[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 50, Volume 9]
[Revised as of January 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 50CFR665.608]

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                    TITLE 50--WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES
 
                   DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (CONTINUED)
 
PART 665_FISHERIES IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC--Table of Contents
 
        Subpart G_Western Pacific Coral Reef Ecosystem Fisheries
 
Sec.  665.608  Regulatory area.

    (a) The regulations in this subpart govern fishing for coral reef 
ecosystem management unit species by vessels of the United States or 
persons who operate or are based inside the outer boundary of the U.S. 
EEZ off:
    (1) The Hawaiian Islands Archipelago lying to the east of 
160[deg]50[min] W. long.
    (2) Guam.
    (3) American Samoa.
    (4) Offshore area of the CNMI or that portion of the U.S. EEZ around 
the CNMI between three nautical miles offshore and the outer boundary of 
the U.S. EEZ.
    (5) Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Wake Island, 
Johnston Atoll, Palmyra Atoll and Kingman Reef.
    (b) The inner boundary of the regulatory area is as follows:
    (1) The shoreline of Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, 
Wake Island, Johnston Atoll, Palmyra Atoll and Kingman Reef.
    (2) The seaward boundaries of the State of Hawaii, the Territory of 
Guam, the Territory of American Samoa; and
    (3) A line three nautical miles seaward from the shoreline of the 
CNMI.
    (c) The outer boundary of the regulatory area is the outer boundary 
of the U.S. EEZ or adjacent international maritime boundaries. The CNMI 
and Guam regulatory area is divided by a line intersecting these two 
points: 148[deg] E. long., 12[deg] N. lat., and 142[deg] E. long., 
16[deg] N. lat.

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