U.S. Code of Federal Regulations

Regulations most recently checked for updates: Aug 28, 2025

§ 648.297 - Tilefish gear restricted areas.

No vessel of the United States may fish with bottom-tending mobile gear within the areas bounded by the following coordinates:

Canyon N. lat. W. long.
Degrees Min Seconds Degrees Min Seconds
Oceanographer40.029.050.068.010.030.0
40.029.030.068.08.034.8
40.025.051.668.06.036.0
40.022.022.868.06.050.4
40.019.040.868.04.048.0
40.019.05.068.02.019.0
40.016.041.068.01.016.0
40.014.028.068.011.028.0
Lydonia40.031.055.267.043.01.2
40.028.052.067.038.043.0
40.021.039.667.037.04.8
40.021.04.067.043.01.0
40.026.032.067.040.057.0
40.028.031.067.043.00.0
Veatch40.00.040.069.037.08.0
40.00.041.069.035.025.0
39.054.043.069.033.054.0
39.054.043.069.040.052.0
Norfolk37.05.050.074.045.034.0
37.06.058.074.040.048.0
37.04.031.074.037.046.0
37.04.01.074.033.050.0
36.058.037.074.036.058.0
37.04.026.074.041.02.0
[76 FR 60647, Sept. 29, 2011]