50 CFR § 622.430 - Management area.

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title: "50 CFR § 622.430 - Management area."
title_number: 50
title_name: "Wildlife and Fisheries"
section_number: "622.430"
section_name: "Management area."
chapter_name: "FISHERY CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT, NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE"
part_number: "622"
part_name: "FISHERIES OF THE CARIBBEAN, GULF OF AMERICA, AND SOUTH ATLANTIC"
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authority: "16 U.S.C. 1801"
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# 622.430 Management area.

The management area is the EEZ around Puerto Rico bounded by rhumb lines connecting the following points and geographic instructions in order:

Table 1 to § 622.430

| Point | North lat. | West long. |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A (intersects with the international and EEZ boundary) | 19°37′29″ | 65°20′57″ |
| B | 18°25′46.3015″ | 65°06′31.866″ |
| From Point B proceed southerly along the 3-nautical mile territorial boundary of the St. Thomas and St. John island group to Point C |  |  |
| C | 18°13′59.0606″ | 65°05′33.058″ |
| D | 18°01′16.9636″ | 64°57′38.817″ |
| E | 17°30′00.000″ | 65°20′00.1716″ |
| F | 16°02′53.5812″ | 65°20′00.1716″ |
| From Point F proceed along the international and EEZ boundary southwesterly, then northerly, then easterly, and finally southerly to Point A |  |  |
| A (intersects with the International and EEZ boundary) | 19°37′29″ | 65°20′57″ |