(1) MARICULTURE.—The term ‘‘mariculture’’ 
means the propagation or rearing of aquatic orga-
nisms in controlled or selected aquatic environments 
for any commercial, recreational, or public purpose. 
(2)
(1) CORDELL
BANK
NMS.—The term 
‘‘Cordell Bank NMS’’ means the Cordell Bank Na-
tional Marine Sanctuary. 
(3)
(2) 
FARALLONES
NMS.—The 
term 
‘‘Farallones NMS’’ means the Gulf of the Farallones 
National Marine Sanctuary. 
(4)
(3) 
SANCTUARIES.—The 
term 
‘‘Sanc-
tuaries’’ means the Gulf of the Farallones National 
Marine Sanctuary and the Cordell Bank National 
Marine Sanctuary, as expanded by section 5. 
(5) (4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ 
means the Secretary of Commerce. 
SEC. 5. NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY BOUNDARY AD-
JUSTMENTS. 
(a) GULF OF THE FARALLONES.— 
(1) BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.—The areas de-
scribed in paragraph (2) are added to the existing 
Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary 
described in part 922.80 of title 15, Code of Federal 
Regulations. 
(2) AREAS INCLUDED.— 
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(A) IN GENERAL.—The areas referred to 
in paragraph (1) consist of the following: 
(i) All submerged lands and waters, 
including living marine and other resources 
within and on those lands and waters, 
from the mean high water line to the 
boundary described in subparagraph (B). 
(ii) The submerged lands and waters, 
including living marine and other resources 
within those waters, within the approxi-
mately two-square-nautical-mile portion of 
the Cordell Bank NMS (as in effect imme-
diately before the enactment of this Act) 
that is located south of the area that is 
added to Cordell Bank NMS by subsection 
(b)(2), which are transferred to the 
Farallones NMS from the Cordell Bank 
NMS. 
(B) BOUNDARY DESCRIBED.—The bound-
ary referred to in subparagraph (A)(i) com-
mences from the mean high water line 
(MHWL) at 39.00000 degrees north in a west-
ward direction approximately 29 nautical miles 
(nm) to 39.00000 north, 124.33333 west. The 
boundary then extends in a southeasterly direc-
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tion to 38.30000 degrees north, 124.00000 de-
grees west, approximately 44 nm westward of 
Bodega Head. The boundary then extends east-
ward to the most northeastern corner of the ex-
panded Cordell Bank NMS at 38.30000 north, 
123.20000 degrees west, approximately 6 nm 
miles westward of Bodega Head. The boundary 
then extends in a southeasterly direction to 
38.26500 38.26390 degrees north, 123.18166 
123.18138 degrees west at the northwestern 
most point of the current Gulf of the Farallones 
Boundary. The boundary then follows the cur-
rent northern Gulf of the Farallones NMS 
boundary in a northeasterly direction to the 
MHWL near Bodega Head. The boundary then 
follows the MHWL in a northeasterly direction 
to the commencement point at the intersection 
of the MHWL and 39.00000 north. Coordinates 
listed in this subparagraph are based on the 
North American Datum 1983 and the geo-
graphic projection. 
(b) CORDELL BANK.— 
(1) BOUNDARY
ADJUSTMENT.—The area de-
scribed in paragraph (2) is added to the existing 
Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary described 
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in part 922.80 of title 15, Code of Federal Regula-
tions. 
(2) AREA INCLUDED.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The area referred to in 
paragraph (1) consists of all submerged lands 
and waters, including living marine and other 
resources within those waters, within the 
boundary described in subparagraph (B). 
(B) BOUNDARY.—The boundary referred 
to in subparagraph (A) commences at the most 
northeastern point of the current Cordell Bank 
NMS boundary at 38.26500 38.26390 degrees 
north, 123.18166 123.18138 degrees west and 
extends northwestward to 38.30000 degrees 
north, 123.20000 degrees west, approximately 6 
nautical miles (nm) west of Bodega Head. The 
boundary then extends westward to 38.30000 
degrees north, 124.00000 degrees west, ap-
proximately 44 nautical miles west of Bodega 
Head. The boundary then turns southeastward 
and continues approximately 34 nautical miles 
to 37.76687 degrees north, 123.75142 degrees 
west, and then approximately 15 nm eastward 
to 37.76687 north, 123.42694 west at an inter-
section with the current Cordell Bank NMS 
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boundary. The boundary then follows the cur-
rent Cordell Bank NMS, which is coterminous 
with the current Gulf of the Farallones bound-
ary, in a northeasterly and the northwesterly di-
rection to its commencement point at 38.26500 
38.26390 degrees north, 123.18166 123.18138 
degrees west. Coordinates listed in this sub-
paragraph are based on NAD83 Datum and the 
geographic projection. 
(c) INCLUSION IN THE SYSTEM.—The areas included 
in the Sanctuaries under subsections (a) and (b) shall be 
managed as part of the National Marine Sanctuary Sys-
tem, established by section 301(c) of the National Marine 
Sanctuaries Act (16 U.S.C. 1431(c)), in accordance with 
that Act. 
(d) UPDATED
NOAA CHARTS.—The Secretary 
shall— 
(1) produce updated National Oceanic and At-
mospheric Administration nautical charts for the 
areas in which the Sanctuaries are located; and 
(2) include on those nautical charts the bound-
aries of the Sanctuaries, as revised by this Act. 
(e) BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENTS.—In producing re-
vised nautical charts as directed by subsection (d) and in 
describing the boundaries in regulations issued by the Sec-
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