[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 50, Volume 7]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 50CFR226.202]

[Page 225]
 
                    TITLE 50--WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES
 
  CHAPTER II--NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE, NATIONAL OCEANIC AND 
           ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 226_DESIGNATED CRITICAL HABITAT--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 226.202  Critical habitat for Stellar sea lions.

                  Steller Sea Lion (Eumetopias jubatus)

    (a) Alaska rookeries, haulouts, and associated areas. In Alaska, all 
major Steller sea lion rookeries identified in Table 1 and major 
haulouts identified in Table 2 and associated terrestrial, air, and 
aquatic zones. Critical habitat includes a terrestrial zone that extends 
3,000 feet (0.9 km) landward from the baseline or base point of each 
major rookery and major haulout in Alaska. Critical habitat includes an 
air zone that extends 3,000 feet (0.9 km) above the terrestrial zone of 
each major rookery and major haulout in Alaska, measured vertically from 
sea level. Critical habitat includes an aquatic zone that extends 3,000 
feet (0.9 km) seaward in State and Federally managed waters from the 
baseline or basepoint of each major rookery and major haulout in Alaska 
that is east of 144[deg] W. longitude. Critical habitat includes an 
aquatic zone that extends 20 nm (37 km) seaward in State and Federally 
managed waters from the baseline or basepoint of each major rookery and 
major haulout in Alaska that is west of 144[deg] W. longitude.
    (b) California and Oregon rookeries and associated areas. In 
California and Oregon, all major Steller sea lion rookeries identified 
in Table 1 and associated air and aquatic zones. Critical habitat 
includes an air zone that extends 3,000 feet (0.9 km) above areas 
historically occupied by sea lions at each major rookery in California 
and Oregon, measured vertically from sea level. Critical habitat 
includes an aquatic zone that extends 3,000 feet (0.9 km) seaward in 
State and Federally managed waters from the baseline or basepoint of 
each major rookery in California and Oregon.
    (c) Three special aquatic foraging areas in Alaska. Three special 
aquatic foraging areas in Alaska, including the Shelikof Strait area, 
the Bogoslof area, and the Seguam Pass area.
    (1) Critical habitat includes the Shelikof Strait area in the Gulf 
of Alaska and consists of the area between the Alaska Peninsula and 
Tugidak, Sitkinak, Aiaktilik, Kodiak, Raspberry, Afognak and Shuyak 
Islands (connected by the shortest lines); bounded on the west by a line 
connecting Cape Kumlik (56[deg]38[sec]/157[deg]27[min]W) and the 
southwestern tip of Tugidak Island (56[deg]24[min]N/154[deg]41[min]W) 
and bounded in the east by a line connecting Cape Douglas 
(58[deg]51[min]N/153[deg]15[min]W) and the northernmost tip of Shuyak 
Island (58[deg]37[min]N/152[deg]22[min]W).
    (2) Critical habitat includes the Bogoslof area in the Bering Sea 
shelf and consists of the area between 170[deg]00[min]W and 
164[deg]00[min]W, south of straight lines connecting 55[deg]00[min]N/
170[deg]00[min]W and 55[deg]00[min]N/168[deg]00[min]W; 55[deg]30[min]N/
168[deg]00[min]W and 55[deg]30[min]N/166[deg]00[min]W; 56[deg]00[min]N/
166[deg]00[min]W and 56[deg]00[min]N/164[deg]00[min]W and north of the 
Aleutian Islands and straight lines between the islands connecting the 
following coordinates in the order listed:
52[deg]49.2[min]N/169[deg]40.4[min]W
52[deg]49.8[min]N/169[deg]06.3[min]W
53[deg]23.8[min]N/167[deg]50.1[min]W
53[deg]18.7[min]N/167[deg]51.4[min]W
53[deg]59.0[min]N/166[deg]17.2[min]W
54[deg]02.9[min]N/166[deg]03.0[min]W
54[deg]07.7[min]N/165[deg]40.6[min]W
54[deg]08.9[min]N/165[deg]38.8[min]W
54[deg]11.9[min]N/165[deg]23.3[min]W
54[deg]23.9[min]N/164[deg]44.0[min]W

    (3) Critical habitat includes the Seguam Pass area and consists of 
the area between 52[deg]00[min]N and 53[deg]00[min]N and between 
173[deg]30[min]W and 172[deg]30[min]W.

[58 FR 45278, Aug. 27, 1993. Redesignated and amended at 64 FR 14067, 
Mar. 23, 1999]