Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 322 CMR - Division of Marine Fisheries › Title 322 CMR 6.00 - Regulation of Catches › Section 6.33 - Lobster Conservation Management Areas

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
(1)
Definition
.
Lobster Conservation Management Area
means one of three Recreational Lobster Areas or one of seven Lobster
				Conservation Management Areas (LCMA) as specified in the Atlantic States Marine
				Fisheries Commission American Lobster Fishery Management Plan (FMP) and
				endorsed on the Massachusetts Commercial Fisherman Permit pursuant to
				322 CMR
				7.01:
Form, Use and Contents of
				Permits
.
(2)
Area Boundaries
.
(a)
LCMA 1
. Beginning at the Massachusetts/New Hampshire
			 border, following the outer boundary of the territorial waters of New Hampshire
			 and Maine to the US/Canada border, thence to the intersection of LORAN C
			 9960-Y-44400 with the boundary of the US Exclusive Economic Zone, thence to the
			 intersection of 9960-Y-44400 with 70 E West Longitude, thence following the
			 70th meridian to its intersection with 9960-W-13700,
			 thence following 9960-W-13700 to its intersection with 9960-Y-44120, thence
			 following 9960-Y-44120 westerly to its intersection with 9960-W-13850, thence
			 following 9960-W-13850 southeasterly to its intersection with 9960-Y-44110,
			 thence following 9960-Y-44110 easterly to Race Point in Province town, thence
			 following the MA shoreline back to the beginning.
(b)
Outer Cape LCMA
			 (OCCLCMA)
. Beginning at Race Point in Province town, following
			 9960-Y-44110 westerly to its intersection with 9960-W-13850, thence following
			 9960-W-13850 northwesterly to 9960-Y-44120, thence following 9960-W-44120
			 easterly to its intersection with 9960-W-13700, thence following 9960-W-13700
			 southerly to 9960-Y-43780, thence following 9960-Y-43780 westerly to its
			 intersection with 70 E five minutes West Longitude, thence following 70 E five
			 minutes West Longitude north through Nantucket Island to the shoreline of
			 Harwich, thence following the shoreline of Cape Cod east and north back to the
			 beginning.
(c)
Overlap-
			 Area 1/OCCLCMA
. Beginning at Race Point in Province town,
			 following 9960-Y-44110 westerly to its intersection with 9960-W-13850, thence
			 following 9960-W-13850 southeasterly to its intersection with 9960-X-25330,
			 thence following 9960-X-25330 northeasterly to the shoreline of Great Island in
			 Wellfleet, thence following the shoreline northerly back to the beginning.
Fishermen endorsed for either LCMA 1 or OCLMA may fish in the
				overlap zone under the rules of the area(s) endorsed on their permits.
				Fishermen with both areas endorsed must observe the most restrictive
				rules.
(d)
Overlap- Area 1/Area 2
. The Cape Cod Canal, from the
			 Massachusetts Maritime Academy pier at the southern end to the end of the east
			 breakwater on the northern end.
Fishermen from either LCMA 1 or LCMA 2 may fish in the overlap
				zone under the rules of the area(s) endorsed on their permits. Fishermen with
				both areas endorsed must observe the most restrictive rules.
(e)
LCMA 2
.
			 Beginning at the shoreline of Harwich, following the 70 E five minutes West
			 Longitude south through the Island of Nantucket to its intersection with
			 9960-Y-43780, thence following 9960-Y-43780 easterly to its intersection with
			 9960-W-13700, thence following 9960-W-13700 southerly to its intersection
			 9960-W-14610, thence following 9960-14610 northerly to the outer boundary of
			 New York territorial waters, thence following the outer boundary of the
			 territorial waters of New York and Rhode Island to the Massachusetts/Rhode
			 Island boundary, thence following the Massachusetts/Rhode Island boundary to
			 the shoreline, thence following the shoreline of Massachusetts back to the
			 beginning.
(f)
LCMA
			 3
. All waters of the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of the United
			 States seaward of LCMA 1, OC, 2, 4, 5, and 6.
(g)
Overlap- Area 2/Area
			 3
. Fishermen from either Area 2 or Area 3 may fish in an area
			 bounded as follows under their respective LCMA rules: Beginning at the
			 intersection of 9960-W-13700 and 9960-Y-43700, thence westerly along the 43700
			 line to the intersection with 9960-W-14610, thence southwesterly along a line
			 whose extension reaches the intersection of 9960-Y-43500 with 9960-X-26400 to
			 9960-Y-43600, thence easterly along the 43600 line to 9960-W-13700, thence
			 northwesterly along the 13700 line to the beginning.
(h)
LCMA 4
. All
			 waters including state and federal waters that are near-shore in the northern
			 Mid-Atlantic area, as defined by the area bounded by straight lines connecting
			 the following points:
Point
LATITITUDE (°N)
LONGITUDE (°W)
M
40° 27.5'
72° 14'
N
40° 45.5'
71° 34'
o
41° 07'
71° 43'
P
41° 06.5'
71° 47'
s
40° 58'
72° 00'
T
41° 00.5
72° 00'
From pt. "T", along the NY/NJ coast to pt. "W"
W
39° 50'
74° 09'
V
39° 50'
73° 01'
u
40° 12.5'
72° 48.5'
From pt. "U" back to pt. "M".
(i)
LCMA 5
. All waters including state and federal waters
			 that are near-shore in the southern Mid-Atlantic area, as defined by the area
			 bounded by straight lines connecting the following points, in the order stated:
Point
LATITITUDE (°N)
LONGITUDE (°W)
W
39° 50'
74° 09'
V
39° 50'
73° 01'
X
38° 39.5'
73° 40'
Y
38° 12'
73° 55'
Z
37° 12'
74° 44'
ZA
35° 34'
74° 51'
ZB
35° 14.5'
75° 31'
From pt "ZB", along the coasts of NC/VA/MD/DE/NJ back
							 to pt. "W".
(j)
LCMA 6
. All state waters as defined by the area
			 bounded by straight lines connecting the following points, in the order stated:
Point
LATITITUDE (°N)
LONGITUDE (°W)
T
41° 00.5'
72° 00'
S
40° 58'
72° 00'
From pt. "S", boundary follows the three mile limit
							 of NY state waters as it curves around Montauk Pt. To pt. "P"
P
41° 06.5'
71° 47'
Q
41° 18'30"
71° 54'30"
R
41° 11'30"
71° 47'15"
From pt. "R", along the maritime boundary between CT
							 & RI to the coast; then west along the coast of CT to the western entrance
							 of Long Island Sound; then east along the NY coast of Long Island Sound and
							 back to pt. "T".
(k)
Gulf of Maine Recreational Lobster Area
means those
			 state waters north of Cape Cod Bay to the New Hampshire border including waters
			 of the Cape Cod Canal.
(l)
Outer Cape Cod Recreational Lobster Area
means all
			 state waters eastward of 70° longitude off Nantucket and eastward and
			 northward of Outer Cape Cod from Chatham to Provincetown's Race Point,
			 including a portion of upper Cape Cod Bay as defined by a line drawn from the
			 three nautical mile line northwest of race Point at 42° 7 minutes latitude
			 and 70° 16 minutes longitude south to the Race Point Buoy then southeast to
			 the Wood End Buoy and east to the shoreline at 42° 01.32 minutes latitude
			 and 70° 05.26 minutes longitude.
(m)
Southern New England
			 Recreational Lobster Area
means those statewters west of 70°
			 and south of Cape Cod.
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