Code of Maine Rules › 13 - DEPARTMENT OF MARINE RESOURCES › 188 - MARINE RESOURCES - GENERAL › Chapter 75 - PROTECTED RESOURCES › Section 188-75-01 - Definitions

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
A. In addition to the definitions set forth
				in 1 M.R.S.A. §§
									71 and
				72 and
				12 M.R.S.A. §
									6001, the following definitions
				shall apply in this chapter.
1. "Area 1"
				means EEZ Nearshore Management Area 1, for Lobster Management Areas, that is
				defined by the area, including state and federal waters that are nearshore in
				the Gulf of Maine, bounded by straight lines connecting the following points,
				in the order stated, and the coastline of Maine, New Hampshire, and
				Massachusetts to the northernmost point on Cape Cod:
Point
Latitude
Longitude
A.............................
43 deg. 58[min] N.
67 deg. 22[min] W.
B.............................
43 deg. 41[min] N.
68 deg. 00[min] W.
C.............................
43 deg. 12[min] N.
69 deg. 00[min] W.
D.............................
42 deg. 49[min] N.
69 deg. 40[min] W.
E.............................
42 deg. 15.5[min] N.
69 deg. 40[min] W.
G.............................
42 deg. 05.5[min] N.
70 deg. 14[min] W.
G1...........................
42 deg. 04.25[min] N.
70 deg. 17.22[min] W.
G2...........................
42 deg. 02.84[min] N.
70 deg. 16.1[min] W.
G3...........................
42 deg. 03.35[min] N.
70 deg. 14.2[min] W.
Along the coastline of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine,
				  and the seaward EEZ boundary back to point A. (50 CFR
				  697.18(a))
2. "ALWTRP" stands for the federal
				Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan. The federal citation for these rules
				is 50 CFR Wildlife and Fisheries, CHAPTER II National Marine Fisheries Service
				(NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Department of
				Commerce, Subchapter C Marine Mammals, Part 229 Authorization for Commercial
				Fisheries Under the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972. (50 CFR Part 229,
				64 FR 7552, effective February 16, 1999) Also
				see
http://www.greateratlantic.fisheries.noaa.gov/Protected/whaletrp/
.
3. NOAA Fisheries Assistant Administrator
				contact information:
NOAA Fisheries Service
Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office
55 Great Republic Drive
Gloucester, MA 01930-2276
Web site:
http://www.greateratlantic.fisheries.noaa.gov/Protected/whaletrp/
.
4. "State of Maine Exemption Line"
				or "Exemption Line" means the area landward, to within the rise and fall of the
				tide, of a line which connects the following 25 numbered coordinates from the
				Maine/New Hampshire Border to Maine/Canadian Border:
1.
Odiornes Pt. Portsmouth NH:
43° 02.55' N 70° 43.33' W
2.
R 2KR Whistle - Kittery Point:
43° 02.93' N 70° 41.47' W
3.
N 2MR - Murray Rock:
43° 04.06' N 70° 36.70' W
4.
43° 20.23' N 70° 23.64' W
5.
43° 27.63' N 70° 17.48' W
6.
43° 31.52' N 70° 08.41' W
7.
RG N BS - Bulwark Shoal:
43° 36.04' N 70° 03.98' W
8.
R 20ML Bell - Mile Ledge:
43° 41.44' N 69° 45.27' W
9.
R 2BR Bell - Bantam Rock:
43° 43.64' N 69° 37.58' W
10.
GR C PL - Pemaquid Ledge:
43° 48.96' N 69° 31.15' W
11.
R 2 OM Whistle - Old Man Ledge:
43° 50.28' N 69° 18.86' W
12.
G 5TB Bell - Two Bush Channel:
43° 56.72' N 69° 04.89' W
13.
R 2A Bell - Old Horse Ledge:
43° 59.83' N 68° 50.06' W
14.
R 2 Bell - Roaring Bull Ledge, Isle Au
							 Haut:
43° 59.36' N 68° 37.95' W
15.
Southern point Great Duck I:
44° 08.36' N 68° 14.75' W
16.
R 8BI Whistle - Baker I:
44° 13.55' N 68° 10.71' W
17.
R 2S Bell - Schoodic I:
44° 19.08' N 68° 02.05' W
18.
R N 2 - Petit Manan I:
44° 21.66' N 67° 51.78' W
19.
R 2SR Bell - Seahorse Rock, west of Great Wass
							 I:
44° 25.74' N 67° 38.39' W
20.
Freeman Rock - east of Great Wass I:
44° 27.77' N 67° 32.86' W
21.
Obstruction - southeast of Cutler:
44° 37.70' N 67° 09.75' W
22.
R 28M Whistle - Baileys Mistake:
44° 45.51' N 67° 02.87' W
23.
R N 2 - Morton Ledge:
44° 47.36' N 66° 59.25' W
24.
G 1 Whistle - West Quoddy Head:
44° 48.64' N 66° 56.43' W
25.
R N 2 - Quoddy Narrows:
44° 49.67' N 66° 57.77' W
5.
				"Maine Sliver Area" or the "Sliver" means the area between the State of Maine
				Exemption Line and the 3-mile limit, as identified on National Oceanographic
				and Atmospheric Administration nautical charts.
6. The Maine Six-Mile Line waters are defined
				for a minimum number of traps per trawl and are as follows:
The Maine Six-Mile Line is a line connecting the following
				  points (Machias Seal to Isles of Shoals).
* 44°31.98´ N. lat., 67°9.72´ W. long
				  (Machias Seal)
* 44°3.42´ N. lat., 68°10.26´ W. long
				  (Mount Desert Island)
* 43°40.98´ N. lat., 68°48.84´ W. long
				  (Matinicus)
* 43°39.24´ N. lat., 69°18.54´ W. long
				  (Monhegan)
* 43°29.4´ N. lat., 70°5.88´ W. long
				  (Casco Bay)
* 42°55.38´ N. lat., 70°28.68´ W. long
				  (Isles of Shoals)
7. The
				Maine Pocket Waters are defined for a minimum number of traps per trawl and are
				as follows:
Maine Pocket Waters
* West of Monhegan Island in the area north of the line
				  43°42.17´ N. lat., 69°34.27´ W. long and
				  43°42.25´ N. lat., 69°19.3´ W. long
* East of Monhegan Island in the area located north of the
				  line 43°44° N. lat., 69°15.08° W. long and 43°48.17´
				  N. lat., 69°8.02´ W. long
* South of Vinalhaven Island in the area located west of the
				  line 43°52.31° N. lat., 68°40° W. long and 43°58.12´
				  N. lat., 68°32.95´ W. long
* South of Bois Bubert Island in the area located northwest
				  of the line 44°19.27´ N. lat., 67°49.5´ W. long and
				  44°23.67´ N. lat., 67°40.5´ W. long
8. Trap trawl regulatory requirements
				relative to the three-mile line shall be based on the "three nautical mile
				line" as depicted on NOAA nautical charts.
9. Trap trawl regulatory requirements
				relative to the twelve-mile line shall be based on the "territorial sea and
				contiguous zone" line as depicted on NOAA nautical charts.
10. "Maine Zone A East" is defined as the
				portion of Lobster Zone A whose western boundary runs along the 67°18.00' W
				longitude line to Cross Island and whose eastern and offshore boundaries follow
				the International Boundary Line between Canada and Maine extending to and
				following the Exclusive Economic Zone boundary to approximately 44o8' N. lat.,
				67o18.00' W long.
11. "Maine Zone A
				West" is defined as the portion of Lobster Zone A whose eastern boundary is the
				67°18.00' W longitude line to Cross Island and whose western boundary is
				equivalent to that of the western boundary of Zone A (see Chapter 25.92). The
				offshore boundary is the LMA 1/3 boundary.
12. "LMA1 Restricted Area" is defined as by
				the following coordinates and falls within the offshore portions of Maine Zones
				C, D, and E 
				
											69° 36.77´ W 43° 06.00´
					 N
											68° 21.60´ W 43° 44.00´
					 N
											68° 17.27´ W 43° 32.68´
					 N
											69° 32.16´ W 42° 53.52´
					 N
											69° 36.77´ W 43° 06.00´
					 N