[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 50, Volume 4]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 50CFR648.57]

[Page 351]
 
                    TITLE 50--WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES
 
                         DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 648--FISHERIES OF THE NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES--Table of Contents
 
   Subpart D--Management Measures for the Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery
 
Sec.  648.57  Closed and regulated areas.

    (a) Hudson Canyon Sea Scallop Access Area. Through February 28, 
2003, except as provided in Secs.  648.52 and 648.58, no vessel may fish 
for scallops in or land scallops from the area known as the Hudson 
Canyon Sea Scallop Access Area, and no vessel may possess scallops in 
the Hudson Canyon Sea Scallop Access Area, unless such vessel is only 
transiting the area with all fishing gear unavailable for immediate use 
as defined in Sec.  648.23(b), or, there is a compelling safety reason 
to be in such areas without all such gear being unavailable for 
immediate use. The Hudson Canyon Sea Scallop Access Area (copies of a 
chart depicting this area are available from the Regional Administrator 
upon request) is defined by straight lines connecting the following 
points in the order stated:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                     Point                        Latitude    Longitude
------------------------------------------------------------------------
H1                                               39 30[min]   73 10[min]
                                                         N.           W.
H2                                               39 30[min]   72 30[min]
                                                         N.           W.
H3                                               38 30[min]   73 30[min]
                                                         N.           W.
H4                                               38 40[min]   73 50[min]
                                                         N.           W.
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    (b) Virginia Beach Sea Scallop Access Area. Through February 28, 
2003, except as provided in Secs.  648.52 and 648.58, no vessel may fish 
for scallops in or land scallops from the area known as the Virginia 
Beach Sea Scallop Access Area, and no vessel may possess scallops in the 
Virginia Beach Sea Scallop Access Area, unless such vessel is only 
transiting the areas with all fishing gear unavailable for immediate use 
as defined in Sec.  648.23(b), or, there is a compelling safety reason 
to be in such areas without all such gear being unavailable for 
immediate use. The Virginia Beach Sea Scallop Access Area (copies of a 
chart depicting this area are available from the Regional Administrator 
upon request) is defined by straight lines connecting the following 
points in the order stated:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                     Point                        Latitude    Longitude
------------------------------------------------------------------------
V1                                               37 00[min]   74 55[min]
                                                         N.           W.
V2                                               37 00[min]   74 35[min]
                                                         N.           W.
V3                                               36 25[min]   74 45[min]
                                                         N.           W.
V4                                               36 25[min]   74 55[min]
                                                         N.           W.
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[66 FR 45785, Aug. 30, 2001]