[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: 50CFR226.203]

[Page 225-228]
 
                    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. 226.203  Critical habitat for northern right whale 

(Eubalaena glacialis).

    Critical habitat is designated in the North Atlantic Ocean, Bering 
Sea, and the Gulf of Alaska for the northern right whale as described in 
paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section. The textual descriptions of 
critical habitat are the definitive source for determining the critical 
habitat boundaries. General location maps are provided for critical 
habitat in the North Pacific Ocean for general guidance purposes only, 
and not as a definitive source for determining critical habitat 
boundaries.
    (a) North Atlantic Ocean--(1) Great South Channel. The area bounded 
by 41[deg]40[min] N/69[deg]45[min] W; 41[deg]00[min] N/69[deg]05[min] W; 
41[deg]38[min] N/68[deg]13[min] W; and 42[deg]10[min] N/68[deg]31[min] 
W.
    (2) Cape Cod Bay, Massachusetts. The area bounded by 
42[deg]04.8[min] N/70[deg]10[min] W; 42[deg]12[min] N/70[deg]15[min] W; 
42[deg]12[min] N/70[deg]30[min] W; 41[deg]46.8[min] N/70[deg]30[min] W 
and on the south and east by

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the interior shore line of Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
    (3) Southeastern United States. The coastal waters between 
31[deg]15[min] N and 30[deg]15[min] N from the coast out 15 nautical 
miles; and the coastal waters between 30[deg]15[min] N and 
28[deg]00[min] N from the coast out 5 nautical miles (Figure 8 to part 
226).
    (b) North Pacific Ocean--(1) Primary Constituent Elements. The 
primary constituent elements essential for conservation of the northern 
right whale are the copepods Calanus marshallae, Neocalanus cristatus, 
and N. plumchris, and the euphausiid Thysano[euml]ssa raschii, in areas 
of the North Pacific Ocean in which northern right whales are known or 
believed to feed, as described in paragraphs (b)(2) and (3) of this 
section.
    (2) Bering Sea. An area described by a series of straight lines 
connecting the following coordinates in the order listed:
    58[deg]00[min] N/168[deg]00[min] W
    58[deg]00[min] N/163[deg]00[min] W
    56[deg]30[min] N/161[deg]45[min] W
    55[deg]00[min] N/166[deg]00[min] W
    56[deg]00[min] N/168[deg]00[min] W
    58[deg]00[min] N/168[deg]00[min] W.
    (3) Gulf of Alaska. An area described by a series of straight lines 
connecting the following coordinates in the order listed:
    57[deg]03[min] N/153[deg]00[min] W
    57[deg]18[min] N/151[deg]30[min] W
    57[deg]00[min] N/151[deg] 30[min] W
    56[deg]45[min] N/153[deg]00[min] W
    57[deg]03[min] N/153[deg]00[min] W.
    (4) Maps of critical habitat for the northern right whale in the 
North Pacific Ocean follow:

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[59 FR 28805, June 3, 1994. Redesignated and amended at 64 FR 14067, 
Mar. 23, 1999; 68 FR 17562, Apr. 10, 2003; 70 FR 1832, Jan. 11, 2005; 71 
FR 38293, July 6, 2006]