50 CFR § 665.399 - Area restrictions.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t50/s665.399"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "50 CFR § 665.399 - Area restrictions."
title_number: 50
title_name: "Wildlife and Fisheries"
section_number: "665.399"
section_name: "Area restrictions."
chapter_name: "FISHERY CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT, NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE"
part_number: "665"
part_name: "FISHERIES IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "16 U.S.C. 1801"
regulatory_source: "75 FR 2205, Jan. 14, 2010, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "665"
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# 665.399 Area restrictions.

Anchoring by all fishing vessels over 50 ft (15.25 m) LOA is prohibited in the U.S. EEZ seaward of Guam west of 144°30′ E. long. except in the event of an emergency caused by ocean conditions or by a vessel malfunction that can be documented.