12 §6471. Monhegan Lobster Conservation Area - Maine Statutes

Title 12: CONSERVATION

Part 9: MARINE RESOURCES

Subpart 2: LICENSING

Chapter 619: LOBSTER AND CRAB FISHING LICENSES

Subchapter 5: MONHEGAN LOBSTER CONSERVATION AREA HEADING: PL 1997, C. 574, §4 (NEW)

§6471. Monhegan Lobster Conservation Area

1. Monhegan Lobster Conservation Area. The following territorial waters of the State in the vicinity of Monhegan Island are known as the Monhegan Lobster Conservation Area:

Beginning at a point located at latitude 43`45.09' north and longitude 069`22.16' west that is 2 nautical miles southwesterly of the nearest shore of Monhegan Island; in a southwesterly direction to latitude 43`44.28' north and longitude 069`23.37' west at a point on the 3-nautical-mile line; then following the 3-nautical-mile line around the southern end of Monhegan Island to latitude 43`44.94' north and longitude 069`14.26' west; then in a somewhat northerly direction to latitude 43`45.8' north and longitude 069`15.3' west, to a point that is 2 nautical miles from the nearest shore of Monhegan Island; then following a line that is 2 nautical miles from the nearest shore of Monhegan Island and that continues around the northern end of Monhegan Island to the point of beginning.

SECTION HISTORY

1997, c. 574, §4 (NEW). 2001, c. 272, §6 (AMD). 2001, c. 272, §6 (AMD).