CFR > Title 50 - Wildlife and Fisheries > CHAPTER VI—FISHERY CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT, NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE > PART 665—FISHERIES IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC > SUBPART F—Western Pacific Pelagic Fisheries (§665.798 to §665.818) > 665.806—Longline fishing prohibited area management.

665.806—Longline fishing prohibited area management.

(a) Prohibited areas. Longline fishing shall be prohibited in the longline fishing prohibited areas as defined in paragraphs (b), (c), and (d) of this section.
(b) Longline protected species zone. (1) The protected species zone is 50 nm from the center geographical positions of certain islands and reefs in the NWHI, as follows:
Name N. lat. W. long.
Nihoa Island 23°05′ 161°55′
Necker Island 23°35′ 164°40′
French Frigate Shoals 23°45′ 166°15′
Gardner Pinnacles 25°00′ 168°00′
Maro Reef 25°25′ 170°35′
Laysan Island 25°45′ 171°45′
Lisianski Island 26°00′ 173°55′
Pearl and Hermes Reef 27°50′ 175°50′
Midway Island 28°14′ 177°22′
Kure Island 28°25′ 178°20′
(2) Where the areas are not contiguous, parallel lines drawn tangent to and connecting those semicircles of the 50-nm areas that lie between Nihoa Island and Necker Island, French Frigate Shoals and Gardner Pinnacles, Gardner Pinnacles and Maro Reef, and Lisianski Island and Pearl and Hermes Reef, shall delimit the remainder of the protected species zone.
(c) Main Hawaiian Islands (MHI). (1) From February 1-September 30 each year, the longline fishing prohibited area around the MHI is the portion of the EEZ seaward of Hawaii bounded by straight lines connecting the following coordinates in the order listed:
Point N. lat. W. long.
A 18°05′ 155°40′
B 18°20′ 156°25′
C 20°00′ 157°30′
D 20°40′ 161°40′
E 21°40′ 161°55′
F 23°00′ 161°30′
G 23°05′ 159°30′
H 22°55′ 157°30′
I 21°30′ 155°30′
J 19°50′ 153°50′
K 19°00′ 154°05′
A 18°05′ 155°40′
(2) From October 1 through the following January 31 each year, the longline fishing prohibited area around the MHI is the portion of the EEZ seaward of Hawaii bounded by straight lines connecting the following coordinates in the order listed:
Point N. lat. W. long.
A 18°05′ 155°40′
L 18°25′ 155°40′
M 19°00′ 154°45′
N 19°15′ 154°25′
O 19°40′ 154°20′
P 20°20′ 154°55′
Q 20°35′ 155°30′
R 21°00′ 155°35′
S 22°30′ 157°35′
T 22°40′ 159°35′
U 22°25′ 160°20′
V 21°55′ 160°55′
W 21°40′ 161°00′
E 21°40′ 161°55′
D 20°40′ 161°40′
C 20°00′ 157°30′
B 18°20′ 156°25′
A 18°05′ 155°40′
(d) Guam. The longline fishing prohibited area around Guam is the waters seaward of Guam bounded by straight lines connecting the following coordinates in the order listed:
Point N. lat. E. long.
A 14°25′ 144°00′
B 14°00′ 143°38′
C 13°41′ 143°33′33″
D 13°00′ 143°25′30″
E 12°20′ 143°37′
F 11°40′ 144°09′
G 12°00′ 145°00′
H 13°00′ 145°42′
I 13°27′ 145°51′