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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 660 

[Docket No. 060824226–6322–02; 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: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: This final rule implements 

Amendment 16–4 to the Pacific Coast 

Groundfish Fishery Management Plan 

(FMP) and sets 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 modifies 

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 for nonoverfished species. 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 ecosystem. In 

addition to the management measures 

implemented specifically for the 

groundfish fisheries, this rule 

implements a new Yelloweye Rockfish 

Conservation Area (YRCA) off 

Washington State, which will be closed 

to commercial salmon troll fishing to 

reduce incidental mortality of yelloweye 

rockfish in the salmon troll fishery. 

DATES: Effective January 1, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Amendment 16–4 is 

available on the Pacific Fishery 

Management Council′s (Council’s) 

website at: http://www.pcouncil.org/ 

groundfish/gffmp.html. 

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 final 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 FEIS, are 

available at the Council′s website at 

http://www.pcouncil.org. 

Background 

NMFS published a Notice of 

Availability for Amendment 16–4 on 

September 1, 2006 (71 FR 25051.) On 

September 29, 2006, NMFS published a 

proposed rule to implement both 

Amendment 16–4 and the 2007–2008 

groundfish harvest specifications and 

management measures (71 FR 57764.) 

Both the Notice of Availability and the 

proposed rule requested public 

comments through October 31, 2006. 

During the comment period, NMFS 

received two letters, one individualized 

email, and 1,445 form emails of 

comment, which are addressed later in 

the preamble to this final rule. See the 

preamble to the proposed rule for 

additional background information on 

the fishery and on this final rule. 

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), OYs, and 

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 

affecting the sustainability of 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 

lower than its ABC. Harvest 

specifications for 2007–2008 are 

provided in Tables 1a through 2c of this 

rulemaking. 

Management measures set in this 

biennial management process are 

intended to constrain the fisheries so 

that OYs of healthier groundfish stocks 

are achieved within the constraints of 

requirements to rebuild co-occurring 

overfished groundfish species. To 

rebuild overfished species, allowable 

harvest levels of healthy species will 

only be achieved where such harvest 

will not deter rebuilding of overfished 

stocks. 

Amendment 16–4, which this action 

implements concurrently with the 

2007–2008 groundfish specifications 

and management measures, modifies the 

FMP with revised rebuilding plans for 

the seven overfished groundfish species 

bocaccio, canary rockfish, cowcod, 

darkblotched rockfish, POP, widow 

rockfish, and yelloweye rockfish 

consistent with the 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,] as detailed 

in the preamble to the proposed rule for 

this action and in response to comments 

received, below. 

After considering all comments 

received on Amendment 16–4, the draft 

environmental impact statement (DEIS,) 

and the proposed rule, NMFS partially 

approved Amendment 16–4 on 

November 30, 2006. NMFS approved all 

of the Council’s Amendment 16–4 

recommended revisions to the FMP 

except for one recommended for 

Chapter 4.0, ‘‘Preventing Overfishing 

and Achieving Optimum Yield.’’ The 

Council had recommended adding a 

sentence to the introductory text to that 

chapter to read, ‘‘The Council may 

establish a research reserve for any 

stock, [sic] that is within the ABC but 

above and separate from the OY for that 

stock.’’ This recommendation conflicts 

with NMFS’s National Standard 

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

which state that ‘‘All fishing mortality 

must be counted against OY, including 

that resulting from bycatch, scientific 

research, and any other fishing 

activities.’’ For 2007 and 2008, expected 

scientific research catch has been 

deducted from the OYs of overfished 

species, although those amounts may be 

adjusted inseason as new information 

on inseason scientific activities becomes 

available. For species that are not 

managed via overfished species 

rebuilding plans, scientific research will 

be deducted from OYs inseason, as 

information on inseason scientific 

activities becomes available. 

Comments and Responses 

During the comment period for 

Amendment 16–4 and the 2007–2008 

harvest specifications and management 

measures, NMFS received two letters of 

comment and 1,446 emails of comment. 


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One letter was sent by a member of the 

public who conducts marine scientific 

research for the University of California, 

Santa Barbara; the other letter was sent 

jointly by three environmental advocacy 

organizations (Natural Resources 

Defense Council, Oceana, and The 

Ocean Conservancy; hereinafter, ‘‘The 

Three Organizations.’’) Of the 1,446 

emails received from members of the 

public, one email was original and 

clearly different from all of the other 

emails. The remaining 1,445 emails 

were form emails from members of the 

public who repeated the same title and 

text in their email messages. Some 

senders of the form email added 

personalized, but non-substantive, pleas 

or threats to the repeated text. NMFS 

also received two letters from the 

Council, summarizing discussions it 

held at its September and November 

2006 meetings on limited refinements to 

its 2007–2008 groundfish specifications 

and management measures 

recommendations. These 

recommendations were either based on 

scientific information received after the 

June 2006 Council meeting, or a 

correction to a numerical mistake. The 

Council’s recommended changes are 

discussed below in the section on 

Changes from the Proposed Rule. 

Comments received on the proposed 

rule are addressed here: 

Comment 1: The Three Organizations 

state that NMFS’s legal and long-term 

obligation with an overfished species is 

to rebuild as quickly as possible. They 

further state that the only thing that the 

court order from Natural Resources 

Defense Council v. NMFS, 421 F.3d 872 

(9th Cir. 2005) [hereinafter NRDC v. 

NMFS] allows NMFS to do in taking the 

short-term needs of fishing communities 

into account is to merely avoid 

disastrous short-term consequences for 

those communities. The Three 

Organizations provide their 

interpretation of ‘‘disastrous 

consequences’’ for a groundfish fishing 

community that annual revenue 

reductions from 2005/2006 to 2007/ 

2008 should exceed 60 percent before 

those reductions result in disastrous 

consequences. They then express the 

belief that a 40 percent reduction in 

exvessel revenue from 2005 is not 

disastrous enough, and too far from the 

Court′s example of a 100 percent 

reduction in revenue. 

Response: NMFS′s legal and long-term 

obligation with overfished species is to 

rebuild those species as quickly as 

possible, taking into account the status 

and biology of those stocks, the needs of 

fishing communities, and the 

interactions of those stocks within the 

marine ecosystem. Stating that the 

obligation is simply to rebuild as 

quickly as possible mis-characterizes 

the Magnuson-Stevens Act′s 

requirement to manage fish stocks so 

that management measures rebuild 

those stocks while also taking into 

account the needs of fishing 

communities that depend on those 

stocks. In NRDC v. NMFS, the court 

interpreted the Magnuson-Stevens Act 

as showing Congress′ intent that 

overfished species be rebuilt as quickly 

as possible (taking into account the 

status and biology of the fish stocks and 

the needs of fishing communities), but 

leaving ‘‘some leeway to avoid 

disastrous short-term consequences for 

fishing communities.’’ NMFS and the 

Council applied the court′s direction in 

developing the EIS for this action and 

Amendment 16–4 by first identifying, 

and then giving careful consideration to 

the short-term needs of fishing 

communities, particularly: the 

vulnerability of different fishing 

communities to reductions in available 

harvest; the resilience of different 

fishing communities to reductions in 

available harvest; 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 need for 

management flexibility to avoid 

disastrous immediate consequences 

from inseason management measures 

adjustments. 

The statutory standard requires that 

NMFS take into account the needs of 

fishing communities. It does not require 

that there be a disaster (however 

defined) prior to making community 

adjustments. The 9th Circuit′s use of the 

term ‘‘disastrous’’ was not meant to 

redefine the provisions of 304(e) of the 

Magnuson-Stevens Act or import 

‘‘disaster’’ language from other portions 

of the Magnuson-Stevens Act or other 

statutes into the 304(e) process. 

Nevertheless, because the comment 

focuses on the question of whether 

Amendment 16–4 and the 2007–2008 

groundfish specifications and 

management measures are ‘‘disastrous 

enough,’’ the remainder of this response 

will address how NMFS and the 

Council considered the issue of taking 

short-term fishery impacts into account 

along with other relevant 

considerations, and how the 60 percent 

reduction recommended by The Three 

Organizations fits within Federal 

disaster determinations, which they 

suggest is appropriate and within the 

agency′s considerations under the 

rebuilding provisions of the MagnusonStevens Act. 

The two authorities that the Secretary 

of Commerce (Secretary) can use for 

declaring fisheries-related disasters are 

the Interjurisdictional Fisheries 

Management Act (IJA) and Section 

312(a) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act. 

Neither the IJA nor the MagnusonStevens Act specifies a requirement that 

a negative economic impact of at least 

60 percent, as suggested by The Three 

Organizations, is needed to trigger a 

disaster declaration by the Secretary. 

(We note that The Three Organizations 

acknowledge that the meaning of 

disaster in the context of Section 312(a) 

of the Magnuson-Stevens Act is distinct 

from ‘‘disastrous economic impacts’’ in 

the context of the 9th Circuit decision.) 

In fact, there are no formal quantitative 

definitions of what is a sufficient level 

of annual economic impact required for 

declaring a disaster under either Act. 

NMFS disagrees with The Three 

Organizations′ suggested rule of thumb 

of a 60 percent decline for a disaster 

declaration. Many of the disasters that 

The Three Organizations noted as 

supporting their 60–percent-decline 

assumption were declared on the basis 

of hurricanes and red tides, which 

resulted in complete (100 percent) 

fisheries closures, biasing their 

calculations of averages upward. Over 

the years, the Secretary′s disaster 

declaration decisions have been made 

case-by-case, based on specific facts 

surrounding the decline of the fishery in 

question, and on the requests for 

disaster that are typically submitted by 

governors of affected states. The 

decisions and associated analyses differ 

with respect to the legal authorities 

underlying the decision (IJA, MagnusonStevens Act, or both), the nature of the 

fishery (e.g., salmon, groundfish, 

shrimp, lobster, crab), the cause of the 

disaster (hurricane, red tide, flooding, 

confluence of long term and short term 

environmental factors such as El Nino’s 

and droughts), duration (multi year, 

single year) and available information. 

Therefore, The Three Organizations’ use 

of a simple average percentage impact 

obscures large differences between 

widely varying disaster situations and 

declaration decisions. 

A review of past disaster declaration 

decisions shows that the Secretary looks 

at not only percentage declines in 

economic activities from various shortand long-term benchmarks, but also at 

absolute levels of impact and other 

factors as well. Typically, the Secretary 

will have before him the 

recommendations of the governors of 

affected states and any supporting 

analyses provided by the Governors, a 

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dimensions of the fishery resource 

disaster, and an economic assessment 

that shows the existence and extent of 

the commercial fishery failure. These 

assessments also typically provide longand short-term trends and an economic 

forecast of immediate and future 

impacts. In the case of the 2000 West 

Coast Groundfish Disaster Decision, the 

Secretary had a graph similar to that of 

Figure 2–13 of the DEIS, which shows 

trends in ex-vessel revenues with and 

without whiting harvested by at-sea 

processors. This figure, updated since 

2000, also shows that the fishery has 

been held to below-disaster revenue 

levels since the Secretary′s 2000 disaster 

declaration, despite the increasing 

biomasses of overfished and other 

groundfish species. 

In referring to the NOAA Decision 

Memo that underlies the Secretary′s 

2000 West Coast Groundfish Disaster 

Declaration, The Three Organizations 

state that ‘‘In 2000, landings were 

projected to fall more than 60 percent 

below their median annual landings for 

a 1981–1999 period when a fishery 

resource disaster was declared.’’ This 

reference does not provide the full 

context of the decision. In discussing 

the fishery resource disaster and 

associated commercial fishery failure, 

the NOAA memo had the following key 

paragraphs that show several timerelated perspectives that were 

considered in the disaster declaration, 

and also supports the characterization of 

the current fishery as still in a disaster 

situation: 

‘‘For the year 2000 we are reducing the 

OYs for groundfish other than whiting to a 

combined level of 34,000 tons which if 

completely harvested will yield the lowest 

level of landings produced by this fishery 

since the MSFCMA was passed. However, we 

expect groundfish landings to be even lower 

than this total because we are also 

implementing new management measures to 

protect and rebuild depressed stocks that are 

within the 83+ species that make up the 

Pacific groundfish fishery. These 

management measures may result in the 

inability to attain the OY or allocation for 

some relatively healthy co-occurring stocks, 

particularly bottom-dwelling rockfish on the 

continental shelf, whose harvest is restricted 

because it may result in bycatch of depressed 

stocks. Consequently, OYs (and their 

associated allocations to harvest groups) may 

not be completely harvested. We cannot 

estimate how much of the OYs will not be 

harvested. If 20 percent of the combined OYs 

cannot be harvested because of these 

restrictions, the projected 2000 harvest 

would be 27,000 tons---a 25 percent decrease 

from 1999 levels. Some industry projections 

indicate that possibly 40 percent of the OYs 

may not be harvested because of the gear, 

trip, and area regulations being imposed. For 

purposes of this analysis we will assume 20 

percent of the OYs will not be harvested. 

What do these trends say about the degree 

of the fishery resource disaster? Statistically, 

for the period 1981 through 1999, median 

annual landings and average annual landings 

are both about 74,000 tons. (This estimate is 

not that different from the sum of the long 

term yield for economically important 

species and estimates of recent catches for 

economically unimportant species.) Since 

1993, landings have fallen below 70,000 tons 

with a 20 percent reduction in landings 

between 1997 and 1998, a 14 percent 

reduction between 1998 and 1999, and a 

potential of a 25 percent reduction between 

1999 and 2000. Landings are projected to fall 

to 27,000 tons in the year 2000, more than 

60 percent below median annual landings for 

the 1981–1999 period. (Emphasis added here, 

because this is the sentence quoted by The 

Three Organizations in their letter of 

comment.) 

These trends reflect the general decline in 

groundfish resources, but these trends make 

it difficult to pinpoint when these declines 

reached a stage where a disaster situation has 

set in. Is the first year of the disaster 1998, 

1999, or 2000? Perhaps most illustrative of 

such a situation are the sharp reductions in 

the OYs for the recently declared overfished 

species lingcod, Pacific ocean perch, 

bocaccio, canary rockfish and cowcod whose 

OYs are reduced from their 1999 OY and 

catch levels from about 50 percent (bocaccio) 

to about 90 percent for cowcod. It is these 

reductions and their effects on other fisheries 

that led the Governors to request a disaster 

declaration. 

Based on these sharp declines and the 

trend in non-whiting groundfish landings 

since 1993, we believe that the fishery is 

currently experiencing a fishery resource 

disaster which may also have occurred in 

1999 and probably originated before 1999. 

Because current and future species 

rebuilding plans involve long-lived rockfish 

that take decades to recover, we expect the 

fishery resource disaster to continue for a 

number of years. (Emphasis added, since this 

sentence shows that the Agency projected a 

continuing disaster beyond the year 2000.) 

Using 1999 as a benchmark for assessing 

the amount of the commercial fishery failure 

and assuming that ex-vessel prices in the 

year 2000 are the same as those seen in 1999, 

the projected commercial harvest value for 

the year 2000 is about $33 million 25 percent 

less than actual 1999 revenues of $44 

million. Alternatively, using an average exvessel price based on 1991–1994 period for 

both the years 1999 and 2000, leads to 

projected estimate of $26 million for the year 

2000 as compared to $35 million estimate for 

1999. Therefore, the resulting estimates of the 

commercial fishery failure range from $9 

million to $11 million. Previous estimates 

have typically ranged from $3 million to $15 

million on an ex-vessel basis. The $3 million 

estimate assumed that all the OYs would be 

harvested while the other estimates were 

based on preliminary Council recommended 

OYs or perhaps had different benchmark 

years. This analysis assumes that 20 percent 

of the OYs will not be harvested as a result 

of management measures.’’

In their comment letter, The Three 

Organizations refer to a recent Federal 

Emergency Management Agency 

(FEMA) decision where a governor′s 

disaster request for West Coast salmon 

was denied under the Robert T. Stafford 

Disaster Relief and Emergency 

Assistance Act (Stafford Act), even 

though there was an 85 percent decrease 

in ex-vessel revenues below the 2001–

2005 average. 

For Amendment 16–4 and the 2007–

2008 groundfish harvest specifications 

and management measures, in order to 

provide contextual background 

information, NMFS presented the 

Council with information on how 

different Federal agencies such as 

FEMA, the United States Department of 

Agriculture (USDA,) and the Small 

Business Administration (SBA) analyze 

disasters. For example, the USDA 

defines severe production losses in a 

county as a reduction countywide of at 

least 30 percent, while the SBA will 

make a declaration of a physical disaster 

when at least three businesses have 

uninsured losses of 40 percent or more 

of their estimated fair replacement 

value. Therefore, given that different 

Agencies have different mandates, 

programs, criteria and processes for 

determining disaster situations, it is 

reasonable to expect situations where 

one agency like FEMA will deny a 

request for a disaster declaration under 

the Stafford Act, while another Agency 

such as NOAA will declare one under 

the Magnuson-Stevens Act or IJA. 

Further, NMFS reiterates, as stated 

above, that a ‘‘diaster’’ declaration is not 

the criterion in developing rebuilding 

plans under section 304(e) of the 

Magnuson-Stevens Act. 

Comment 2: The Three Organizations 

state that the DEIS used a one-year 

comparison to measure the economic 

impact of the alternatives, and suggest 

instead that a five-year ex-vessel 

revenue average from 2001–2005 would 

be more statistically appropriate, saying 

that using such an average shows lower 

impacts from the three Action 

Alternatives considered in the DEIS. 

Response: We disagree from several 

perspectives. First, the FEIS does 

compare effects of the alternatives on 

commercial fisheries between 2005, 

status quo management, and the three 

action alternatives (summarized in 

Tables 7–62a-c, 7–63a-c, and 7–64a-b,) 

and the central recreational analytical 

tables also show similar comparisons 

but include estimates for 2004 

(summarized in Tables 7–65a-b, 7–66ab, 7–67a-c, and 7–68a-e.) The analyses 

within the FEIS are also replete with 

background tables and charts that show 

historical trends in revenues, landings, 

and other socioeconomic variables 

allowing the Council and NOAA the 


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ability to compare these projections to 

past trends. Second, the use of a recent 

five-year average does not capture the 

information associated with long term 

trends, which shows that for the past 

five years the fishery has operated at its 

lowest historical levels, especially when 

whiting is excluded from the analysis. 

(Whiting is a highly variable fishery 

where much of the whiting is harvested 

by catcher-processors and motherships 

whose activities are not necessarily 

linked to a coastal community.) Finally, 

based on these trends, NMFS and the 

Council believe that communities have 

been operating at groundfish revenue 

levels far below those occurring when 

the Secretary declared a fishery disaster 

in 2000. Because the fishery has been 

operating at below-disaster levels in 

recent years, any further significant 

decrease will have additional disastrous 

effects. 

Comment 3: The Three Organizations 

state that they believe that NRDC v. 

NMFS requires prioritization of 

overfished species rebuilding unless 

there are disastrous short-term 

consequences. They believe that the 

proposed rule impermissibly prioritizes 

economic interests for both yelloweye 

rockfish management, and for the suite 

of options implemented by this action. 

They believe that this action appears to 

prioritize preventing adverse short-term 

economic impacts and even increasing 

short-term revenues over rebuilding as 

quickly as possible. 

Response: This action is consistent 

with NMFS’s policy of placing its 

highest priority on rebuilding 

overfished species, and modifying 

harvest levels to accommodate 

incidental catch of those species only 

where eliminating that incidental catch 

would have disastrous effects on fishing 

communities. The Three Organizations 

presented a similar comment to the 

DEIS for this action; the response to that 

comment is excerpted here. The Three 

Organizations assert that: ‘‘disastrous 

short-term consequences for fishing 

communities are illustrated by a total 

moratorium on all fishing due to an 

absolute ban on any bycatch of 

overfished species.’’ NMFS disagrees 

that ‘‘short-term disastrous 

consequences’’ can only occur if there is 

a total ban of fishing for overfished 

species, or in other words, only if OYs 

are set to zero. We also disagree that 

‘‘disastrous short term economic 

consequences’’ is the legal test under 

the Magnuson-Stevens Act. Significant 

consequences to fishing communities 

can occur at OY levels that are so low 

that allowed economic activity levels 

are insufficient to maintain the basic 

community infrastructure during the 

time of rebuilding. NMFS provided a 

discussion of the terms ‘‘disaster’’ and 

‘‘disastrous’’ in its response to Comment 

1, above. 

NMFS also disagrees that the 

rebuilding plan gives priority to 

economic interests over rebuilding. This 

action focuses on rebuilding overfished 

species in as short a time as possible, 

while taking into account the status and 

biology of those species and the needs 

of fishing communities. In taking into 

account the needs of fishing 

communities, this action recognizes that 

fishing communities have, for a number 

of years, already seen their economic 

activities curtailed in order to rebuild 

overfished species. The EIS for this 

action provides information and 

analyses on individual community 

impacts and broader coastwide fishery 

impacts of groundfish fishery 

management focused on rebuilding 

overfished species. The analyses within 

the EIS also identify classes of 

communities according to attributes of 

fishery dependence, resilience, and 

vulnerability. In comparing these 

community attributes to amounts of 

overfished species, target groundfish 

species and other target species (crab, 

shrimp, etc.) associated with these 

communities, NMFS found that there 

were few regions on the West Coast 

without a highly dependent or 

vulnerable groundfish fishing 

community. 

As stated in FEIS at Section 8.3 

(Rationale for Preferred Alternative), the 

key decision evaluated in the EIS for 

this action is the adoption of rebuilding 

plans for depleted species and adoption 

of associated OYs and management 

measures for the 2007 08 management 

period. The evaluation of the 

alternatives considered rebuilding in as 

short a time as possible, while also 

taking into account both the status and 

biology of overfished stocks and the 

needs of fishing communities. From a 

strictly biological perspective, 

rebuilding in a time period as short as 

possible equates to rebuilding in the 

absence of fishing. To address the 

absence-of- fishing scenario in the EIS, 

OY Alternative 1 provides OYs of 0 mt 

for all depleted species. This absence-offishing alternative would cause the least 

adverse impacts to the biological and 

physical environment and would 

rebuild the species in as quickly as 

possible. However, it would also have 

significant adverse short-term economic 

consequences on fishing communities 

because it would result in the complete 

closure of all groundfish fisheries and a 

range of non-groundfish fisheries, 

having serious, or, in the words of the 

court ‘‘disastrous consequences’’ to 

fishing communities. In contrast, the 

Council-preferred alternative was 

developed to fully address the 

requirements of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Act at section 304(e)(4)(A) and National 

Standard 8 (section 301(a)(8). 

The Council preferred alternative for 

the yelloweye rockfish OY is based on 

a strategy that ‘‘ramps down’’ catch 

levels from current amounts in order to 

give managers and industry time to 

adapt and develop more refined tools 

for decreasing the catch of yelloweye 

rockfish while allowing some small 

access to healthier co-occurring target 

species. The ramp-down approach is 

expected to avoid some disastrous shortterm economic consequences and still 

rebuild the stock as quickly as possible. 

An immediate reduction in the 

yelloweye OY to 12.6 mt could be 

expected to result in substantial and 

adverse economic impacts. As detailed 

in the FEIS and in comments submitted 

by the Makah Tribe, those impacts 

would be heavily centered on some of 

the most vulnerable communities (rural 

coastal communities in Oregon and 

Washington); the Council and NMFS 

concluded that shifting from current 

yelloweye rockfish OY levels of 27 mt 

to levels of 12.6 mt or less next year 

would significantly impact those fishing 

communities, including Neah Bay, 

Washington. As shown in the FEIS, and 

explained in the FEIS comment 

response on yelloweye rockfish 

management in section 13.2, these 

coastal communities in Oregon and 

Washington are heavily dependent on 

recreational fisheries, and any further 

reductions in the yelloweye OY would 

require further restrictions on the 

recreational fisheries, particularly those 

for halibut and groundfish. 

Additionally, as the Makah Tribe 

commented to NMFS, coastal tribal 

communities are dependent on the 

fisheries income from and infrastructure 

supporting non-tribal recreational 

fishing businesses. This lack of 

economic diversification and resiliency 

from negative economic impacts make 

them particularly vulnerable to severe 

groundfish fishery management 

measures. 

Comment 4: The Three Organizations 

state that they believe that the EIS′s 

fishing community vulnerability 

analysis is defective because it analyzes 

the economic resilience and 

vulnerability of fishing communities, 

rather than also looking at the potential 

vulnerability of port communities that 

do not have fishing industries or 

interests to groundfish rebuilding 

measures. The Three Organizations also 

believe that the vulnerability analysis 

does not take into account the 


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alternative income stream available to 

fishing communities from fishing 

opportunities for species other than 

groundfish. 

Response: Taking into consideration 

The Three Organizations′ assertions and 

other comments raised, NMFS 

continues to conclude that the economic 

analyses used in the FEIS for this action 

constitute the best available science on 

the socio-economic effects of rebuilding 

overfished groundfish species. NOAA′s 

‘‘Guidelines for Economic Analysis of 

Fishery Management Actions’’ (NOAA 

Office of Sustainable Fisheries 2000) do 

not prescribe particular methods and do 

not require the use of quantitative 

analyses. Rather, the Guidelines identify 

analytical elements that should be 

addressed and identify the scope of 

analysis required under applicable law. 

Recognizing the fact that there may be 

a lack of data and the complexity 

associated with developing economic 

models such as dynamic econometric 

models, the Guidelines state that: 

‘‘Embodied in these guidelines is the 

principle that a well developed 

qualitative analysis may be preferable to 

a poorly specified complex analytical 

model.’’ There are no econometric 

studies available for use in addressing 

the central theme of the EIS: rebuilding 

overfished species in the shortest time 

possible, taking into account the status 

and biology of the species and the needs 

of fishing communities by considering 

the impacts of allowing some access to 

healthy fish stocks in order to avoid 

disastrous consequences to fishing 

communities. 

For purposes of assessing the needs of 

fishing communities, the Council 

adopted the following general definition 

at its April 2006 meeting: ‘‘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.’’

As discussed in the proposed rule for 

this action, the EIS describes the 

socioeconomic environment, provides 

economic impact projections of the 

alternatives, and classifies fishing 

communities in terms of their ability to 

withstand short-term negative 

consequences that could result from 

declines in annual groundfish revenue 

or recreational expenditures. Although 

the ‘‘needs’’ of fishing communities 

cannot be quantified because of the lack 

of data and models, available fisheries 

and economic demographic information 

on communities can be used to develop 

indicators of community engagement in 

fisheries, dependence on groundfish, 

and community resiliency. These 

indicators were combined to classify 

those communities or associated 

counties as either ‘‘vulnerable’’ or ‘‘most 

vulnerable’’ to changes in management 

measures. A community or county is 

considered ‘‘vulnerable’’ or ‘‘most 

vulnerable’’ to changes in fishery 

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. As explained in the EIS and in 

the proposed rule for this action, a 

series of fishery-related indicators (e.g., 

number of fishery permits, number of 

commercial fishing vessels, number of 

party and charter trips, etc.) were 

associated with a series of non-fishery 

related indicators (e.g., unemployment 

rates, percent of population below the 

poverty level, population density, etc.). 

As listed in Tables A–4–7 and A–4–8, 

of Appendix A to the FEIS, information 

on 135 communities and 78 counties 

was analyzed, of which 38 cities and 18 

counties were identified as commercial 

and/or recreational vulnerable areas. To 

qualify as a vulnerable area, a 

community or county had to be listed in 

the top one-third of ranked indicator 

values for at least one engagement or 

dependency indicator and one 

resiliency indicator. Under stricter 

ranking requirements, (a community 

had to be ranked in the top one-third of 

an indicator twice under engagement 

and/or dependence and resilience), 17 

cities and 15 counties qualify as 

vulnerable. When even stricter 

requirements were applied (a 

community had to be ranked in the top 

one-third of an indicator three times 

under engagement and/or dependence 

and resilience variables), four cities and 

six counties were identified as 

vulnerable and received the label of 

‘‘most vulnerable.’’ The most vulnerable 

cities are: Garibaldi, OR; Ilwaco, WA; 

Moss Landing, CA; and Neah Bay, WA. 

The most vulnerable counties are: Coos, 

OR; Grays Harbor, WA; Humboldt, CA; 

Lincoln, OR; Medocino, CA; and Pacific, 

WA. 

The analysis developed for this 

decision is the first of its type for 

analyzing U.S. fishing communities. It 

borrows heavily from socio-economic 

analysis methodologies employed 

elsewhere, such as the methodology the 

U.S. Forest Service uses to establish 

‘‘counties of concern’’ or what state 

employment agencies, such as in 

Oregon, use to establish ‘‘distressed’’

counties. The Three Organizations 

incorrectly state in their letter that: 

‘‘Such methodology guarantees that the 

analysis will find vulnerable areas, 

whether they exist or not as compared 

with the general population of cities.’’

The West Coast groundfish community 

analysis includes major West Coast 

cities, such as Los Angeles, San 

Francisco, Seattle, and San Diego. (Los 

Angeles County, for example, scores 

high in areas of commercial fishing and 

recreational fishery engagement and 

dependency.) If the purpose of this 

comment from The Three Organizations 

is to suggest that NMFS establish some 

non-fishing community based standard 

or threshold to be applied to fishing 

communities, a review of available 

literature indicates that there is no such 

standard. The typical approach of 

almost every major study summarized 

in the literature review discussed in 

Appendix A to the FEIS was to select 

indicators, then rank communities or 

counties, and then apply differing levels 

of ranking requirements to see what 

communities or counties ranked the 

highest or lowest and could be inferred 

to be the ‘‘most vulnerable,’’ ‘‘least 

resilient,’’ or whatever socio-economic 

characteristic the analysts were focusing 

on. The EIS for this action follows this 

standard methodology, as described 

above, providing the appropriate 

analysis and background for the 

determining the shortest rebuilding 

periods possible, while taking into 

account the needs of fishing 

communities so as to avoid disastrous 

short-term consequences of management 

to those communities. In doing so, the 

fishing community analysis follows the 

directives of the Magnuson-Stevens Act 

by showing which communities are the 

most vulnerable, or in other words, in 

the most need. 

The main factor constraining the 

ability to improve economic modeling 

of the fishery and its linkages (e.g., timeseries regression analyses, estimation of 

resource efficiency and productivity, 

application of non-static models, etc.) 

with the rest of the economy is the 

absence of annual observations of 

employment, and cost and earnings data 

for vessels and processors. As 

acknowledged by The Three 

Organizations, improved modeling 

requires data from fishermen and 

companies regarding their purchases of 

capital and labor and the selling of fish 

in addition to demographic information 

such as age, education level and job 

experience. Such data are not currently 

available. Further, even if such data 

were available, econometric studies, 

particularly dynamic econometric 

studies, are not easily undertaken as 

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the fishing industry and fish 

populations, advanced expertise in 

econometric theory and methodologies, 

and the ability to translate complex 

relationships into representative and 

statistically valid functions. Currently 

the groundfish industry cost and 

earnings profiles used within the 

Fishery Economic Assessment (FEAM) 

model are based on a year 2000 

snapshot of the West Coast fishery (The 

FEAM model is a regional impact model 

that the Council and NMFS use to 

project the amount of income and 

number of jobs associated with each 

alternative.) Since 2000, among other 

things, the fishery has seen a significant 

increase in the cost of fuel. The EIS 

addresses this issue qualitatively in its 

discussion of the results, where 

appropriate. 

Finally, in their letter of comment, 

The Three Organizations critique other 

aspects of the socio-economic analysis 

and assert that the input/output 

modeling is misleading and that 

analysis based on static data is an 

inferior method when compared with 

dynamic modeling. Citing a 1994 New 

York Times article addressing spotted 

owl issues where an Oregon community 

had replaced lost timber jobs with high 

technology jobs, The Three 

Organizations posit: ‘‘Even if fishing 

activity is reduced, ports could thrive as 

many extractions industry sites have 

once the extraction slows.’’ Although 

some communities may have found a 

way to rebound from downturns 

associated with declining timber 

revenues associated with spotted owl 

protection, many have not. In 2005, the 

Federal government’s interagency 

Regional Ecosystem Office (REO) to 

support the Northwest Forest Plan 

found that many communities that 

formerly had close association with the 

timber industry are not thriving 10 years 

following the implementation of that 

plan (See: http://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/ 

publications/gtr649/pnwgtr649lvol1.pdf.) Two key findings by 

the REO counter the assertion by The 

Three Organizations that fishing 

communities may thrive even if fishing 

is reduced. The first is that, for 

communities within five miles of 

federal forest lands, 40 percent had a 

decrease in socio-economic well-being 

(SEWB) between 1990 and 2000, 37 

percent had an increase in SEWB, and 

23 percent showed little change. Our 

interpretation of this finding is that two 

thirds of the forest communities are no 

better off or may be worse off then they 

were before spotted owl recovery 

programs went into place. The second 

key finding is that the Northwest 

Economic Adjustment Initiative, the 

major program for providing assistance 

to logging communities, was a mixed 

success since it did not create jobs in 

the quantity and quality of jobs lost. 

(See ‘‘Northwest Forest Plan, the First 

Ten Years Socio-economic Monitoring 

Key Results’’ by Susan Charnley, U.S. 

Forest Service, PNW Stations (http:// 

www.reo.gov/monitoring/10yr-report/ 

social-economic/powerpoints.html). 

The Three Organizations also suggest 

that the vulnerability analysis should 

account for the ability of fishermen to 

enter other fisheries. While there may be 

minor opportunities to fish for species 

such as halibut, sandbass, and 

barracuda, almost all West Coast 

fisheries are fully subscribed and many 

suffer from overcapacity, which makes 

them inappropriate for absorbing any 

new entrants who might be displaced 

from the groundfish fishery. Adding an 

indicator to the vulnerability analysis to 

reflect alternative fishing opportunities 

does not seem a useful exercise, given 

that there are few such opportunities 

available. With respect to the examples 

of halibut and sandbass, California′s 

Master Plan, A Guide for the 

Development of Fishery Management 

Plans, support NMFS′s conclusion that 

West Coast fisheries are either 

sufficiently or overcapitalized and that 

additional effort in these fisheries is not 

desirable. (See http://www.dfg.ca.gov/ 

MRD/masterplan/index.html, especially 

Chapter 3.) Therefore, if groundfish 

fishermen were to enter or step up effort 

in alternative fisheries, other fishermen 

would see their production decline. 

Consequently, in terms of the effects of 

this action on communities, there would 

be no change in the amount of fishing 

income generated. 

Comment 5: The form emails stated 

that scientists recommended lowering 

catch levels for yelloweye rockfish. 

Senders of the form emails also believe 

that the Council recommended 

increasing yelloweye rockfish catch 

limits above levels recommended by 

scientists. The Three Organizations state 

that the yelloweye rockfish ramp-down 

rebuilding strategy is too liberal and 

risky given the depressed condition of 

the species. The Three Organizations 

believe that the yelloweye rockfish OY 

should be lower, and that new 

yelloweye rockfish management 

measures should be implemented now, 

prior to conducting research to 

determine what management measures 

may be effective beyond the current 

measures to close multiple YRCAs, 

rockfish conservation areas (RCAs,) and 

setting commercial trip limits and 

recreational bag limits and seasons to 

constrain the catch of species that cooccur with yelloweye rockfish. The 

Three Organizations also state that 

neither the DEIS nor the proposed rule 

commit to any plan to gather data on 

additional yelloweye rockfish 

rebuilding measures. 

Response: The 2006 yelloweye 

rockfish rebuilding analysis had 

calculated that a 12.6 mt yelloweye 

rockfish OY would be needed to achieve 

an 80 percent probability of rebuilding 

the stock to its BMSY level by 2096 

(‘‘BMSY’’ means the biomass level at 

which the stock is estimated to be able 

to produce its maximum sustainable 

yield on a continuing basis; the FMP 

uses a default proxy for groundfish BMSY

of B40.) This final rule implements a 

2007 yelloweye rockfish OY of 23 mt 

and a 2008 OY of 20 mt, lowered from 

the 2006 OY of 27 mt, in an OY rampdown strategy described in the preamble 

to the proposed rule for this action. 

Yelloweye rockfish OYs in 2009 and 

2010 would be further reduced, 

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. 

The OY 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. 

Several management tools are being 

studied with the intention of reducing 

impacts to yelloweye rockfish. In 

addition to the NMFS continental shelf/ 

slope trawl survey, the states have 

several new research programs already 

underway or under development for 

2007–2008. The Washington 

Department of Fish and Wildlife 

(WDFW) is conducting cooperative 

research with the International Pacific 

Halibut Commission (IPHC) to enhance 

the IPHC′s annual hook-and-line survey 

to incorporate additional survey stations 

within un-trawlable habitat areas to 

collect additional information on 

yelloweye (distribution, abundance, and 

biological samples). WDFW added 25 

new survey stations in 2006 and plans 

to continue the enhanced survey in 

2007 and beyond, contingent upon 

funding. The Oregon Department of Fish 

and Wildlife (ODFW) would add survey 

stations off the Oregon coast in 2008, 

contingent upon funding. 

WDFW is also conducting cooperative 

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Olympic Coast National Marine 

Sanctuary to characterize and map 

distribution of yelloweye and other 

rockfish habitat. Working with the 

recreational fishing industry, WDFW is 

collecting recreational vessel logbook 

catch and length data on rockfish that 

charter vessel anglers catch and release. 

This data collection research, and the 

cooperative IPHC survey could lead to 

new YRCAs for 2009 and beyond, or to 

modifications to existing closed areas to 

reflect improved and more recent 

information on yelloweye habitat sites. 

ODFW has been using acoustic 

telemetry (data-recording fish tags) to 

assess discard survival and movements 

of yelloweye rockfish. In connection 

with this data collection, ODFW is 

studying rockfish behavior following 

hook-and-line capture, recompression of 

air bladders, and release. ODFW is also 

studying recreational gear modification 

to determine whether the height of the 

baited hooks above the ocean floor has 

an effect on which species are captured 

by the hooks. This last study could 

result in gear modification requirements 

that would reduce the potential for 

recreational gear to incidentally catch 

yelloweye rockfish. 

Comment 6: The Three Organizations 

state that the ramp-down rebuilding 

strategy extends the yelloweye rockfish 

rebuilding time 38 years beyond TMIN

(the time it would take to rebuild if all 

sources of fishing mortality had been 

when the rebuilding plan was first 

implemented in 2003). They also note 

that an OY of 12.6 mt extends the 

yelloweye rockfish rebuilding time 37 

years beyond TF=0. [NMFS note: the 

rebuilt date for yelloweye rockfish is 

2084, 36 years beyond TF=0, which is 

2048.] They conclude that because the 

rebuilding periods in both of these cases 

are more than 33 years beyond TF=0, 

those periods are therefore not as short 

as possible in accordance with NRDC v. 

NMFS. The Three Organization then 

state that the National Environmental 

Policy Act requires NMFS to consider 

yelloweye rockfish harvest level 

alternatives between 0 and 12 mt, and 

rebuilding period end dates between 

2048 and 2078, before taking final 

action. 

Response: In NRDC v. NMFS, the 

court rejected NMFS′s 2002 

darkblotched rockfish rebuilding period, 

saying that the Magnuson-Stevens Act 

direction to rebuild darkblotched 

rockfish as quickly as possible, taking 

into account the status and biology of 

the stock and the needs of fishing 

communities, could not be reconciled 

with a rebuilding period ‘‘20 to 33 years 

longer than the biologically shortest 

possible rebuilding period (and that 

increases the annual take in the 

meanwhile).’’ In response, NMFS notes 

that there are numerous differences 

between the darkblotched rebuilding 

plan addressed in NRDC v. NMFS, and 

the yelloweye rebuilding period. 

First, darkblotched rockfish is 

continental slope species almost 

exclusively taken in slope trawl 

fisheries, whereas yelloweye rockfish is 

a continental shelf species almost 

exclusively taken with hook-and-line 

gear. The two species have different life 

histories and habitat preferences, 

different rebuilding trajectories and 

current levels of abundance, and 

different fishing communities that rely 

on fishing opportunities for groundfish 

species they co-occur with. The 

yelloweye rockfish OY ramp-down 

strategy would extend the yelloweye 

rebuilding period for 36 years beyond 

TF=0. The Three Organizations are 

incorrect, however, in assuming that 

because 36 years is greater than the 33 

years the court rejected for darkblotched 

rockfish, the yelloweye rockfish 

rebuilding period should also be 

rejected. Such an assumption fails to 

take into account both the status and 

biology of yelloweye rockfish and the 

needs of fishing communities that 

depend on yelloweye rockfish. 

NMFS and the Council did analyze a 

reasonable range of alternatives, as 

required by NEPA, ranging from a zeroharvest alternative, 12 mt alternative, a 

12.6 mt alternative, and the ramp-down 

strategy adopted in Amendment 16–4. 

Wholesale closures of major portions of 

the groundfish fishery would have been 

necessary to achieve catch levels at or 

below 12 mt, and these closures would 

most likely have been in regions and 

communities that are least adaptable 

and least resilient (see response to 

Comment 3, above). For example, 

yelloweye rockfish catch occurs 

primarily off the coasts of Washington 

and Oregon. These coastal communities 

generally have high unemployment 

levels, low average wage levels, little 

diversification opportunities, and are 

relatively isolated. In other words, these 

communities have the least resilient 

economies and they would be most 

affected by management strategies 

designed to achieve reductions in 

yelloweye impacts. At an OY level less 

than or equal to 12 mt, these 

communities would lose major portions 

of their recreational and/or commercial 

fisheries. Given that the West Coast 

commercial groundfish fishery was 

declared a disaster from which it has 

not recovered, and that achieving a 

yelloweye OY of 12 mt or less would 

require closing major portions of the 

fishery for the least resilient 

communities, yelloweye OY levels that 

were less than 12 mt were considered as 

clearly resulting in disastrous 

consequences for tribal and non-tribal 

fishing communities. 

Comment 7: The Three Organizations 

cite Tables 4–5 through 4–7 of the Final 

EIS for the 2007–2008 groundfish 

harvest specifications and management 

measures, which show that the 

yelloweye rockfish mortality in 2003 

was 8.1 mt. They then conclude that 

this means that the fishing industry was 

able to function at this lower yelloweye 

harvest level without any disaster 

declaration. The Three Organizations 

then state that yelloweye rockfish 

rebuilding is lagging behind the current 

Council-adopted schedule, citing a 

Scientific and Statistical Committee 

report from March 2006. Based on their 

belief that the yelloweye rebuilding rate 

is lagging behind the current schedule, 

they state that the yelloweye rockfish 

OY should be lower than current catch 

levels, and conclude that the rampdown rebuilding strategy does not 

rebuild yelloweye rockfish as quickly as 

possible. 

Response: Table 4–5 of the FEIS, 

which provides catch estimates for 2003 

incorrectly does not not include 

recreational yelloweye rockfish catch. 

The 8.1 mt figure is only for commercial 

and tribal fisheries. Recreational 

fisheries add another 11 mt to the 

estimate (based on Pacific States Marine 

Fisheries Commission′s Recreational 

Fisheries Information Network estimates 

available at: http://www.recfin.org/ 

forms/est.html, as calculated on 

November 24, 2006.) 

The Three Organizations’ assertion 

that the yelloweye stock is rebuilding 

behind schedule is a misinterpretation 

of the stock assessment. The 2006 stock 

assessment shows that the yelloweye 

population is rebuilding, but that the 

population is less resilient than thought 

in previous assessments. An estimation 

that the yelloweye population is less 

resilient than previously thought means 

that the new stock assessment has new 

information about the status and biology 

of the stock that indicates that prior 

assessments were overly optimistic 

about both the stock′s productivity and 

the rate at which it could rebuild. 

Therefore, the old rebuilding schedule 

is also overly optimistic, when taking 

into account the biology of the 

yelloweye rockfish stock. In response to 

the new information on yelloweye 

biology, the new yelloweye rebuilding 

plan would set the OY at 23 mt in 2007, 

reduce it to 20 mt in 2008, and then 

reduce again in 2009 and 2010, until it 

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discussed in the preamble to the 

proposed rule for this action and in the 

response to Comment 5, above, NMFS 

intends to achieve these reductions 

based on research to be conducted on 

more precisely designed YRCAs. 

Comment 8: The Three Organizations 

note that the C-shaped and South 

Washington Coast YRCAs prohibit 

recreational fishing for groundfish and 

halibut, but rely on voluntary avoidance 

to exclude commercial fishing. They 

believe that a voluntary avoidance 

system does not provide meaningful 

yelloweye rockfish protection; and, they 

request that NMFS explain its basis for 

relying on this measure for protecting 

yelloweye rockfish and to make this 

prohibition mandatory for all fishing. 

Response: As explained in the 

preamble to the proposed rule for this 

action, and in the preambles to 

proposed and final rules on past actions 

to implement groundfish specifications 

and management measures, area 

closures and other fishing restrictions to 

protect overfished species have been 

designed to best minimize overfished 

species bycatch using the mechanisms 

most appropriate to the fishery 

managed. As a result, the fishery 

management regime for recreational 

fisheries is different than that 

implemented for commercial fisheries. 

The fishery management regimes for 

trawl and non-trawl commercial 

fisheries also differ, to take into account 

the operational differences between the 

gear types. 

Yelloweye rockfish are not commonly 

caught in trawl fisheries; therefore, 

management measures to minimize 

incidental catch of yelloweye focus 

most strongly on constraining the 

recreational and non-trawl commercial 

fisheries. Off the northern Washington 

coast, the non-trawl commercial 

groundfish fisheries have been 

prohibited from fishing in waters 

between the shoreline and a boundary 

line approximating the 100 fm (183 m) 

depth contour since January 1, 2003 

(See NMFS RCA Archives website for 

RCA boundary history: http:// 

www.nwr.noaa.gov/Groundfish-Halibut/ 

Groundfish-Fishery-Management/ 

Groundfish-Closed-Areas/RCAArchives.cfm.) This closure keeps nontrawl commercial groundfish vessels 

from operating over the continental 

shelf, reducing incidental catch of 

northern overfished shelf rockfish, such 

as yelloweye and canary rockfish. Adult 

yelloweye rockfish most commonly 

occur in waters shoreward of the 100 fm 

(183 m) depth contour. For 2007–2008, 

NMFS is implementing an additional 

YRCA for commercial non-trawl 

fisheries, closing a deeper area that has 

historically been open to commercial 

fishing, but where yelloweye rockfish 

may be encountered. Both the new 

North Coast Commercial YRCA and the 

non-trawl RCA overlap with the 

traditional recreational C-shaped YRCA. 

The Three Organizations depict NMFS 

as relying on a voluntary commercial 

area closure to rebuild yelloweye 

rockfish; rather, NMFS relies on the 

mandatory measures for commercial 

and recreational fisheries described in 

this response and implemented via this 

final rule. A map depicting the 

overlapping closed areas that affect the 

non-trawl commercial and recreational 

groundfish fisheries is available online 

at: http://www.nwr.noaa.gov/ 

Groundfish-Halibut/Groundfish-FisheryManagement/Groundfish-Closed-Areas/ 

Index.cfm#CPlJUMPl30276. 

Recreational fishery participants 

usually work from smaller vessels than 

those used in the commercial fishery, 

and are less likely to take multi-day 

fishing trips. As a result, most 

recreational fisheries operations occur 

within the 0–100 fm (0–183 m) closure 

for the non-trawl commercial fisheries. 

If that same area were closed to 

recreational fishing, the recreational 

fishery in this area would be essentially 

closed, which would have dramatic 

negative effects on northern Washington 

coastal communities. Some recreational 

fishing trips, particularly the charter 

operations from more remote 

Washington ports, will venture farther 

offshore in search of larger-sized Pacific 

halibut, the largest of the West Coast 

flatfishes. Pacific halibut commonly cooccur with yelloweye rockfish. NMFS 

first implemented a recreational fishery 

closed off northern Washington when 

the halibut Catch Sharing Plan went 

into effect in 1995. At that time, the 

intent of the closure was to slow the 

pace of the recreational halibut fishery, 

by closing an area of known high 

halibut abundance. When yelloweye 

rockfish were declared overfished in 

2002, the Council looked at the strong 

co-occurrence of halibut with yelloweye 

rockfish and recommended prohibiting 

recreational groundfish fishing within 

that same area traditionally closed to 

halibut fishing. In 2003, NMFS and the 

Council expanded the traditional closed 

area for recreational halibut fisheries to 

the current C-shaped YRCA (68 FR 

10989, March 7, 2003.) Today, the Cshaped YRCA applies to recreational 

fisheries for both halibut and 

groundfish, and continues to have the 

dual role of prohibiting recreational 

fishing where some yelloweye rockfish 

are known to occur, and prohibiting 

recreational fishing for a species that 

strongly co-occurs with yelloweye, 

Pacific halibut. Although the historic 

commercial RCA and the new 

commercial YRCA are more closely 

linked to areas and depths where 

yelloweye rockfish are thought to 

commonly occur, the C-shaped YRCA is 

more appropriate for the recreational 

fisheries, with their higher allowable 

halibut harvest and tendency to only 

operate farther offshore when targeting 

particular big game fish. Future 

refinements may need to be made to all 

of the species-specific YRCAs, as new 

information becomes available on 

particular geographic areas favored by 

yelloweye rockfish. 

Comment 9: The Three Organizations 

support a complete closure of 

traditional commercial sablefish fishing 

grounds for vessels that homeport off 

the northern Washington Coast and in 

Puget Sound. They believe that such a 

closure would protect the sablefish 

resource and would allow NMFS to 

implement a lower yelloweye rockfish 

OY than 12.6 mt and rebuild yelloweye 

rockfish at a faster rate. 

Response: NMFS does not agree that 

a complete closure of traditional 

commercial sablefish fishing grounds is 

necessary or appropriate to protect 

sablefish. The sablefish stock is 

estimated to be at 34 percent of its 

estimated unfished biomass level, or 

B34. The sablefish OYs for 2007 and 

2008, implemented via this action, are 

based on the FMP’s harvest policy that 

species with abundance levels within 

the precautionary zone (between B25

and B40) have OYs reduced from their 

ABCs by ever greater percentages the 

closer the stock is estimated to be to B25, 

the overfished threshold. (See FMP at 

section 4.5.1.) This policy protects 

stocks that are below their BMSY level, 

acting as a default rebuilding policy that 

both prevents those stocks from dipping 

below the overfished threshold and 

rebuilds them back to their BMSY (B40) 

levels. If the traditional northern 

Washington sablefish fishing groundfish 

were closed, the entire sablefish OY 

would still be available to the remaining 

open areas along the West Coast; 

therefore, closing a particular area to 

sablefish fishing would have no effect 

on the sablefish resource, other than to 

intensify sablefish fishing effort within 

the remaining open fishing areas. 

The FEIS for this action estimates at 

Table 4–18 that 1.1 mt of yelloweye 

rockfish were taken in the 2004 fixed 

gear (longline and pot) sablefish 

fisheries north of 40°10′ N. lat. 

(approximately Cape Mendocino, 

California,) at a ratio of approximately 

8.9 lb (4.04 kg) of yelloweye per 1,000 

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bycatch ratio applies only to sablefish 

taken with longline gear; pot gear is 

estimated to have zero yelloweye catch.] 

At Table 7–22, the FEIS estimates that 

the limited entry fixed gear sablefish 

landings in Washington generated 

approximately $2,753,000 in ex-vessel 

revenue. This is important income for 

vessels operating from some of the most 

economically groundfish-dependent and 

vulnerable fishing communities, such as 

Ilwaco and Neah Bay, Washington, and 

coastal counties, such as Pacific and 

Grays Harbor Counties. 

Comment 10: The Three 

Organizations believe that the yelloweye 

rockfish OY ramp-down strategy 

increases the likelihood that old and 

fecund female rockfish will be removed 

from the population. The Three 

Organizations cite black rockfish papers 

by Berkeley et al. (2004) and by Bobko 

and Berkeley (2004), and state that they 

believe that larvae born from older 

rockfish have an increased rate of 

growth and survival than larvae born 

from younger rockfish, which they 

believe may affect recruitment success 

and rebuilding. They state that old 

rockfish are critical to the reproductive 

success of the stock, and that 

management should focus not only on 

biomass size, but also on increasing the 

proportion of older fish in the 

population. They then conclude that the 

ramp-down rebuilding strategy should 

not be adopted because they believe that 

it does not increase the proportion of 

older fish in the yelloweye rockfish 

population. 

In addition to this specific comment 

on older female rockfish in the 

yelloweye population, The Three 

Organizations make a more general 

comment on the benefits of older 

females within all rockfish species′ 

populations. They state that they believe 

that management measures and the 

determination of OYs must incorporate 

scientific findings that the larvae 

produced by older rockfish have an 

increased probability of survival over 

those produced by younger rockfish, 

that older rockfish have greater larval 

outputs than younger rockfish, and that 

having older female rockfish in a 

population increases the chance that 

some fish will release their larvae at the 

best time for food supply. They also 

believe that management measures 

should promote multiple productive 

stocks with a mix of old and young 

females over a broad spatial area. To use 

the best available science, they believe 

that NMFS should explore and 

implement strategies to avoid mortality 

of mega-spawners and immature fish 

and modifying the OY models to 

account and plan for the age structure 

of the fishery. They then conclude that 

lower groundfish OYs better preserve 

mega-spawners, which they believe 

guards against collapse. 

Response: The scientific papers cited 

by the Three Organizations specifically 

discuss research on black rockfish, not 

yelloweye rockfish, although an 

additional 2004 paper from Berkeley, et. 

al, ‘‘Fisheries Sustainability via 

Protection of Age Structure and Spatial 

Distribution of Fish Populations,’’ draws 

more general conclusions about the 

effects of age and spatial distribution on 

population health and abundance on a 

variety of Pacific rockfish species. Most 

rockfish species are long-lived and 

slow-growing, with individuals of some 

species living as long as, or longer than 

100 years. This rockfish life history 

strategy is useful in a physical 

environment, such as with the narrow 

continental shelf off the North American 

West Coast, where optimal spawning 

conditions may occur infrequently over 

time. Different rockfish species benefit 

from different environmental conditions 

in terms of which years and geographic 

areas are likely to feature successful 

spawning classes. Many of the West 

Coast overfished rockfish stock 

assessments have noted that rockfish 

stocks will require several particularly 

successful recruitment years before they 

recover above BMSY. For example, the 

recent increase in bocaccio abundance 

was made possible by two particularly 

successful year classes from 1999 and 

2000. Lingcod, by contrast, is more 

consistent in its year-to-year spawning 

success, and its rebuilding primarily 

benefitted from fishery closures in times 

and areas when its recruitment success 

was most vulnerable - during the winter 

spawning and nest-guarding period. 

The Three Organizations note that the 

2004 Berkeley, et. al paper has 

demonstrated that older female black 

rockfish produce larvae with faster 

growth rates and greater larval survival 

than younger fish, with age being a more 

significant predictor than size alone. 

Similarly, Bobko and Berkeley (2004) 

demonstrated that older females spawn 

earlier in the year than younger females, 

with potential implications on 

sustainability and reproductive success 

associated with the timing of parturition 

and the short term variability in ocean 

conditions. The Berkeley et al. paper on 

fisheries sutainability, mentioned above, 

speaks on the implications of these 

results to rockfish more generally, but 

this review does not conclusively 

demonstrate comparable impacts on 

other Sebastes species. In other words, 

the authors of these papers have, in 

keeping with sound science practices, 

provided quantified conclusions on 

black rockfish that may be considered 

for use in future black rockfish stock 

assessments, but only qualitative 

conclusions for other rockfish species. 

NMFS notes that comparable research in 

the North Atlantic has led to estimable 

impacts of productivity for 

commercially important species. For 

example, Trippel et al. (1997) review 

evidence that demonstrates that first 

and second time spawning Atlantic cod 

breed for shorter periods of time, 

produce fewer egg batches, and produce 

smaller size eggs with lower fertilization 

and hatching rates. When such 

considerations were incorporated into 

stock assessments, overfishing 

thresholds for those were considerably 

lower (Murawski et al. 2001). These 

studies are part of a growing area of 

research that indicate substantial 

variability in the reproductive abilities 

of younger and older individuals of 

many species, the inference being that a 

broad distribution of age structure is 

beneficial to the recruitment and 

productivity of many stocks. 

Consequently, this issue remains an area 

of intensive research, within both the 

agency and private research institutions. 

Currently, ongoing studies by NMFS 

and academic researchers are attempting 

to compare potential maternal effects in 

a suite of West Coast rockfish species, 

including blue, olive, gopher, 

yellowtail, kelp, chilipepper and widow 

rockfish relative to what was found 

previously in black rockfish. 

Comparable investigations are ongoing 

for waters off Alaska, such as for POP. 

Without such comparative studies, 

generalizations from the black rockfish 

study are difficult to extrapolate to other 

Sebastes species. This issue is widely 

recognized by researchers and 

assessment scientists as important in 

evaluating the productivity and 

sustainability of West Coast groundfish 

fisheries, and insight gained from 

ongoing research will be incorporated 

into scientific assessments and 

management advice as it becomes 

available. Such considerations can 

potentially be addressed in new stock 

assessment models by modifying the 

shape of fecundity curves to represent 

relative maternal reproductive success 

in estimating effective spawning output. 

Alternatively, the potential implications 

of these effects may lead to new insights 

on future optimal management regimes, 

such as spatial management measures, 

that explicitly recognize the significance 

of age structure in population 

sustainability. 

Although NMFS has some habitat 

information for yelloweye rockfish, the 

agency does not have information on 

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are particularly found. This lack of sexand age-specific habitat data is not 

unique to yelloweye rockfish. The 

Berkeley, et. al. paper on fisheries 

sustainability, mentioned above, 

recognizes this lack of information on 

sex- and age-specific habitat by 

suggesting that age diversity in rockfish 

populations could be supported through 

implementing a network of marine 

protected areas. NMFS has already 

implemented a coastwide network of 

marine protected areas, some of which 

were designed to protect essential 

groundfish habitat, and some of which 

were designed to limit the incidental 

catch of adult life stage overfished 

species, including yelloweye rockfish. 

In addition to the RCAs, which were 

designed to prevent incidental catch of 

several overfished species within the 

same areas (bocaccio, canary, 

darkblotched, Pacific ocean perch, 

widow, and yelloweye rockfish), NMFS 

has implemented YRCAs specifically 

intended to minimize yelloweye 

rockfish bycatch. This action 

implements four additional YRCAs 

beyond those that continue to be in 

place from prior years. As discussed 

above, in the response to Comment 4, 

the yelloweye OY ramp-down strategy 

allows NMFS and its partner managing 

agencies to collect more information on 

yelloweye habitat, so as to determine 

whether the boundaries of current 

YRCAs need to be modified, or new 

YRCAs created, to provide yelloweye 

with improved protection from 

incidental catch. Yelloweye rockfish 

rebuilding measures prohibit yelloweye 

retention, removing any incentive that 

fishers may have to particularly target 

large-size fish. 

One unintended artifact of managing 

the coastwide West Coast groundfish 

fishery with an overarching goal of 

rebuilding overfished stocks is that both 

the rebuilding stocks themselves and 

healthier under-harvested co-occurring 

stocks have relatively high proportions 

of younger-aged fish within their 

populations. In other words, the 

restrictive groundfish management in 

the 2000–2006 period has resulted in an 

abundance of groundfish from the 2000–

2006 year classes. As mentioned above, 

initial conclusions from the scientists 

addressing this question of the 

fecundity of older-age female rockfish 

indicate that these authors believe that 

marine protected areas would help 

either improve population age diversity, 

improve the survivability of older-age 

fish, or both. As also discussed above, 

the current network of groundfish 

marine protected areas meets several 

Magnuson-Stevens Act mandates by 

focusing on protecting essential fish 

habitat and minimizing bycatch of 

overfished species. NMFS does not have 

any information on the specific 

modifications that would need to be 

made to its network of West Coast 

marine protected areas to better promote 

rockfish population age diversity. 

Comment 11: The senders of the form 

emails urge NMFS to adopt an 

ecosystem approach to fisheries 

management and to incorporate 

ecosystem considerations into the 

groundfish FMP. The Three 

Organizations comment that they see a 

need for developing an ecosystem-based 

fisheries management approach to 

Pacific fisheries management, including 

overarching ecosystem goals and 

objectives to guide fisheries 

management decisions. They express a 

belief that the current management 

program is focused on achieving 

maximum sustainable yield for market 

valued species, on a species-by-species 

basis, and a belief that such a program 

threatens the health of the California 

Current ecosystem. 

Response: NMFS agrees that 

ecosystem needs and effects are critical 

elements in managing West Coast 

fisheries. However, NMFS disagrees 

with the comment that the current 

management framework focuses only on 

achieving maximum sustainable yield 

for market value species. Under Section 

304(e) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act, 

rebuilding times for overfished species 

must be as short as possible, taking into 

account the status and biology of any 

overfished stocks of fish, the needs of 

fishing communities, and the 

interaction of overfished stocks within 

the marine ecosystem. The FEIS for this 

action complies with that requirement. 

Section 3.1.6 of the FEIS discusses the 

role of overfished species in the West 

Coast marine ecosystem, and section 3.2 

discusses the direct and indirect effects 

of 2007–2008 management measures on 

West Coast essential fish habitat and the 

marine ecosystem. Additionally, both 

NMFS’s Northwest and Southwest 

Fisheries Science Centers are actively 

engaged in research efforts that are 

focused on modeling predator-prey and 

ecosystem dynamics, incorporating 

environmental indices into stock 

assessments, and evaluating the 

consequences of fishing on other 

elements of the ecosystem. However, as 

reported in section 3.3.3 of the FEIS, 

‘‘the data necessary to develop and 

adequately parameterize multispecies 

models are lacking for most ecosystems, 

including the California Current. Even 

with adequate data, the ability of 

multispecies models to make 

meaningful predictions regarding the 

consequences of decisions is limited.’’

NMFS also disagrees with the 

comment that the 2007–2008 

management program is designed to 

maximize market value of the fishery on 

a species-by-species basis. As discussed 

in the preamble to the proposed rule for 

this action, the Council process and EIS 

for this action took a new analytical 

approach to asking the question for each 

overfished species, ‘‘What is the shortest 

time possible to rebuild this species, 

taking into account the status and 

biology of this stock and its co-occurring 

overfished species, and the needs of 

fishing communities that depend on 

fisheries that have historically taken this 

stock either directly or incidentally?’’

The new and more holistic analytical 

approach that NMFS, the Council, and 

the public took in answering this 

question looks at the relative biological 

attributes of each overfished groundfish 

species, their relative levels of depletion 

and vulnerability, the interaction of 

those species with various fishing 

sectors, and the impact those species 

have on West Coast fishing 

communities. When establishing the 

Amendment 16–4 rebuilding parameters 

and the 2007–2008 OYs for overfished 

species, the status and biology of the 

stocks were taken into account by 

considering the shortest possible 

rebuilding periods within different 

packages of management measures that 

placed an emphasis on providing the 

greatest protection for the most sensitive 

and least productive overfished species. 

Careful consideration was given to: the 

differences between the biological 

characteristics of each overfished 

species; the varying possible rebuilding 

schedules; the depletion rates of each 

overfished species; the relative 

sensitivity of each overfished species to 

changes in the management regime; and, 

the need for research data to ensure the 

availability of information to assess the 

status and biology of overfished species 

and other fish stocks. 

Taking the needs of fishing 

communities into account as part of the 

development of new Amendment 16–4 

rebuilding plans meant conducting new 

socio-economic analyses. The court 

noted the multi-species nature of the 

groundfish fisheries, stating that the 

Magnuson-Stevens Act allows NMFS to 

‘‘set limited quotas [for rebuilding 

species] 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.’’ Careful 


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analytical consideration was given to 

the needs of the fishing communities, 

particularly: the vulnerability of 

different fishing communities to 

reductions in available harvest; 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 need 

for management flexibility to address 

uncertainty in preseason catch 

predictions of overfished species such 

that the OYs are not exceeded or that 

fishing communities are not subject to 

the disastrous immediate consequences 

from inseason adjustments. 

Comment 12: The letter received from 

the marine scientific researcher with the 

University of California, Santa Barbara, 

believes that NMFS does not have 

enough information to revise the size 

and shape of the Western Cowcod 

Conservation Areas (CCA). The multiple 

form emails received state that the 

Eastern and Western CCAs are 

important conservation tools that have 

been successful at reducing cowcod 

bycatch, and urge NMFS to maintain the 

existing CCA boundary lines. The letter 

received from The Three Organizations 

states that altering the CCA boundary 

lines will increase cowcod bycatch and 

undermine cowcod rebuilding 

objectives. The Three Organizations also 

state that changing the CCA boundaries 

will compromise the monitoring and 

enforcement of fishing activities, and 

will undermine observation and data 

collection efforts. 

Response: NMFS has disapproved the 

Council′s recommendation to revise the 

boundaries of the Western CCA. NMFS 

is disapproving the Council′s 

recommendation for several reasons, 

including: (1) cowcod have a fairly 

sedentary life history and closed areas 

are one of the few rebuilding tools that 

NMFS expects will have a measurable 

effect on increasing the cowcod 

biomass; (2) there is relatively sparse 

data on cowcod stock abundance, which 

creates greater uncertainty regarding the 

cowcod stock status; (3) there is an 

unquantified potential for effort shifts 

that could result from this change; and 

(4) there is uncertainty in the estimates 

of increased impacts to cowcod, 

bocaccio, and non-overfished species 

within the CCA boundaries. By 

disapproving this Council 

recommendation, NMFS is continuing 

its precautionary approach to 

management of the CCAs and cowcod, 

an overfished rockfish species, without 

constraining existing fisheries. 

Maintaining the current CCA 

boundaries does not alter the OYs of 

healthy Southern California groundfish 

species available for harvest outside of 

the CCAs. 

Comment 13: The sender of the 

individualized email is a California 

angler who catches rockfish and other 

fish species. He states that when fishing 

for groundfish, the prohibited rockfish 

species are inevitably caught and must 

then be discarded. He notes that few of 

the discarded rockfish survive the catchand-release process, and often become 

food for the waiting terns and gulls. He 

wonders if there is a dichotomy in this 

scenario. 

Response: Federal groundfish 

regulations prohibit the retention of 

overfished species in recreational 

fisheries in order to discourage the 

directed targeting of those species. RCAs 

are used to lower the frequency of 

incidental catch of overfished species 

taken in fisheries targeting more 

abundant co-occurring groundfish 

stocks. Allowing the retention of a 

particular species in sport fisheries 

tends to increase the total catch (landed 

catch + discard) of that species; 

therefore, allowing the retention of 

overfished species in recreational 

fisheries, particularly for more 

vulnerable stocks, is counter to NMFS′ 

rebuilding program. NMFS is aware that 

continental shelf rockfish species taken 

in recreational fisheries are unlikely to 

survive the catch-and-release process. 

That mortality is accounted for as the 

recreational fisheries′ portion of each 

overfished species OY. Rockfish, both 

overfished and healthy species, are 

common in the diets of a variety of 

seabirds; NMFS is not surprised that 

terns and gulls are eating discarded fish. 

Changes from the Proposed Rule 

At its September 11–15 meeting in 

Foster City, CA, the Council reviewed 

its June recommendations for the 2007–

2008 fishery specifications and 

management measures. The Council 

provided NMFS with comments on its 

June recommendations, asking that 

NMFS make a few refinements to the 

2007–2008 specifications and 

management measures that the agency 

had published as proposed in the 

Federal Register. On October 3, 2006, 

Council staff transmitted the Council’s 

recommended refinements in a letter to 

NMFS. That letter did not detail the 

Council′s rationale for the 

recommended refinements, referring 

instead to public discussions held at the 

September 2006 Council meeting. Thus, 

the Council′s September 2006 

recommendations are discussed in this 

section on changes from the proposed 

rule, rather than above in responses to 

comments received during the comment 

period. 

As part of the 2007–2008 groundfish 

management measures, the Council 

considered implementing the Ocean 

Salmon Conservation Zone (OSCZ), an 

area shoreward of a boundary line 

approximating the 100 fm (183 m) depth 

contour, as a potential inseason 

management tool for the whiting 

fishery. The OSCZ was evaluated in the 

DEIS, and at the June 2006 Council 

meeting the GMT recommended that 

this measure be adopted as part of the 

Council′s management measures 

recommendations to NMFS. However, 

the Council’s final management 

recommendations to NMFS had 

inadvertently not included the OSCZ 

requirement. NMFS and Council staff 

discovered this oversight following the 

June 2006 Council meeting. Because the 

OSCZ had 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 included the OSCZ as 

part of the proposed action. The Council 

took final action on this issue at its 

September 2006 meeting, and 

recommended adopting the OSCZ for 

2007 and beyond to give NMFS the 

authority to implement a nearshore 

closure for all sectors of the Pacific 

Coast whiting fishery if Chinook take is 

anticipated to exceed acceptable levels. 

The Council recommended a flexible 

approach of applying this mitigation 

measure in response to conditions in the 

fishery, rather than having the OSCZ in 

effect throughout the whiting season, 

which could possibly shift effort 

offshore and increase catch rates of 

canary and darkblotched rockfish. This 

flexibility allows industry and NMFS to 

monitor whiting fishing activities and 

modify fishery restrictions inseason to 

appropriately respond to environmental 

factors that influence varying bycatch 

rates for salmon bycatch and depleted 

rockfish species. The incidental take 

level for Chinook salmon may be 

changed through the Endangered 

Species Act consultation process, if 

needed. NMFS concurs with this 

recommendation and acknowledges the 

Council’s endorsement of the use of the 

OSCZ as management tool for the 2007 

through 2008 Pacific Coast whiting 

fishery. 

At the June 2006 Council meeting, the 

Council had recommended a 2007 

petrale sole acceptable biological catch 

(ABC) of 2,917 mt. Subsequent to that 

decision, NMFS and Council staff 

discovered that the 2007 ABC had been 

incorrectly calculated from its stock 

assessment, resulting in a 

mathematically incorrect petrale sole 

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in June 2006 was the sum of the 

northern 40–10 adjusted OY of 1,289 mt 

and the southern ABC of 1,628 mt. 

Instead, the Council should have 

specified a 2007 petrale sole 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. Therefore, at 

its September 2006 meeting, the Council 

recommended a technical correction to 

the 2007 petrale sole ABC from 2,917 mt 

to 3,025 mt. The 2008 ABC value of 

2,919 mt recommended by the Council 

at the June 2006 meeting was calculated 

correctly and does not need to be 

changed. NMFS concurs with this 

recommendation and has made the 

technical correction to the 2007 petrale 

sole ABC in Table 1a of this action. 

At its November 12–17 meeting in Del 

Mar, CA, the Council, in consultation 

with Pacific Coast Treaty Indian Tribes 

and the States of Washington, Oregon, 

and California, recommended the 

following changes to 2007–2008 

management measures based on the 

most recent information: (1) Decrease 

limited entry trawl trip limits for petrale 

sole in Periods 1 (January–February) 

and 6 (November–December), and (2) 

decrease open access trip limits for 

sablefish. 

Catch of petrale sole was higher than 

expected in 2006. If the higher than 

expected petrale sole catches in 2006 

are repeated in 2007, there is the 

potential for early attainment of the 

petrale sole OY. The 2007 petrale sole 

OY of 2,499 mt is 263 mt less than the 

2006 ABC/OY of 2,762 mt. The Period 

1 and 6 cumulative limits for petrale 

sole in 2007 as stated in the proposed 

rule (71 FR 57764, September 29, 2006) 

are 80,000 lb (36,287 kg) per 2 months, 

which are higher than the 2006 limits. 

The 2006 petrale sole trip limits were 

30,000 lb (13, 608 kg) per month in 

Period 1 and 70,000 lb (31, 752 kg) per 

2 months in Period 6. To reduce the 

potential for early attainment of the 

2007 OY, the Council recommended 

that trip limits for Periods 1 and 6 be 

reduced to 50,000 lb (22,680 kg) per 2 

months beginning January 1, 2007. 

Pacific Coast groundfish landings will 

be monitored throughout the year and 

further adjustments to trip limits or 

management measures will be made as 

necessary to allow achievement of, or to 

avoid exceeding, optimum yields (OYs). 

Therefore, for 2007 and 2008, the 

Council recommended and NMFS is 

implementing trip limit adjustments for 

the limited entry trawl fishery in 

Periods 1 (January–February) and 6 

(November–December) as follows: (1) 

North of 40°10′ N. lat., decrease petrale 

sole trip limits from 80,000 lb (36,287 

kg) per 2 months to 50,000 lb (22,680 

kg) per 2 months for large and small 

footrope trawl gear; and (2) south of 

40°10′ N. lat., decrease petrale sole trip 

limits from 80,000 lb (36,287 kg) per 2 

months to 50,000 lb (22,680 kg) per 2 

months. 

Catch of sablefish in the open access 

(OA) daily trip limit (DTL) fishery north 

of 36° N. lat. was higher in 2006 than 

in previous years, in part due to reduced 

salmon fishing opportunities. In 2006, 

the OA sablefish DTL fishery 

experienced a large influx of fishing 

effort from vessels unable to participate 

in the highly restricted salmon fishery. 

To slow the catch of sablefish in 2006, 

the OA sablefish DTL fishery north of 

36° N. lat. was decreased from May 

through September (71 FR 24601, April 

26, 2006) and then closed from October 

through December due to early 

attainment of the OA sablefish 

allocation (71 FR 58289, October 3, 

2006). Reducing the cumulative limit 

was intended to provide for a longer 

season in 2006, which was thought to 

most benefit fishers who have 

historically participated in the yearround fishery. Based on anticipated 

salmon fishing opportunities in 2007, 

effort in the OA sablefish DTL fishery is 

expected to be equivalent to or higher 

than effort in the 2006 fishery. The 

Council recommended decreasing trip 

limits in the OA sablefish DTL fishery 

north of 36° N. lat. to increase the 

likelihood that the OA sablefish DTL 

fishery can be prosecuted as a yearround fishery. In 2006, when trip limits 

for the OA sablefish DTL fishery north 

of 36° N. lat. were closed and trip limits 

south of 36° N. lat. were increased, 

effort shifted into the OA sablefish DTL 

fishery south of 36° N. lat. The Council 

recommended that the daily and weekly 

trip limits for the OA sablefish DTL 

fishery south of 36° N. lat. be aligned 

with the OA sablefish DTL fishery limits 

north of 36° N. lat. to limit the incentive 

for additional vessels to fish south of 

36° N. lat. and to prevent early 

attainment of the sablefish harvest 

guidelines north and south of 36° N. lat. 

Therefore, for 2007 and 2008, the 

Council recommended and NMFS is 

implementing the following: (1) A 

reduction in the trip limits for the OA 

sablefish DTL fishery north of 36° N. lat. 

to the U.S./Canada border for January 

through December from ‘‘300 lb (136 kg) 

per day, or 1 landing per week of up to 

1,000 lb (454 kg), not to exceed 3,000 lb 

(1,361 kg) per 2 months’’ to ‘‘300 lb (136 

kg) per day, or 1 landing per week of up 

to 700 lb (318 kg), not to exceed 2,100 

lb (953 kg) per 2 months,’’ and (2) a 

reduction in the trip limits for the OA 

sablefish DTL fishery south of 36° N. lat. 

to the U.S./Mexico border for January 

through December from ‘‘350 lb (159 kg) 

per day, or 1 landing per week of up to 

1,050 lb (476 kg)’’ to ‘‘300 lb (136 kg) 

per day, or 1 landing per week of up to 

700 lb (318 kg).’’

In addition, NMFS is revising the 

regulations in the proposed rule (71 FR 

57764, September 29, 2006) to include 

an exemption from closed areas and 

seasons for recreational divers 

spearfishing for groundfish species off 

California in 2007 and 2008. At the 

Council′s June 11–16, 2006, meeting in 

Foster City, CA, the Council made final 

recommendations on the 2007–2008 

groundfish specifications and 

management measures. In Agenda item 

F.6.e, CDFG supplemental motion in 

writing, June 2006, the Council 

recommended an exemption from 

recreational closed areas and seasons for 

divers and shore-based anglers that was 

contingent on the California Fish and 

Game Commission adopting it. The 

California Fish and Game Commission 

adopted this measure at their November 

3, 2006, meeting. In addition, this 

exemption was analyzed in the 2007–

2008 groundfish EIS. This exemption 

was listed in Agenda item F.6.e as 

‘‘status quo’’ management measures, 

meaning that it was in place in state 

regulation in 2005 and 2006. However, 

it has not previously been in Federal 

regulation. While the shore-based angler 

exemption is not necessary in Federal 

regulation because it occurs entirely in 

state waters, the diver exemption would 

apply to recreational spearfishing in 

Federal waters. 

Therefore, for 2007 and 2008, the 

Council recommended and NMFS is 

implementing an exemption from closed 

areas and seasons for recreational 

spearfishing consistent with Title 14 of 

the California Code of Regulations. This 

exemption applies only to recreational 

vessels and divers provided no other 

fishing gear, except spearfishing gear, is 

on board the vessel. This exemption 

applies to all federally-managed 

groundfish (except lingcod during 

January, February, March, and 

December), as well as the following 

California state-managed species: ocean 

whitefish, California sheephead, and all 

greenlings of the genus Hexagrammos 

(kelp greenling is the only federallymanaged greenling). 

NMFS is disapproving the Council′s 

recommendation to revise the 

boundaries of the Western CCA as 

discussed above in the response to 

Comment 12. As a result of this 

disapproval, the following are changes 

from the proposed rule: Removed 

language on 15-minute VMS reporting 

rates from 660.303(d)(5)(i); removed 

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from 660.382 (c), limited entry fixed 

gear fishery management measures, and 

from 660.383 (c), open access fishery 

management measures; and removed 

language with western 175–fm CCA 

coordinates from 660.390(k)–(o), 

groundfish conservation areas. 

NMFS is adding language to all 

commercial and recreational YRCAs to 

clarify that vessels may transit through 

the YRCAs with groundfish on board 

and that vessels fishing within the 

YRCA may not be in possession of 

groundfish. The language added to the 

YRCAs mirrors existing language from 

the RCAs. NMFS added clarifying 

language to the YRCAs in the following 

sections: 660.382(c)(2); 660.383(c)(2) 

and (4); 660.384(c)(1)(i)(A) and (B), and 

(c)(2)(i)(A); and 660.405(c). 

NMFS is also making technical 

corrections to the latitude and longitude 

coordinates that are used to define 

Groundfish Conservation Areas, 

including coordinates approximating 

depth contours used for defining 

Rockfish Conservation Area (RCA) 

boundaries (See §§ 660.390 through 

660.394). The purpose of these 

corrections is to revise the lines so that 

they better approximate the depth 

contours they are intended to reflect. 

Finally, the following changes were 

made to ABC/OY Tables 1a–2c and the 

footnotes for these tables: the coastwide 

range of ABCs and OYs for Pacific 

whiting were added to table 1a; the 

cowcod area was revised in tables 1a 

and 2a from the area north of 36° N. lat. 

to the area from 36° to 40°30′ N. lat.; the 

minor rockfish north and south areas in 

the Tables 1a, 1b, 2a and 2b were 

revised to indicate that the areas were 

north and south of 40°10′ N. lat.; in 

footnote h/ of tables 1a and 2a, the 

percent of unfished biomass for cabezon 

north of 34°27′ N. lat. and south of 

34°27′ N. lat. were reversed. Due to a 

revisions in table formatting from 

previous years, several minor nonsubstantive changes were made 

including: footnote renumbering for 

‘‘other species’’, replacement of missing 

table cell boundaries, revised table titles 

and column headers. 

Classification 

The Administrator, Northwest Region, 

NMFS, has determined that Amendment 

16–4 and the 2007–2008 groundfish 

harvest specifications and management 

measures, which this final rule would 

implement, are necessary for the 

conservation and management of the 

Pacific Coast groundfish fishery and that 

they are consistent with the MagnusonStevens Act and other applicable laws. 

NMFS prepared an FEIS in support of 

this action. The FEIS was filed with the 

Environmental Protection Agency on 

October 13, 2006. A notice of 

availability for this FEIS was published 

on October 20, 2006 (71 FR 61967). In 

approving Amendment 16–4, on 

November 30, 2006, NMFS issued a 

Record of Decision (ROD) identifying 

the selected alternative. A copy of the 

ROD is available from NMFS (see 

ADDRESSES). 

Amendment 16–4 and the 2007–2008 

groundfish specifications and 

management measures are intended to 

rebuild overfished stocks as quickly as 

possible, taking into account the status 

and biology of the stocks and the needs 

of fishing communities. NMFS has been 

ordered in NRDC v. NMFS to implement 

this action by January 1, 2007. If these 

measures are not effective on January 1, 

2007, the management measures from 

January 1, 2006 will remain in effect. 

Management measures from January 

2006 were based on the best scientific 

information available at that time. The 

2006 management measures are not 

tailored to the 2007–2008 harvest levels 

and, for some species, are not 

conservative enough to meet the 

Council’s rebuilding goals for 2007–

2008. Leaving the 2006 specifications 

and management measures in place 

could cause harm to some stocks. For 

example, the OYs for several overfished 

species, which constrain operations in 

all of the coastwide groundfish fisheries, 

are lower in 2007 and 2008 than they 

were in 2006. The yelloweye rockfish 

OY is lower in 2007 and 2008, and 

constrains commercial and recreational 

hook-and-line fisheries north of Cape 

Mendocio, California, particularly for 

halibut. The canary rockfish OY is lower 

in 2007 and 2008, and constrains 

commercial and recreational fisheries 

coastwide, particularly for co-occurring 

continental shelf species. The POP OY 

is lower in 2007 and 008, and constrains 

commercial trawl fisheries north of 

Cape Mendocino, California, 

particularly for co-occurring continental 

slope species. The bocaccio and cowcod 

OYs are lower in 2007 and 2008, and 

constrain commercial and recreational 

fisheries south of Cape Mendocino, 

California, particularly for co-occurring 

continental shelf species. Although the 

darkblotched and widow rockfish OYs 

are higher in 2007 and 2008 than in 

2006, they are smaller proportions of 

their respective ABCs than in 2006; 

therefore, the darkblotched rockfish OY 

may be expected to constrain 

commercial trawl fisheries for cooccurring continental slope species 

north of Pt. Reyes, California, and the 

widow rockfish OY may be expected to 

constrain commercial fisheries for cooccurring continental shelf species and 

for Pacific whiting, coastwide. The 

commercial fishery is managed with 

two-month cumulative limits, so even a 

short delay in effectiveness could allow 

the fleets to harvest the entire twomonth limit before the 2007 measures 

are effective. Delaying the effectiveness 

of this rule would also be confusing to 

the public, since it would result in a 

change in trip limits in the midst of the 

two-month January–February 

cumulative trip limit period. Finally, 

delay in publishing these measures 

could also require unnecessarily 

restrictive measures, including possible 

fishery closures, later in the year to 

make up for excessive harvest that 

would be caused by late implementation 

of these regulations. Thus, a delay in 

effectiveness could ultimately cause 

economic harm to the fishing industry 

and associated fishing communities. 

These reasons constitute good cause 

under authority contained in 5 U.S.C. 

553(d)(3), to establish an effective date 

less than 30 days after date of 

publication. 

This final rule has been determined to 

be not significant for purposes of 

Executive Order 12866. 

NMFS prepared a final regulatory 

flexibility analysis (FRFA) as part of the 

regulatory impact review. The FRFA 

incorporates the IRFA, the comments 

and responses to the proposed rule, and 

a summary of the analyses completed to 

support the action. A copy of the FRFA 

is available from NMFS (see ADDRESSES) 

and a summary of the FRFA, per the 

requirements of 5 U.S.C. 604(a), follows: 

Amendment 16–4 and the 2007–2008 

harvest specifications and management 

measures are intended to respond to 

court orders in NRDC v. NMFS and to 

implement a groundfish management 

scheme for the 2007 and 2008 

groundfish fisheries. During the 

comment period on the proposed rule, 

NMFS received two letters of comment 

and 1,446 e-mails of comment, but none 

of the comments received addressed the 

IRFA, although one letter directly or 

indirectly addressed the economic 

effects of the rule, as discussed above in 

the response to Comments 1 and 2. 

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, 

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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. 

This action, taken from the final 

Council-preferred alternative in the 

FEIS, represents the Council’s efforts to 

address directions provided by the court 

in NRDC v. NMFS 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/FRFA, the 

inclusion of the yelloweye rockfish 

‘‘ramp-down’’ strategy and creation of 

additional YRCAs is a means of trying 

to mitigate the adverse impacts of this 

rule on small entities. 

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 for the next four years of the 

rebuilding period. 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 12.6 mt OY, 

there would be a projected 40 percent 

decline in ex-vessel 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 

commercial 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 non-trawl exvessel 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 immediate 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 

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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. 

Lower Columbia River coho (70 FR 

37160, June 28, 2005) and the Southern 

Distinct Population Segment (DPS) of 

green sturgeon (71 FR 17757, April 7, 

2006) were recently listed as threatened 

under the ESA. As a consequence, 

NMFS has reinitiated its Section 7 

consultation on the Council’s 

Groundfish FMP. After reviewing the 

available information, NMFS concluded 

that, in keeping with Section 7(a)(2) of 

the ESA, allowing the fishery to 

continue under this action FMP would 

not result in any irreversible or 

irretrievable commitment of resources 

that would have the effect of foreclosing 

the formulation or implementation of 

any reasonable and prudent alternative 

measures. 

Pursuant to Executive Order 13175, 

this action was developed after 

meaningful consultation and 

collaboration with tribal officials from 

the area covered by the FMP. Under the 

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

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

the Council must be a representative of 

an Indian tribe with federally 

recognized fishing rights from the area 

of the Council’s jurisdiction. In 

addition, regulations implementing the 

FMP establish a procedure by which the 

tribes with treaty fishing rights in the 

area covered by the FMP request new 

allocations or regulations specific to the 

tribes, in writing, before the first of the 

two meetings at which the Council 

considers groundfish management 

measures. The regulations at 50 CFR 

660.324(d) further state ‘‘the Secretary 

will develop tribal allocations and 

regulations under this paragraph in 

consultation with the affected tribe(s) 

and, insofar as possible, with tribal 

consensus.’’ The tribal management 

measures in this final 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 final rule. 

List of Subjects in 50 CFR Part 660 

Fisheries, Fishing, Indian fisheries. 

Dated: December 14, 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 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’’ introductory text, 

‘‘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) of this definition except for the 

following: those groundfish species 

specifically listed in Tables 1–2 of this 

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(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) 

refers to the National Marine Fisheries 

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 § 660.306, 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, 

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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). 

* * * * * 

■ 4. 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. 

* * * * * 

(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. 

* * * * * 

■ 5. 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. 

■ 6. 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. 

■ 7. 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 

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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. 

■ 8. 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. 

* * * * * 

(j) Black rockfish. Harvest guidelines 

for commercial harvests of black 

rockfish by members of the Pacific Coast 

Indian tribes using hook and line gear 

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. 

* * * * * 

■ 9. 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. 

■ 10. 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) * * * 

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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., 

even if POP were a part of the landings 

from minor slope rockfish taken and 

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. 

■ 11. In § 660.372, paragraphs (b)(1) and 

(b)(3)(i) are 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). 

* * * * * 

■ 12. In § 660.373, paragraphs (a), 

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

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

and (d) 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 

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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) 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). 

* * * * * 

■ 13. 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 

gear requirements and trip limits that 

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. 

■ 14. 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 

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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. Limited entry fixed 

gear vessels may transit through the 

North Coast Commercial YRCA with or 

without groundfish on board. 

(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 

line at 32°59.50′ N. lat. Fishing with 

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. 

(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. 

■ 15. 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)(5) 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 

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(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: 

* * * * * 

(c) Open Access Groundfish 

Conservation Areas. A Groundfish 

Conservation Area (GCA), a type of 

closed area, is a geographic area defined 

by coordinates expressed in degrees 

latitude and longitude. The following 

GCAs apply to participants in the open 

access fishery. 

(1) 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 taken with open access gear 

within the North Coast Commercial 

YRCA. Open access vessels may transit 

through the North Coast Commercial 

YRCA with or without groundfish on 

board. 

(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 taken 

with salmon troll gear within the 

Salmon Troll YRCA. Open access 

vessels may transit through the Salmon 

Troll YRCA with or without fish on 

board. 

(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. 

(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, 


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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 

apply within the non-groundfish trawl 

RCA. [For example, if a vessel 

participates in the pink shrimp fishery 

within the RCA, the vessel cannot on 

the same trip participate in the DTS 

fishery seaward of the RCA.] 

(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; 

* * * * * 

■ 16. 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 taken with recreational gear 

within the North Coast Recreational 

YRCA. A vessel fishing in the North 

Coast Recreational YRCA may not be in 

possession of any groundfish. 

Recreational vessels may transit through 

the North Coast Recreational YRCA with 

or without groundfish on board. 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 

taken with recreational gear within the 

South Coast Recreational YRCA. A 

vessel fishing in the South Coast 

Recreational YRCA may not be in 

possession of any groundfish. 

Recreational vessels may transit through 

the South Coast Recreational YRCA 

with or without groundfish on board. 

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 


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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 taken 

with recreational gear within the 

Stonewall Bank YRCA. A vessel fishing 

in the Stonewall Bank YRCA may not be 

in possession of any groundfish. 

Recreational vessels may transit through 

the Stonewall Bank YRCA with or 

without groundfish on board. 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 

while in the RCA. The vessel may, 

however, on the same trip fish for and 

retain groundfish shoreward of the RCA 

on the return trip to port.] Off Oregon, 

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

Recreational spearfishing for all 

federally-managed groundfish, except 

lingcod during January, February, 

March, and December, is exempt from 

closed areas and seasons, consistent 

with Title 14 of the California Code of 

Regulations. This exemption applies 

only to recreational vessels and divers 

provided no other fishing gear, except 

spearfishing gear, is on board the vessel. 

California state law may provide 

regulations similar to Federal 

regulations for the following statemanaged 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 

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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’’

(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′ 

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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. 

* * * * * 

■ 17. 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 

2,000–lb (907–kg) per 2 months. 

(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. 

■ 18. 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. 

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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. 

(f) Cowcod Conservation Areas. The 

Cowcod Conservation Areas (CCAs) are 

two areas off the southern California 

coast intended to protect cowcod. The 

Western CCA is an area south of Point 

Conception defined by the straight lines 

connecting the following specific 

latitude and longitude coordinates in 

the order listed: 

(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.; 

(9) 38°00.00′ N. lat., 123°23.08′ 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 

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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. 

■ 19. 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. 

long.; 

(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. 

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(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 

between the Queets River, WA, and 42° 

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. 

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(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. 

long.; 

(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. 

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

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

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

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

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(72) 43°09.26′ N. lat., 124°31.03′ W. 

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

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

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

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(76) 42°59.72′ N. lat., 124°31.16′ W. 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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(84) 42°44.27′ N. lat., 124°33.64′ W. 

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

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

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(87) 42°40.04′ N. lat., 124°29.20′ W. 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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(100) 42°10.90′ N. lat., 124°24.56′ W. 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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(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. 

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(2) 46°15.29′ N. lat., 124°15.60′ W. 

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(3) 46°11.90′ N. lat., 124°13.59′ W. 

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(4) 46°06.94′ N. lat., 124°10.15′ W. 

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(5) 46°05.33′ N. lat., 124°08.30′ W. 

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(6) 45°58.69′ N. lat., 124°05.60′ W. 

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(7) 45°57.71′ N. lat., 124°05.81′ W. 

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(8) 45°53.98′ N. lat., 124°05.05′ W. 

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(9) 45°49.75′ N. lat., 124°05.14′ W. 

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(10) 45°47.87′ N. lat., 124°05.16′ W. 

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(11) 45°47.07′ N. lat., 124°04.21′ W. 

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(12) 45°46.00′ N. lat., 124°04.49′ W. 

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(13) 45°44.34′ N. lat., 124°05.09′ W. 

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(14) 45°40.64′ N. lat., 124°04.90′ W. 

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(15) 45°33.00′ N. lat., 124°04.46′ W. 

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(16) 45°32.27′ N. lat., 124°04.74′ W. 

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(17) 45°29.26′ N. lat., 124°04.22′ W. 

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(18) 45°20.25′ N. lat., 124°04.67′ W. 

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(19) 45°19.99′ N. lat., 124°04.62′ W. 

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(20) 45°17.50′ N. lat., 124°04.91′ W. 

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(21) 45°11.29′ N. lat., 124°05.20′ W. 

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

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(23) 45°05.08′ N. lat., 124°05.93′ W. 

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(24) 45°03.83′ N. lat., 124°06.47′ W. 

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(25) 45°01.70′ N. lat., 124°06.53′ W. 

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(26) 44°58.75′ N. lat., 124°07.14′ W. 

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(27) 44°51.28′ N. lat., 124°10.21′ W. 

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(28) 44°49.49′ N. lat., 124°10.90′ W. 

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(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. 

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(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. 

long.; 

(115) 38°57.50′ N. lat., 123°47.27′ W. 

long.; 

(116) 38°55.82′ N. lat., 123°46.97′ W. 

long.; 

(117) 38°52.26′ N. lat., 123°44.35′ W. 

long.; 

(118) 38°45.41′ N. lat., 123°35.67′ W. 

long.; 

(119) 38°40.60′ N. lat., 123°28.22′ W. 

long.; 

(120) 38°21.64′ N. lat., 123°08.91′ W. 

long.; 

(121) 38°12.01′ N. lat., 123°03.86′ W. 

long.; 

(122) 38°06.16′ N. lat., 123°07.01′ W. 

long.; 

(123) 38°00.00′ N. lat., 123°07.05′ W. 

long.; 

(124) 37°51.73′ N. lat., 122°57.97′ W. 

long.; 

(125) 37°47.96′ N. lat., 122°59.34′ W. 

long.; 

(126) 37°47.37′ N. lat., 123°08.84′ W. 

long.; 

(127) 37°50.00′ N. lat., 123°14.38′ W. 

long.; 

(128) 37°39.91′ N. lat., 123°00.84′ W. 

long.; 

(129) 37°38.75′ N. lat., 122°52.16′ W. 

long.; 

(130) 37°35.67′ N. lat., 122°49.47′ W. 

long.; 

(131) 37°20.24′ N. lat., 122°33.82′ W. 

long.; 

(132) 37°11.00′ N. lat., 122°28.50′ W. 

long.; 

(133) 37°07.00′ N. lat., 122°26.26′ W. 

long.; 

(134) 36°52.04′ N. lat., 122°04.60′ W. 

long.; 

(135) 36°52.00′ N. lat., 121°57.41′ W. 

long.; 

(136) 36°49.26′ N. lat., 121°52.53′ W. 

long.; 

(137) 36°49.22′ N. lat., 121°49.85′ W. 

long.; 

(138) 36°47.87′ N. lat., 121°50.15′ W. 

long.; 

(139) 36°48.07′ N. lat., 121°48.21′ W. 

long.; 

(140) 36°45.93′ N. lat., 121°52.11′ W. 

long.; 

(141) 36°40.55′ N. lat., 121°52.59′ W. 

long.; 

(142) 36°38.93′ N. lat., 121°58.17′ W. 

long.; 

(143) 36°36.54′ N. lat., 122°00.18′ W. 

long.; 

(144) 36°32.96′ N. lat., 121°58.84′ W. 

long.; 

(145) 36°33.14′ N. lat., 121°57.56′ W. 

long.; 

(146) 36°31.81′ N. lat., 121°55.86′ W. 

long.; 

(147) 36°31.53′ N. lat., 121°58.09′ W. 

long.; 

(148) 36°23.28′ N. lat., 121°56.10′ W. 

long.; 

(149) 36°17.52′ N. lat., 121°57.33′ W. 

long.; 

(150) 36°15.90′ N. lat., 121°57.00′ W. 

long.; 

(151) 36°11.06′ N. lat., 121°43.10′ W. 

long.; 

(152) 36°02.85′ N. lat., 121°36.21′ W. 

long.; 

(153) 36°01.22′ N. lat., 121°36.36′ W. 

long.; 

(154) 36°00.00′ N. lat., 121°34.73′ W. 

long.; 

(155) 35°58.67′ N. lat., 121°30.68′ W. 

long.; 

(156) 35°54.16′ N. lat., 121°30.21′ W. 

long.; 

(157) 35°46.98′ N. lat., 121°24.02′ W. 

long.; 

(158) 35°40.75′ N. lat., 121°21.89′ W. 

long.; 

(159) 35°34.36′ N. lat., 121°11.07′ W. 

long.; 

(160) 35°29.30′ N. lat., 121°05.74′ W. 

long.; 

(161) 35°22.15′ N. lat., 120°56.15′ W. 

long.; 

(162) 35°14.93′ N. lat., 120°56.37′ W. 

long.; 

(163) 35°04.06′ N. lat., 120°46.35′ W. 

long.; 

(164) 34°45.85′ N. lat., 120°43.96′ W. 

long.; 

(165) 34°37.80′ N. lat., 120°44.44′ W. 

long.; 

(166) 34°32.82′ N. lat., 120°42.08′ W. 

long.; 

(167) 34°27.00′ N. lat., 120°31.27′ W. 

long.; 

(168) 34°24.25′ N. lat., 120°23.33′ W. 

long.; 

(169) 34°26.48′ N. lat., 120°13.93′ W. 

long.; 

(170) 34°25.12′ N. lat., 120°03.46′ W. 

long.; 

(171) 34°17.58′ N. lat., 119°31.62′ W. 

long.; 

(172) 34°11.49′ N. lat., 119°27.30′ W. 

long.; 

(173) 34°05.59′ N. lat., 119°15.52′ W. 

long.; 

(174) 34°08.60′ N. lat., 119°12.93′ W. 

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(175) 34°04.81′ N. lat., 119°13.44′ W. 

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(176) 34°04.26′ N. lat., 119°12.39′ W. 

long.; 

(177) 34°03.89′ N. lat., 119°07.06′ W. 

long.; 

(178) 34°05.14′ N. lat., 119°05.55′ W. 

long.; 

(179) 34°01.27′ N. lat., 118°59.62′ W. 

long.; 

(180) 33°59.56′ N. lat., 118°48.21′ W. 

long.; 

(181) 33°59.30′ N. lat., 118°35.43′ W. 

long.; 

(182) 33°55.14′ N. lat., 118°32.16′ W. 

long.; 

(183) 33°52.95′ N. lat., 118°34.49′ W. 

long.; 

(184) 33°51.07′ N. lat., 118°31.50′ W. 

long.; 

(185) 33°52.45′ N. lat., 118°28.54′ W. 

long.; 

(186) 33°49.86′ N. lat., 118°24.10′ W. 

long.; 

(187) 33°47.14′ N. lat., 118°28.38′ W. 

long.; 

(188) 33°44.14′ N. lat., 118°25.18′ W. 

long.; 

(189) 33°41.54′ N. lat., 118°19.63′ W. 

long.; 

(190) 33°37.86′ N. lat., 118°15.06′ W. 

long.; 

(191) 33°36.58′ N. lat., 118°15.97′ W. 

long.; 

(192) 33°34.78′ N. lat., 118°12.60′ W. 

long.; 

(193) 33°34.46′ N. lat., 118°08.77′ W. 

long.; 

(194) 33°35.92′ N. lat., 118°07.04′ W. 

long.; 

(195) 33°36.06′ N. lat., 118°03.96′ W. 

long.; 

(196) 33°34.98′ N. lat., 118°02.74′ W. 

long.; 

(197) 33°34.03′ N. lat., 117°59.37′ W. 

long.; 

(198) 33°35.46′ N. lat., 117°55.61′ W. 

long.; 

(199) 33°34.97′ N. lat., 117°53.33′ W. 

long.; 

(200) 33°31.20′ N. lat., 117°47.40′ W. 

long.; 

(201) 33°27.26′ N. lat., 117°44.34′ W. 

long.; 

(202) 33°24.84′ N. lat., 117°40.75′ W. 

long.; 

(203) 33°11.45′ N. lat., 117°26.84′ W. 

long.; 

(204) 33°07.59′ N. lat., 117°21.46′ W. 

long.; 

(205) 33°01.74′ N. lat., 117°19.23′ W. 

long.; 

(206) 32°56.44′ N. lat., 117°18.08′ W. 

long.; 

(207) 32°54.63′ N. lat., 117°16.94′ W. 

long.; 

(208) 32°51.67′ N. lat., 117°16.21′ W. 

long.; 

(209) 32°52.16′ N. lat., 117°19.41′ W. 

long.; 

(210) 32°46.91′ N. lat., 117°20.43′ W. 

long.; 

(211) 32°43.49′ N. lat., 117°18.12′ W. 

long.; and 

(212) 32°33.00′ N. lat., 117°16.39′ W. 

long. 

* * * * * 

■ 20. In § 660.392, paragraphs (a), (b), 

(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. 

long.; 

(3) 48°20.03′ N. lat., 124°51.18′ W. 

long.; 

(4) 48°16.61′ N. lat., 124°53.72′ W. 

long.; 

(5) 48°14.68′ N. lat., 124°54.50′ W. 

long.; 

(6) 48°12.02′ N. lat., 124°55.29′ W. 

long.; 

(7) 48°03.14′ N. lat., 124°57.02′ W. 

long.; 

(8) 47°56.05′ N. lat., 124°55.60′ W. 

long.; 

(9) 47°52.58′ N. lat., 124°54.00′ W. 

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

(46) 42°41.00′ N. lat., 124°34.92′ W. 

long.; 

(47) 42°40.50′ N. lat., 124°34.98′ W. 

long.; 

(48) 42°36.29′ N. lat., 124°34.70′ W. 

long.; 

(49) 42°28.36′ N. lat., 124°37.90′ W. 

long.; 

(50) 42°25.53′ N. lat., 124°37.68′ W. 

long.; 

(51) 42°18.64′ N. lat., 124°29.47′ W. 

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

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

long.; 

(83) 40°10.00′ N. lat., 124°19.97′ W. 

long.; 

(84) 40°09.20′ N. lat., 124°15.81′ W. 

long.; 

(85) 40°07.51′ N. lat., 124°15.29′ W. 

long.; 

(86) 40°05.22′ N. lat., 124°10.06′ W. 

long.; 

(87) 40°06.51′ N. lat., 124°08.01′ W. 

long.; 

(88) 40°00.72′ N. lat., 124°08.45′ W. 

long.; 

(89) 39°56.60′ N. lat., 124°07.12′ W. 

long.; 

(90) 39°52.58′ N. lat., 124°03.57′ W. 

long.; 

(91) 39°50.65′ N. lat., 123°57.98′ W. 

long.; 

(92) 39°40.16′ N. lat., 123°52.41′ W. 

long.; 

(93) 39°30.12′ N. lat., 123°52.92′ W. 

long.; 

(94) 39°24.53′ N. lat., 123°55.16′ W. 

long.; 

(95) 39°11.58′ N. lat., 123°50.93′ W. 

long.; 

(96) 38°57.50′ N. lat., 123°51.10′ W. 

long.; 

(97) 38°55.13′ N. lat., 123°51.14′ W. 

long.; 

(98) 38°28.58′ N. lat., 123°22.84′ W. 

long.; 

(99) 38°14.60′ N. lat., 123°09.92′ W. 

long.; 

(100) 38°01.84′ N. lat., 123°09.75′ W. 

long.; 

(101) 38°00.00′ N. lat., 123°09.25′ W. 

long.; 

(102) 37°55.24′ N. lat., 123°08.30′ W. 

long.; 

(103) 37°52.06′ N. lat., 123°09.19′ W. 

long.; 

(104) 37°50.21′ N. lat., 123°14.90′ W. 

long.; 

(105) 37°35.67′ N. lat., 122°55.43′ W. 

long.; 

(106) 37°11.00′ N. lat., 122°31.67′ W. 

long.; 

(107) 37°07.00′ N. lat., 122°28.00′ W. 

long.; 

(108) 37°03.06′ N. lat., 122°24.22′ W. 

long.; 

(109) 36°50.20′ N. lat., 122°03.58′ W. 

long.; 

(110) 36°51.46′ N. lat., 121°57.54′ W. 

long.; 

(111) 36°48.53′ N. lat., 121°57.84′ W. 

long.; 

(112) 36°48.91′ N. lat., 121°49.92′ W. 

long.; 

(113) 36°36.82′ N. lat., 122°00.66′ W. 

long.; 

(114) 36°32.89′ N. lat., 121°58.85′ W. 

long.; 

(115) 36°33.10′ N. lat., 121°57.56′ W. 

long.; 

(116) 36°31.82′ N. lat., 121°55.96′ W. 

long.; 

(117) 36°31.57′ N. lat., 121°58.15′ W. 

long.; 

(118) 36°23.15′ N. lat., 121°57.12′ W. 

long.; 

(119) 36°17.10′ N. lat., 122°00.53′ W. 

long.; 

(120) 36°10.41′ N. lat., 121°42.92′ W. 

long.; 

(121) 36°02.56′ N. lat., 121°36.37′ W. 

long.; 

(122) 36°01.11′ N. lat., 121°36.39′ W. 

long.; 

(123) 36°00.00′ N. lat., 121°35.15′ W. 

long.; 

(124) 35°58.26′ N. lat., 121°32.88′ W. 

long.; 

(125) 35°40.38′ N. lat., 121°22.59′ W. 

long.; 

(126) 35°24.35′ N. lat., 121°02.53′ W. 

long.; 

(127) 35°01.43′ N. lat., 120°48.01′ W. 

long.; 

(128) 34°39.52′ N. lat., 120°48.72′ W. 

long.; 

(129) 34°31.26′ N. lat., 120°44.12′ W. 

long.; 

(130) 34°27.00′ N. lat., 120°33.31′ W. 

long.; 

(131) 34°23.47′ N. lat., 120°24.76′ W. 

long.; 

(132) 34°25.78′ N. lat., 120°16.82′ W. 

long.; 

(133) 34°24.65′ N. lat., 120°04.83′ W. 

long.; 

(134) 34°23.18′ N. lat., 119°56.18′ W. 

long.; 

(135) 34°19.20′ N. lat., 119°41.64′ W. 

long.; 

(136) 34°16.82′ N. lat., 119°35.32′ W. 

long.; 

(137) 34°13.43′ N. lat., 119°32.29′ W. 

long.; 

(138) 34°05.39′ N. lat., 119°15.13′ W. 

long.; 

(139) 34°08.22′ N. lat., 119°13.64′ W. 

long.; 

(140) 34°07.64′ N. lat., 119°13.10′ W. 

long.; 

(141) 34°04.56′ N. lat., 119°13.73′ W. 

long.; 

(142) 34°03.90′ N. lat., 119°12.66′ W. 

long.; 

(143) 34°03.66′ N. lat., 119°06.82′ W. 

long.; 

(144) 34°04.58′ N. lat., 119°04.91′ W. 

long.; 

(145) 34°01.28′ N. lat., 119°00.21′ W. 

long.; 

(146) 34°00.19′ N. lat., 119°03.14′ W. 

long.; 

(147) 33°59.66′ N. lat., 119°03.10′ W. 

long.; 

(148) 33°59.54′ N. lat., 119°00.88′ W. 

long.; 

(149) 34°00.82′ N. lat., 118°59.03′ W. 

long.; 

(150) 33°59.11′ N. lat., 118°47.52′ W. 

long.; 

(151) 33°59.07′ N. lat., 118°36.33′ W. 

long.; 

(152) 33°55.06′ N. lat., 118°32.86′ W. 

long.; 

(153) 33°53.56′ N. lat., 118°37.75′ W. 

long.; 

(154) 33°51.22′ N. lat., 118°36.14′ W. 

long.; 

(155) 33°50.48′ N. lat., 118°32.16′ W. 

long.; 

(156) 33°51.86′ N. lat., 118°28.71′ W. 

long.; 

(157) 33°50.09′ N. lat., 118°27.88′ W. 

long.; 

(158) 33°49.95′ N. lat., 118°26.38′ W. 

long.; 

(159) 33°50.73′ N. lat., 118°26.17′ W. 

long.; 

(160) 33°49.86′ N. lat., 118°24.25′ W. 

long.; 

(161) 33°48.10′ N. lat., 118°26.87′ W. 

long.; 

(162) 33°47.54′ N. lat., 118°29.66′ W. 

long.; 

(163) 33°44.10′ N. lat., 118°25.25′ W. 

long.; 

(164) 33°41.78′ N. lat., 118°20.28′ W. 

long.; 

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(166) 33°37.50′ N. lat., 118°16.71′ W. 

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(167) 33°35.98′ N. lat., 118°16.54′ W. 

long.; 

(168) 33°34.15′ N. lat., 118°11.22′ W. 

long.; 

(169) 33°34.29′ N. lat., 118°08.35′ W. 

long.; 

(170) 33°35.85′ N. lat., 118°07.00′ W. 

long.; 

(171) 33°36.12′ N. lat., 118°04.15′ W. 

long.; 

(172) 33°34.97′ N. lat., 118°02.91′ W. 

long.; 

(173) 33°34.00′ N. lat., 117°59.53′ W. 

long.; 

(174) 33°35.44′ N. lat., 117°55.67′ W. 

long.; 

(175) 33°35.15′ N. lat., 117°53.55′ W. 

long.; 

(176) 33°31.12′ N. lat., 117°47.40′ W. 

long.; 

(177) 33°27.99′ N. lat., 117°45.19′ W. 

long.; 

(178) 33°26.93′ N. lat., 117°43.98′ W. 

long.; 

(179) 33°25.44′ N. lat., 117°41.63′ W. 

long.; 

(180) 33°19.50′ N. lat., 117°36.08′ W. 

long.; 

(181) 33°12.74′ N. lat., 117°28.53′ W. 

long.; 

(182) 33°10.29′ N. lat., 117°25.68′ W. 

long.; 

(183) 33°07.50′ N. lat., 117°21.52′ W. 

long.; 

(184) 32°59.77′ N. lat., 117°18.83′ W. 

long.; 

(185) 32°56.10′ N. lat., 117°18.37′ W. 

long.; 

(186) 32°54.43′ N. lat., 117°16.93′ W. 

long.; 

(187) 32°51.89′ N. lat., 117°16.42′ W. 

long.; 

(188) 32°52.24′ N. lat., 117°19.36′ W. 

long.; 

(189) 32°47.06′ N. lat., 117°21.92′ W. 

long.; 

(190) 32°45.09′ N. lat., 117°20.68′ W. 

long.; 

(191) 32°43.62′ N. lat., 117°18.68′ W. 

long.; and 

(192) 32°33.43′ N. lat., 117°17.00′ W. 

long. 

(b) The 50–fm (91–m) depth contour 

between the U.S. border with Canada 

and the Swiftsure Bank is defined by 

straight lines connecting all of the 

following points in the order stated: 

(1) 48°30.15′ N. lat., 124°56.12′ W. 

long.; 

(2) 48°28.29′ N. lat., 124°56.30′ W. 

long.; 

(3) 48°29.23′ N. lat., 124°53.63′ W. 

long.; 

(4) 48°30.31′ N. lat., 124°51.73′ W. 

long.; and 

(5) 48°30.15′ N. lat., 124°56.12′ W. 

long. 

* * * * * 

(f) The 60–fm (110–m) depth contour 

used between the U.S. border with 

Canada and the U.S. border with Mexico 

is defined by straight lines connecting 

all of the following points in the order 

stated: 

(1) 48°26.70′ N. lat., 125°09.43′ W. 

long.; 

(2) 48°23.76′ N. lat., 125°06.77′ W. 

long.; 

(3) 48°23.01′ N. lat., 125°03.48′ W. 

long.; 

(4) 48°22.42′ N. lat., 124°57.84′ W. 

long.; 

(5) 48°22.62′ N. lat., 124°48.97′ W. 

long.; 

(6) 48°18.61′ N. lat., 124°52.52′ W. 

long.; 

(7) 48°16.62′ N. lat., 124°54.03′ W. 

long.; 

(8) 48°15.39′ N. lat., 124°54.79′ W. 

long.; 

(9) 48°13.81′ N. lat., 124°55.45′ W. 

long.; 

(10) 48°10.51′ N. lat., 124°56.56′ W. 

long.; 

(11) 48°06.90′ N. lat., 124°57.72′ W. 

long.; 

(12) 48°02.23′ N. lat., 125°00.20′ W. 

long.; 

(13) 48°00.87′ N. lat., 125°00.37′ W. 

long.; 

(14) 47°56.30′ N. lat., 124°59.51′ W. 

long.; 

(15) 47°46.84′ N. lat., 124°57.34′ W. 

long.; 

(16) 47°36.49′ N. lat., 124°50.93′ W. 

long.; 

(17) 47°32.01′ N. lat., 124°48.45′ W. 

long.; 

(18) 47°27.19′ N. lat., 124°46.47′ W. 

long.; 

(19) 47°21.76′ N. lat., 124°43.29′ W. 

long.; 

(20) 47°17.82′ N. lat., 124°42.12′ W. 

long.; 

(21) 47°08.87′ N. lat., 124°43.10′ W. 

long.; 

(22) 47°03.16′ N. lat., 124°42.61′ W. 

long.; 

(23) 46°49.70′ N. lat., 124°36.80′ W. 

long.; 

(24) 46°42.91′ N. lat., 124°33.20′ W. 

long.; 

(25) 46°39.67′ N. lat., 124°30.59′ W. 

long.; 

(26) 46°32.47′ N. lat., 124°26.34′ W. 

long.; 

(27) 46°23.69′ N. lat., 124°25.41′ W. 

long.; 

(28) 46°20.84′ N. lat., 124°24.24′ W. 

long.; 

(29) 46°16.00′ N. lat., 124°19.10′ W. 

long.; 

(30) 46°15.97′ N. lat., 124°18.80′ W. 

long.; 

(31) 46°11.23′ N. lat., 124°19.96′ W. 

long.; 

(32) 46°02.51′ N. lat., 124°19.84′ W. 

long.; 

(33) 45°59.05′ N. lat., 124°16.52′ W. 

long.; 

(34) 45°50.99′ N. lat., 124°12.83′ W. 

long.; 

(35) 45°45.85′ N. lat., 124°11.54′ W. 

long.; 

(36) 45°38.53′ N. lat., 124°11.92′ W. 

long.; 

(37) 45°30.90′ N. lat., 124°10.94′ W. 

long.; 

(38) 45°21.20′ N. lat., 124°09.12′ W. 

long.; 

(39) 45°12.43′ N. lat., 124°08.74′ W. 

long.; 

(40) 44°59.89′ N. lat., 124°11.95′ W. 

long.; 

(41) 44°51.96′ N. lat., 124°15.15′ W. 

long.; 

(42) 44°44.63′ N. lat., 124°20.07′ W. 

long.; 

(43) 44°39.23′ N. lat., 124°28.09′ W. 

long.; 

(44) 44°30.61′ N. lat., 124°31.66′ W. 

long.; 

(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. 

long.; 

(50) 44°08.71′ N. lat., 124°33.54′ W. 

long.; 

(51) 44°04.91′ N. lat., 124°24.55′ W. 

long.; 

(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. 

long.; 

(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. 

long.; 

(58) 43°12.73′ N. lat., 124°36.68′ W. 

long.; 

(59) 43°08.08′ N. lat., 124°36.10′ W. 

long.; 

(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. 

long.; 

(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. 

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(68) 42°10.36′ N. lat., 124°29.11′ W. 

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(69) 42°00.00′ N. lat., 124°28.00′ W. 

long.; 

(70) 41°54.87′ N. lat., 124°28.50′ W. 

long.; 

(71) 41°45.80′ N. lat., 124°23.89′ W. 

long.; 

(72) 41°34.40′ N. lat., 124°24.03′ W. 

long.; 

(73) 41°28.33′ N. lat., 124°25.46′ W. 

long.; 

(74) 41°15.80′ N. lat., 124°18.90′ W. 

long.; 

(75) 41°09.77′ N. lat., 124°17.99′ W. 

long.; 

(76) 41°02.26′ N. lat., 124°18.71′ W. 

long.; 

(77) 40°53.54′ N. lat., 124°21.18′ W. 

long.; 

(78) 40°49.93′ N. lat., 124°23.02′ W. 

long.; 

(79) 40°43.15′ N. lat., 124°28.74′ W. 

long.; 

(80) 40°40.19′ N. lat., 124°29.07′ W. 

long.; 

(81) 40°36.77′ N. lat., 124°27.61′ W. 

long.; 

(82) 40°34.13′ N. lat., 124°29.39′ W. 

long.; 

(83) 40°33.15′ N. lat., 124°33.46′ W. 

long.; 

(84) 40°30.00′ N. lat., 124°35.84′ W. 

long.; 

(85) 40°24.72′ N. lat., 124°33.06′ W. 

long.; 

(86) 40°23.91′ N. lat., 124°31.28′ W. 

long.; 

(87) 40°23.67′ N. lat., 124°28.35′ W. 

long.; 

(88) 40°22.53′ N. lat., 124°24.72′ W. 

long.; 

(89) 40°21.51′ N. lat., 124°24.86′ W. 

long.; 

(90) 40°21.02′ N. lat., 124°27.70′ W. 

long.; 

(91) 40°19.75′ N. lat., 124°27.06′ W. 

long.; 

(92) 40°18.23′ N. lat., 124°25.30′ W. 

long.; 

(93) 40°18.60′ N. lat., 124°22.86′ W. 

long.; 

(94) 40°15.43′ N. lat., 124°25.37′ W. 

long.; 

(95) 40°15.55′ N. lat., 124°28.16′ W. 

long.; 

(96) 40°11.27′ N. lat., 124°22.56′ W. 

long.; 

(97) 40°10.00′ N. lat., 124°19.97′ W. 

long.; 

(98) 40°09.20′ N. lat., 124°15.81′ W. 

long.; 

(99) 40°07.51′ N. lat., 124°15.29′ W. 

long.; 

(100) 40°05.22′ N. lat., 124°10.06′ W. 

long.; 

(101) 40°06.51′ N. lat., 124°08.01′ W. 

long.; 

(102) 40°00.72′ N. lat., 124°08.45′ W. 

long.; 

(103) 39°56.60′ N. lat., 124°07.12′ W. 

long.; 

(104) 39°52.58′ N. lat., 124°03.57′ W. 

long.; 

(105) 39°50.65′ N. lat., 123°57.98′ W. 

long.; 

(106) 39°40.16′ N. lat., 123°52.41′ W. 

long.; 

(107) 39°30.12′ N. lat., 123°52.92′ W. 

long.; 

(108) 39°24.53′ N. lat., 123°55.16′ W. 

long.; 

(109) 39°11.58′ N. lat., 123°50.93′ W. 

long.; 

(110) 38°57.50′ N. lat., 123°51.14′ W. 

long.; 

(111) 38°55.13′ N. lat., 123°51.14′ W. 

long.; 

(112) 38°28.58′ N. lat., 123°22.84′ W. 

long.; 

(113) 38°08.57′ N. lat., 123°14.74′ W. 

long.; 

(114) 38°00.00′ N. lat., 123°15.61′ W. 

long.; 

(115) 37°56.98′ N. lat., 123°21.82′ W. 

long.; 

(116) 37°49.65′ N. lat., 123°17.48′ W. 

long.; 

(117) 37°36.41′ N. lat., 122°58.09′ W. 

long.; 

(118) 37°11.00′ N. lat., 122°40.22′ W. 

long.; 

(119) 37°07.00′ N. lat., 122°37.64′ W. 

long.; 

(120) 37°02.08′ N. lat., 122°25.49′ W. 

long.; 

(121) 36°48.20′ N. lat., 122°03.32′ W. 

long.; 

(122) 36°51.46′ N. lat., 121°57.54′ W. 

long.; 

(123) 36°48.13′ N. lat., 121°58.16′ W. 

long.; 

(124) 36°48.84′ N. lat., 121°50.06′ W. 

long.; 

(125) 36°45.38′ N. lat., 121°53.56′ W. 

long.; 

(126) 36°45.13′ N. lat., 121°57.06′ W. 

long.; 

(127) 36°36.86′ N. lat., 122°00.81′ W. 

long.; 

(128) 36°32.77′ N. lat., 121°58.90′ W. 

long.; 

(129) 36°33.03′ N. lat., 121°57.63′ W. 

long.; 

(130) 36°31.87′ N. lat., 121°56.10′ W. 

long.; 

(131) 36°31.59′ N. lat., 121°58.27′ W. 

long.; 

(132) 36°23.26′ N. lat., 121°57.70′ W. 

long.; 

(133) 36°17.30′ N. lat., 122°01.55′ W. 

long.; 

(134) 36°10.42′ N. lat., 121°42.90′ W. 

long.; 

(135) 36°02.55′ N. lat., 121°36.35′ W. 

long.; 

(136) 36°01.09′ N. lat., 121°36.41′ W. 

long.; 

(137) 36°00.00′ N. lat., 121°35.15′ W. 

long.; 

(138) 35°58.25′ N. lat., 121°32.88′ W. 

long.; 

(139) 35°40.38′ N. lat., 121°22.59′ W. 

long.; 

(140) 35°24.35′ N. lat., 121°02.53′ W. 

long.; 

(141) 35°01.36′ N. lat., 120°49.02′ W. 

long.; 

(142) 34°39.52′ N. lat., 120°48.72′ W. 

long.; 

(143) 34°31.26′ N. lat., 120°44.12′ W. 

long.; 

(144) 34°27.00′ N. lat., 120°36.00′ W. 

long.; 

(145) 34°23.00′ N. lat., 120°25.32′ W. 

long.; 

(146) 34°25.65′ N. lat., 120°17.20′ W. 

long.; 

(147) 34°23.18′ N. lat., 119°56.17′ W. 

long.; 

(148) 34°18.73′ N. lat., 119°41.89′ W. 

long.; 

(149) 34°11.18′ N. lat., 119°31.21′ W. 

long.; 

(150) 34°10.01′ N. lat., 119°25.84′ W. 

long.; 

(151) 34°03.88′ N. lat., 119°12.46′ W. 

long.; 

(152) 34°03.58′ N. lat., 119°06.71′ W. 

long.; 

(153) 34°04.52′ N. lat., 119°04.89′ W. 

long.; 

(154) 34°01.28′ N. lat., 119°00.27′ W. 

long.; 

(155) 34°00.20′ N. lat., 119°03.18′ W. 

long.; 

(156) 33°59.60′ N. lat., 119°03.14′ W. 

long.; 

(157) 33°59.45′ N. lat., 119°00.87′ W. 

long.; 

(158) 34°00.71′ N. lat., 118°59.07′ W. 

long.; 

(159) 33°59.05′ N. lat., 118°47.34′ W. 

long.; 

(160) 33°59.06′ N. lat., 118°36.30′ W. 

long.; 

(161) 33°55.05′ N. lat., 118°32.85′ W. 

long.; 

(162) 33°53.56′ N. lat., 118°37.73′ W. 

long.; 

(163) 33°51.22′ N. lat., 118°36.13′ W. 

long.; 

(164) 33°50.19′ N. lat., 118°32.19′ W. 

long.; 

(165) 33°51.28′ N. lat., 118°29.12′ W. 

long.; 

(166) 33°49.89′ N. lat., 118°28.04′ W. 

long.; 

(167) 33°49.95′ N. lat., 118°26.38′ W. 

long.; 

(168) 33°50.73′ N. lat., 118°26.16′ W. 

long.; 

(169) 33°49.87′ N. lat., 118°24.37′ W. 

long.; 

(170) 33°47.54′ N. lat., 118°29.65′ W. 

long.; 

(171) 33°44.10′ N. lat., 118°25.25′ W. 

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(172) 33°41.77′ N. lat., 118°20.32′ W. 

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(173) 33°38.17′ N. lat., 118°15.69′ W. 

long.; 

(174) 33°37.48′ N. lat., 118°16.72′ W. 

long.; 

(175) 33°35.98′ N. lat., 118°16.54′ W. 

long.; 

(176) 33°34.15′ N. lat., 118°11.22′ W. 

long.; 

(177) 33°34.09′ N. lat., 118°08.15′ W. 

long.; 

(178) 33°35.73′ N. lat., 118°05.01′ W. 

long.; 

(179) 33°33.75′ N. lat., 117°59.82′ W. 

long.; 

(180) 33°35.44′ N. lat., 117°55.65′ W. 

long.; 

(181) 33°35.15′ N. lat., 117°53.54′ W. 

long.; 

(182) 33°31.12′ N. lat., 117°47.39′ W. 

long.; 

(183) 33°27.49′ N. lat., 117°44.85′ W. 

long.; 

(184) 33°16.42′ N. lat., 117°32.92′ W. 

long.; 

(185) 33°06.66′ N. lat., 117°21.59′ W. 

long.; 

(186) 33°00.08′ N. lat., 117°19.02′ W. 

long.; 

(187) 32°56.11′ N. lat., 117°18.41′ W. 

long.; 

(188) 32°54.43′ N. lat., 117°16.93′ W. 

long.; 

(189) 32°51.89′ N. lat., 117°16.42′ W. 

long.; 

(190) 32°52.61′ N. lat., 117°19.50′ W. 

long.; 

(191) 32°46.96′ N. lat., 117°22.69′ W. 

long.; 

(192) 32°44.98′ N. lat., 117°21.87′ W. 

long.; 

(193) 32°43.52′ N. lat., 117°19.32′ W. 

long.; and 

(194) 32°33.56′ N. lat., 117°17.72′ W. 

long. 

* * * * * 

(j) The 75–fm (137–m) depth contour 

used between the U.S. border with 

Canada and the U.S. border with Mexico 

is defined by straight lines connecting 

all of the following points in the order 

stated: 

(1) 48°16.80′ N. lat., 125°34.90′ W. 

long.; 

(2) 48°14.50′ N. lat., 125°29.50′ W. 

long.; 

(3) 48°12.08′ N. lat., 125°28.00′ W. 

long.; 

(4) 48°09.00′ N. lat., 125°28.00′ W. 

long.; 

(5) 48°07.80′ N. lat., 125°31.70′ W. 

long.; 

(6) 48°04.28′ N. lat., 125°29.00′ W. 

long.; 

(7) 48°02.50′ N. lat., 125°25.70′ W. 

long.; 

(8) 48°10.00′ N. lat., 125°20.19′ W. 

long.; 

(9) 48°21.70′ N. lat., 125°17.56′ W. 

long.; 

(10) 48°23.12′ N. lat., 125°10.25′ W. 

long.; 

(11) 48°21.77′ 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°06.25′ N. lat., 125°06.40′ 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.; 

(44) 46°11.08′ N. lat., 124°30.74′ W. 

long.; 

(45) 46°04.28′ N. lat., 124°31.49′ W. 

long.; 

(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.; 

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(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°43.89′ W. 

long.; 

(147) 37°07.00′ N. lat., 122°41.06′ W. 

long.; 

(148) 37°04.12′ N. lat., 122°38.94′ W. 

long.; 

(149) 37°00.64′ N. lat., 122°33.26′ W. 

long.; 

(150) 36°59.15′ N. lat., 122°27.84′ W. 

long.; 

(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. 

long.; 

(172) 36°30.57′ N. lat., 121°59.66′ W. 

long.; 

(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. 

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(185) 35°39.35′ N. lat., 121°22.63′ W. 

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(186) 35°24.33′ N. lat., 121°02.53′ 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. 

* * * * * 

■ 21. 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. 

long.; 

(4) 48°08.00′ N. lat., 125°38.00′ W. 

long.; 

(5) 48°05.00′ N. lat., 125°37.25′ W. 

long.; 

(6) 48°02.60′ N. lat., 125°34.70′ W. 

long.; 

(7) 47°59.00′ N. lat., 125°34.00′ W. 

long.; 

(8) 47°57.26′ N. lat., 125°29.82′ W. 

long.; 

(9) 47°59.87′ N. lat., 125°25.81′ W. 

long.; 

(10) 48°01.80′ N. lat., 125°24.53′ W. 

long.; 

(11) 48°02.08′ N. lat., 125°22.98′ W. 

long.; 

(12) 48°02.97′ N. lat., 125°22.89′ W. 

long.; 

(13) 48°04.47′ N. lat., 125°21.75′ W. 

long.; 

(14) 48°06.11′ N. lat., 125°19.33′ W. 

long.; 

(15) 48°07.95′ N. lat., 125°18.55′ W. 

long.; 

(16) 48°09.00′ N. lat., 125°18.00′ W. 

long.; 

(17) 48°11.31′ N. lat., 125°17.55′ W. 

long.; 

(18) 48°14.60′ N. lat., 125°13.46′ W. 

long.; 

(19) 48°16.67′ N. lat., 125°14.34′ W. 

long.; 

(20) 48°18.73′ N. lat., 125°14.41′ W. 

long.; 

(21) 48°19.67′ N. lat., 125°13.70′ W. 

long.; 

(22) 48°19.70′ N. lat., 125°11.13′ W. 

long.; 

(23) 48°22.95′ N. lat., 125°10.79′ W. 

long.; 

(24) 48°21.61′ N. lat., 125°02.54′ W. 

long.; 

(25) 48°23.00′ N. lat., 124°49.34′ W. 

long.; 

(26) 48°17.00′ N. lat., 124°56.50′ W. 

long.; 

(27) 48°06.00′ N. lat., 125°00.00′ W. 

long.; 

(28) 48°04.62′ N. lat., 125°01.73′ W. 

long.; 

(29) 48°04.84′ N. lat., 125°04.03′ W. 

long.; 

(30) 48°06.41′ N. lat., 125°06.51′ W. 

long.; 

(31) 48°06.00′ N. lat., 125°08.00′ W. 

long.; 

(32) 48°07.08′ N. lat., 125°09.34′ W. 

long.; 

(33) 48°07.28′ N. lat., 125°11.14′ W. 

long.; 

(34) 48°03.45′ N. lat., 125°16.66′ W. 

long.; 

(35) 47°59.50′ N. lat., 125°18.88′ W. 

long.; 

(36) 47°58.68′ N. lat., 125°16.19′ W. 

long.; 

(37) 47°56.62′ N. lat., 125°13.50′ W. 

long.; 

(38) 47°53.71′ N. lat., 125°11.96′ W. 

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(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. 

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(58) 47°20.64′ N. lat., 124°45.91′ W. 

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(59) 47°17.99′ N. lat., 124°45.59′ W. 

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(60) 47°18.20′ N. lat., 124°49.12′ W. 

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(61) 47°15.01′ N. lat., 124°51.09′ W. 

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(62) 47°12.61′ N. lat., 124°54.89′ W. 

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(63) 47°08.22′ N. lat., 124°56.53′ W. 

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(64) 47°08.50′ N. lat., 124°57.74′ W. 

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(65) 47°01.92′ N. lat., 124°54.95′ W. 

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(66) 47°01.08′ N. lat., 124°59.22′ W. 

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(67) 46°58.48′ N. lat., 124°57.81′ W. 

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(68) 46°56.79′ N. lat., 124°56.03′ W. 

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(69) 46°58.01′ N. lat., 124°55.09′ W. 

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(70) 46°55.07′ N. lat., 124°54.14′ W. 

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(71) 46°59.60′ N. lat., 124°49.79′ W. 

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(72) 46°58.72′ N. lat., 124°48.78′ W. 

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(73) 46°54.45′ N. lat., 124°48.36′ W. 

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(74) 46°53.99′ N. lat., 124°49.95′ W. 

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(75) 46°54.38′ N. lat., 124°52.73′ W. 

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(76) 46°52.38′ N. lat., 124°52.02′ W. 

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(77) 46°48.93′ N. lat., 124°49.17′ W. 

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(78) 46°41.50′ N. lat., 124°43.00′ W. 

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(79) 46°34.50′ N. lat., 124°28.50′ W. 

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(80) 46°29.00′ N. lat., 124°30.00′ W. 

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(81) 46°20.00′ N. lat., 124°36.50′ W. 

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(82) 46°18.40′ N. lat., 124°37.70′ W. 

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(83) 46°18.03′ N. lat., 124°35.46′ W. 

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(84) 46°17.00′ N. lat., 124°22.50′ W. 

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(85) 46°16.00′ N. lat., 124°20.62′ W. 

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(86) 46°13.52′ N. lat., 124°25.49′ W. 

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(87) 46°12.17′ N. lat., 124°30.74′ W. 

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(88) 46°10.63′ N. lat., 124°37.96′ W. 

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(89) 46°09.29′ N. lat., 124°39.01′ W. 

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(90) 46°02.40′ N. lat., 124°40.37′ W. 

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(91) 45°56.45′ N. lat., 124°38.00′ W. 

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(92) 45°51.92′ N. lat., 124°38.50′ W. 

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(93) 45°47.20′ N. lat., 124°35.58′ W. 

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(94) 45°46.40′ N. lat., 124°32.36′ W. 

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(95) 45°46.00′ N. lat., 124°32.10′ W. 

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(96) 45°41.75′ N. lat., 124°28.12′ W. 

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(97) 45°36.95′ N. lat., 124°24.47′ W. 

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(98) 45°31.84′ N. lat., 124°22.04′ W. 

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(99) 45°27.10′ N. lat., 124°21.74′ W. 

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(100) 45°20.25′ N. lat., 124°18.54′ W. 

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(101) 45°18.14′ N. lat., 124°17.59′ W. 

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(102) 45°11.08′ N. lat., 124°16.97′ W. 

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(103) 45°04.39′ N. lat., 124°18.35′ W. 

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(104) 45°03.83′ N. lat., 124°18.60′ W. 

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(105) 44°58.05′ N. lat., 124°21.58′ W. 

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(106) 44°47.67′ N. lat., 124°31.41′ W. 

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(107) 44°44.54′ N. lat., 124°33.58′ W. 

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(108) 44°39.88′ N. lat., 124°35.00′ W. 

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(109) 44°32.90′ N. lat., 124°36.81′ W. 

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(110) 44°30.34′ N. lat., 124°38.56′ W. 

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(111) 44°30.04′ N. lat., 124°42.31′ W. 

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(112) 44°26.84′ N. lat., 124°44.91′ W. 

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(113) 44°17.99′ N. lat., 124°51.04′ W. 

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(114) 44°12.92′ N. lat., 124°56.28′ W. 

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(115) 44°00.14′ N. lat., 124°55.25′ W. 

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(116) 43°57.68′ N. lat., 124°55.48′ W. 

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(117) 43°56.66′ N. lat., 124°55.45′ W. 

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(118) 43°56.47′ N. lat., 124°34.61′ W. 

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(119) 43°42.73′ N. lat., 124°32.41′ W. 

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(120) 43°30.92′ N. lat., 124°34.43′ W. 

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(121) 43°20.83′ N. lat., 124°39.39′ W. 

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(122) 43°17.45′ N. lat., 124°41.16′ W. 

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(123) 43°07.04′ N. lat., 124°41.25′ W. 

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(124) 43°03.45′ N. lat., 124°44.36′ W. 

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(125) 43°03.91′ N. lat., 124°50.81′ W. 

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(126) 42°55.70′ N. lat., 124°52.79′ W. 

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(127) 42°54.12′ N. lat., 124°47.36′ W. 

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(128) 42°50.00′ N. lat., 124°45.33′ W. 

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(129) 42°44.00′ N. lat., 124°42.38′ W. 

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(130) 42°40.50′ N. lat., 124°41.71′ W. 

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(131) 42°38.23′ N. lat., 124°41.25′ W. 

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(132) 42°33.02′ N. lat., 124°42.38′ W. 

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(133) 42°31.90′ N. lat., 124°42.04′ W. 

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(134) 42°30.08′ N. lat., 124°42.67′ W. 

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(135) 42°28.28′ N. lat., 124°47.08′ W. 

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(136) 42°25.22′ N. lat., 124°43.51′ W. 

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(137) 42°19.23′ N. lat., 124°37.91′ W. 

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(138) 42°16.29′ N. lat., 124°36.11′ W. 

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(139) 42°13.67′ N. lat., 124°35.81′ W. 

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(140) 42°05.66′ N. lat., 124°34.92′ W. 

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(141) 42°00.00′ N. lat., 124°35.27′ W. 

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(142) 41°47.04′ N. lat., 124°27.64′ W. 

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(144) 41°24.17′ N. lat., 124°28.46′ W. 

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(145) 41°10.12′ N. lat., 124°20.50′ W. 

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(146) 40°51.41′ N. lat., 124°24.38′ W. 

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(147) 40°43.71′ N. lat., 124°29.89′ W. 

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(148) 40°40.14′ N. lat., 124°30.90′ W. 

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(149) 40°37.35′ N. lat., 124°29.05′ W. 

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(150) 40°34.76′ N. lat., 124°29.82′ W. 

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(151) 40°36.78′ N. lat., 124°37.06′ W. 

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(152) 40°32.44′ N. lat., 124°39.58′ W. 

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(153) 40°30.00′ N. lat., 124°38.13′ W. 

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(154) 40°24.82′ N. lat., 124°35.12′ W. 

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(155) 40°23.30′ N. lat., 124°31.60′ W. 

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(156) 40°23.52′ N. lat., 124°28.78′ W. 

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(157) 40°22.43′ N. lat., 124°25.00′ W. 

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(158) 40°21.72′ N. lat., 124°24.94′ W. 

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(159) 40°21.87′ N. lat., 124°27.96′ W. 

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(160) 40°21.40′ N. lat., 124°28.74′ W. 

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(161) 40°19.68′ N. lat., 124°28.49′ W. 

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(162) 40°17.73′ N. lat., 124°25.43′ W. 

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(163) 40°18.37′ N. lat., 124°23.35′ W. 

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(164) 40°15.75′ N. lat., 124°26.05′ W. 

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(165) 40°16.75′ N. lat., 124°33.71′ W. 

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(166) 40°16.29′ N. lat., 124°34.36′ W. 

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(167) 40°10.00′ N. lat., 124°21.12′ W. 

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(168) 40°07.70′ N. lat., 124°18.44′ W. 

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(169) 40°08.84′ N. lat., 124°15.86′ W. 

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(170) 40°06.53′ N. lat., 124°17.39′ W. 

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(171) 40°03.15′ N. lat., 124°14.43′ W. 

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(172) 40°02.19′ N. lat., 124°12.85′ W. 

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(173) 40°02.89′ N. lat., 124°11.78′ W. 

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(174) 40°02.78′ N. lat., 124°10.70′ W. 

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(175) 40°04.57′ N. lat., 124°10.08′ W. 

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(176) 40°06.06′ N. lat., 124°08.30′ W. 

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(177) 40°04.05′ N. lat., 124°08.93′ W. 

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(178) 40°01.17′ N. lat., 124°08.80′ W. 

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(179) 40°01.03′ N. lat., 124°10.06′ W. 

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(180) 39°58.07′ N. lat., 124°11.89′ W. 

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(181) 39°56.39′ N. lat., 124°08.71′ W. 

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(182) 39°54.64′ N. lat., 124°07.30′ W. 

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(183) 39°53.86′ N. lat., 124°07.95′ W. 

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(184) 39°51.95′ N. lat., 124°07.63′ W. 

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(185) 39°48.78′ N. lat., 124°03.29′ W. 

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(186) 39°47.36′ N. lat., 124°03.31′ W. 

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(187) 39°40.08′ N. lat., 123°58.37′ W. 

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(188) 39°36.16′ N. lat., 123°56.90′ W. 

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(189) 39°30.75′ N. lat., 123°55.86′ W. 

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(190) 39°31.62′ N. lat., 123°57.33′ W. 

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(191) 39°30.91′ N. lat., 123°57.88′ W. 

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(192) 39°01.79′ N. lat., 123°56.59′ W. 

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(193) 38°59.42′ N. lat., 123°55.67′ W. 

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(194) 38°58.89′ N. lat., 123°56.28′ W. 

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(195) 38°57.50′ N. lat., 123°56.28′ W. 

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(196) 38°54.72′ N. lat., 123°55.68′ W. 

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(197) 38°48.95′ N. lat., 123°51.85′ W. 

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(198) 38°36.67′ N. lat., 123°40.20′ W. 

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(199) 38°33.82′ N. lat., 123°39.23′ W. 

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(200) 38°29.02′ N. lat., 123°33.52′ W. 

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(201) 38°18.88′ N. lat., 123°25.93′ W. 

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(202) 38°14.12′ N. lat., 123°23.26′ W. 

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(203) 38°11.07′ N. lat., 123°22.07′ W. 

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(204) 38°03.18′ N. lat., 123°20.77′ W. 

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(205) 38°00.00′ N. lat., 123°23.08′ W. 

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(206) 37°55.07′ N. lat., 123°26.81′ W. 

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(207) 37°50.66′ N. lat., 123°23.06′ W. 

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(208) 37°45.18′ N. lat., 123°11.88′ W. 

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(209) 37°35.67′ N. lat., 123°01.20′ W. 

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(210) 37°15.58′ N. lat., 122°48.36′ W. 

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(211) 37°11.00′ N. lat., 122°44.50′ W. 

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(212) 37°07.00′ N. lat., 122°41.25′ W. 

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(213) 37°03.18′ N. lat., 122°38.15′ W. 

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(214) 37°00.48′ N. lat., 122°33.93′ W. 

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(215) 36°58.70′ N. lat., 122°27.22′ W. 

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(216) 37°00.85′ N. lat., 122°24.70′ W. 

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(217) 36°58.00′ N. lat., 122°24.14′ W. 

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(218) 36°58.74′ N. lat., 122°21.51′ W. 

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(219) 36°56.97′ N. lat., 122°21.32′ W. 

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(220) 36°51.52′ N. lat., 122°10.68′ W. 

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(221) 36°48.39′ N. lat., 122°07.60′ W. 

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(222) 36°47.43′ N. lat., 122°03.22′ W. 

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(223) 36°50.95′ N. lat., 121°58.03′ W. 

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(224) 36°49.92′ N. lat., 121°58.01′ W. 

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(225) 36°48.88′ N. lat., 121°58.90′ W. 

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(226) 36°47.70′ N. lat., 121°58.75′ W. 

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(227) 36°48.37′ N. lat., 121°51.14′ W. 

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(228) 36°45.74′ N. lat., 121°54.17′ W. 

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(229) 36°45.51′ N. lat., 121°57.72′ W. 

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(230) 36°38.84′ N. lat., 122°01.32′ W. 

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(231) 36°35.62′ N. lat., 122°00.98′ W. 

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(232) 36°32.46′ N. lat., 121°59.15′ W. 

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(233) 36°32.79′ N. lat., 121°57.67′ W. 

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(234) 36°31.98′ N. lat., 121°56.55′ W. 

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(235) 36°31.79′ N. lat., 121°58.40′ W. 

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(236) 36°30.73′ N. lat., 121°59.70′ W. 

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(237) 36°30.31′ N. lat., 122°00.22′ W. 

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(238) 36°29.35′ N. lat., 122°00.36′ W. 

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(239) 36°27.66′ N. lat., 121°59.80′ W. 

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(240) 36°26.22′ N. lat., 121°58.35′ W. 

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(241) 36°21.20′ N. lat., 122°00.72′ W. 

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(242) 36°20.47′ N. lat., 122°02.92′ W. 

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(243) 36°18.46′ N. lat., 122°04.51′ W. 

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(244) 36°15.92′ N. lat., 122°01.33′ W. 

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(245) 36°13.76′ N. lat., 121°57.27′ W. 

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(246) 36°14.43′ N. lat., 121°55.43′ W. 

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(247) 36°10.24′ N. lat., 121°43.08′ W. 

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(249) 36°02.49′ N. lat., 121°36.51′ W. 

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(250) 36°01.08′ N. lat., 121°36.63′ W. 

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(251) 36°00.00′ N. lat., 121°35.15′ W. 

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(252) 35°57.84′ N. lat., 121°33.10′ W. 

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(253) 35°50.36′ N. lat., 121°29.32′ W. 

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(254) 35°39.03′ N. lat., 121°22.86′ W. 

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(255) 35°24.30′ N. lat., 121°02.56′ W. 

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(256) 35°16.53′ N. lat., 121°00.39′ W. 

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(257) 35°04.82′ N. lat., 120°53.96′ W. 

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(258) 34°52.51′ N. lat., 120°51.62′ W. 

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(259) 34°43.36′ N. lat., 120°52.12′ W. 

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(260) 34°37.64′ N. lat., 120°49.99′ W. 

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(261) 34°30.80′ N. lat., 120°45.02′ W. 

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(262) 34°27.00′ N. lat., 120°39.00′ W. 

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(263) 34°21.90′ N. lat., 120°25.25′ W. 

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(264) 34°24.86′ N. lat., 120°16.81′ W. 

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(265) 34°22.80′ N. lat., 119°57.06′ W. 

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(266) 34°18.59′ N. lat., 119°44.84′ W. 

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(267) 34°15.04′ N. lat., 119°40.34′ W. 

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(268) 34°14.40′ N. lat., 119°45.39′ W. 

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(269) 34°12.32′ N. lat., 119°42.41′ W. 

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(270) 34°09.71′ N. lat., 119°28.85′ W. 

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(271) 34°04.70′ N. lat., 119°15.38′ W. 

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(272) 34°03.33′ N. lat., 119°12.93′ W. 

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(273) 34°02.72′ N. lat., 119°07.01′ W. 

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(274) 34°03.90′ N. lat., 119°04.64′ W. 

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(275) 34°01.80′ N. lat., 119°03.23′ W. 

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(276) 33°59.32′ N. lat., 119°03.50′ W. 

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(277) 33°59.00′ N. lat., 118°59.55′ W. 

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(278) 33°59.51′ N. lat., 118°57.25′ W. 

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(279) 33°58.82′ N. lat., 118°52.47′ W. 

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(280) 33°58.54′ N. lat., 118°41.86′ W. 

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(281) 33°55.07′ N. lat., 118°34.25′ W. 

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(282) 33°54.28′ N. lat., 118°38.68′ W. 

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(283) 33°51.00′ N. lat., 118°36.66′ W. 

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(284) 33°39.77′ N. lat., 118°18.41′ W. 

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(285) 33°35.50′ N. lat., 118°16.85′ W. 

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(286) 33°32.68′ N. lat., 118°09.82′ W. 

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(287) 33°34.09′ N. lat., 117°54.06′ W. 

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(288) 33°31.60′ N. lat., 117°49.28′ W. 

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(289) 33°16.07′ N. lat., 117°34.74′ W. 

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(290) 33°07.06′ N. lat., 117°22.71′ W. 

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(291) 32°59.28′ N. lat., 117°19.69′ W. 

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(292) 32°55.36′ N. lat., 117°19.54′ W. 

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(293) 32°53.35′ N. lat., 117°17.05′ W. 

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(294) 32°53.34′ N. lat., 117°19.13′ W. 

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(295) 32°46.39′ N. lat., 117°23.45′ W. 

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(296) 32°42.79′ N. lat., 117°21.16′ W. 

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(297) 32°34.22′ N. lat., 117°21.20′ W. 

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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. 

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(2) 48°13.05′ N. lat., 125°37.43′ W. 

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(3) 48°08.62′ N. lat., 125°41.68′ W. 

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(4) 48°07.42′ N. lat., 125°42.38′ W. 

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(5) 48°04.20′ N. lat., 125°36.57′ W. 

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(6) 48°02.79′ N. lat., 125°35.55′ W. 

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(7) 48°00.48′ N. lat., 125°37.84′ W. 

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(8) 47°54.90′ N. lat., 125°34.79′ W. 

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(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. 

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(12) 48°02.13′ N. lat., 125°22.80′ W. 

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(13) 48°03.31′ N. lat., 125°22.46′ W. 

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(14) 48°06.83′ N. lat., 125°17.73′ W. 

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(15) 48°10.08′ N. lat., 125°15.56′ W. 

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(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. 

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(19) 48°13.59′ N. lat., 125°12.83′ W. 

long.; 

(20) 48°12.22′ N. lat., 125°12.28′ W. 

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(21) 48°11.15′ N. lat., 125°12.26′ W. 

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(22) 48°10.18′ N. lat., 125°10.44′ W. 

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(23) 48°10.18′ N. lat., 125°06.32′ W. 

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(24) 48°15.39′ N. lat., 125°02.83′ W. 

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(25) 48°18.32′ N. lat., 125°01.00′ W. 

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(26) 48°21.67′ N. lat., 125°01.86′ W. 

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(27) 48°25.70′ N. lat., 125°00.10′ W. 

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(28) 48°26.43′ N. lat., 124°56.65′ W. 

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(29) 48°24.28′ N. lat., 124°56.48′ W. 

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(30) 48°23.27′ N. lat., 124°59.12′ W. 

long.; 

(31) 48°21.79′ N. lat., 124°59.30′ W. 

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(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. 

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(36) 48°22.74′ N. lat., 124°50.96′ W. 

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(37) 48°21.04′ N. lat., 124°52.60′ W. 

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(38) 48°18.07′ N. lat., 124°55.85′ W. 

long.; 

(39) 48°15.03′ N. lat., 124°58.16′ W. 

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(40) 48°11.31′ N. lat., 124°58.53′ W. 

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(41) 48°06.25′ N. lat., 125°00.06′ W. 

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(42) 48°04.70′ N. lat., 125°01.80′ W. 

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(43) 48°04.93′ N. lat., 125°03.92′ W. 

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(44) 48°06.44′ N. lat., 125°06.50′ W. 

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(45) 48°07.34′ N. lat., 125°09.35′ W. 

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(46) 48°07.62′ N. lat., 125°11.37′ W. 

long.; 

(47) 48°03.71′ N. lat., 125°17.63′ W. 

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(48) 48°01.35′ N. lat., 125°18.66′ W. 

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(49) 48°00.05′ N. lat., 125°19.66′ W. 

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(50) 47°59.51′ N. lat., 125°18.90′ W. 

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(51) 47°58.29′ N. lat., 125°16.64′ W. 

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(54) 47°48.46′ N. lat., 125°04.72′ W. 

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(55) 47°46.10′ N. lat., 125°04.00′ W. 

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(56) 47°44.60′ N. lat., 125°04.49′ W. 

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(57) 47°42.90′ N. lat., 125°04.72′ W. 

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(58) 47°40.71′ N. lat., 125°04.68′ W. 

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(59) 47°39.02′ N. lat., 125°05.63′ W. 

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(60) 47°34.86′ N. lat., 125°02.11′ W. 

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(61) 47°31.64′ N. lat., 124°58.11′ W. 

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(62) 47°29.69′ N. lat., 124°55.71′ W. 

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(63) 47°29.35′ N. lat., 124°53.23′ W. 

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(64) 47°28.56′ N. lat., 124°51.34′ W. 

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(65) 47°25.31′ N. lat., 124°48.20′ W. 

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(66) 47°23.92′ N. lat., 124°47.15′ W. 

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(67) 47°18.09′ N. lat., 124°45.74′ W. 

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(68) 47°18.65′ N. lat., 124°51.51′ W. 

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(69) 47°18.12′ N. lat., 124°52.58′ W. 

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(70) 47°17.64′ N. lat., 124°50.45′ W. 

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(71) 47°16.31′ N. lat., 124°50.92′ W. 

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(72) 47°15.60′ N. lat., 124°52.62′ W. 

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(73) 47°14.25′ N. lat., 124°52.49′ W. 

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(74) 47°11.32′ N. lat., 124°57.19′ W. 

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(75) 47°09.14′ N. lat., 124°57.46′ W. 

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(76) 47°08.83′ N. lat., 124°58.47′ W. 

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(77) 47°05.88′ N. lat., 124°58.26′ W. 

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(78) 47°03.60′ N. lat., 124°55.84′ W. 

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(79) 47°02.91′ N. lat., 124°56.15′ W. 

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(80) 47°01.08′ N. lat., 124°59.46′ W. 

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(81) 46°58.13′ N. lat., 124°58.83′ W. 

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(82) 46°57.44′ N. lat., 124°57.78′ W. 

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(83) 46°55.98′ N. lat., 124°54.60′ W. 

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(84) 46°54.90′ N. lat., 124°54.14′ W. 

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(85) 46°58.47′ N. lat., 124°49.65′ W. 

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(86) 46°54.44′ N. lat., 124°48.79′ W. 

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(87) 46°54.41′ N. lat., 124°52.87′ W. 

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(88) 46°49.36′ N. lat., 124°52.77′ W. 

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(89) 46°40.06′ N. lat., 124°45.34′ W. 

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(90) 46°39.64′ N. lat., 124°42.21′ W. 

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(91) 46°34.27′ N. lat., 124°34.63′ W. 

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(92) 46°33.58′ N. lat., 124°29.10′ W. 

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(93) 46°25.64′ N. lat., 124°32.57′ W. 

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(94) 46°21.33′ N. lat., 124°36.36′ W. 

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(95) 46°20.59′ N. lat., 124°36.15′ W. 

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(96) 46°19.38′ N. lat., 124°38.21′ W. 

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(97) 46°17.94′ N. lat., 124°38.10′ W. 

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(98) 46°16.00′ N. lat., 124°22.17′ W. 

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(99) 46°13.37′ N. lat., 124°30.70′ W. 

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(100) 46°12.20′ N. lat., 124°36.04′ W. 

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(101) 46°11.01′ N. lat., 124°38.68′ W. 

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(102) 46°09.73′ N. lat., 124°39.91′ W. 

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(103) 46°03.23′ N. lat., 124°42.03′ W. 

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(104) 46°01.16′ N. lat., 124°42.06′ W. 

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(105) 46°00.35′ N. lat., 124°42.26′ W. 

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(106) 45°52.81′ N. lat., 124°41.62′ W. 

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(107) 45°49.70′ N. lat., 124°41.14′ W. 

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(108) 45°46.00′ N. lat., 124°38.92′ W. 

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(109) 45°45.18′ N. lat., 124°38.39′ W. 

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(110) 45°43.24′ N. lat., 124°37.77′ W. 

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(111) 45°34.75′ N. lat., 124°28.58′ W. 

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(112) 45°19.90′ N. lat., 124°21.34′ W. 

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(113) 45°12.44′ N. lat., 124°19.34′ W. 

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(114) 45°07.48′ N. lat., 124°19.73′ W. 

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(115) 45°03.83′ N. lat., 124°21.20′ W. 

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(116) 44°59.96′ N. lat., 124°22.91′ W. 

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(117) 44°54.73′ N. lat., 124°26.84′ W. 

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(118) 44°51.16′ N. lat., 124°31.41′ W. 

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(119) 44°49.97′ N. lat., 124°32.37′ W. 

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(120) 44°47.06′ N. lat., 124°34.43′ W. 

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(121) 44°41.38′ N. lat., 124°36.52′ W. 

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(122) 44°31.80′ N. lat., 124°38.11′ W. 

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(123) 44°30.35′ N. lat., 124°43.03′ W. 

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(124) 44°27.95′ N. lat., 124°45.13′ W. 

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(125) 44°24.73′ N. lat., 124°47.42′ W. 

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(126) 44°19.67′ N. lat., 124°51.17′ W. 

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(127) 44°17.96′ N. lat., 124°52.52′ W. 

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(128) 44°13.70′ N. lat., 124°56.45′ W. 

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(129) 44°12.26′ N. lat., 124°57.53′ W. 

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(130) 44°08.30′ N. lat., 124°57.17′ W. 

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(131) 44°07.57′ N. lat., 124°57.19′ W. 

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(132) 44°04.78′ N. lat., 124°56.31′ W. 

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(133) 44°01.14′ N. lat., 124°56.07′ W. 

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(134) 43°57.49′ N. lat., 124°56.78′ W. 

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(135) 43°54.58′ N. lat., 124°52.18′ W. 

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(136) 43°53.18′ N. lat., 124°47.41′ W. 

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(137) 43°53.60′ N. lat., 124°37.45′ W. 

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(138) 43°53.05′ N. lat., 124°36.00′ W. 

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(139) 43°47.93′ N. lat., 124°35.18′ W. 

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(140) 43°39.32′ N. lat., 124°35.14′ W. 

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(141) 43°32.38′ N. lat., 124°35.26′ W. 

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(142) 43°30.19′ N. lat., 124°35.89′ W. 

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(143) 43°27.80′ N. lat., 124°36.42′ W. 

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(144) 43°23.73′ N. lat., 124°39.66′ W. 

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(145) 43°20.83′ N. lat., 124°41.18′ W. 

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(146) 43°10.48′ N. lat., 124°43.54′ W. 

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(147) 43°04.77′ N. lat., 124°45.51′ W. 

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(148) 43°05.94′ N. lat., 124°49.77′ W. 

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(149) 43°03.38′ N. lat., 124°51.86′ W. 

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(150) 43°00.39′ N. lat., 124°51.77′ W. 

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(151) 42°56.80′ N. lat., 124°53.38′ W. 

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(152) 42°54.53′ N. lat., 124°52.72′ W. 

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(153) 42°52.89′ N. lat., 124°47.45′ W. 

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(154) 42°50.00′ N. lat., 124°47.03′ W. 

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(155) 42°48.10′ N. lat., 124°46.75′ W. 

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(158) 42°39.97′ N. lat., 124°42.45′ W. 

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(159) 42°32.53′ N. lat., 124°42.77′ W. 

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(160) 42°30.37′ N. lat., 124°42.97′ W. 

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(161) 42°28.07′ N. lat., 124°47.65′ W. 

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(162) 42°21.58′ N. lat., 124°41.41′ W. 

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(163) 42°15.17′ N. lat., 124°36.25′ W. 

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(164) 42°13.67′ N. lat., 124°36.20′ W. 

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(165) 42°8.29′ N. lat., 124°36.08′ W. 

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(166) 42°00.00′ N. lat., 124°35.46′ W. 

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(167) 41°47.67′ N. lat., 124°28.67′ W. 

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(168) 41°32.91′ N. lat., 124°29.01′ W. 

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(169) 41°22.57′ N. lat., 124°28.66′ W. 

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(170) 41°13.38′ N. lat., 124°22.88′ W. 

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(171) 41°06.42′ N. lat., 124°22.02′ W. 

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(172) 40°50.19′ N. lat., 124°25.58′ W. 

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(173) 40°44.08′ N. lat., 124°30.43′ W. 

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(174) 40°40.54′ N. lat., 124°31.75′ W. 

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(175) 40°37.36′ N. lat., 124°29.17′ W. 

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(176) 40°35.30′ N. lat., 124°30.03′ W. 

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(177) 40°37.02′ N. lat., 124°37.10′ W. 

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(178) 40°35.82′ N. lat., 124°39.58′ W. 

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(179) 40°31.70′ N. lat., 124°39.97′ W. 

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(180) 40°29.88′ N. lat., 124°38.09′ W. 

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(181) 40°24.77′ N. lat., 124°35.39′ W. 

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(182) 40°23.22′ N. lat., 124°31.87′ W. 

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(183) 40°23.40′ N. lat., 124°28.65′ W. 

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(184) 40°22.30′ N. lat., 124°25.27′ W. 

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(185) 40°21.91′ N. lat., 124°25.18′ W. 

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(186) 40°21.91′ N. lat., 124°27.97′ W. 

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(187) 40°21.37′ N. lat., 124°29.03′ W. 

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(188) 40°19.74′ N. lat., 124°28.71′ W. 

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(189) 40°18.52′ N. lat., 124°27.26′ W. 

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(190) 40°17.57′ N. lat., 124°25.49′ W. 

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(191) 40°18.20′ N. lat., 124°23.63′ W. 

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(192) 40°15.89′ N. lat., 124°26.00′ W. 

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(193) 40°17.00′ N. lat., 124°35.01′ W. 

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(194) 40°15.97′ N. lat., 124°35.91′ W. 

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(195) 40°10.00′ N. lat., 124°22.00′ W. 

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(196) 40°07.35′ N. lat., 124°18.64′ W. 

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(197) 40°08.46′ N. lat., 124°16.24′ W. 

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(198) 40°06.26′ N. lat., 124°17.54′ W. 

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(199) 40°03.26′ N. lat., 124°15.30′ W. 

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(200) 40°02.00′ N. lat., 124°12.97′ W. 

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(201) 40°02.60′ N. lat., 124°10.61′ W. 

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(202) 40°03.63′ N. lat., 124°09.12′ W. 

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(203) 40°02.18′ N. lat., 124°09.07′ W. 

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(204) 40°01.26′ N. lat., 124°09.86′ W. 

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(205) 39°58.05′ N. lat., 124°11.87′ W. 

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(206) 39°56.39′ N. lat., 124°08.70′ W. 

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(207) 39°54.64′ N. lat., 124°07.31′ W. 

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(208) 39°53.87′ N. lat., 124°07.95′ W. 

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(209) 39°52.42′ N. lat., 124°08.18′ W. 

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(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. 

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(217) 39°01.75′ N. lat., 123°56.83′ W. 

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(218) 38°59.52′ N. lat., 123°55.95′ W. 

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(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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(226) 38°15.94′ N. lat., 123°25.33′ W. 

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(227) 38°10.95′ N. lat., 123°23.19′ 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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(270) 36°20.62′ N. lat., 122°02.93′ W. 

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(271) 36°18.89′ N. lat., 122°05.18′ W. 

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(272) 36°14.45′ N. lat., 121°59.44′ W. 

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(273) 36°13.73′ N. lat., 121°57.38′ W. 

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(274) 36°14.41′ N. lat., 121°55.45′ W. 

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(275) 36°10.25′ N. lat., 121°43.08′ W. 

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(276) 36°07.67′ N. lat., 121°40.92′ W. 

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(277) 36°02.51′ N. lat., 121°36.76′ W. 

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(278) 36°01.04′ N. lat., 121°36.68′ W. 

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(279) 36°00.00′ N. lat., 121°35.15′ W. 

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(280) 35°57.84′ N. lat., 121°33.10′ W. 

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(281) 35°45.57′ N. lat., 121°27.26′ W. 

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(282) 35°39.02′ N. lat., 121°22.86′ W. 

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(283) 35°25.92′ N. lat., 121°05.52′ W. 

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(284) 35°16.26′ N. lat., 121°01.50′ W. 

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(285) 35°07.60′ N. lat., 120°56.49′ W. 

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(286) 34°57.77′ N. lat., 120°53.87′ W. 

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(287) 34°42.30′ N. lat., 120°53.42′ W. 

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(288) 34°37.69′ N. lat., 120°50.04′ W. 

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(289) 34°30.13′ N. lat., 120°44.45′ W. 

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(290) 34°27.00′ N. lat., 120°39.24′ W. 

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(291) 34°24.71′ N. lat., 120°35.37′ W. 

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(292) 34°21.63′ N. lat., 120°24.86′ W. 

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(293) 34°24.39′ N. lat., 120°16.65′ W. 

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(294) 34°22.48′ N. lat., 119°56.42′ W. 

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(295) 34°18.54′ N. lat., 119°46.26′ W. 

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(296) 34°16.37′ N. lat., 119°45.12′ W. 

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(297) 34°15.91′ N. lat., 119°47.29′ W. 

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(298) 34°13.80′ N. lat., 119°45.40′ W. 

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(299) 34°11.69′ N. lat., 119°41.80′ W. 

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(300) 34°09.98′ N. lat., 119°31.87′ W. 

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(301) 34°08.12′ N. lat., 119°27.71′ W. 

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(302) 34°06.35′ N. lat., 119°32.65′ W. 

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(303) 34°06.80′ N. lat., 119°40.08′ W. 

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(304) 34°07.48′ N. lat., 119°47.54′ W. 

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(305) 34°08.21′ N. lat., 119°54.90′ W. 

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(306) 34°06.85′ N. lat., 120°05.60′ W. 

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(307) 34°06.99′ N. lat., 120°10.37′ W. 

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(308) 34°08.53′ N. lat., 120°17.89′ W. 

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(309) 34°10.00′ N. lat., 120°23.05′ W. 

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(310) 34°12.53′ N. lat., 120°29.82′ W. 

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(311) 34°09.02′ N. lat., 120°37.47′ W. 

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(312) 34°01.01′ N. lat., 120°31.17′ W. 

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(313) 33°58.07′ N. lat., 120°28.33′ W. 

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(314) 33°53.37′ N. lat., 120°14.43′ W. 

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(315) 33°50.53′ N. lat., 120°07.20′ W. 

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(316) 33°45.88′ N. lat., 120°04.26′ W. 

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(317) 33°38.19′ N. lat., 119°57.85′ W. 

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(318) 33°38.19′ N. lat., 119°50.42′ W. 

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(319) 33°42.36′ N. lat., 119°49.60′ W. 

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(320) 33°53.95′ N. lat., 119°53.81′ W. 

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(321) 33°55.99′ N. lat., 119°41.40′ W. 

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(322) 33°58.48′ N. lat., 119°27.90′ W. 

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(323) 33°59.94′ N. lat., 119°19.57′ W. 

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(324) 34°04.48′ N. lat., 119°15.32′ W. 

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(325) 34°02.80′ N. lat., 119°12.95′ W. 

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(326) 34°02.39′ N. lat., 119°07.17′ W. 

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(327) 34°03.75′ N. lat., 119°04.72′ W. 

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(328) 34°01.82′ N. lat., 119°03.24′ W. 

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(329) 33°59.33′ N. lat., 119°03.49′ W. 

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(330) 33°59.01′ N. lat., 118°59.56′ W. 

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(331) 33°59.51′ N. lat., 118°57.25′ W. 

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(332) 33°58.83′ N. lat., 118°52.50′ W. 

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(333) 33°58.55′ N. lat., 118°41.86′ W. 

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(334) 33°55.10′ N. lat., 118°34.25′ W. 

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(335) 33°54.30′ N. lat., 118°38.71′ W. 

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(336) 33°50.88′ N. lat., 118°37.02′ W. 

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(337) 33°39.78′ N. lat., 118°18.40′ W. 

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(338) 33°35.50′ N. lat., 118°16.85′ W. 

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(339) 33°32.46′ N. lat., 118°10.90′ W. 

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(340) 33°34.11′ N. lat., 117°54.07′ W. 

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(341) 33°31.61′ N. lat., 117°49.30′ W. 

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(342) 33°16.36′ N. lat., 117°35.48′ W. 

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(343) 33°06.81′ N. lat., 117°22.93′ W. 

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(344) 32°59.28′ N. lat., 117°19.69′ W. 

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(345) 32°55.37′ N. lat., 117°19.55′ W. 

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(346) 32°53.35′ N. lat., 117°17.05′ W. 

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(347) 32°53.36′ N. lat., 117°19.12′ W. 

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(348) 32°46.42′ N. lat., 117°23.45′ W. 

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(349) 32°42.71′ N. lat., 117°21.45′ 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. 

long.; 

(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. 

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(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. 

long.; 

(83) 46°14.87′ N. lat., 124°26.15′ W. 

long.; 

(84) 46°13.37′ N. lat., 124°31.36′ W. 

long.; 

(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. 

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(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. 

long.; 

(172) 40°10.00′ N. lat., 124°22.96′ W. 

long.; 

(173) 40°07.00′ N. lat., 124°19.00′ W. 

long.; 

(174) 40°08.10′ N. lat., 124°16.70′ W. 

long.; 

(175) 40°05.90′ N. lat., 124°17.77′ W. 

long.; 

(176) 40°02.99′ N. lat., 124°15.55′ W. 

long.; 

(177) 40°02.00′ N. lat., 124°12.97′ W. 

long.; 

(178) 40°02.60′ N. lat., 124°10.61′ W. 

long.; 

(179) 40°03.63′ N. lat., 124°09.12′ W. 

long.; 

(180) 40°02.18′ N. lat., 124°09.07′ W. 

long.; 

(181) 39°58.25′ N. lat., 124°12.56′ W. 

long.; 

(182) 39°57.03′ N. lat., 124°11.34′ W. 

long.; 

(183) 39°56.30′ N. lat., 124°08.96′ W. 

long.; 

(184) 39°54.82′ N. lat., 124°07.66′ W. 

long.; 

(185) 39°52.57′ N. lat., 124°08.55′ W. 

long.; 

(186) 39°45.34′ N. lat., 124°03.30′ W. 

long.; 

(187) 39°34.75′ N. lat., 123°58.50′ W. 

long.; 

(188) 39°34.22′ N. lat., 123°56.82′ W. 

long.; 

(189) 39°32.98′ N. lat., 123°56.43′ W. 

long.; 

(190) 39°31.47′ N. lat., 123°58.73′ W. 

long.; 

(191) 39°05.68′ N. lat., 123°57.81′ W. 

long.; 

(192) 39°00.24′ N. lat., 123°56.74′ W. 

long.; 

(193) 38°57.50′ N. lat., 123°56.74′ W. 

long.; 

(194) 38°54.31′ N. lat., 123°56.73′ W. 

long.; 

(195) 38°41.42′ N. lat., 123°46.75′ W. 

long.; 

(196) 38°39.61′ N. lat., 123°46.48′ W. 

long.; 

(197) 38°37.52′ N. lat., 123°43.78′ W. 

long.; 

(198) 38°35.25′ N. lat., 123°42.00′ W. 

long.; 

(199) 38°28.79′ N. lat., 123°37.07′ W. 

long.; 

(200) 38°19.88′ N. lat., 123°32.54′ W. 

long.; 

(201) 38°14.43′ N. lat., 123°25.56′ W. 

long.; 

(202) 38°08.75′ N. lat., 123°24.48′ W. 

long.; 

(203) 38°10.10′ N. lat., 123°27.20′ W. 

long.; 

(204) 38°07.16′ N. lat., 123°28.18′ W. 

long.; 

(205) 38°06.42′ N. lat., 123°30.18′ W. 

long.; 

(206) 38°04.28′ N. lat., 123°31.70′ W. 

long.; 

(207) 38°01.88′ N. lat., 123°30.98′ W. 

long.; 

(208) 38°00.75′ N. lat., 123°29.72′ W. 

long.; 

(209) 38°00.00′ N. lat., 123°28.60′ W. 

long.; 

(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. 

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(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°01.01′ N. lat., 121°36.69′ 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°55.88′ N. lat., 119°41.05′ W. 

long.; 

(271) 33°59.94′ N. lat., 119°19.57′ W. 

long.; 

(272) 34°03.12′ N. lat., 119°15.51′ W. 

long.; 

(273) 34°01.97′ N. lat., 119°07.28′ W. 

long.; 

(274) 34°03.60′ N. lat., 119°04.71′ W. 

long.; 

(275) 33°59.30′ N. lat., 119°03.73′ W. 

long.; 

(276) 33°58.87′ N. lat., 118°59.37′ W. 

long.; 

(277) 33°58.08′ N. lat., 118°41.14′ W. 

long.; 

(278) 33°50.93′ N. lat., 118°37.65′ W. 

long.; 

(279) 33°39.54′ N. lat., 118°18.70′ W. 

long.; 

(280) 33°35.42′ N. lat., 118°17.14′ W. 

long.; 

(281) 33°32.15′ N. lat., 118°10.84′ W. 

long.; 

(282) 33°33.71′ N. lat., 117°53.72′ W. 

long.; 

(283) 33°31.17′ N. lat., 117°49.11′ W. 

long.; 

(284) 33°16.53′ N. lat., 117°36.13′ W. 

long.; 

(285) 33°06.77′ N. lat., 117°22.92′ W. 

long.; 

(286) 32°58.94′ N. lat., 117°20.05′ W. 

long.; 

(287) 32°55.83′ N. lat., 117°20.15′ W. 

long.; 

(288) 32°46.29′ N. lat., 117°23.89′ W. 

long.; 

(289) 32°42.00′ N. lat., 117°22.16′ W. 

long.; 

(290) 32°39.47′ N. lat., 117°27.78′ W. 

long.; and 

(291) 32°34.83′ N. lat., 117°24.69′ W. 

long. 

* * * * * 

■ 22. In § 660.394, paragraphs (f) 

through (m) are redesignated as (g) 

through (n), paragraph (a) and newly 

redesignated paragraphs (g), (l), (m), are 

revised, and new paragraphs (f), (n), (o), 

(p), (q), and (r) are added 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.; 

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(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. 

long.; 

(98) 45°03.83′ N. lat., 124°26.21′ W. 

long.; 

(99) 45°00.22′ N. lat., 124°28.31′ W. 

long.; 

(100) 44°53.53′ N. lat., 124°32.98′ W. 

long.; 

(101) 44°40.79′ 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. 

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(133) 42°40.50′ N. lat., 124°43.86′ W. 

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(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. 

long.; 

(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. 

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(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. 

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(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. 

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(222) 36°57.79′ N. lat., 122°22.28′ W. 

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(223) 36°55.86′ N. lat., 122°21.99′ W. 

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(224) 36°52.06′ N. lat., 122°12.12′ W. 

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(225) 36°47.63′ N. lat., 122°07.40′ W. 

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(226) 36°47.26′ N. lat., 122°03.23′ W. 

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(227) 36°49.53′ N. lat., 121°59.35′ W. 

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(228) 36°44.81′ N. lat., 121°58.29′ W. 

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(229) 36°38.95′ N. lat., 122°02.02′ W. 

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(230) 36°23.43′ N. lat., 121°59.76′ W. 

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(231) 36°19.66′ N. lat., 122°06.25′ W. 

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(232) 36°14.78′ N. lat., 122°01.52′ W. 

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(233) 36°13.64′ N. lat., 121°57.83′ W. 

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(234) 36°09.99′ N. lat., 121°43.48′ W. 

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(235) 36°00.00′ N. lat., 121°36.95′ W. 

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(236) 35°57.09′ N. lat., 121°34.16′ W. 

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(237) 35°52.71′ N. lat., 121°32.32′ W. 

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(238) 35°51.23′ N. lat., 121°30.54′ W. 

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(239) 35°46.07′ N. lat., 121°29.75′ W. 

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(240) 35°34.08′ N. lat., 121°19.83′ W. 

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(241) 35°31.41′ N. lat., 121°14.80′ W. 

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(242) 35°15.42′ N. lat., 121°03.47′ W. 

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(243) 35°07.70′ N. lat., 120°59.31′ W. 

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(244) 34°57.27′ N. lat., 120°56.93′ W. 

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(245) 34°44.27′ N. lat., 120°57.65′ W. 

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(246) 34°32.75′ N. lat., 120°50.08′ W. 

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(247) 34°27.00′ N. lat., 120°41.50′ W. 

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(248) 34°20.00′ N. lat., 120°30.99′ W. 

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(249) 34°19.15′ N. lat., 120°19.78′ W. 

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(250) 34°23.24′ N. lat., 120°14.17′ W. 

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(251) 34°21.35′ N. lat., 119°54.89′ W. 

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(252) 34°09.79′ N. lat., 119°44.51′ W. 

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(253) 34°07.34′ N. lat., 120°06.71′ W. 

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(254) 34°09.74′ N. lat., 120°19.78′ W. 

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(255) 34°13.95′ N. lat., 120°29.78′ W. 

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(256) 34°09.41′ N. lat., 120°37.75′ W. 

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(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. 

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(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. 

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(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. 

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(269) 34°02.91′ N. lat., 119°15.38′ W. 

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(270) 33°59.04′ N. lat., 119°03.02′ W. 

long.; 

(271) 33°57.88′ N. lat., 118°41.69′ W. 

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(272) 33°50.89′ N. lat., 118°37.78′ W. 

long.; 

(273) 33°39.54′ N. lat., 118°18.70′ W. 

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(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. 

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(280) 32°39.50′ N. lat., 117°27.80′ W. 

long.; and 

(281) 32°34.83′ N. lat., 117°24.67′ W. 

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* * * * * 

(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. 

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(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. 

long.; 

(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. 

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(40) 39°00.99′ N. lat., 123°57.56′ W. 

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(41) 39°00.05′ N. lat., 123°56.83′ W. 

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(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. 

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(45) 38°45.56′ N. lat., 123°51.32′ W. 

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(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. 

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(56) 38°14.38′ N. lat., 123°25.51′ W. 

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(58) 38°10.09′ N. lat., 123°27.21′ W. 

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(59) 38°03.98′ N. lat., 123°31.74′ W. 

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(60) 38°02.08′ N. lat., 123°31.27′ W. 

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(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. 

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(64) 37°55.32′ N. lat., 123°27.19′ W. 

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(65) 37°51.52′ N. lat., 123°25.01′ W. 

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(66) 37°44.21′ N. lat., 123°11.38′ W. 

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(67) 37°35.67′ N. lat., 123°01.86′ W. 

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(68) 37°23.42′ N. lat., 122°56.78′ W. 

long.; 

(69) 37°23.23′ N. lat., 122°53.78′ W. 

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(70) 37°13.97′ N. lat., 122°49.91′ W. 

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(71) 37°11.00′ N. lat., 122°45.61′ W. 

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(72) 37°08.28′ N. lat., 122°46.13′ W. 

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(73) 37°07.00′ N. lat., 122°44.45′ W. 

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(74) 37°00.86′ N. lat., 122°37.55′ W. 

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(75) 36°59.71′ N. lat., 122°33.73′ W. 

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(76) 36°57.98′ N. lat., 122°27.80′ W. 

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(77) 36°59.83′ N. lat., 122°25.17′ W. 

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(78) 36°57.21′ N. lat., 122°25.17′ W. 

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(79) 36°57.79′ N. lat., 122°22.28′ W. 

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(80) 36°55.86′ N. lat., 122°21.99′ W. 

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(81) 36°52.06′ N. lat., 122°12.12′ W. 

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(82) 36°47.63′ N. lat., 122°07.40′ W. 

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(83) 36°47.27′ N. lat., 122°03.23′ W. 

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(84) 36°49.53′ N. lat., 121°59.35′ W. 

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(85) 36°44.81′ N. lat., 121°58.29′ W. 

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(86) 36°38.95′ N. lat., 122°02.02′ W. 

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(87) 36°30.86′ N. lat., 122°00.82′ W. 

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(88) 36°23.43′ N. lat., 121°59.76′ W. 

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(89) 36°22.00′ N. lat., 122°01.02′ W. 

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(90) 36°19.01′ N. lat., 122°05.01′ W. 

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(91) 36°14.78′ N. lat., 122°01.52′ W. 

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(92) 36°09.99′ N. lat., 121°43.48′ W. 

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(93) 36°00.00′ N. lat., 121°36.04′ W. 

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(94) 35°58.19′ N. lat., 121°34.63′ W. 

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(95) 35°52.71′ N. lat., 121°32.32′ W. 

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(96) 35°51.23′ N. lat., 121°30.54′ W. 

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(97) 35°46.07′ N. lat., 121°29.75′ W. 

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(98) 35°34.08′ N. lat., 121°19.83′ W. 

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(99) 35°31.41′ N. lat., 121°14.80′ W. 

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(100) 35°15.42′ N. lat., 121°03.47′ W. 

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(101) 35°07.21′ N. lat., 120°59.05′ W. 

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(102) 35°07.45′ N. lat., 120°57.09′ W. 

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(103) 34°44.29′ N. lat., 120°54.28′ W. 

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(104) 34°44.24′ N. lat., 120°57.64′ W. 

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(105) 34°32.75′ N. lat., 120°50.08′ W. 

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(106) 34°27.00′ N. lat., 120°41.50′ W. 

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(107) 34°20.00′ N. lat., 120°30.99′ W. 

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(108) 34°19.15′ N. lat., 120°19.78′ W. 

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(109) 34°23.24′ N. lat., 120°14.17′ W. 

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(110) 34°21.35′ N. lat., 119°54.89′ W. 

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(111) 34°09.79′ N. lat., 119°44.51′ W. 

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(112) 34°07.34′ N. lat., 120°06.71′ W. 

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(113) 34°09.74′ N. lat., 120°19.78′ W. 

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(114) 34°13.95′ N. lat., 120°29.78′ W. 

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(115) 34°09.41′ N. lat., 120°37.75′ W. 

long.; 

(116) 34°03.39′ N. lat., 120°35.26′ W. 

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(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. 

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(122) 33°42.74′ N. lat., 119°47.81′ W. 

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(123) 33°53.65′ N. lat., 119°53.29′ W. 

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(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. 

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(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. 

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(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°02.04 N. lat., 125°22.90 W. 

long.; 

(18) 48°03.60 N. lat., 125°21.84 W. 

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(20) 48°03.26 N. lat., 125°19.76 W. 

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(21) 48°01.50 N. lat., 125°18.80 W. 

long.; 

(22) 48°01.03 N. lat., 125°20.12 W. 

long.; 

(23) 48°00.04 N. lat., 125°20.26 W. 

long.; 

(24) 47°58.10 N. lat., 125°18.91 W. 

long.; 

(25) 47°58.17 N. lat., 125°17.50 W. 

long.; 

(26) 47°52.33 N. lat., 125°15.78 W. 

long.; 

(27) 47°49.20 N. lat., 125°10.67 W. 

long.; 

(28) 47°48.27 N. lat., 125°07.38 W. 

long.; 

(29) 47°47.24 N. lat., 125°05.38 W. 

long.; 

(30) 47°45.95 N. lat., 125°04.61 W. 

long.; 

(31) 47°44.58 N. lat., 125°07.12 W. 

long.; 

(32) 47°42.24 N. lat., 125°05.15 W. 

long.; 

(33) 47°38.54 N. lat., 125°06.76 W. 

long.; 

(34) 47°35.03 N. lat., 125°04.28 W. 

long.; 

(35) 47°28.82 N. lat., 124°56.24 W. 

long.; 

(36) 47°29.15 N. lat., 124°54.10 W. 

long.; 

(37) 47°28.43 N. lat., 124°51.58 W. 

long.; 

(38) 47°24.13 N. lat., 124°47.50 W. 

long.; 

(39) 47°18.31 N. lat., 124°46.17 W. 

long.; 

(40) 47°19.57 N. lat., 124°51.00 W. 

long.; 

(41) 47°18.12 N. lat., 124°53.66 W. 

long.; 

(42) 47°17.60 N. lat., 124°52.94 W. 

long.; 

(43) 47°17.71 N. lat., 124°51.63 W. 

long.; 

(44) 47°16.90 N. lat., 124°51.23 W. 

long.; 

(45) 47°16.10 N. lat., 124°53.67 W. 

long.; 

(46) 47°14.24 N. lat., 124°53.02 W. 

long.; 

(47) 47°12.16 N. lat., 124°56.77 W. 

long.; 

(48) 47°13.35 N. lat., 124°58.70 W. 

long.; 

(49) 47°09.53 N. lat., 124°58.32 W. 

long.; 

(50) 47°09.54 N. lat., 124°59.50 W. 

long.; 

(51) 47°05.87 N. lat., 124°59.30 W. 

long.; 

(52) 47°03.65 N. lat., 124°56.26 W. 

long.; 

(53) 47°00.87 N. lat., 124°59.52 W. 

long.; 

(54) 46°56.80 N. lat., 125°00.00 W. 

long.; 

(55) 46°51.55 N. lat., 125°00.00 W. 

long.; 

(56) 46°50.07 N. lat., 124°53.90 W. 

long.; 

(57) 46°44.88 N. lat., 124°51.97 W. 

long.; 

(58) 46°33.45 N. lat., 124°36.11 W. 

long.; 

(59) 46°33.20 N. lat., 124°30.64 W. 

long.; 

(60) 46°27.85 N. lat., 124°31.95 W. 

long.; 

(61) 46°18.27 N. lat., 124°39.28 W. 

long.; 

(62) 46°16.00 N. lat., 124°24.88 W. 

long.; 

(63) 46°14.22 N. lat., 124°26.29 W. 

long.; 

(64) 46°11.53 N. lat., 124°39.58 W. 

long.; 

(65) 46°08.77 N. lat., 124°41.71 W. 

long.; 

(66) 46°05.86 N. lat., 124°42.26 W. 

long.; 

(67) 46°03.85 N. lat., 124°48.20 W. 

long.; 

(68) 46°02.33 N. lat., 124°48.51 W. 

long.; 

(69) 45°58.99 N. lat., 124°44.42 W. 

long.; 

(70) 45°46.90 N. lat., 124°43.50 W. 

long.; 

(71) 45°46.00 N. lat., 124°44.27 W. 

long.; 

(72) 45°44.98 N. lat., 124°44.93 W. 

long.; 

(73) 45°43.46 N. lat., 124°44.93 W. 

long.; 

(74) 45°34.88 N. lat., 124°32.59 W. 

long.; 

(75) 45°20.25 N. lat., 124°25.47 W. 

long.; 

(76) 45°13.06 N. lat., 124°22.25 W. 

long.; 

(77) 45°03.83 N. lat., 124°27.13 W. 

long.; 

(78) 45°00.17 N. lat., 124°29.29 W. 

long.; 

(79) 44°55.60 N. lat., 124°32.36 W. 

long.; 

(80) 44°48.25 N. lat., 124°40.61 W. 

long.; 

(81) 44°42.24 N. lat., 124°48.05 W. 

long.; 

(82) 44°41.35 N. lat., 124°48.03 W. 

long.; 

(83) 44°40.27 N. lat., 124°49.11 W. 

long.; 

(84) 44°38.52 N. lat., 124°49.11 W. 

long.; 

(85) 44°23.30 N. lat., 124°50.17 W. 

long.; 

(86) 44°13.19 N. lat., 124°58.66 W. 

long.; 

(87) 44°08.30 N. lat., 124°58.50 W. 

long.; 

(88) 43°57.89 N. lat., 124°58.13 W. 

long.; 

(89) 43°50.59 N. lat., 124°52.80 W. 

long.; 

(90) 43°50.10 N. lat., 124°40.27 W. 

long.; 

(91) 43°39.05 N. lat., 124°38.56 W. 

long.; 

(92) 43°28.85 N. lat., 124°40.00 W. 

long.; 

(93) 43°20.83 N. lat., 124°42.84 W. 

long.; 

(94) 43°20.22 N. lat., 124°43.05 W. 

long.; 

(95) 43°13.29 N. lat., 124°47.00 W. 

long.; 

(96) 43°13.15 N. lat., 124°52.61 W. 

long.; 

(97) 43°04.60 N. lat., 124°53.01 W. 

long.; 

(98) 42°57.56 N. lat., 124°54.10 W. 

long.; 

(99) 42°53.82 N. lat., 124°55.76 W. 

long.; 

(100) 42°53.41 N. lat., 124°54.35 W. 

long.; 

(101) 42°49.52 N. lat., 124°53.16 W. 

long.; 

(102) 42°47.47 N. lat., 124°50.24 W. 

long.; 

(103) 42°47.57 N. lat., 124°48.13 W. 

long.; 

(104) 42°46.19 N. lat., 124°44.52 W. 

long.; 

(105) 42°41.75 N. lat., 124°44.69 W. 

long.; 

(106) 42°40.50 N. lat., 124°44.02 W. 

long.; 

(107) 42°38.81 N. lat., 124°43.09 W. 

long.; 

(108) 42°31.82 N. lat., 124°46.24 W. 

long.; 

(109) 42°31.96 N. lat., 124°44.32 W. 

long.; 

(110) 42°30.95 N. lat., 124°44.50 W. 

long.; 

(111) 42°28.39 N. lat., 124°49.56 W. 

long.; 

(112) 42°23.34 N. lat., 124°44.91 W. 

long.; 

(113) 42°19.72 N. lat., 124°41.60 W. 

long.; 

(114) 42°15.12 N. lat., 124°38.34 W. 

long.; 

(115) 42°13.67 N. lat., 124°38.22 W. 

long.; 

(116) 42°12.35 N. lat., 124°38.09 W. 

long.; 

(117) 42°04.35 N. lat., 124°37.23 W. 

long.; 

(118) 42°00.00 N. lat., 124°36.80 W. 

long.; 

(119) 41°47.84 N. lat., 124°30.48 W. 

long.; 

(120) 41°43.33 N. lat., 124°29.96 W. 

long.; 

(121) 41°23.46 N. lat., 124°30.36 W. 

long.; 

(122) 41°21.29 N. lat., 124°29.43 W. 

long.; 

(123) 41°13.52 N. lat., 124°24.48 W. 

long.; 

(124) 41°06.71 N. lat., 124°23.37 W. 

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(125) 40°54.66 N. lat., 124°28.20 W. 

long.; 

(126) 40°51.52 N. lat., 124°27.47 W. 

long.; 

(127) 40°40.62 N. lat., 124°32.75 W. 

long.; 

(128) 40°36.08 N. lat., 124°40.18 W. 

long.; 

(129) 40°32.90 N. lat., 124°41.90 W. 

long.; 

(130) 40°31.30 N. lat., 124°41.00 W. 

long.; 

(131) 40°30.00 N. lat., 124°38.15 W. 

long.; 

(132) 40°27.29 N. lat., 124°37.34 W. 

long.; 

(133) 40°24.98 N. lat., 124°36.44 W. 

long.; 

(134) 40°22.22 N. lat., 124°31.85 W. 

long.; 

(135) 40°16.94 N. lat., 124°32.00 W. 

long.; 

(136) 40°17.58 N. lat., 124°45.30 W. 

long.; 

(137) 40°13.24 N. lat., 124°32.43 W. 

long.; 

(138) 40°10.00 N. lat., 124°24.64 W. 

long.; 

(139) 40°06.43 N. lat., 124°19.26 W. 

long.; 

(140) 40°07.06 N. lat., 124°17.82 W. 

long.; 

(141) 40°04.70 N. lat., 124°18.17 W. 

long.; 

(142) 40°02.34 N. lat., 124°16.64 W. 

long.; 

(143) 40°01.52 N. lat., 124°09.89 W. 

long.; 

(144) 39°58.27 N. lat., 124°13.58 W. 

long.; 

(145) 39°56.59 N. lat., 124°12.09 W. 

long.; 

(146) 39°55.19 N. lat., 124°08.03 W. 

long.; 

(147) 39°52.54 N. lat., 124°09.47 W. 

long.; 

(148) 39°42.67 N. lat., 124°02.59 W. 

long.; 

(149) 39°35.95 N. lat., 123°59.56 W. 

long.; 

(150) 39°34.61 N. lat., 123°59.66 W. 

long.; 

(151) 39°33.77 N. lat., 123°56.89 W. 

long.; 

(152) 39°33.01 N. lat., 123°57.14 W. 

long.; 

(153) 39°32.20 N. lat., 123°59.20 W. 

long.; 

(154) 39°07.84 N. lat., 123°59.14 W. 

long.; 

(155) 39°01.11 N. lat., 123°57.97 W. 

long.; 

(156) 39°00.51 N. lat., 123°56.96 W. 

long.; 

(157) 38°57.50 N. lat., 123°57.57 W. 

long.; 

(158) 38°56.57 N. lat., 123°57.80 W. 

long.; 

(159) 38°56.39 N. lat., 123°59.48 W. 

long.; 

(160) 38°50.22 N. lat., 123°55.55 W. 

long.; 

(161) 38°46.76 N. lat., 123°51.56 W. 

long.; 

(162) 38°45.27 N. lat., 123°51.63 W. 

long.; 

(163) 38°42.76 N. lat., 123°49.83 W. 

long.; 

(164) 38°41.53 N. lat., 123°47.83 W. 

long.; 

(165) 38°40.97 N. lat., 123°48.14 W. 

long.; 

(166) 38°38.02 N. lat., 123°45.85 W. 

long.; 

(167) 38°37.19 N. lat., 123°44.08 W. 

long.; 

(168) 38°33.43 N. lat., 123°41.82 W. 

long.; 

(169) 38°29.44 N. lat., 123°38.49 W. 

long.; 

(170) 38°28.08 N. lat., 123°38.33 W. 

long.; 

(171) 38°23.68 N. lat., 123°35.47 W. 

long.; 

(172) 38°19.63 N. lat., 123°34.05 W. 

long.; 

(173) 38°16.23 N. lat., 123°31.90 W. 

long.; 

(174) 38°14.79 N. lat., 123°29.98 W. 

long.; 

(175) 38°14.12 N. lat., 123°26.36 W. 

long.; 

(176) 38°10.85 N. lat., 123°25.84 W. 

long.; 

(177) 38°13.15 N. lat., 123°28.25 W. 

long.; 

(178) 38°12.28 N. lat., 123°29.88 W. 

long.; 

(179) 38°10.19 N. lat., 123°29.11 W. 

long.; 

(180) 38°07.94 N. lat., 123°28.52 W. 

long.; 

(181) 38°06.51 N. lat., 123°30.96 W. 

long.; 

(182) 38°04.21 N. lat., 123°32.03 W. 

long.; 

(183) 38°02.07 N. lat., 123°31.37 W. 

long.; 

(184) 38°00.00 N. lat., 123°29.62 W. 

long.; 

(185) 37°58.13 N. lat., 123°27.28 W. 

long.; 

(186) 37°55.01 N. lat., 123°27.53 W. 

long.; 

(187) 37°51.40°N. lat., 123°25.25 W. 

long.; 

(188) 37°43.97 N. lat., 123°11.56 W. 

long.; 

(189) 37°35.67 N. lat., 123°02.32 W. 

long.; 

(190) 37°13.65 N. lat., 122°54.25 W. 

long.; 

(191) 37°11.00 N. lat., 122°50.97 W. 

long.; 

(192) 37°07.00 N. lat., 122°45.90 W. 

long.; 

(193) 37°00.66 N. lat., 122°37.91 W. 

long.; 

(194) 36°57.40°N. lat., 122°28.32 W. 

long.; 

(195) 36°59.25 N. lat., 122°25.61 W. 

long.; 

(196) 36°56.88 N. lat., 122°25.49 W. 

long.; 

(197) 36°57.40°N. lat., 122°22.69 W. 

long.; 

(198) 36°55.43 N. lat., 122°22.49 W. 

long.; 

(199) 36°52.29 N. lat., 122°13.25 W. 

long.; 

(200) 36°47.12 N. lat., 122°07.62 W. 

long.; 

(201) 36°47.10 N. lat., 122°02.17 W. 

long.; 

(202) 36°43.76 N. lat., 121°59.17 W. 

long.; 

(203) 36°38.85 N. lat., 122°02.26 W. 

long.; 

(204) 36°23.41 N. lat., 122°00.17 W. 

long.; 

(205) 36°19.68 N. lat., 122°06.99 W. 

long.; 

(206) 36°14.75 N. lat., 122°01.57 W. 

long.; 

(207) 36°09.74 N. lat., 121°45.06 W. 

long.; 

(208) 36°06.75 N. lat., 121°40.79 W. 

long.; 

(209) 36°00.00 N. lat., 121°35.98 W. 

long.; 

(210) 35°58.18 N. lat., 121°34.69 W. 

long.; 

(211) 35°52.31 N. lat., 121°32.51 W. 

long.; 

(212) 35°51.21 N. lat., 121°30.97 W. 

long.; 

(213) 35°46.32 N. lat., 121°30.36 W. 

long.; 

(214) 35°33.74 N. lat., 121°20.16 W. 

long.; 

(215) 35°31.37 N. lat., 121°15.29 W. 

long.; 

(216) 35°23.32 N. lat., 121°11.50 W. 

long.; 

(217) 35°15.28 N. lat., 121°04.51 W. 

long.; 

(218) 35°07.08 N. lat., 121°00.36 W. 

long.; 

(219) 34°57.46 N. lat., 120°58.29 W. 

long.; 

(220) 34°44.25 N. lat., 120°58.35 W. 

long.; 

(221) 34°32.30 N. lat., 120°50.28 W. 

long.; 

(222) 34°27.00 N. lat., 120°42.61 W. 

long.; 

(223) 34°19.08 N. lat., 120°31.27 W. 

long.; 

(224) 34°17.72 N. lat., 120°19.32 W. 

long.; 

(225) 34°22.45 N. lat., 120°12.87 W. 

long.; 

(226) 34°21.36 N. lat., 119°54.94 W. 

long.; 

(227) 34°09.95 N. lat., 119°46.24 W. 

long.; 

(228) 34°09.08 N. lat., 119°57.59 W. 

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(230) 34°10.54 N. lat., 120°19.13 W. 

long.; 

(231) 34°14.68 N. lat., 120°29.54 W. 

long.; 

(232) 34°09.51 N. lat., 120°38.38 W. 

long.; 

(233) 34°03.06 N. lat., 120°35.60 W. 

long.; 

(234) 33°56.39 N. lat., 120°28.53 W. 

long.; 

(235) 33°50.25 N. lat., 120°09.49 W. 

long.; 

(236) 33°37.96 N. lat., 120°00.14 W. 

long.; 

(237) 33°34.52 N. lat., 119°51.90 W. 

long.; 

(238) 33°35.51 N. lat., 119°48.55 W. 

long.; 

(239) 33°42.76 N. lat., 119°47.83 W. 

long.; 

(240) 33°53.62 N. lat., 119°53.34 W. 

long.; 

(241) 33°57.61 N. lat., 119°31.32 W. 

long.; 

(242) 33°56.34 N. lat., 119°26.46 W. 

long.; 

(243) 33°57.79 N. lat., 119°26.91 W. 

long.; 

(244) 33°58.88 N. lat., 119°20.12 W. 

long.; 

(245) 34°02.65 N. lat., 119°15.17 W. 

long.; 

(246) 33°59.02 N. lat., 119°03.05 W. 

long.; 

(247) 33°57.61 N. lat., 118°42.13 W. 

long.; 

(248) 33°50.76 N. lat., 118°38.03 W. 

long.; 

(249) 33°39.41 N. lat., 118°18.74 W. 

long.; 

(250) 33°35.51 N. lat., 118°18.08 W. 

long.; 

(251) 33°30.68 N. lat., 118°10.40 W. 

long.; 

(252) 33°32.49 N. lat., 117°51.90 W. 

long.; 

(253) 32°58.87 N. lat., 117°20.41 W. 

long.; and 

(254) 32°35.53 N. lat., 117°29.72 W. 

long. 

* * * * * 

(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. 

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°55.77′ N. lat., 125°30.13′ W. 

long.; 

(11) 47°55.65′ N. lat., 125°28.46′ W. 

long.; 

(12) 47°58.11′ N. lat., 125°26.60′ W. 

long.; 

(13) 48°00.40′ N. lat., 125°24.83′ W. 

long.; 

(14) 48°02.04′ N. lat., 125°22.90′ W. 

long.; 

(15) 48°03.60′ N. lat., 125°21.84′ W. 

long.; 

(16) 48°03.98′ N. lat., 125°20.65′ W. 

long.; 

(17) 48°03.26′ N. lat., 125°19.76′ W. 

long.; 

(18) 48°01.50′ N. lat., 125°18.80′ W. 

long.; 

(19) 48°01.03′ N. lat., 125°20.12′ W. 

long.; 

(20) 48°00.04′ N. lat., 125°20.26′ W. 

long.; 

(21) 47°58.10′ N. lat., 125°18.91′ W. 

long.; 

(22) 47°58.17′ N. lat., 125°17.50′ W. 

long.; 

(23) 47°52.33′ N. lat., 125°15.78′ W. 

long.; 

(24) 47°49.20′ N. lat., 125°10.67′ W. 

long.; 

(25) 47°48.27′ N. lat., 125°07.38′ W. 

long.; 

(26) 47°47.24′ N. lat., 125°05.38′ W. 

long.; 

(27) 47°45.95′ N. lat., 125°04.61′ W. 

long.; 

(28) 47°44.58′ N. lat., 125°07.12′ W. 

long.; 

(29) 47°42.24′ N. lat., 125°05.15′ W. 

long.; 

(30) 47°38.54′ N. lat., 125°06.76′ W. 

long.; 

(31) 47°35.03′ N. lat., 125°04.28′ W. 

long.; 

(32) 47°28.82′ N. lat., 124 56.24′ W. 

long.; 

(33) 47°29.15′ N. lat., 124 54.10′ W. 

long.; 

(34) 47°28.43′ N. lat., 124 51.58′ W. 

long.; 

(35) 47°24.13′ N. lat., 124 47.50′ W. 

long.; 

(36) 47°18.31′ N. lat., 124 46.17′ W. 

long.; 

(37) 47°19.57′ N. lat., 124 51.00′ W. 

long.; 

(38) 47°18.12′ N. lat., 124 53.66′ W. 

long.; 

(39) 47°17.60′ N. lat., 124 52.94′ W. 

long.; 

(40) 47°17.71′ N. lat., 124 51.63′ W. 

long.; 

(41) 47°16.90′ N. lat., 124 51.23′ W. 

long.; 

(42) 47°16.10′ N. lat., 124 53.67′ W. 

long.; 

(43) 47°14.24′ N. lat., 124 53.02′ W. 

long.; 

(44) 47°12.16′ N. lat., 124 56.77′ W. 

long.; 

(45) 47°13.35′ N. lat., 124 58.70′ W. 

long.; 

(46) 47°09.53′ N. lat., 124 58.32′ W. 

long.; 

(47) 47°09.54′ N. lat., 124 59.50′ W. 

long.; 

(48) 47°05.87′ N. lat., 124 59.30′ W. 

long.; 

(49) 47°03.65′ N. lat., 124 56.26′ W. 

long.; 

(50) 47°00.87′ N. lat., 124 59.52′ W. 

long.; 

(51) 46°56.80′ N. lat., 125°00.00′ W. 

long.; 

(52) 46°51.55′ N. lat., 125°00.00′ W. 

long.; 

(53) 46°50.07′ N. lat., 124°53.90′ W. 

long.; 

(54) 46°44.88′ N. lat., 124°51.97′ W. 

long.; 

(55) 46°33.45′ N. lat., 124°36.11′ W. 

long.; 

(56) 46°33.20′ N. lat., 124°30.64′ W. 

long.; 

(57) 46°27.85′ N. lat., 124°31.95′ W. 

long.; 

(58) 46°18.27′ N. lat., 124°39.28′ W. 

long.; 

(59) 46°16.00′ N. lat., 124°24.88′ W. 

long. 

(60) 46°14.22′ N. lat., 124°26.28′ W. 

long.; 

(61) 46°11.53′ N. lat., 124°39.58′ W. 

long.; 

(62) 46°08.77′ N. lat., 124°41.71′ W. 

long.; 

(63) 46°05.86′ N. lat., 124°42.27′ W. 

long.; 

(64) 46°03.85′ N. lat., 124°48.20′ W. 

long.; 

(65) 46°02.34′ N. lat., 124°48.51′ W. 

long.; 

(66) 45°58.99′ N. lat., 124°44.42′ W. 

long.; 

(67) 45°49.68′ N. lat., 124°42.37′ W. 

long.; 

(68) 45°49.74′ N. lat., 124°43.69′ W. 

long.; 

(69) 45°46.00′ N. lat., 124°41.82′ W. 

long.; 

(70) 45°40.83′ N. lat., 124°40.90′ W. 

long.; 

(71) 45°34.88′ N. lat., 124°32.58′ W. 

long.; 

(72) 45°20.25′ N. lat., 124°25.47′ W. 

long.; 

(73) 45°13.04′ N. lat., 124°21.92′ W. 

long.; 

(74) 45°03.83′ N. lat., 124°27.13′ W. 

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(76) 44°50.99′ N. lat., 124°35.40′ W. 

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(77) 44°46.87′ N. lat., 124°38.20′ W. 

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(78) 44°48.25′ N. lat., 124°40.62′ W. 

long.; 

(79) 44°41.34′ N. lat., 124°49.20′ W. 

long.; 

(80) 44°23.30′ N. lat., 124°50.17′ W. 

long.; 

(81) 44°13.19′ N. lat., 124°58.66′ W. 

long.; 

(82) 44°08.30′ N. lat., 124°58.72′ W. 

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(83) 43°57.37′ N. lat., 124°58.71′ W. 

long.; 

(84) 43°52.32′ N. lat., 124°49.43′ W. 

long.; 

(85) 43°51.35′ N. lat., 124°37.94′ W. 

long.; 

(86) 43°49.73′ N. lat., 124°40.26′ W. 

long.; 

(87) 43°39.06′ N. lat., 124°38.55′ W. 

long.; 

(88) 43°28.85′ N. lat., 124°39.99′ W. 

long.; 

(89) 43°20.83′ N. lat., 124°42.89′ W. 

long.; 

(90) 43°20.22′ N. lat., 124°43.05′ W. 

long.; 

(91) 43°13.29′ N. lat., 124°47.00′ W. 

long.; 

(92) 43°10.64′ N. lat., 124°49.95′ W. 

long.; 

(93) 43°04.26′ N. lat., 124°53.05′ W. 

long.; 

(94) 42°53.93′ N. lat., 124°54.60′ W. 

long.; 

(95) 42°50.00′ N. lat., 124°50.60′ W. 

long.; 

(96) 42°47.57′ N. lat., 124°48.12′ W. 

long.; 

(97) 42°46.19′ N. lat., 124°44.52′ W. 

long.; 

(98) 42°41.75′ N. lat., 124°44.69′ W. 

long.; 

(99) 42°40.50′ N. lat., 124°44.02′ W. 

long.; 

(100) 42°38.81′ N. lat., 124°43.09′ W. 

long.; 

(101) 42°31.83′ N. lat., 124°46.23′ W. 

long.; 

(102) 42°32.08′ N. lat., 124°43.58′ W. 

long.; 

(103) 42°30.96′ N. lat., 124°43.84′ W. 

long.; 

(104) 42°28.41′ N. lat., 124°49.17′ W. 

long.; 

(105) 42°24.80′ N. lat., 124°45.93′ W. 

long.; 

(106) 42°19.71′ N. lat., 124°41.60′ W. 

long.; 

(107) 42°15.12′ N. lat., 124°38.34′ W. 

long.; 

(108) 42°13.67′ N. lat., 124°38.28′ W. 

long.; 

(109) 42°12.35′ N. lat., 124°38.09′ W. 

long.; 

(110) 42°00.00′ N. lat., 124°36.83′ W. 

long.; 

(111) 41°47.78′ N. lat., 124°29.55′ W. 

long.; 

(112) 41°21.15′ N. lat., 124°29.04′ W. 

long.; 

(113) 41°13.50′ N. lat., 124°24.40′ W. 

long.; 

(114) 41°11.00′ N. lat., 124°22.99′ W. 

long.; 

(115) 41°06.69′ N. lat., 124°23.30′ W. 

long.; 

(116) 40°54.73′ N. lat., 124°28.15′ W. 

long.; 

(117) 40°53.94′ N. lat., 124°26.11′ W. 

long.; 

(118) 40°50.31′ N. lat., 124°26.15′ W. 

long.; 

(119) 40°44.49′ N. lat., 124°30.89′ W. 

long.; 

(120) 40°40.62′ N. lat., 124°32.16′ W. 

long.; 

(121) 40°38.87′ N. lat., 124°29.79′ W. 

long.; 

(122) 40°35.67′ N. lat., 124°30.43′ W. 

long.; 

(123) 40°37.41′ N. lat., 124°37.06′ W. 

long.; 

(124) 40°36.09′ N. lat., 124°40.11′ W. 

long.; 

(125) 40°31.33′ N. lat., 124°41.01′ W. 

long.; 

(126) 40°30.00′ N. lat., 124°38.15′ W. 

long.; 

(127) 40°27.34′ N. lat., 124°37.28′ W. 

long.; 

(128) 40°25.01′ N. lat., 124°36.36′ W. 

long.; 

(129) 40°22.28′ N. lat., 124°31.35′ W. 

long.; 

(130) 40°14.00′ N. lat., 124°33.02′ W. 

long.; 

(131) 40°10.00′ N. lat., 124°24.55′ W. 

long.; 

(132) 40°06.45′ N. lat., 124°19.24′ W. 

long.; 

(133) 40°07.08′ N. lat., 124°17.80′ W. 

long.; 

(134) 40°05.55′ N. lat., 124°18.11′ W. 

long.; 

(135) 40°04.74′ N. lat., 124°18.11′ W. 

long.; 

(136) 40°02.35′ N. lat., 124°16.54′ W. 

long.; 

(137) 40°01.51′ N. lat., 124°09.89′ W. 

long.; 

(138) 39°58.54′ N. lat., 124°12.43′ W. 

long.; 

(139) 39°55.72′ N. lat., 124°07.45′ W. 

long.; 

(140) 39°42.64′ N. lat., 124°02.52′ W. 

long.; 

(141) 39°35.96′ N. lat., 123°59.47′ W. 

long.; 

(142) 39°34.61′ N. lat., 123°59.59′ W. 

long.; 

(143) 39°33.79′ N. lat., 123°56.77′ W. 

long.; 

(144) 39°33.03′ N. lat., 123°57.06′ W. 

long.; 

(145) 39°32.21′ N. lat., 123°59.12′ W. 

long.; 

(146) 39°07.81′ N. lat., 123°59.06′ W. 

long.; 

(147) 38°57.50′ N. lat., 123°57.32′ W. 

long.; 

(148) 38°52.26′ N. lat., 123°56.18′ W. 

long.; 

(149) 38°50.21′ N. lat., 123°55.48′ W. 

long.; 

(150) 38°46.81′ N. lat., 123°51.49′ W. 

long.; 

(151) 38°45.29′ N. lat., 123°51.55′ W. 

long.; 

(152) 38°42.76′ N. lat., 123°49.73′ W. 

long.; 

(153) 38°41.42′ N. lat., 123°47.45′ W. 

long.; 

(154) 38°35.74′ N. lat., 123°43.82′ W. 

long.; 

(155) 38°34.92′ N. lat., 123°42.53′ W. 

long.; 

(156) 38°19.65′ N. lat., 123°31.95′ W. 

long.; 

(157) 38°14.38′ N. lat., 123°25.51′ W. 

long.; 

(158) 38°09.39′ N. lat., 123°24.40′ W. 

long.; 

(159) 38°10.06′ N. lat., 123°26.84′ W. 

long.; 

(160) 38°04.58′ N. lat., 123°31.91′ W. 

long.; 

(161) 38°02.06′ N. lat., 123°31.26′ W. 

long.; 

(162) 38°00.00′ N. lat., 123°29.56′ W. 

long.; 

(163) 37°58.07′ N. lat., 123°27.21′ W. 

long.; 

(164) 37°50.77′ N. lat., 123°24.52′ W. 

long.; 

(165) 37°43.94′ N. lat., 123°11.49′ W. 

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(166) 37°35.67′ N. lat., 123°02.23′ W. 

long.; 

(167) 37°23.48′ N. lat., 122°57.77′ W. 

long.; 

(168) 37°23.23′ N. lat., 122°53.85′ W. 

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(169) 37°13.96′ N. lat., 122°49.97′ W. 

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(170) 37°11.00′ N. lat., 122°45.68′ W. 

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(171) 37°07.00′ N. lat., 122°43.37′ W. 

long.; 

(172) 37°01.04′ N. lat., 122°37.94′ W. 

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(173) 36°57.40′ N. lat., 122°28.36′ W. 

long.; 

(174) 36°59.21′ N. lat., 122°25.64′ W. 

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(175) 36°56.90′ N. lat., 122°25.42′ W. 

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(176) 36°57.60′ N. lat., 122°21.95′ W. 

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(177) 36°55.92′ N. lat., 122°21.71′ W. 

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(178) 36°55.06′ N. lat., 122°17.07′ W. 

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(179) 36°52.27′ N. lat., 122°13.17′ W. 

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(182) 36°24.12′ N. lat., 121 59.74′ W. 

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(183) 36°21.99′ N. lat., 122°01.01′ W. 

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(184) 36°19.56′ N. lat., 122°05.88′ W. 

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(185) 36°14.63′ N. lat., 122°01.10′ W. 

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(186) 36°09.74′ N. lat., 121°45.01′ W. 

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(187) 36°06.69′ N. lat., 121°40.77′ W. 

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(188) 36°00.00′ N. lat., 121°36.01′ W. 

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(189) 35°56.54′ N. lat., 121°33.27′ W. 

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(190) 35°52.21′ N. lat., 121°32.46′ W. 

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(191) 35°51.21′ N. lat., 121°30.94′ W. 

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(192) 35°46.28′ N. lat., 121°30.29′ W. 

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(193) 35°33.68′ N. lat., 121°20.09′ W. 

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(194) 35°31.33′ N. lat., 121°15.22′ W. 

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(195) 35°23.29′ N. lat., 121°11.41′ W. 

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(196) 35°15.26′ N. lat., 121°04.49′ W. 

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(197) 35°07.05′ N. lat., 121°00.26′ W. 

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(198) 35°07.46′ N. lat., 120°57.10′ W. 

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(199) 34°44.29′ N. lat., 120°54.28′ W. 

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(200) 34°44.24′ N. lat., 120°57.69′ W. 

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(201) 34°39.06′ N. lat., 120°55.01′ W. 

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(202) 34°19.08′ N. lat., 120°31.21′ W. 

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(203) 34°17.72′ N. lat., 120°19.26′ W. 

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(204) 34°22.45′ N. lat., 120°12.81′ W. 

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(205) 34°21.36′ N. lat., 119°54.88′ W. 

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(206) 34°09.95′ N. lat., 119°46.18′ W. 

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(207) 34°09.08′ N. lat., 119°57.53′ W. 

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(208) 34°07.53′ N. lat., 120°06.35′ W. 

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(209) 34°10.37′ N. lat., 120°18.40′ W. 

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(210) 34°12.50′ N. lat., 120°18.40′ W. 

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(211) 34°12.50′ N. lat., 120°24.96′ W. 

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(212) 34°14.68′ N. lat., 120°29.48′ W. 

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(213) 34°09.51′ N. lat., 120°38.32′ W. 

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(214) 34°04.66′ N. lat., 120°36.29′ W. 

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(215) 34°02.21′ N. lat., 120°36.29′ W. 

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(216) 34°02.21′ N. lat., 120°34.65′ W. 

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(217) 33°56.39′ N. lat., 120°28.47′ W. 

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(218) 33°50.40′ N. lat., 120°10.00′ W. 

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(219) 33°37.96′ N. lat., 120°00.08′ W. 

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(220) 33°34.52′ N. lat., 119°51.84′ W. 

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(221) 33°35.51′ N. lat., 119°48.49′ W. 

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(222) 33°42.76′ N. lat., 119°47.77′ W. 

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(223) 33°51.63′ N. lat., 119°53.00′ W. 

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(224) 33°51.62′ N. lat., 119°48.00′ W. 

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(225) 33°54.59′ N. lat., 119°48.00′ W. 

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(226) 33°57.69′ N. lat., 119°31.00′ W. 

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(227) 33°54.11′ N. lat., 119°31.00′ W. 

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(228) 33°54.11′ N. lat., 119°26.00′ W. 

long.; 

(229) 33°57.94′ N. lat., 119°26.00′ W. 

long.; 

(230) 33°58.88′ N. lat., 119°20.06′ W. 

long.; 

(231) 34°02.65′ N. lat., 119°15.11′ W. 

long.; 

(232) 33°59.02′ N. lat., 119°02.99′ W. 

long.; 

(233) 33°57.61′ N. lat., 118°42.07′ W. 

long.; 

(234) 33°50.76′ N. lat., 118°37.98′ W. 

long.; 

(235) 33°39.17′ N. lat., 118°18.47′ W. 

long.; 

(236) 33°37.14′ N. lat., 118°18.39′ W. 

long.; 

(237) 33°35.51′ N. lat., 118°18.03′ W. 

long.; 

(238) 33°30.68′ N. lat., 118°10.35′ W. 

long.; 

(239) 33°32.49′ N. lat., 117°51.85′ W. 

long.; 

(240) 32°58.87′ N. lat., 117°20.36′ W. 

long.; and 

(241) 32°35.56′ N. lat., 117°29.66′ W. 

long. 

(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. 

long.; 

(2) 48°13.00′ N. lat., 125°39.00′ W. 

long.; 

(3) 48°08.50′ N. lat., 125°45.00′ W. 

long.; 

(4) 48°06.00′ N. lat., 125°46.50′ W. 

long.; 

(5) 48°03.50′ N. lat., 125°37.00′ W. 

long.; 

(6) 48°01.50′ N. lat., 125°40.00′ W. 

long.; 

(7) 47°57.00′ N. lat., 125°37.00′ W. 

long.; 

(8) 47°55.20′ N. lat., 125°37.26′ W. 

long.; 

(9) 47°54.02′ N. lat., 125°36.60′ W. 

long.; 

(10) 47°53.70′ N. lat., 125°35.09′ W. 

long.; 

(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. 

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(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. 

long.; 

(108) 40°30.00′ N. lat., 124°40.50′ W. 

long.; 

(109) 40°25.00′ N. lat., 124°36.65′ W. 

long.; 

(110) 40°22.42′ N. lat., 124°32.19′ W. 

long.; 

(111) 40°17.17′ N. lat., 124°32.21′ W. 

long.; 

(112) 40°18.68′ N. lat., 124°50.44′ W. 

long.; 

(113) 40°13.55′ N. lat., 124°34.26′ W. 

long.; 

(114) 40°10.00′ N. lat., 124°28.25′ W. 

long.; 

(115) 40°06.72′ N. lat., 124°21.40′ W. 

long.; 

(116) 40°01.63′ N. lat., 124°17.25′ W. 

long.; 

(117) 40°00.68′ N. lat., 124°11.19′ W. 

long.; 

(118) 39°59.09′ N. lat., 124°14.92′ W. 

long.; 

(119) 39°51.85′ N. lat., 124°10.33′ W. 

long.; 

(120) 39°36.90′ N. lat., 124°00.63′ W. 

long.; 

(121) 39°32.41′ N. lat., 124°00.01′ W. 

long.; 

(122) 39°05.40′ N. lat., 124°00.52′ W. 

long.; 

(123) 39°04.32′ N. lat., 123°59.00′ W. 

long.; 

(124) 38°58.02′ N. lat., 123°58.18′ W. 

long.; 

(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. 

long.; 

(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. 

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(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. 

long.; 

(166) 35°30.94′ N. lat., 121°18.36′ W. 

long.; 

(167) 35°23.08′ N. lat., 121°15.56′ W. 

long.; 

(168) 35°13.67′ N. lat., 121°05.79′ W. 

long.; 

(169) 35°06.77′ N. lat., 121°02.45′ W. 

long.; 

(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. 

long.; 

(178) 34°03.22′ N. lat., 120°36.12′ W. 

long.; 

(179) 33°55.98′ N. lat., 120°28.81′ W. 

long.; 

(180) 33°49.88′ N. lat., 120°10.07′ W. 

long.; 

(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. 

long.; 

(184) 33°42.60′ N. lat., 119°47.40′ W. 

long.; 

(185) 33°53.25′ N. lat., 119°52.58′ W. 

long.; 

(186) 33°57.48′ N. lat., 119°31.27′ W. 

long.; 

(187) 33°55.47′ N. lat., 119°24.96′ W. 

long.; 

(188) 33°57.60′ N. lat., 119°26.68′ W. 

long.; 

(189) 33°58.68′ N. lat., 119°20.13′ W. 

long.; 

(190) 34°02.02′ N. lat., 119°14.62′ W. 

long.; 

(191) 33°58.73′ N. lat., 119°03.21′ W. 

long.; 

(192) 33°57.33′ N. lat., 118°43.08′ W. 

long.; 

(193) 33°50.71′ N. lat., 118°38.33′ W. 

long.; 

(194) 33°39.27′ N. lat., 118°18.76′ W. 

long.; 

(195) 33°35.16′ N. lat., 118°18.33′ W. 

long.; 

(196) 33°28.82′ N. lat., 118°08.73′ W. 

long.; 

(197) 33°31.44′ N. lat., 117°51.34′ W. 

long.; 

(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. 

long.; 

(6) 33°31.65′ N. lat., 118°35.33′ W. 

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 

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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.; 

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■ 23. 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) BY MANAGEMENT AREA

(weights in metric tons). 

ABC Specifications HG b/ 

Species 

ABC Contributions by Area 

ABC OY b/ Commercial 

Recreational Vancouver a/ 

Columbia 

Eureka Monterey Conception 

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/ 6,210 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 

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 


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TABLE 1A. TO PART 660, SUBPART G - 2007 SPECIFICATIONS OF ACCEPTABLE BIOLOGICAL CATCH (ABC), OPTIMUM

YIELDS (OYS), HARVEST GUIDELINES (HGS) BY MANAGEMENT AREA—Continued 

(weights in metric tons). 

ABC Specifications HG b/ 

Species 

ABC Contributions by Area 

ABC OY b/ Commercial 

Recreational Vancouver a/ 

Columbia 

Eureka Monterey Conception 

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/ 

36° to 40° 30’ 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/ 

north of 40°10’ N. lat. 

3,680 2,270 89 2,181 2,000 91.7 181 8.3 

Minor Rockfish south 

ee/ 

south of 40°10’ N. lat. 

-- 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 

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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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/ 

north of 40°10’ N. 

lat. 

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 

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 

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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 40 percent of its unfished biomass north of 

34° 27’ N. lat. and 28 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 

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 

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 

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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 

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 

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. 


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TABLE 2A. TO PART 660, SUBPART G - 2008, AND BEYOND, SPECIFICATIONS OF ABCS, OYS, AND HGS, BY

MANAGEMENT AREA

(weights in metric tons). 

ABC Specifications HG b/ 

Species 

ABC Contributions by Area 

OY b/ Commercial Recreational Vancouver a/ 

Columbia Eureka Monterey Conception 

ABC 

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. 

d/ 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 

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/ d/ 2,700 2,700 2,000 

Bocaccio t/ d/ 618 618 218 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/ 

36° to 40° 30’ N. lat. 

d/ 19 -- 19 4 3.1 0.3 

south of 36° N. lat. d/ -- 17 17 


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MANAGEMENT AREA—Continued 

(weights in metric tons). 

ABC Specifications HG b/ 

Species 

ABC Contributions by Area 

OY b/ Commercial Recreational Vancouver a/ 

Columbia Eureka Monterey Conception 

ABC 

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 dd/ 

north of 40°10′ N. lat. 

3,680 -- 3,680 2,270 2,181 89 

Minor Rockfish ee/ 

south of 40°10′ N. lat. 

-- 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 

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 2B. 2008, AND BEYOND, HARVEST GUIDELINES 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 


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TONS).—Continued 

Species 

Total 

Catch 

ABC 

Total Catch 

OY 

Recreational 

HG 

Commercial 

HG 

Limited Entry HG Open Access HG 

Mt % Mt % 

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. 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 

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. 


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h/ Cabezon south of 42° N. lat. was assessed in 2005. In 2005, the Cabazon stock was estimated to be at 40 percent of its unfished biomass 

north of 34° 27’ N. lat. and 28 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 

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 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 

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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 

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 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 

percent allocated to the fixed-gear fishery. 

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■ 24. In § 660.405, paragraph (c) is 

added to read as follows: 

§ 660.405 Prohibitions. 

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(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 taken with salmon troll gear 

within the Salmon Troll YRCA. Vessels 

may transit through the Salmon Troll 

YRCA with or without fish on board. 

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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