[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: 50CFR660.37]

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                    TITLE 50--WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES
 
                         DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 660--FISHERIES OFF WEST COAST STATES AND IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC--Table of Contents
 
              Subpart C--Western Pacific Pelagic Fisheries
 
Sec.  660.37  American Samoa pelagic fishery area management.

    (a) Large vessel prohibited areas. A large vessel of the United 
States may not be used to fish for Pacific pelagic management unit 
species in the American Samoa large vessel prohibited areas as defined 
in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this section, except as allowed pursuant to 
an exemption issued under Sec.  660.38.
    (b) Tutuila Island, Manu'a Islands, and Rose Atoll (AS-1). The large 
vessel prohibited area around Tutuila Island, the Manu'a Islands, and 
Rose Atoll consists of the waters of the EEZ around American Samoa 
enclosed by straight lines connecting the following coordinates:

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                        Point                          S. lat.  W. long.
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AS-1-A                                                 13 deg.  167 deg.
                                                           30'       25'
AS-1-B                                                 15 deg.  167 deg.
                                                           13'       25'
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and from Point AS-1-A westward along the latitude 13 deg. 30' S. until 
intersecting the U.S. EEZ boundary with Samoa, and from Point AS-1-B 
westward along the latitude 15 deg. 13' S. until intersecting the U.S. 
EEZ boundary with Samoa.
    (c) Swains Island (AS-2). The large vessel prohibited area around 
Swains Island consists of the waters of the EEZ around American Samoa 
enclosed by straight lines connecting the following coordinates:

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                        Point                          S. lat.  W. long.
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AS-2-A                                                 11 deg.  171 deg.
                                                           48'       50'
AS-2-B                                                 11 deg.  170 deg.
                                                           48'       20'
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and from Point AS-2-A northward along the longitude 171 deg. 50' W. 
until intersecting the U.S. EEZ boundary with Tokelau, and from Point 
AS-2-B northward along the longitude 170 deg. 20' W. until intersecting 
the U.S. EEZ boundary with Tokelau.

[67 FR 4371, Jan. 30, 2002]

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