 

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(211) 34°14.68′ N. lat., 120°29.48′ W. 

long.; 

(212) 34°09.51′ N. lat., 120°38.32′ W. 

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(213) 34°04.66′ N. lat., 120°36.29′ W. 

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(214) 34°02.21′ N. lat., 120°36.29′ W. 

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(215) 34°02.21′ N. lat., 120°34.65′ W. 

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(216) 33°56.39′ N. lat., 120°28.47′ W. 

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(217) 33°50.40′ N. lat., 120°10.00′ W. 

long.; 

(218) 33°37.96′ N. lat., 120°00.08′ W. 

long.; 

(219) 33°34.52′ N. lat., 119°51.84′ W. 

long.; 

(220) 33°35.51′ N. lat., 119°48.49′ W. 

long.; 

(221) 33°42.76′ N. lat., 119°47.77′ W. 

long.; 

(222) 33°51.63′ N. lat., 119°53.00′ W. 

long.; 

(223) 33°51.62′ N. lat., 119°48.00′ W. 

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(224) 33°54.59′ N. lat., 119°48.00′ W. 

long.; 

(225) 33°57.69′ N. lat., 119°31.00′ W. 

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(226) 33°54.11′ N. lat., 119°31.00′ W. 

long.; 

(227) 33°54.11′ N. lat., 119°26.00′ W. 

long.; 

(228) 33°57.94′ N. lat., 119°26.00′ W. 

long.; 

(229) 33°58.88′ N. lat., 119°20.06′ W. 

long.; 

(230) 34°02.65′ N. lat., 119°15.11′ W. 

long.; 

(231) 33°59.02′ N. lat., 119°02.99′ W. 

long.; 

(232) 33°57.61′ N. lat., 118°42.07′ W. 

long.; 

(233) 33°50.76′ N. lat., 118°37.98′ W. 

long.; 

(234) 33°39.17′ N. lat., 118°18.47′ W. 

long.; 

(235) 33°37.14′ N. lat., 118°18.39′ W. 

long.; 

(236) 33°35.51′ N. lat., 118°18.03′ W. 

long.; 

(237) 33°30.68′ N. lat., 118°10.35′ W. 

long.; 

(238) 33°32.49′ N. lat., 117°51.85′ W. 

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(239) 32°58.87′ N. lat., 117°20.36′ W. 

long.; and 

(240) 32°35.56′ N. lat., 117°29.66′ W. 

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(m) The 250–fm (457–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°14.71′ N. lat., 125°41.95′ W. 

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(2) 48°13.00′ N. lat., 125°39.00′ W. 

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(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. 

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(7) 47°57.00′ N. lat., 125°37.00′ W. 

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(9) 47°54.02′ N. lat., 125°36.60′ W. 

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(10) 47°53.70′ N. lat., 125°35.09′ W. 

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(11) 47°54.16′ N. lat., 125°32.38′ W. 

long.; 

(12) 47°55.50′ N. lat., 125°28.50′ W. 

long.; 

(13) 47°58.00′ N. lat., 125°25.00′ W. 

long.; 

(14) 48°00.50′ N. lat., 125°24.50′ W. 

long.; 

(15) 48°03.50′ N. lat., 125°21.00′ W. 

long.; 

(16) 48°02.00′ N. lat., 125°19.50′ W. 

long.; 

(17) 48°00.00′ N. lat., 125°21.00′ W. 

long.; 

(18) 47°58.00′ N. lat., 125°20.00′ W. 

long.; 

(19) 47°58.00′ N. lat., 125°18.00′ W. 

long.; 

(20) 47°52.00′ N. lat., 125°16.50′ W. 

long.; 

(21) 47°46.00′ N. lat., 125°06.00′ W. 

long.; 

(22) 47°44.50′ N. lat., 125°07.50′ W. 

long.; 

(23) 47°42.00′ N. lat., 125°06.00′ W. 

long.; 

(24) 47°37.96′ N. lat., 125°07.17′ W. 

long.; 

(25) 47°28.00′ N. lat., 124°58.50′ W. 

long.; 

(26) 47°28.88′ N. lat., 124°54.70′ W. 

long.; 

(27) 47°27.70′ N. lat., 124°51.87′ W. 

long.; 

(28) 47°24.84′ N. lat., 124°48.45′ W. 

long.; 

(29) 47°21.76′ N. lat., 124°47.42′ W. 

long.; 

(30) 47°18.84′ N. lat., 124°46.75′ W. 

long.; 

(31) 47°19.82′ N. lat., 124°51.43′ W. 

long.; 

(32) 47°18.13′ N. lat., 124°54.25′ W. 

long.; 

(33) 47°13.50′ N. lat., 124°54.70′ W. 

long.; 

(34) 47°15.00′ N. lat., 125°01.10′ W. 

long.; 

(35) 47°08.77′ N. lat., 125°00.91′ W. 

long.; 

(36) 47°05.80′ N. lat., 125°01.00′ W. 

long.; 

(37) 47°03.34′ N. lat., 124°57.50′ W. 

long.; 

(38) 47°01.00′ N. lat., 125°00.00′ W. 

long.; 

(39) 46°55.00′ N. lat., 125°02.00′ W. 

long.; 

(40) 46°53.32′ N. lat., 125°00.00′ W. 

long.; 

(41) 46°51.55′ N. lat., 125°00.00′ W. 

long.; 

(42) 46°50.80′ N. lat., 124°56.90′ W. 

long.; 

(43) 46°47.00′ N. lat., 124°55.00′ W. 

long.; 

(44) 46°34.00′ N. lat., 124°38.00′ W. 

long.; 

(45) 46°30.50′ N. lat., 124°41.00′ W. 

long.; 

(46) 46°33.00′ N. lat., 124°32.00′ W. 

long.; 

(47) 46°29.00′ N. lat., 124°32.00′ W. 

long.; 

(48) 46°20.00′ N. lat., 124°39.00′ W. 

long.; 

(49) 46°18.16′ N. lat., 124°40.00′ W. 

long.; 

(50) 46°16.00′ N. lat., 124°27.00′ W. 

long.; 

(51) 46°16.00′ N. lat., 124°27.01′ W. 

long.; 

(52) 46°15.00′ N. lat., 124°30.96′ W. 

long.; 

(53) 46°13.17′ N. lat., 124°37.87′ W. 

long.; 

(54) 46°13.17′ N. lat., 124°38.75′ W. 

long.; 

(55) 46°10.50′ N. lat., 124°42.00′ W. 

long.; 

(56) 46°06.21′ N. lat., 124°41.85′ W. 

long.; 

(57) 46°03.02′ N. lat., 124°50.27′ W. 

long.; 

(58) 45°57.00′ N. lat., 124°45.52′ W. 

long.; 

(59) 45°46.85′ N. lat., 124°45.91′ W. 

long.; 

(60) 45°45.81′ N. lat., 124°47.05′ W. 

long.; 

(61) 45°44.87′ N. lat., 124°45.98′ W. 

long.; 

(62) 45°43.44′ N. lat., 124°46.03′ W. 

long.; 

(63) 45°35.82′ N. lat., 124°45.72′ W. 

long.; 

(64) 45°35.70′ N. lat., 124°42.89′ W. 

long.; 

(65) 45°24.45′ N. lat., 124°38.21′ W. 

long.; 

(66) 45°11.68′ N. lat., 124°39.38′ W. 

long.; 

(67) 44°57.94′ N. lat., 124°37.02′ W. 

long.; 

(68) 44°44.28′ N. lat., 124°50.79′ W. 

long.; 

(69) 44°32.63′ N. lat., 124°54.21′ W. 

long.; 

(70) 44°23.36′ N. lat., 124°50.53′ W. 

long.; 

(71) 44°13.30′ N. lat., 124°59.03′ W. 

long.; 

(72) 43°57.85′ N. lat., 124°58.57′ W. 

long.; 

(73) 43°50.12′ N. lat., 124°53.36′ W. 

long.; 

(74) 43°49.53′ N. lat., 124°43.96′ W. 

long.; 

(75) 43°42.76′ N. lat., 124°41.40′ W. 

long.; 

(76) 43°24.00′ N. lat., 124°42.61′ W. 

long.; 

(77) 43°19.74′ N. lat., 124°45.12′ W. 

long.; 

(78) 43°19.62′ N. lat., 124°52.95′ W. 

long.; 

(79) 43°17.41′ N. lat., 124°53.02′ W. 

long.; 

(80) 42°56.41′ N. lat., 124°54.59′ W. 

long.; 

(81) 42°53.82′ N. lat., 124°55.76′ W. 

long.; 

(82) 42°53.54′ N. lat., 124°54.88′ W. 

long.; 

(83) 42°49.26′ N. lat., 124°55.17′ W. 

long.; 

(84) 42°46.74′ N. lat., 124°53.39′ W. 

long.; 

(85) 42°43.76′ N. lat., 124°51.64′ W. 

long.; 

(86) 42°45.41′ N. lat., 124°49.35′ W. 

long.; 

(87) 42°43.92′ N. lat., 124°45.92′ W. 

long.; 

(88) 42°38.84′ N. lat., 124°43.51′ W. 

long.; 

(89) 42°34.78′ N. lat., 124°46.56′ W. 

long.; 

(90) 42°31.47′ N. lat., 124°46.89′ W. 

long.; 

(91) 42°31.59′ N. lat., 124°44.85′ W. 

long.; 

(92) 42°31.12′ N. lat., 124°44.82′ W. 

long.; 

(93) 42°28.48′ N. lat., 124°49.96′ W. 

long.; 

(94) 42°26.28′ N. lat., 124°47.99′ W. 

long.; 

(95) 42°19.58′ N. lat., 124°43.21′ W. 

long.; 

(96) 42°13.75′ N. lat., 124°40.06′ W. 

long.; 

(97) 42°05.12′ N. lat., 124°39.06′ W. 

long.; 

(98) 42°00.00′ N. lat., 124°37.76′ W. 

long.; 

(99) 41°47.93′ N. lat., 124°31.79′ W. 

long.; 

(100) 41°21.35′ N. lat., 124°30.35′ W. 

long.; 

(101) 41°07.11′ N. lat., 124°25.25′ W. 

long.; 

(102) 40°57.37′ N. lat., 124°30.25′ W. 

long.; 

(103) 40°48.77′ N. lat., 124°30.69′ W. 

long.; 

(104) 40°41.03′ N. lat., 124°33.21′ W. 

long.; 

(105) 40°37.40′ N. lat., 124°38.96′ W. 

long.; 

(106) 40°33.70′ N. lat., 124°42.50′ W. 

long.; 

(107) 40°31.31′ N. lat., 124°41.59′ W. 

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(108) 40°30.00′ N. lat., 124°40.50′ W. 

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(109) 40°25.00′ N. lat., 124°36.65′ W. 

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(110) 40°22.42′ N. lat., 124°32.19′ W. 

long.; 

(111) 40°17.17′ N. lat., 124°32.21′ W. 

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(112) 40°18.68′ N. lat., 124°50.44′ W. 

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(113) 40°13.55′ N. lat., 124°34.26′ W. 

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(114) 40°10.00′ N. lat., 124°28.25′ W. 

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(115) 40°06.72′ N. lat., 124°21.40′ W. 

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(116) 40°01.63′ N. lat., 124°17.25′ W. 

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(117) 40°00.68′ N. lat., 124°11.19′ W. 

long.; 

(118) 39°59.09′ N. lat., 124°14.92′ W. 

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(119) 39°51.85′ N. lat., 124°10.33′ W. 

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(120) 39°36.90′ N. lat., 124°00.63′ W. 

long.; 

(121) 39°32.41′ N. lat., 124°00.01′ W. 

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(122) 39°05.40′ N. lat., 124°00.52′ W. 

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(123) 39°04.32′ N. lat., 123°59.00′ W. 

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(124) 38°58.02′ N. lat., 123°58.18′ W. 

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(125) 38°57.50′ N. lat., 124°01.90′ W. 

long.; 

(126) 38°50.27′ N. lat., 123°56.26′ W. 

long.; 

(127) 38°46.73′ N. lat., 123°51.93′ W. 

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(128) 38°44.64′ N. lat., 123°51.77′ W. 

long.; 

(129) 38°32.97′ N. lat., 123°41.84′ W. 

long.; 

(130) 38°14.56′ N. lat., 123°32.18′ W. 

long.; 

(131) 38°13.85′ N. lat., 123°29.94′ W. 

long.; 

(132) 38°11.88′ N. lat., 123°30.57′ W. 

long.; 

(133) 38°08.72′ N. lat., 123°29.56′ W. 

long.; 

(134) 38°05.62′ N. lat., 123°32.38′ W. 

long.; 

(135) 38°01.90′ N. lat., 123°32.00′ W. 

long.; 

(136) 38°00.00′ N. lat., 123°30.00′ W. 

long.; 

(137) 37°58.07′ N. lat., 123°27.35′ W. 

long.; 

(138) 37°54.97′ N. lat., 123°27.69′ W. 

long.; 

(139) 37°51.32′ N. lat., 123°25.40′ W. 

long.; 

(140) 37°43.82′ N. lat., 123°11.69′ W. 

long.; 

(141) 37°35.67′ N. lat., 123°02.62′ W. 

long.; 

(142) 37°11.00′ N. lat., 122°54.50′ W. 

long.; 

(143) 37°07.00′ N. lat., 122°48.59′ W. 

long.; 

(144) 36°59.99′ N. lat., 122°38.49′ W. 

long.; 

(145) 36°56.64′ N. lat., 122°28.78′ W. 

long.; 

(146) 36°58.93′ N. lat., 122°25.67′ W. 

long.; 

(147) 36°56.19′ N. lat., 122°25.67′ W. 

long.; 

(148) 36°57.09′ N. lat., 122°22.85′ W. 

long.; 

(149) 36°54.95′ N. lat., 122°22.63′ W. 

long.; 

(150) 36°52.25′ N. lat., 122°13.94′ W. 

long.; 

(151) 36°46.94′ N. lat., 122°07.90′ W. 

long.; 

(152) 36°46.86′ N. lat., 122°02.24′ W. 

long.; 

(153) 36°43.73′ N. lat., 121°59.33′ W. 

long.; 

(154) 36°38.93′ N. lat., 122°02.46′ W. 

long.; 

(155) 36°30.77′ N. lat., 122°01.40′ W. 

long.; 

(156) 36°23.78′ N. lat., 122°00.52′ W. 

long.; 

(157) 36°19.98′ N. lat., 122°07.63′ W. 

long.; 

(158) 36°15.36′ N. lat., 122°03.50′ W. 

long.; 

(159) 36°09.47′ N. lat., 121°45.37′ W. 

long.; 

(160) 36°06.42′ N. lat., 121°41.34′ W. 

long.; 

(161) 36°00.00′ N. lat., 121°37.68′ W. 

long.; 

(162) 35°52.25′ N. lat., 121°33.21′ W. 

long.; 

(163) 35°51.09′ N. lat., 121°31.83′ W. 

long.; 

(164) 35°46.47′ N. lat., 121°31.19′ W. 

long.; 

(165) 35°33.97′ N. lat., 121°21.69′ W. 

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(166) 35°30.94′ N. lat., 121°18.36′ W. 

long.; 

(167) 35°23.08′ N. lat., 121°15.56′ W. 

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(168) 35°13.67′ N. lat., 121°05.79′ W. 

long.; 

(169) 35°06.77′ N. lat., 121°02.45′ W. 

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(170) 34°53.32′ N. lat., 121°01.46′ W. 

long.; 

(171) 34°49.36′ N. lat., 121°03.04′ W. 

long.; 

(172) 34°44.12′ N. lat., 121°01.28′ W. 

long.; 

(173) 34°32.38′ N. lat., 120°51.78′ W. 

long.; 

(174) 34°27.00′ N. lat., 120°44.25′ W. 

long.; 

(175) 34°17.93′ N. lat., 120°35.43′ W. 

long.; 

(176) 34°16.02′ N. lat., 120°28.70′ W. 

long.; 

(177) 34°09.84′ N. lat., 120°38.85′ W. 

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(178) 34°03.22′ N. lat., 120°36.12′ W. 

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(179) 33°55.98′ N. lat., 120°28.81′ W. 

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(180) 33°49.88′ N. lat., 120°10.07′ W. 

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(181) 33°37.75′ N. lat., 120°00.35′ W. 

long.; 

(182) 33°33.91′ N. lat., 119°51.74′ W. 

long.; 

(183) 33°35.07′ N. lat., 119°48.14′ W. 

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(184) 33°42.60′ N. lat., 119°47.40′ W. 

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(185) 33°53.25′ N. lat., 119°52.58′ W. 

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(186) 33°57.48′ N. lat., 119°31.27′ W. 

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(187) 33°55.47′ N. lat., 119°24.96′ W. 

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(188) 33°57.60′ N. lat., 119°26.68′ W. 

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(189) 33°58.68′ N. lat., 119°20.13′ W. 

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(190) 34°02.02′ N. lat., 119°14.62′ W. 

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(191) 33°58.73′ N. lat., 119°03.21′ W. 

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(192) 33°57.33′ N. lat., 118°43.08′ W. 

long.; 

(193) 33°50.71′ N. lat., 118°38.33′ W. 

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(194) 33°39.27′ N. lat., 118°18.76′ W. 

long.; 

(195) 33°35.16′ N. lat., 118°18.33′ W. 

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(196) 33°28.82′ N. lat., 118°08.73′ W. 

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(197) 33°31.44′ N. lat., 117°51.34′ W. 

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(198) 32°58.76′ N. lat., 117°20.85′ W. 

long.; and 

(199) 32°35.61′ N. lat., 117°30.15′ W. 

long. 

(n) The 250–fm (457–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°06.10′ N. lat., 118°39.07′ W. 

long.; 

(2) 33°05.31′ N. lat., 118°40.88′ W. 

long.; 

(3) 33°03.03′ N. lat., 118°41.72′ W. 

long.; 

(4) 32°46.62′ N. lat., 118°32.23′ W. 

long.; 

(5) 32°40.81′ N. lat., 118°23.85′ W. 

long.; 

(6) 32°47.55′ N. lat., 118°17.59′ W. 

long.; 

(7) 32°57.35′ N. lat., 118°28.83′ W. 

long.; 

(8) 33°02.79′ N. lat., 118°32.85′ W. 

long.; and 

(9) 33°06.10′ N. lat., 118°39.07′ W. 

long. 

(o) The 250–fm (457–m) depth 

contour used around Santa Catalina 

Island is defined by straight lines 

connecting all of the following points in 

the order stated: 

(1) 33°13.37′ N. lat., 118°08.39′ W. 

long.; 

(2) 33°20.86′ N. lat., 118°14.39′ W. 

long.; 

(3) 33°26.49′ N. lat., 118°21.17′ W. 

long.; 

(4) 33°28.14′ N. lat., 118°26.68′ W. 

long.; 

(5) 33°30.36′ N. lat., 118°30.55′ W. 

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long.; 

(7) 33°32.89′ N. lat., 118°42.97′ W. 

long.; 

(8) 33°32.64′ N. lat., 118°49.44′ W. 

long.; 

(9) 33°38.02′ N. lat., 118°57.35′ W. 

long.; 

(10) 33°37.08′ N. lat., 118°57.93′ W. 

long.; 

(11) 33°30.76′ N. lat., 118°49.96′ W. 

long.; 

(12) 33°23.24′ N. lat., 118°32.88′ W. 

long.; 

(13) 33°20.91′ N. lat., 118°34.67′ W. 

long.; 

(14) 33°17.04′ N. lat., 118°28.21′ W. 

long.; and 

(15) 33°13.37′ N. lat., 118°08.39′ W. 

long. 

(p) The 250–fm (457–m) depth 

contour used around Lasuen Knoll is 

defined by straight lines connecting all 

of the following points in the order 

stated: 

(1) 33°26.76′ N. lat., 118°00.77′ W. 

long.; 

(2) 33°25.30′ N. lat., 117°57.88′ W. 

long.; 

(3) 33°23.37′ N. lat., 117°56.14′ W. 

long.; 

(4) 33°22.06′ N. lat., 117°57.06′ W. 

long.; 

(5) 33°22.85′ N. lat., 117°59.47′ W. 

long.; 

(6) 33°23.97′ N. lat., 118°00.72′ W. 

long.; 

(7) 33°25.98′ N. lat., 118°01.63′ W. 

long.; and 

(8) 33°26.76′ N. lat., 118°00.77′ W. 

long. 

(q) The 250–fm (457–m) depth 

contour used around San Diego Rise is 

defined by straight lines connecting all 

of the following points in the order 

stated: 

(1) 32 °51.58′ N. lat., 117°51.00′ W. 

long.; 

(2) 32°44.69′ N. lat., 117°44.55′ W. 

long.; 

(3) 32°37.05′ N. lat., 117°42.02′ W. 

long.; 

(4) 32°36.07′ N. lat., 117°44.29′ W. 

long.; 

(5) 32°47.03′ N. lat., 117°50.97′ W. 

long.; 

(6) 32°51.50′ N. lat., 117°51.47′ W. 

long.; and 

(7) 32°51.58′ N. lat., 117°51.00′ W. 

long. 

(r) The 250–fm (457–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°14.71′ 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°37.26′ W. 

long.; 

(7) 47°55.20′ N. lat., 125°36.60′ W. 

long.; 

(8) 48°05.00′ N. lat., 125°24.50′ W. 

long.; 

(9) 48°03.50′ N. lat., 125°21.00′ W. 

long.; 

(10) 48°02.00′ N. lat., 125°19.50′ W. 

long.; 

(11) 48°00.00′ N. lat., 125°21.00′ W. 

long.; 

(12) 47°58.00′ N. lat., 125°20.00′ W. 

long.; 

(13) 47°58.00′ N. lat., 125°18.00′ W. 

long.; 

(14) 47°52.00′ N. lat., 125°16.50′ W. 

long.; 

(15) 47°46.00′ N. lat., 125°06.00′ W. 

long.; 

(16) 47°44.50′ N. lat., 125°07.50′ W. 

long.; 

(17) 47°46.00′ N. lat., 125°06.00′ W. 

long.; 

(18) 47°44.50′ N. lat., 125°07.50′ W. 

long.; 

(19) 47°42.00′ N. lat., 125°06.00′ W. 

long.; 

(20) 47°37.96′ N. lat., 125°07.17′ W. 

long.; 

(21) 47°28.00′ N. lat., 124°58.50′ W. 

long.; 

(22) 47°28.88′ N. lat., 124°54.70′ W. 

long.; 

(23) 47°27.70′ N. lat., 124°51.87′ W. 

long.; 

(24) 47°24.84′ N. lat., 124°48.45′ W. 

long.; 

(25) 47°21.76′ N. lat., 124°47.42′ W. 

long.; 

(26) 47°18.84′ N. lat., 124°46.75′ W. 

long.; 

(27) 47°19.82′ N. lat., 124°51.43′ W. 

long.; 

(28) 47°18.13′ N. lat., 124°54.25′ W. 

long.; 

(29) 47°13.50′ N. lat., 124°54.70′ W. 

long.; 

(30) 47°15.00′ N. lat., 125°01.10′ W. 

long.; 

(31) 47°08.77′ N. lat., 125°00.91′ W. 

long.; 

(32) 47°05.80′ N. lat., 125°01.00′ W. 

long.; 

(33) 47°03.34′ N. lat., 124°57.50′ W. 

long.; 

(34) 47°01.00′ N. lat., 125°00.00′ W. 

long.; 

(35) 46°55.00′ N. lat., 125°02.00′ W. 

long.; 

(36) 46°53.32′ N. lat., 125°00.00′ W. 

long.; 

(37) 46°51.55′ N. lat., 125°00.00′ W. 

long.; 

(38) 46°50.80′ N. lat., 124°56.90′ 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°27.00′ 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. 

long.; 

(52) 45°56.99′ N. lat., 124°45.45′ W. 

long.; 

(53) 45°49.94′ N. lat., 124°45.75′ W. 

long.; 

(54) 45°49.94′ N. lat., 124°42.33′ W. 

long.; 

(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. 

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(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. 

long.; 

(82) 43°24.09′ N. lat., 124°42.57′ W. 

long.; 

(83) 43°19.73′ N. lat., 124°45.09′ W. 

long.; 

(84) 43°15.98′ N. lat., 124°47.76′ W. 

long.; 

(85) 43°04.14′ N. lat., 124°52.55′ W. 

long.; 

(86) 43°04.00′ N. lat., 124°53.88′ W. 

long.; 

(87) 42°54.69′ N. lat., 124°54.54′ W. 

long.; 

(88) 42°45.46′ N. lat., 124°49.37′ W. 

long.; 

(89) 42°43.91′ N. lat., 124°45.90′ W. 

long.; 

(90) 42°38.84′ N. lat., 124°43.36′ W. 

long.; 

(91) 42°34.82′ N. lat., 124°46.56′ W. 

long.; 

(92) 42°31.57′ N. lat., 124°46.86′ W. 

long.; 

(93) 42°30.98′ N. lat., 124°44.27′ W. 

long.; 

(94) 42°29.21′ N. lat., 124°46.93′ W. 

long.; 

(95) 42°28.52′ N. lat., 124°49.40′ W. 

long.; 

(96) 42°26.06′ N. lat., 124°46.61′ W. 

long.; 

(97) 42°21.82′ N. lat., 124°43.76′ W. 

long.; 

(98) 42°17.47′ N. lat., 124°38.89′ W. 

long.; 

(99) 42°13.67′ N. lat., 124°37.51′ W. 

long.; 

(100) 42°13.76′ N. lat., 124°40.03′ W. 

long.; 

(101) 42°05.12′ N. lat., 124°39.06′ W. 

long.; 

(102) 42°02.67′ N. lat., 124°38.41′ W. 

long.; 

(103) 42°02.67′ N. lat., 124°35.95′ W. 

long.; 

(104) 42°00.00′ N. lat., 124°36.83′ W. 

long.; 

(105) 41°47.79′ N. lat., 124°29.48′ W. 

long.; 

(106) 41°21.01′ N. lat., 124°29.01′ W. 

long.; 

(107) 41°13.50′ N. lat., 124°24.40′ W. 

long.; 

(108) 41°11.00′ N. lat., 124°22.99′ W. 

long.; 

(109) 41°06.69′ N. lat., 124°23.30′ W. 

long.; 

(110) 40°54.73′ N. lat., 124°28.15′ W. 

long.; 

(111) 40°53.95′ N. lat., 124°26.04′ W. 

long.; 

(112) 40°50.27′ N. lat., 124°26.20′ W. 

long.; 

(113) 40°44.49′ N. lat., 124°30.81′ W. 

long.; 

(114) 40°40.63′ N. lat., 124°32.14′ W. 

long.; 

(115) 40°38.96′ N. lat., 124°30.04′ W. 

long.; 

(116) 40°35.67′ N. lat., 124°30.43′ W. 

long.; 

(117) 40°37.41′ N. lat., 124°37.06′ W. 

long.; 

(118) 40°36.09′ N. lat., 124°40.11′ W. 

long.; 

(119) 40°31.35′ N. lat., 124°40.98′ W. 

long.; 

(120) 40°30.00′ N. lat., 124°37.48′ W. 

long.; 

(121) 40°27.34′ N. lat., 124°37.28′ W. 

long.; 

(122) 40°25.01′ N. lat., 124°36.36′ W. 

long.; 

(123) 40°22.28′ N. lat., 124°31.83′ W. 

long.; 

(124) 40°13.68′ N. lat., 124°33.10′ W. 

long.; 

(125) 40°10.00′ N. lat., 124°24.55′ W. 

long.; 

(126) 40°06.45′ N. lat., 124°19.24′ W. 

long.; 

(127) 40°07.08′ N. lat., 124°17.80′ W. 

long.; 

(128) 40°05.55′ N. lat., 124°18.11′ W. 

long.; 

(129) 40°04.74′ N. lat., 124°18.11′ W. 

long.; 

(130) 40°02.35′ N. lat., 124°16.53′ W. 

long.; 

(131) 40°01.13′ N. lat., 124°12.98′ W. 

long.; 

(132) 40°01.52′ N. lat., 124°09.83′ W. 

long.; 

(133) 39°58.54′ N. lat., 124°12.43′ W. 

long.; 

(134) 39°55.72′ N. lat., 124°07.44′ W. 

long.; 

(135) 39°42.64′ N. lat., 124°02.52′ W. 

long.; 

(136) 39°35.96′ N. lat., 123°59.47′ W. 

long.; 

(137) 39°34.61′ N. lat., 123°59.58′ W. 

long.; 

(138) 39°33.79′ N. lat., 123°56.77′ W. 

long.; 

(139) 39°33.03′ N. lat., 123°57.06′ W. 

long.; 

(140) 39°32.21′ N. lat., 123°59.12′ W. 

long.; 

(141) 39°07.81′ N. lat., 123°59.06′ W. 

long.; 

(142) 38°57.50′ N. lat., 123°57.25′ W. 

long.; 

(143) 38°52.26′ N. lat., 123°56.18′ W. 

long.; 

(144) 38°50.21′ N. lat., 123°55.48′ W. 

long.; 

(145) 38°46.81′ N. lat., 123°51.49′ W. 

long.; 

(146) 38°45.29′ N. lat., 123°51.55′ W. 

long.; 

(147) 38°42.76′ N. lat., 123°49.73′ W. 

long.; 

(148) 38°41.26′ N. lat., 123°47.28′ W. 

long.; 

(149) 38°35.75′ N. lat., 123°43.76′ W. 

long.; 

(150) 38°34.93′ N. lat., 123°42.46′ W. 

long.; 

(151) 38°19.95′ N. lat., 123°32.90′ W. 

long.; 

(152) 38°14.38′ N. lat., 123°25.51′ W. 

long.; 

(153) 38°09.39′ N. lat., 123°24.39′ W. 

long.; 

(154) 38°10.18′ N. lat., 123°27.11′ W. 

long.; 

(155) 38°04.64′ N. lat., 123°31.97′ W. 

long.; 

(156) 38°02.06′ N. lat., 123°31.26′ W. 

long.; 

(157) 38°00.00′ N. lat., 123°29.64′ W. 

long.; 

(158) 37°58.19′ N. lat., 123°27.40′ W. 

long.; 

(159) 37°50.62′ N. lat., 123°24.51′ W. 

long.; 

(160) 37°43.82′ N. lat., 123°11.69′ W. 

long.; 

(161) 37°35.67′ N. lat., 123°02.62′ W. 

long.; 

(162) 37°23.53′ N. lat., 122°58.65′ W. 

long.; 

(163) 37°23.23′ N. lat., 122°53.78′ W. 

long.; 

(164) 37°13.97′ N. lat., 122°49.91′ W. 

long.; 

(165) 37°11.00′ N. lat., 122°45.61′ W. 

long.; 

(166) 37°07.00′ N. lat., 122°44.76′ W. 

long.; 

(167) 36°59.99′ N. lat., 122°38.49′ W. 

long.; 

(168) 36°56.64′ N. lat., 122°28.78′ W. 

long.; 

(169) 36°58.93′ N. lat., 122°25.67′ W. 

long.; 

(170) 36°56.19′ N. lat., 122°25.67′ W. 

long.; 

(171) 36°57.09′ N. lat., 122°22.85′ W. 

long.; 

(172) 36°54.95′ N. lat., 122°22.63′ W. 

long.; 

(173) 36°52.25′ N. lat., 122°13.94′ W. 

long.; 

(174) 36°46.94′ N. lat., 122°07.90′ W. 

long.; 

(175) 36°47.12′ N. lat., 122°03.99′ W. 

long.; 

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(178) 36°19.61′ N. lat., 122°06.29′ W. 

long.; 

(179) 36°14.73′ N. lat., 122°01.55′ W. 

long.; 

(180) 36°09.47′ N. lat., 121°45.37′ W. 

long.; 

(181) 36°06.42′ N. lat., 121°41.34′ W. 

long.; 

(182) 36°00.07′ N. lat., 121°37.68′ W. 

long.; 

(183) 36°00.00′ N. lat., 121°37.66′ W. 

long.; 

(184) 35°52.25′ N. lat., 121°33.21′ W. 

long.; 

(185) 35°51.09′ N. lat., 121°31.83′ W. 

long.; 

(186) 35°46.47′ N. lat., 121°31.19′ W. 

long.; 

(187) 35°33.97′ N. lat., 121°21.69′ W. 

long.; 

(188) 35°30.94′ N. lat., 121°18.36′ W. 

long.; 

(189) 35°23.08′ N. lat., 121°15.56′ W. 

long.; 

(190) 35°13.67′ N. lat., 121°05.79′ W. 

long.; 

(191) 35°06.77′ N. lat., 121°02.45′ W. 

long.; 

(192) 35°07.46′ N. lat., 120°57.10′ W. 

long.; 

(193) 34°44.29′ N. lat., 120°54.28′ W. 

long.; 

(194) 34°44.24′ N. lat., 120°57.62′ W. 

long.; 

(195) 34°41.65′ N. lat., 120°59.54′ W. 

long.; 

(196) 34°17.97′ N. lat., 120°35.54′ W. 

long.; 

(197) 34°16.02′ N. lat., 120°28.70′ W. 

long.; 

(198) 34°09.84′ N. lat., 120°38.85′ W. 

long.; 

(199) 34°02.21′ N. lat., 120°36.23′ W. 

long.; 

(200) 33°55.98′ N. lat., 120°28.81′ W. 

long.; 

(201) 33°49.88′ N. lat., 120°10.07′ W. 

long.; 

(202) 33°37.75′ N. lat., 120°00.35′ W. 

long.; 

(203) 33°33.91′ N. lat., 119° 51.74′ W. 

long.; 

(204) 33°35.07′ N. lat., 119°48.14′ W. 

long.; 

(205) 33°42.60′ N. lat., 119°47.40′ W. 

long.; 

(206) 33°51.63′ N. lat., 119°52.35′ W. 

long.; 

(207) 33°51.62′ N. lat., 119°47.94′ W. 

long.; 

(208) 33°54.29′ N. lat., 119°47.94′ W. 

long.; 

(209) 33°57.52′ N. lat., 119°30.94′ W. 

long.; 

(210) 33°54.11′ N. lat., 119°30.94′ W. 

long.; 

(211) 33°54.11′ N. lat., 119°25.94′ W. 

long.; 

(212) 33°57.74′ N. lat., 119°25.94′ W. 

long.; 

(213) 33°58.68′ N. lat., 119°20.13′ W. 

long.; 

(214) 34°02.02′ N. lat., 119°14.62′ W. 

long.; 

(215) 33°58.73′ N. lat., 119°03.21′ W. 

long.; 

(216) 33°57.33′ N. lat., 118°43.08′ W. 

long.; 

(217) 33°50.71′ N. lat., 118°38.33′ W. 

long.; 

(218) 33°39.27′ N. lat., 118°18.76′ W. 

long.; 

(219) 33°35.16′ N. lat., 118°18.33′ W. 

long.; 

(220) 33°28.82′ N. lat., 118°08.73′ W. 

long.; 

(221) 33°31.44′ N. lat., 117°51.34′ W. 

long.; 

(222) 32°58.76′ N. lat., 117°20.85′ W. 

long.; and 

(223) 32°35.61′ N. lat., 117°30.15′ W. 

long. 

* * * * * 

24. In part 660, subpart G, Tables 1–

5 are revised to read as follows: 

TABLE 1A.TO PART 660, SUBPART G—2007 SPECIFICATIONS OF ACCEPTABLE BIOLOGICAL CATCH (ABC), OPTIMUM

YIELDS (OYS), HARVEST GUIDELINES (HGS), AND LIMITED ENTRY AND OPEN ACCESS ALLOCATIONS, BY MANAGEMENT AREA (WEIGHTS IN METRIC TONS). 

ABC Specifications HG b/ 

Species ABC Contributions by Area 

Vancouver a/ 

Columbia Eureka Monterey Conception 

ABC 

OY b/ Commercial 

Recreational 

ROUNDFISH: 

Lingcod c/ 

north of 42°N. lat. 

5,428 852 6,280 5,558 

south of 42°N. lat. 612 

Pacific Cod e/ 3,200 d/ 3,200 1,600 1,200 

Pacific Whiting f/ 244,425 - 733,275 f/ f/ 

Sablefish g/ 6,210 6,210 5,934 5,362 

Cabezon h/ 

south of 42°N. lat. 

d/ 71 23 94 69 27 

FLATFISH: 

Dover sole i/ 28,522 28,522 16,500 

English sole j/ 6,237 6,237 6,237 

Petrale sole k/ 1,397 1,628 3,025 2,499 

Arrowtooth flounder l/ 5,800 5,800 5,800 


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YIELDS (OYS), HARVEST GUIDELINES (HGS), AND LIMITED ENTRY AND OPEN ACCESS ALLOCATIONS, BY MANAGEMENT AREA (WEIGHTS IN METRIC TONS).—Continued 

ABC Specifications HG b/ 

Species ABC Contributions by Area 

Vancouver a/ 

Columbia Eureka Monterey Conception 

ABC 

OY b/ Commercial 

Recreational 

Starry Flounder m/ 1,221 1,221 890 

Other flatfish n/ 6,731 6,781 4,884 

ROCKFISH: 

Pacific Ocean Perch o/ 900 900 150 111.3 

Shortbelly p/ 13,900 13,900 13,900 

Widow q/ 5,334 5,334 368 251.4 9.4 

Canary r/ 172 172 44 23.8 17.2 

Chilipepper s/ d/ 2,700 2,700 2,000 

Bocaccio t/ d/ 602 602 218 80.2 66.3 

Splitnose u/ d/ 615 615 461 

Yellowtail v/ 4,548 d/ 4,548 4,548 

Shortspine thornyhead 

w/ 

north of 34°27’ N. lat. 

2,476 2,476 1,634 

south of 34°27’ N. lat. 421 

Longspine thornyhead x/ 

north of 34°27’ N. lat. 

3,907 3,907 2,220 

south of 34°27’ N. lat. 476 

Cowcod y/ 

north of 36° N. lat. 

d/ 19 -- 19 4 3.1 0.3 

south of 36° N. lat. d/ -- 17 17 

Darkblotched z/ 456 456 290 259.8 

Yelloweye aa/ 26 26 23 7.9 8.9 

California Scorpionfish 

bb/ 

219 219 175 34 

Black cc/ 

north of 46°16’ N. lat. 

540 540 540 

south of 46°16’ N. lat. 722 722 722 

Minor Rockfish north dd/ 3,680 -- 3,680 2,270 2,181 89 

Minor Rockfish south ee/ -- 3,403 3,403 1,904 1,418 486 

Remaining Rockfish 1,612 1,105 -- 

bank ff/ d/ 350 

blackgill gg/ d/ 292 

bocaccio north 318 -- 

chilipepper north 32 -- 

redstripe 576 d/ 


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TABLE 1A.TO PART 660, SUBPART G—2007 SPECIFICATIONS OF ACCEPTABLE BIOLOGICAL CATCH (ABC), OPTIMUM

YIELDS (OYS), HARVEST GUIDELINES (HGS), AND LIMITED ENTRY AND OPEN ACCESS ALLOCATIONS, BY MANAGEMENT AREA (WEIGHTS IN METRIC TONS).—Continued 

ABC Specifications HG b/ 

Species ABC Contributions by Area 

Vancouver a/ 

Columbia Eureka Monterey Conception 

ABC 

OY b/ Commercial 

Recreational 

sharpchin 307 45 

silvergrey 38 d/ 

splitnose north 242 -- 

yellowmouth 99 d/ 

yellowtail south -- 116 

Gopher d/ 302 

Other rockfish hh/ 2,068 2,298 -- 

SHARKS/SKATES/RATFISH/MORIDS/GRENADIERS/KELP GREENLING: 

Other fish ii/ 2,500 7,000 1,200 3,900 14,600 7,300 -- 

TABLE 1B. TO PART 660, SUBPART G—2007 OYS FOR MINOR ROCKFISH BY DEPTH SUB-GROUPS (WEIGHTS IN METRIC

TONS). 

Species Total Catch 

ABC 

Total Catch 

OY 

Recreational 

HG 

Commercial 

HG 

Limited Entry HG Open Access HG 

Mt % Mt % 

Minor Rockfish North 

dd/ 

3,680 2,270 89 2,181 2,000 91.7 181 8.3 

Nearshore 142 79 63 

Shelf 968 10 958 

Slope 1,160 0 1,160 

Minor Rockfish South 

ee/ 

3,403 1,904 486 1,418 790 55.7 628 44.3 

Nearshore 564 426 138 

Shelf 714 60 654 

Slope 626 0 626 

TABLE 1C. TO PART 660, SUBPART G— 2007 OPEN ACCESS AND LIMITED ENTRY ALLOCATIONS BY SPECIES OR SPECIES

GROUP. (WEIGHTS IN METRIC TONS) 

Species Commercial Total 

Catch HGs 

Commercial Total Catch HGs 

Limited Entry Open Access 

Mt % Mt % 

Lingcod north of 42° N. lat. 

south of 42° N. lat. 

-- -- 81.0 -- 19.0 

Sablefish jj/ 

north of 36° N. lat. 

5,151 4,667 90.6 484 9.4 

Widow kk/ 251.4 -- 97.0 -- 3.0 

Canary kk/ 23 -- 87.7 -- 12.3 


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TABLE 1C. TO PART 660, SUBPART G— 2007 OPEN ACCESS AND LIMITED ENTRY ALLOCATIONS BY SPECIES OR SPECIES

GROUP. (WEIGHTS IN METRIC TONS)—Continued 

Species Commercial Total 

Catch HGs 

Commercial Total Catch HGs 

Limited Entry Open Access 

Mt % Mt % 

Chilipepper 2,000 1,114 55.7 886 44.3 

Bocaccio kk/ 80.2 -- 55.7 -- 44.3 

Yellowtail -- -- 91.7 -- 8.3 

Shortspine thornyhead 

north of 34°27’ N. lat. 

1,634 1,193 99.7 441 0.27 

Minor Rockfish 

north of 40°10’ N. lat. 

2,181 2,000 91.7 181 8.3 

south of 40°10’ N. lat. 1,418 790 55.7 628 44.3 

a/ ABCs apply to the U.S. portion of the Vancouver area. 

b/ Optimum Yields (OYs) and Harvest Guidelines (HGs) are specified as total catch values. Though presented as harvest guidelines, the recreational values for widow rockfish, bocaccio, and cowcod are catch estimates. A harvest guideline is a specified harvest target and not a quota. 

The use of this term may differ from the use of similar terms in state regulation. 

c/ Lingcod- A coastwide lingcod stock assessment was prepared in 2005. The lingcod biomass was estimated to be at 64 percent of its 

unfished biomass in 2005. The ABC was calculated using an FMSY proxy of F45%. The ABC of 6,280 mt is a two year average ABC for 2007 and 

2008. Because the stock is above B40% coastwide, the OY could be set equal to the ABC. Separate OYs are being adopted for the area north of 

42° N. lat. and the area south of 42° N. lat. For that portion of the stock north of 42° N. lat. the OY of 5,558 mt is set equal to the ABC contribution for the area. The biomass in the area south of 42° N. lat. is estimated to be at 24 percent of the unfished biomass. As a precautionary 

measure, the OY for the southern portion of the stock is being set at 612 mt, which is lower than the ABC contribution for the area. An OY of 

612 mt (equivalent to the 2006 OY) is expected to result in a biomass increase for the southern portion of the stock. The tribes do not have a 

specific allocation at this time, but are expected to take 30 mt of the commercial HG. 

d/ ′′Other species′′, these species are neither common nor important to the commercial and recreational fisheries in the areas footnoted. Accordingly, these species are included in the harvest guidelines of ′′other fish′′, ′′other rockfish′′ or ′′remaining rockfish′′. 

e/ Pacific Cod - The 3,200 mt ABC for the Vancouver-Columbia area is based on historical landings data. The 1,600 mt OY is the ABC reduced by 50 percent as a precautionary adjustment. A tribal harvest guideline of 400 mt is deducted from the OY resulting in a commercial OY 

of 1,200 mt. 

f/ Pacific whiting - Final adoption of the Pacific whiting ABC and OY have been deferred until the Council’s March 2007 meeting. Therefore, 

table 1a contains the ABC and OY range considered in the EIS and under the proposed rule. It is anticipated that a new assessment will be 

available in early 2007 and the results will be used to set the 2007 ABC and OY. The final ABC and OY will be published as a separate action 

following the Council’s recommendation at its March 2007 meeting. 

g/ Sablefish - A coastwide sablefish stock assessment was prepared in 2005. The coastwide sablefish biomass was estimated to be at 35.2 

percent of its unfished biomass in 2005. Projections indicate that the biomass is increasing and will be near 42 percent of its unfished biomass 

by 2008. The coastwide ABC of 6,210 mt was based on the base-case assessment model with a FMSY proxy of F45%. The coastwide OY of 

5,934 mt is based on the application of the 40-10 harvest policy and is a two year average OY for 2007 and 2008. To apportion fishery allocations for the area north of 36° N. lat., 96.45 percent of the coastwide OY (5,723 mt) is attributed to the northern area. The tribal allocation for the 

area north of 36° N. lat. is 572 mt (10 percent of the OY north of 36° N. lat), which is further reduced by 1.9 percent (10.9 mt) for discards. The 

tribal landed catch value is 561.4 mt. 

h/ Cabezon was assessed south of 42° N. lat. in 2005. In 2005, the stock was estimated to be at 28 percent of its unfished biomass north of 

34° 27’ N. lat. and 40 percent of its unfished biomass south of 34° 27’ N. lat. The biomass is projected to be increasing in the northern area and 

decreasing in the southern area. The ABC of 94 mt (71 mt for the northern portion of the stock and 23 mt for the southern portion of the stock) is 

based on the new assessment with a harvest rate proxy of F50%. The OY of 69 mt is a constant harvest level that is consistent with the application of a 60-20 harvest rate policy specified in the California Nearshore Management Plan. 

i/ Dover sole was assessed north of 34° 27’ N. lat. in 2005. The Dover sole biomass was estimated to be at 59.8 percent of its unfished biomass in 2005 and is projected to be increasing. The ABC of 28,522 mt is based on the results of the 2005 assessment with an FMSY proxy of 

F40%. Because the stock is above B40% coastwide, the OY could be set equal to the ABC. The OY of 16,500 mt, which is less than the ABC, is 

the MSY harvest level and is considerably larger than the coastwide catches in any recent years. 

j/ A coastwide English sole stock assessment was prepared in 2005 and the stock was estimated to be at 91.5 percent of its unfished biomass 

in 2005, but the stock biomass is believed to be declining. The ABC of 6,237 is a 2007-2008 two year average ABC based on the the results of 

the 2005 assessment with an FMSY proxy of F40%. Because the stock is above B40%, the OY was set equal to the ABC. 

k/ A petrale sole stock assessment was prepared for 2005. In 2005 the petrale sole stock coastwide was estimated to be at 32 percent of its 

unfished biomass (34 percent in the northern assessment area and 29 percent in the southern assessment area). The petrale sole biomass is 

believed to be increasing. The ABC of 2,917 mt is based on the new assessment with a F40% FMSY proxy. To derive the OY, the 40-10 harvest 

policy was applied to the ABC for both the northern and southern assessment areas. As a precautionary measure, an additional 25 percent reduction was made in the OY contribution for the southern area due to assessment uncertainty. The OY of 2,499 mt is the average coastwide OY 

value for 2007 and 2008. 

l/ Arrowtooth flounder was last assessed in 1993 and was estimated to be above 40 percent of its unfished biomass, therefore the OY will be 

set equal to the ABC. 

m/ Starry Flounder was assessed for the first time in 2005 and was estimated to be above 40 percent of its unfished biomass in 2005 (44 percent for the northern stock off Washington and Oregon, and 62 percent for the southern stock of California). The starry flounder biomass is believed to be declining, and will be below B40%. The starry flounder assessment was considered to be a data-poor assessment relative to other 

groundfish assessments. For 2007, the coastwide ABC of 1,221 mt is based on the new assessment with a FMSY proxy of F40% and is an average ABC for 2007 and 2008. Because the stock is believed to be above B40%, the OY could be set equal to the ABC. To derive the OY, the 40- 

10 harvest policy was applied to the ABC for both the northern and southern assessment areas then an additional 25 percent reduction was 

made due to assessment uncertainty. Starry flounder was previously managed as part of the ≥other flatfish≥ category. The OY of 890 mt is the 

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n/ ′′Other flatfish′′ are those flatfish species that do not have individual ABC/OYs and include butter sole, curlfin sole, flathead sole, Pacific 

sand dab, rex sole, rock sole, and sand sole. Starry flounder was assessed in 2005 and is being removed from other flatfish complex beginning 

in 2007. The ABC is based on historical catch levels. The ABC of 6,731 mt is based on the highest landings for sanddabs (1995) and rex sole 

(1982) for the 1981-2003 period and on the average landings from the 1994-1998 period for the remaining other flatfish species. The OY of 

4,884 mt is based on the ABC with a 25 percent precautionary adjustment for sanddabs and rex sole and a 50 percent precautionary adjustment 

for the remaining species. 

o/ A POP stock assessment was prepared in 2005 and the stock was estimated to be at 23.4 percent of its unfished biomass in 2005. The 

ABC of 900 mt for the Vancouver-Columbia area was projected from the 2005 stock assessment and is based on an FMSY proxy of F50%. The 

OY of 150 mt is based on a rebuilding plan with a target year to rebuild of 2017 and an SPR harvest rate of 86.4 percent. The OY is reduced by 

3.6 mt for the amount anticipated to be taken during research activity. 

p/ Shortbelly rockfish remains an unexploited stock and is difficult to assess quantitatively. A 1989 stock assessment provided two alternative 

yield calculations of 13,900 mt and 47,000 mt. NMFS surveys have shown poor recruitment in most years since 1989, indicating low recent productivity and a naturally declining population in spite of low fishing pressure. The ABC and OY are therefore set at the low end of the range projected in the stock assessment, 13,900 mt. 

q/ Widow rockfish was assessed in 2005 and was estimated to be at 31.1 percent of its unfished biomass in 2004. The ABC of 5,334 mt is 

based on an F50% FMSY proxy. The OY of 368 mt is based on a rebuilding plan with a target year to rebuild of 2015 and an SPR rate of 95 percent. The OY is reduced by 3.0 mt for the amount anticipated to be taken during research activity. Tribal vessels are estimated to catch about 

46.1 mt of widow rockfish in 2007, but do not have a specific allocation at this time. For the Pacific whiting fishery, 200 mt is being set aside and 

will be managed with bycatch limits. 

r/ A canary rockfish stock assessment was completed in 2005 and the stock was estimated to be at 9.4 percent of its unfished biomass 

coastwide in 2005. The coastwide ABC of 172 mt is based on a FMSY proxy of F50%. The OY of 44 mt is based on a rebuilding plan with a target 

year to rebuild of 2063 and an SPR harvest rate of 88.7 percent. The OY is reduced by 3.0 mt for the amount anticipated to be taken during research activity. Tribal vessels are estimated to catch about 5 mt of canary rockfish under the 2007 commercial HG, but do not have a specific allocation at this time.South of 42° N. lat., the canary rockfish recreational fishery HG is 9.0 mt and north of 42° N. lat., the canary rockfish recreational fishery HG 8.2 mt. 

s/ Chilipepper rockfish was last assessed in 1998. The ABC (2,700 mt) for the Monterey-Conception area is based on a three year average 

projection from 1999-2001 with a F50% FMSY proxy. Because the unfished biomass is estimated to be above 40 percent the unfished biomass, 

the default OY could be set equal to the ABC. However, the OY is set at 2,000 mt to discourage fishing on chilipepper, which is taken with bocaccio. Management measures to constrain the harvest of overfished species have reduced the availability of chilipepper rockfish to the fishery 

during the past several years. Because the harvest assumptions (from the most recent stock assessment) used to forecast future harvest were 

likely overestimates, carrying the previously used ABCs and OYs forward into 2007 was considered to be conservative and based on the best 

available data. Open access is allocated 44.3 percent (886 mt) of the commercial HG and limited entry is allocated 55.7 percent (1,114 mt) of 

the commercial HG. 

t/ A bocaccio stock assessment update and a rebuilding analysis were prepared in 2005. The bocaccio stock was estimated to be at 10.7 percent of its unfished biomass in 2005. The ABC of 602 mt for the Monterey and Conception areas is based on a F50% FMSY proxy. The OY of 218 

mt is based on a rebuilding plan with a target year to rebuild of 2026 and a SPR harvest rate of 77.7 percent. The OY is reduced by 3.0 mt for 

the amount anticipated to be taken during research activity. 

u/ Splitnose rockfish - The ABC is 615 mt in the southern area (Monterey-Conception). The 461 mt OY for the southern area reflects a 25 percent precautionary adjustment because of the less rigorous stock assessment for this stock. Because the harvest assumptions used to forecast 

future harvest were likely overestimates, carrying the previously used ABCs and OYs forward into 2007 was considered to be conservative and 

based on the best available data. 

v/ Yellowtail rockfish - A yellowtail rockfish stock assessment was prepared in 2005 for the Vancouver-Columbia-Eureka areas. Yellowtail rockfish was estimated to be above 40 percent of its unfished biomass in 2005. The ABC of 4,548 mt is a 2 year average ABC for 2007 and 2008 

and is based on the 2005 stock assessment with the FMSY proxy of F50%. The OY of 4,548 mt was set equal to the ABC, because the stock is 

above the precautionary threshold of B40%. Tribal vessels are estimated to catch about 539 mt of yellowtail rockfish in 2007, but do not have a 

specific allocation at this time. 

w/ Shortspine thornyhead was assessed coastwide in 2005 and the stock was estimated to be at 63 percent of its unfished biomass in 2005. 

The ABC of 2,476 mt is based on a F50% FMSY proxy and is the two year average ABC for 2007 and 2008. For that portion of the stock (66 percent of the biomass) north of Pt. Conception (34° 27’ N. lat.), the OY of 1,634 mt was set at equal to the ABC because the stock is estimated to 

be above the precautionary threshold. For that portion of the stock south of Pt. Conception (34 percent of the biomass), the OY of 421 mt was 

the portion of the ABC for the area reduced by 50 percent as a precautionary adjustment due to the short duration and amount of survey data for 

that area. Tribal vessels are estimated to catch about 13 mt of shortspine thornyhead in 2007, but do not have a specific allocation at this time. 

x/ Longspine thornyhead was assessed coastwide in 2005 and the stock was estimated to be at 71 percent of its unfished biomass in 2005. 

The coastwide ABC of 3,907 mt is based on a F50% FMSY proxy and is the two year average OY for the 2007 and 2008 period. The OY is set 

equal to the ABC because the stock is above the precautionary threshold. Separate OYs are being established for the areas north and south of 

34° 27’ N. lat. (Point Conception). The OY for that portion of the stock in the northern area (79 percent)is set equal to the ABC. For that portion 

of the stock in the southern area (21 percent), the OY of 476 mt was the portion of the ABC for the area reduced by 25 percent as a precautionary adjustment due to the short duration and amount of survey data for that area. 

y/ Cowcod in the Conception area was assessed in 2005 and was estimated to be between 14 and 21 percent of its unfished biomass. The 

ABC of in the area south of 36° N. lat., the Conception area, is 17 mt and is based on the 2005 stock assessment with a F50% FMSY proxy. The 

ABC for the Monterey area (19 mt) is based on average landings from 1993-1997. A OY of 4 mt is being set for the combined areas. The OY is 

based on a rebuilding plan with a target year to rebuilding of 2039 and an SPR harvest rate 90 percent. The OY is reduced by 0.1 mt for the 

amount anticipated to be taken during research activity. 

z/ Darkblotched rockfish was assessed in 2005 and was estimated to be at 16 percent of its unfished biomass in 2005. The ABC is projected 

to be 456 mt and is based on the 2005 stock assessment with an FMSY proxy of F50%. The OY of 290 mt is based on a rebuilding plan with a 

target year to rebuild of 2011 and an SPR harvest rate of 64.1 percent in 2007. The OY is reduced by 3.8 mt for the amount anticipated to be 

taken during research activity. 

aa/ Yelloweye rockfish was assessed in 2006 and is estimated to be at 17.7 percent of its unfished biomass coastwide. The 26 mt coastwide 

ABC is based on the new stock assessment and an FMSY proxy of F50%. The 23 mt OY is based on a rebuilding plan with a target year to rebuild of 2084 an SPR harvest rate of 55.4 percent in 2007. The OY is reduced by 3.0 mt for the amount anticipated to be taken during research 

activity. Tribal vessels are estimated to catch 2.3 mt of yelloweye rockfish of the commercial HG in 2007, but do not have a specific allocation at 

this time. South of 42° N. lat. the yelloweye rockfish recreational fishery HG is 2.1 mt and north of 42° N. lat. the yelloweye rockfish recreational 

fishery HG 6.8 mt. 

bb/ California Scorpionfish south of 34° 27’ N. lat. was assessed in 2005 and was estimated to be above 40 percent of its unfished biomass in 

2005. The ABC of 219 mt is based on the new assessment with a harvest rate proxy of F50% and is an average ABC for 2007 and 2008. Because the stock is above B40% coastwide, the OY could be set equal to the ABC. The OY of 175 mt, which is lower than the ABC, reflects the 

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cc/ Black rockfish was last assessed in 2003 for the Columbia and Eureka area and in 2000 for the Vancouver area. The ABC for the area 

north of 46°16’ N. lat. is 540 mt and the ABC for the area south of 46°16’ N. lat. is 722 mt which is the average ABC for the 2007 and 2008 period. Because of an overlap in the assessed areas between Cape Falcon and the Columbia River, projections from the 2000 stock assessment 

were adjusted downward by 12 percent to account for the overlap. The ABCs were derived using an FMSY proxy of F50%. Because the unfished 

biomass is estimated to be above 40 percent, the OYs were set equal to the ABCs. For the area north of 46°16’ N. lat., the OY is 540 mt. The 

following tribal harvest guidelines are being set: 20,000 lb (9.1 mt) north of Cape Alava, WA (48° 09.50’ N. lat.) and 10,000 lb (4.5 mt) between 

Destruction Island, WA (47° 40’ N. lat.) and Leadbetter Point, WA (46° 38.17’ N. lat.). For the area south of 46°16’ N. lat., the OY is 722 mt. The 

black rockfish OY in the area south of 46°16’ N. lat., is subdivided with separate HGs being set for the area north of 42° N. lat (419 mt/58 percent) and for the area south of 42° N. lat (303 mt/42 percent). For the southern area north of 42° N. lat., a range is presented for the recreational 

estimate (289-350 mt) and comercial HG (91 -111 mt). Specific values will be specified in the final rule. Of the 303 mt of black rockfish attributed 

to the area south of 42° N. lat., 168 mt is estimated to be taken in the recreational fisheries, resulting in a commercial HG of 135 mt. 

dd/ Minor rockfish north includes the ′′remaining rockfish′′ and ′′other rockfish′′ categories in the Vancouver, Columbia, and Eureka areas combined. These species include ′′remaining rockfish′′, which generally includes species that have been assessed by less rigorous methods than 

stock assessments, and ′′other rockfish′′, which includes species that do not have quantifiable stock assessments. The ABC of 3,680 mt is the 

sum of the individual ′′remaining rockfish′′ ABCs plus the ′′other rockfish′′ ABCs. The remaining rockfish ABCs continues to be reduced by 25 

percent (F=0.75M) as a precautionary adjustment. To obtain the total catch OY of 2,270 mt, the remaining rockfish ABC was reduced by 25 percent and other rockfish ABC was reduced by 50 percent. This was a precautionary measure to address limited stock assessment information. 

Tribal vessels are estimated to catch about 38 mt of minor rockfish in 2007, but do not have a specific allocation at this time. 

ee/ Minor rockfish south includes the ′′remaining rockfish′′ and ′′other rockfish′′ categories in the Monterey and Conception areas combined. 

These species include ′′remaining rockfish′′ which generally includes species that have been assessed by less rigorous methods than stock assessment, and ′′other rockfish′′ which includes species that do not have quantifiable stock assessments. The ABC of 3,403 mt is the sum of the 

individual ′′remaining rockfish′′ ABCs plus the ′′other rockfish′′ ABCs. California scorpionfish is being removed from this category in 2007. Gopher 

rockfish is being moved from the ′′other rockfish′′ group to the remaining rockfish group in 2007. The remaining rockfish ABCs continue to be reduced by 25 percent (F=0.75M) as a precautionary adjustment. The remaining rockfish ABCs are further reduced by 25 percent, with the exception of blackgill rockfish (see footnote gg). The other rockfish ABCs were reduced by 50 percent. This was a precautionary measure due to limited stock assessment information. The resulting minor rockfish OY is 1,904 mt. 

ff/ Bank rockfish - The ABC is 350 mt which is based on a 2000 stock assessment for the Monterey and Conception areas. This stock contributes 263 mt towards the minor rockfish OY in the south. 

gg/ Blackgill rockfish in the Monterey and Conception areas was assessed in 2005 and is estimated to be at 50.6 percent of its unfished biomass in 2005. The ABC of 292 mt for Monterey and Conception areas is based on the 2005 stock assessment with an FMSY proxy of F50% and 

is the two year average ABC for the 2007 and 2008 periods. This stock contributes 292 mt towards minor rockfish south. 

hh/ ′′Other rockfish′′ includes rockfish species listed in 50 CFR 660.302. California scorpionfish and gopher rockfish were assessed in 2005 

and are being removed from this category. The California Scorpionfish contribution of 163 mt and the gopher rockfish contribution of 97 mt were 

removed from the ABC value. The ABC for the remaining species is based on the 1996 review of commercial Sebastes landings and includes an 

estimate of recreational landings. These species have never been assessed quantitatively. 

ii/ ′′Other fish′′ includes sharks, skates, rays, ratfish, morids, grenadiers, kelp greenling and other groundfish species noted above in footnote d. 

jj/ Sablefish allocation north of 36° N. lat. - The limited entry allocation is further divided with 58 percent allocated to the trawl fishery and 42 

percent allocated to the fixed-gear fishery. 

kk/ Specific open access/limited entry allocations have been suspended during the rebuilding period as necessary to meet the overall rebuilding target while allowing harvest of healthy stocks. 

TABLE 2A. TO PART 660, SUBPART G—2008, AND BEYOND, SPECIFICATIONS OF ACCEPTABLE BIOLOGICAL CATCH (ABC), 

OPTIMUM YIELDS (OYS), HARVEST GUIDELINES (HGS), BY MANAGEMENT AREA (WEIGHTS IN METRIC TONS). 

ABC Specifications HG b/ 

Species ABC Contributions by Area 

Vancouver a/ 

Columbia Eureka Monterey Conception 

ABC 

OY b/ Commercial 

Recreational 

ROUNDFISH: 

Lingcod c/ 

north of 42°N. lat. 

5,428 852 6,280 5,558 

south of 42°N. lat. 612 

Pacific Cod e/ 3,200 d/ 3,200 1,600 1,200 

Pacific Whiting f/ 244,425 - 733,275 244,425- 

733,275 

134,534- 

403,604 

Sablefish g/ 6,058 6,058 5,934 5,362 

Cabezon h/ 

south of 42°N. lat. 

c/ 71 23 94 69 27 

FLATFISH: 

Dover sole i/ 28,442 28,442 16,500 

English sole j/ 6,237 6,237 6,237 

Petrale sole k/ 1,475 1,444 2,919 2,499 

Arrowtooth flounder l/ 5,800 5,800 5,800 


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OPTIMUM YIELDS (OYS), HARVEST GUIDELINES (HGS), BY MANAGEMENT AREA (WEIGHTS IN METRIC TONS).—Continued 

ABC Specifications HG b/ 

Species ABC Contributions by Area 

Vancouver a/ 

Columbia Eureka Monterey Conception 

ABC 

OY b/ Commercial 

Recreational 

Starry Flounder m/ 1,221 1,221 890 

Other flatfish n/ 6,731 6,731 4,884 

ROCKFISH: 

Pacific Ocean Perch o/ 911 911 150 111.3 

Shortbelly p/ 13,900 13,900 13,900 

Widow q/ 5,144 5,144 368 251.4 9.4 

Canary r/ 179 179 44 23.8 17.2 

Chilipepper s/ c/ 2,700 2,700 2,000 

Bocaccio t/ c/ 618 618 218 80.2 66.3 

Splitnose u/ c/ 615 615 461 

Yellowtail v/ 4,548 c/ 4,548 4,548 

Shortspine thornyhead 

w/ 

north of 34°27’ N. lat. 

2,476 2,476 1,634 

south of 34°27’ N. lat. 421 

Longspine thornyhead x/ 

north of 34°27’ N. lat. 

3,907 3,907 2,220 

south of 34°27’ N. lat. 476 

Cowcod y/ c/ 19 -- 19 4 3.1 0.3 

c/ -- 17 17 

Darkblotched z/ 290 259.8 

Yelloweye aa/ 20 7.8 8.9 

California Scorpionfish 

bb/ 

219 219 175 34 

Black cc/ 

north of 46°16’ N. lat. 

540 540 540 

south of 46°16’ N. lat. 722 722 722 

Minor Rockfish north dd/ 3,680 -- 3,680 2,270 2,181 89 

Minor Rockfish south ee/ -- 3,403 3,403 1,904 1,418 486 

Remaining Rockfish 1,612 1,105 

bank ff/ d/ 350 

blackgill gg/ d/ 292 

bocaccio north 318 -- 

chilipepper north 32 -- 

redstripe 576 d/ 

sharpchin 307 45 


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OPTIMUM YIELDS (OYS), HARVEST GUIDELINES (HGS), BY MANAGEMENT AREA (WEIGHTS IN METRIC TONS).—Continued 

ABC Specifications HG b/ 

Species ABC Contributions by Area 

Vancouver a/ 

Columbia Eureka Monterey Conception 

ABC 

OY b/ Commercial 

Recreational 

silvergrey 38 d/ 

splitnose north 242 -- 

yellowmouth 99 d/ 

yellowtail south -- 116 

Gopher d/ 302 

Other rockfish hh/ 2,068 2,298 

SHARKS/SKATES/RATFISH/MORIDS/GRENADIERS/KELP GREENLING: 

Other fish ii/ 2,500 7,000 1,200 3,900 14,600 7,300 -- 

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Species Total Catch 

ABC 

Total Catch 

OY 

Recreational 

HG 

Commercial 

HG 

Limited Entry HG Open Access HG 

Mt % Mt % 

Minor Rockfish North 

dd/ 

3,680 2,270 89 2,181 2,000 91.7 181 8.3 

Nearshore 142 79 63 

Shelf 968 10 958 

Slope 1,160 0 1,160 

Minor Rockfish South 

ee/ 

3,403 1,904 486 1,418 790 55.7 628 44.3 

Nearshore 564 426 138 

Shelf 714 60 654 

Slope 626 0 626 

TABLE 2C. TO PART 660, SUBPART G— 2008, AND BEYOND, OPEN ACCESS AND LIMITED ENTRY ALLOCATIONS BY SPECIES

OR SPECIES GROUP. (WEIGHTS IN METRIC TONS). 

Species Commercial Total 

Catch HGs 

Commercial Total Catch HGs 

Limited Entry Open Access 

Mt % Mt % 

Lingcod north of 42° N. lat. 

south of 42° N. lat. 

-- -- 81.0 -- 19.0 

Sablefish jj/ 

north of 36° N. lat. 

5,151 4,667 90.6 484 9.4 

Widow kk/ 251.4 -- 97.0 -- 3.0 

Canary kk/ 23 -- 87.7 -- 12.3 

Chilipepper 2,000 1,114 55.7 886 44.3 


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OR SPECIES GROUP. (WEIGHTS IN METRIC TONS).—Continued 

Species Commercial Total 

Catch HGs 

Commercial Total Catch HGs 

Limited Entry Open Access 

Mt % Mt % 

Bocaccio kk/ 80.2 -- 55.7 -- 44.3 

Yellowtail -- -- 91.7 -- 8.3 

Shortspine thornyhead 

north of 34°27’ N. lat. 

1,634 1,193 99.7 441 0.27 

Minor Rockfish 

north of 40°10’ N. lat. 

2,181 2,000 91.7 181 8.3 

south of 40°10’ N. lat. 1,418 790 55.7 628 44.3 

a/ ABCs apply to the U.S. portion of the Vancouver area. 

b/ Optimum Yields (OYs) and Harvest Guidelines (HGs) are specified as total catch values. Though presented as harvest guidelines, the recreational values for widow rockfish, bocaccio, and cowcod are catch estimates. A harvest guideline is a specified harvest target and not a quota. 

The use of this term may differ from the use of similar terms in state regulation. 

c/ Lingcod- A coastwide lingcod stock assessment was prepared in 2005. The lingcod biomass was estimated to be at 64 percent of its 

unfished biomass in 2005. The ABC was calculated using an FMSY proxy of F45%. The ABC of 6,280 mt is a two year average ABC for 2007 and 

2008. Because the stock is above B40% coastwide, the OY could be set equal to the ABC. Separate OYs are being adopted for the area north of 

42° N. lat. and the area south of 42° N. lat. For that portion of the stock north of 42° N. lat. the OY of 5,558 mt is set equal to the ABC contribution for the area. The biomass in the area south of 42° N. lat. is estimated to be at 24 percent of the unfished biomass. As a precautionary 

measure, the OY for the southern portion of the stock is being set at 612 mt, which is lower than the ABC contribution for the area. An OY of 

612 mt (equivalent to the 2006 OY) is expected to result in a biomass increase for the southern portion of the stock. The tribes do not have a 

specific allocation at this time, but are expected to take 30 mt of the commercial HG. 

d/ ′′Other species′′, these species are neither common nor important to the commercial and recreational fisheries in the areas footnoted. Accordingly, these species are included in the harvest guidelines of ′′other fish′′, ′′other rockfish′′ or ′′remaining rockfish′′. 

e/ Pacific Cod - The 3,200 mt ABC for the Vancouver-Columbia area is based on historical landings data. The 1,600 mt OY is the ABC reduced by 50 percent as a precautionary adjustment. A tribal harvest guideline of 400 mt is deducted from the OY resulting in a commercial OY 

of 1,200 mt. 

f/ Pacific whiting - Final adoption of the Pacific whiting ABC and OY have been deferred until the Council’s March 2008 meeting. Therefore, 

table 1a contains the ABC and OY range considered in the EIS and under the proposed rule. It is anticipated that a new assessment will be 

available in early 2008 and the results will be used to set the 2008 ABC and OY. The final ABC and OY will be published as a separate action 

following the Council’s recommendation at its March 2008 meeting. 

g/ Sablefish - A coastwide sablefish stock assessment was prepared in 2005. The coastwide sablefish biomass was estimated to be at 35.2 

percent of its unfished biomass in 2005. Projections indicate that the biomass is increasing and will be near 42 percent of its unfished biomass 

by 2008. The coastwide ABC of 6,058 mt was based on the base-case assessment model with a FMSY proxy of F45%. The coastwide OY of 

5,934 mt is based on the application of the 40-10 harvest policy and is a two year average OY for 2007 and 2008. To apportion fishery allocations for the area north of 36° N. lat., 96.45 percent of the coastwide OY (5,723 mt) is attributed to the northern area. The tribal allocation for the 

area north of 36° N. lat. is 572 mt (10 percent of the OY north of 36° N. lat), which is further reduced by 1.9 percent (10.9 mt) for discards. The 

tribal landed catch value is 561.4 mt. 

h/ Cabezon south of 42° N. lat. was assessed in 2005. In 2005, the Cabazon stock was estimated to be at 28 percent of its unfished biomass 

north of 34° 27’ N. lat. and 40 percent of its unfished biomass south of 34° 27’ N. lat. The stock biomass is projected to be increasing in the 

northern area and decreasing in the southern area. The ABC of 94 mt (71 mt for the northern portion of the stock and 23 mt for the southern 

portion of the stock) is based on a harvest rate proxy of F50%. The OY of 69 mt is a constant harvest level that is consistent with the application 

of a 60-20 harvest rate policy specified in the California Nearshore Management Plan. 

i/ Dover sole was assessed north of 34° 27’ N. lat. in 2005. The Dover sole biomass was estimated to be at 59.8 percent of its unfished biomass in 2005 and is projected to be increasing. The ABC of 28,522 mt is based on the results of the 2005 assessment with an FMSY proxy of 

F40%. Because the stock is above B40% coastwide, the OY could be set equal to the ABC. The OY of 16,500 mt, which is less than the ABC, is 

the MSY harvest level and is considerably larger than the coastwide catches in any recent years. 

j/ A coastwide English sole stock assessment was prepared in 2005 and the stock was estimated to be at 91.5 percent of its unfished biomass 

in 2005, but the stock biomass is believed to be declining. The ABC of 6,237 is a two year average ABC for 2007 and 2008 based on the the results of the 2005 assessment with an FMSY proxy of F40%. Because the stock is above BF40%, the OY was set equal to the ABC. 

k/ A petrale sole stock assessment was prepared for 2005. In 2005 the petrale sole stock coastwide was estimated to be at 32 percent of its 

unfished biomass (34 percent in the northern assessment area and 29 percent in the southern assessment area). The petrale sole biomass is 

believed to be increasing. The ABC of 2,917 mt is based on the new assessment with a F40% FMSY proxy. To derive the OY, the 40-10 harvest 

policy was applied to the ABC for both the northern and southern assessment areas. As a precautionary measure, an additional 25 percent reduction was made in the OY contribution for the southern area due to assessment uncertainty. The OY of 2,499 mt is the average coastwide OY 

value for 2007 and 2008. 

l/ Arrowtooth flounder was last assessed in 1993 and was estimated to be above 40 percent of its unfished biomass, therefore the OY will be 

set equal to the ABC. 

m/ Starry Flounder was assessed for the first time in 2005 and was estimated to be above 40 percent of its unfished biomass in 2005 (44 percent for the northern stock off Washington and Oregon, and 62 percent for the southern stock of California). The starry flounder biomass is believed to be declining, and will be below B40%. The starry flounder assessment was considered to be a data-poor assessment relative to other 

groundfish assessments. For 2007, the coastwide ABC of 1,221 mt is based on the new assessment with a FMSY proxy of F40% and is an average ABC for 2007 and 2008. Because the stock is believed to be above B40%, the OY could be set equal to the ABC. To derive the OY, the 40- 

10 harvest policy was applied to the ABC for both the northern and southern assessment areas then an additional 25 percent reduction was 

made due to assessment uncertainty. Starry flounder was previously managed as part of the ‘‘other flatfish’’ category. The OY of 890 mt is the 

average coastwide OY value for 2007 and 2008. 

n/ ′′Other flatfish′′ are those flatfish species that do not have individual ABC/OYs and include butter sole, curlfin sole, flathead sole, Pacific 

sand dab, rex sole, rock sole, and sand sole. Starry flounder was assessed in 2005 and is being removed from other flatfish complex beginning 

in 2007. The ABC is based on historical catch levels. The ABC of 6,731 mt is based on the highest landings for sanddabs (1995) and rex sole 

(1982) for the 1981-2003 period and on the average landings from the 1994-1998 period for the remaining other flatfish species. The OY of 

4,884 mt is based on the ABC with a 25 percent precautionary adjustment for sanddabs and rex sole and a 50 percent precautionary adjustment 

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o/ A POP stock assessment was prepared in 2005 and the stock was estimated to be at 23.4 percent of its unfished biomass in 2005. The 

ABC of 900 mt for the Vancouver-Columbia area was projected from the 2005 stock assessment and is based on an FMSY proxy of F50%. The 

OY of 150 mt is based on a rebuilding plan with a target year to rebuild of 2017 and an SPR harvest rate of 86.4 percent. The OY is reduced by 

3.6 mt for the amount anticipated to be taken during research activity. 

p/ Shortbelly rockfish remains an unexploited stock and is difficult to assess quantitatively. A 1989 stock assessment provided two alternative 

yield calculations of 13,900 mt and 47,000 mt. NMFS surveys have shown poor recruitment in most years since 1989, indicating low recent productivity and a naturally declining population in spite of low fishing pressure. The ABC and OY are therefore set at the low end of the range projected in the stock assessment, 13,900 mt. 

q/ Widow rockfish was assessed in 2005 and was estimated to be at 31.1 percent of its unfished biomass in 2004. The ABC of 5,334 mt is 

based on an F50% FMSY proxy. The OY of 368 mt is based on a rebuilding plan with a target year to rebuild of 2015 and an SPR rate of 95 percent. The OY is reduced by 3.0 mt for the amount anticipated to be taken during research activity. Tribal vessels are estimated to catch about 

46.1 mt of widow rockfish in 2007, but do not have a specific allocation at this time. For the Pacific whiting fishery, 200 mt is being set aside and 

will be managed with bycatch limits. 

r/ A canary rockfish stock assessment was completed in 2005 and the stock was estimated to be at 9.4 percent of its unfished biomass 

coastwide in 2005. The coastwide ABC of 172 mt is based on a FMSY proxy of F50%. The OY of 44 mt is based on a rebuilding plan with a target 

year to rebuild of 2063 and an SPR harvest rate of 88.7 percent. The OY is reduced by 3.0 mt for the amount anticipated to be taken during research activity. Tribal vessels are estimated to catch about 5 mt of canary rockfish under the 2007 commercial HG, but do not have a specific allocation at this time. South of 42° N. lat., the canary rockfish recreational fishery HG is 9.0 mt and north of 42° N. lat., the canary rockfish recreational fishery HG 8.2 mt. 

s/ Chilipepper rockfish was last assessed in 1998. The ABC (2,700 mt) for the Monterey-Conception area is based on a three year average 

projection from 1999-2001 with a F50% FMSY proxy. Because the unfished biomass is estimated to be above 40 percent the unfished biomass, 

the default OY could be set equal to the ABC. However, the OY is set at 2,000 mt to discourage fishing on chilipepper, which is taken with bocaccio. Management measures to constrain the harvest of overfished species have reduced the availability of chilipepper rockfish to the fishery 

during the past several years. Because the harvest assumptions (from the most recent stock assessment) used to forecast future harvest were 

likely overestimates, carrying the previously used ABCs and OYs forward into 2007 was considered to be conservative and based on the best 

available data. Open access is allocated 44.3 percent (886 mt) of the commercial HG and limited entry is allocated 55.7 percent (1,114 mt) of 

the commercial HG. 

t/ A bocaccio stock assessment update and a rebuilding analysis were prepared in 2005. The bocaccio stock was estimated to be at 10.7 percent of its unfished biomass in 2005. The ABC of 618 mt for the Monterey and Conception areas is based on a F50% FMSY proxy. The OY of 218 

mt is based on a rebuilding plan with a target year to rebuild of 2026 and a SPR harvest rate of 77.7 percent. The OY is reduced by 3.0 mt for 

the amount anticipated to be taken during research activity. 

u/ Splitnose rockfish - The ABC is 615 mt in the southern area (Monterey-Conception). The 461 mt OY for the southern area reflects a 25 percent precautionary adjustment because of the less rigorous stock assessment for this stock. Because the harvest assumptions used to forecast 

future harvest were likely overestimates, carrying the previously used ABCs and OYs forward into 2008 was considered to be conservative and 

based on the best available data. 

v/ Yellowtail rockfish - A yellowtail rockfish stock assessment was prepared in 2005 for the Vancouver-Columbia-Eureka areas. Yellowtail rockfish was estimated to be above 40 percent of its unfished biomass in 2005. The ABC of 4,548 mt is a 2 year average ABC for 2007 and 2008 

and is based on the 2005 stock assessment with the FMSY proxy of F50%. The OY of 4,548 mt was set equal to the ABC, because the stock is 

above the precautionary threshold of B40%. Tribal vessels are estimated to catch about 539 mt of yellowtail rockfish in 2007, but do not have a 

specific allocation at this time. Tribal vessels are estimated to catch about 539 mt of yellowtail rockfish in 2008, but do not have a specific allocation at this time. 

w/ Shortspine thornyhead was assessed coastwide in 2005 and the stock was estimated to be at 63 percent of its unfished biomass in 2005. 

The ABC of 2,476 mt is based on a F50% FMSY proxy and is the two year average ABC for 2007 and 2008. For that portion of the stock (66 percent of the biomass) north of Pt. Conception (34° 27’ N. lat.), the OY of 1,634 mt was set at equal to the ABC because the stock is estimated to 

be above the precautionary threshold. For that portion of the stock south of Pt. Conception (34 percent of the biomass), the OY of 421 mt was 

the portion of the ABC for the area reduced by 50 percent as a precautionary adjustment due to the short duration and amount of survey data for 

that area. Tribal vessels are estimated to catch about 13 mt of shortspine thornyhead in 2008, but do not have a specific allocation at this time. 

x/ Longspine thornyhead was assessed coastwide in 2005 and the stock was estimated to be at 71 percent of its unfished biomass in 2005. 

The coastwide ABC of 3,907 mt is based on a F50% FMSY proxy and is the two year average OY for the 2007 and 2008 period. The OY is set 

equal to the ABC because the stock is above the precautionary threshold. Separate OYs are being established for the areas north and south of 

34° 27’ N. lat. (Point Conception). The OY for that portion of the stock in the northern area (79 percent)is set equal to the ABC. For that portion 

of the stock in the southern area (21 percent), the OY of 476 mt was the portion of the ABC for the area reduced by 25 percent as a precautionary adjustment due to the short duration and amount of survey data for that area. 

y/ Cowcod in the Conception area was assessed in 2005 and was estimated to be between 14 and 21 percent of its unfished biomass. The 

ABC of in the area south of 36° N. lat., the Conception area, is 17 mt and is based on the 2005 stock assessment with a F50% FMSY proxy. The 

ABC for the Monterey area (19 mt) is based on average landings from 1993-1997. A OY of 4 mt is being set for the combined areas. The OY is 

based on a rebuilding plan with a target year to rebuilding of 2039 and an SPR harvest rate 90.0 percent. The OY is reduced by 0.1 mt for the 

amount anticipated to be taken during research activity. 

z/ Darkblotched rockfish was assessed in 2005 and was estimated to be at 16 percent of its unfished biomass in 2005. The ABC is projected 

to be 487 mt and is based on the 2005 stock assessment with an FMSY proxy of F50%. The OY of 330 mt is based on a rebuilding plan with a 

target year to rebuild of 2011 and an SPR harvest rate of 60.7 percent in 2008. The OY is reduced by 3.0 mt for the amount anticipated to be 

taken during research activity. 

aa/ Yelloweye rockfish was assessed in 2006 and is estimated to be at 17.7 percent of its unfished biomass coastwide. The 26 mt coastwide 

ABC is based on the new stock assessment and an FMSY proxy of F50%. The 20 mt OY is based on a rebuilding plan with a target year to rebuild of 2084 an SPR harvest rate of 60.8 percent in 2008. The OY is reduced by 3.0 mt for the amount anticipated to be taken during research 

activity. Tribal vessels are estimated to catch 2.3 mt of yelloweye rockfish of the commercial HG in 2008, but do not have a specific allocation at 

this time. South of 42° N. lat. the yelloweye rockfish recreational fishery HG is 2.1 mt and north of 42° N. lat. the yelloweye rockfish recreational 

fishery HG 6.8 mt. 

bb/ California Scorpionfish south of 34° 27’ N. lat. was assessed in 2005 and was estimated to be above 40 percent of its unfished biomass in 

2005. The ABC of 219 mt is based on the new assessment with a harvest rate proxy of F50% and is an average ABC for 2007 and 2008. Because the stock is above B40% coastwide, the OY could be set equal to the ABC. The OY of 175 mt, which is lower than the ABC, reflects the 

highest historical catch levels. 

cc/ Black rockfish was last assessed in 2003 for the Columbia and Eureka area and in 2000 for the Vancouver area. The ABC for the area 

north of 46°16’ N. lat. is 540 mt and the ABC for the area south of 46°16’ N. lat. is 722 mt which is the average ABC for the 2007 and 2008 period. Because of an overlap in the assessed areas between Cape Falcon and the Columbia River, projections from the 2000 stock assessment 

were adjusted downward by 12 percent to account for the overlap. The ABCs were derived using an FMSY proxy of F50%. Because the unfished 

biomass is estimated to be above 40 percent, the OYs were set equal to the ABCs. For the area north of 46°16’ N. lat., the OY is 540 mt. The 

following tribal harvest guidelines are being set: 20,000 lb (9.1 mt) north of Cape Alava, WA (48° 09.50’ N. lat.) and 10,000 lb (4.5 mt) between 

Destruction Island, WA (47° 40’ N. lat.) and Leadbetter Point, WA (46° 38.17’ N. lat.). For the area south of 46°16’ N. lat., the OY is 722 mt. The 

black rockfish OY in the area south of 46°16’ N. lat., is subdivided with separate HGs being set for the area north of 42° N. lat (419 mt/58 percent) and for the area south of 42° N. lat (303 mt/42 percent). For the southern area north of 42° N. lat., a range is presented for the recreational 

estimate (289-350 mt) and comercial HG (91 -111 mt). Specific values will be specified in the final rule. Of the 303 mt of black rockfish attributed 

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dd/ Minor rockfish north includes the ′′remaining rockfish′′ and ′′other rockfish′′ categories in the Vancouver, Columbia, and Eureka areas combined. These species include ′′remaining rockfish′′, which generally includes species that have been assessed by less rigorous methods than 

stock assessments, and ′′other rockfish′′, which includes species that do not have quantifiable stock assessments. The ABC of 3,680 mt is the 

sum of the individual ′′remaining rockfish′′ ABCs plus the ′′other rockfish′′ ABCs. The remaining rockfish ABCs continues to be reduced by 25 

percent (F=0.75M) as a precautionary adjustment. To obtain the total catch OY of 2,270 mt, the remaining rockfish ABC was reduced by 25 percent and other rockfish ABC was reduced by 50 percent. This was a precautionary measure to address limited stock assessment information. 

Tribal vessels are estimated to catch about 38 mt of minor rockfish in 2008, but do not have a specific allocation at this time. 

ee/ Minor rockfish south includes the ′′remaining rockfish′′ and ′′other rockfish′′ categories in the Monterey and Conception areas combined. 

These species include ′′remaining rockfish′′ which generally includes species that have been assessed by less rigorous methods than stock assessment, and ′′other rockfish′′ which includes species that do not have quantifiable stock assessments. The ABC of 3,403 mt is the sum of the 

individual ′′remaining rockfish′′ ABCs plus the ′′other rockfish′′ ABCs. The remaining rockfish ABCs continue to be reduced by 25 percent 

(F=0.75M) as a precautionary adjustment. The remaining rockfish ABCs are further reduced by 25 percent, with the exception of blackgill rockfish 

(see footnote gg). The other rockfish ABCs were reduced by 50 percent. This was a precautionary measure due to limited stock assessment information. The resulting minor rockfish OY is 1,904 mt. 

ff/ Bank rockfish - The ABC is 350 mt which is based on a 2000 stock assessment for the Monterey and Conception areas. This stock contributes 263 mt towards the minor rockfish OY in the south. 

gg/ Blackgill rockfish in the Monterey and Conception areas was assessed in 2005 and is estimated to be at 49.9 percent of its unfished biomass in 2008. The ABC of 292 mt for Monterey and Conception areas is based on the 2005 stock assessment with an FMSY proxy of F50% and 

is the two year average ABC for the 2007 and 2008 periods. This stock contributes 292 mt towards minor rockfish south. 

hh/ ′′Other rockfish′′ includes rockfish species listed in 50 CFR 660.302. California scorpionfish and gopher rockfish were assessed in 2005 

and are being removed from this category. The California Scorpionfish contribution of 163 mt and the gopher rockfish contribution of 97 mt were 

removed from the ABC value. The ABC for the remaining species is based on the 1996 review of commercial Sebastes landings and includes an 

estimate of recreational landings. These species have never been assessed quantitatively. 

ii/ ′′Other fish′′ includes sharks, skates, rays, ratfish, morids, grenadiers, kelp greenling and other groundfish species noted above in footnote d/ 

. 

jj/ Specific open access/limited entry allocations have been suspended during the rebuilding period as necessary to meet the overall rebuilding 

target while allowing harvest of healthy stocks. 

kk/ Sablefish allocation north of 36° N. lat. - The limited entry allocation is further divided with 58 percent allocated to the trawl fishery and 42 

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25. In § 660.405, paragraph (c) is 

added to read as follows: 

§ 660.405 Prohibitions. 

* * * * * 

(c) Under the Pacific Coast groundfish 

regulations at § 660.383, fishing with 

salmon troll gear is prohibited within 

the Salmon Troll Yelloweye Rockfish 

Conservation Area (YRCA). It is 

unlawful for commercial salmon troll 

vessels to take and retain, possess, or 

land fish within the Salmon Troll 

YRCA. The Salmon Troll YRCA is an 

area off the northern Washington coast. 

The Salmon Troll YRCA is intended to 

protect yelloweye rockfish. The Salmon 

Troll YRCA is defined by straight lines 

connecting the following specific 

latitude and longitude coordinates in 

the order listed: 

(1) 48°00.00′ N. lat., 125°14.00′ W. 

long.; 

(2) 48°02.00′ N. lat., 125°14.00′ W. 

long.; 

(3) 48°00.00′ N. lat., 125°16.50′ W. 

long.; 

(4) 48°02.00′ N. lat., 125°16.50′ W. 

long.; 

and connecting back to 48°00.00′ N. 

lat., 125°14.00′ W. long. 

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