2013 Maine Revised Statutes
TITLE 12: CONSERVATION
Chapter 619: LOBSTER AND CRAB FISHING LICENSES
12 §6481. Swans Island Lobster Conservation Area

Part 9: MARINE RESOURCES
Subpart 2: LICENSING
Subchapter 6: SWANS ISLAND LOBSTER CONSERVATION AREA

6481. Swans Island Lobster Conservation Area

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

Beginning at the northern tip of Long Point, Marshall Island, Hancock County, Maine; then northerly to the navigational buoy at the western entrance to Toothacker Bay, located at the intersection of Loran lines 9960-W-12492.0 and 9960-X-25800.0; then northeasterly to West Point, Swans Island, Hancock County, Maine; then from Phinney Point on the northeastern shore of Swans Island southeasterly to the intersection of Loran lines 9960-W-12445.6 and 9960-X-25780.9, 68 22.40' W. Longitude, 44 08.79' N. Latitude, Hancock County, Maine; then southwesterly to the intersection of Loran lines 9960-W-12468.0 and 9960-X-25773.0, 68 23.6' W. Longitude, 44 06.4' N. Latitude; then south-southwesterly to the intersection of Loran lines 9960-W-12482.2 and 9960-X-25766.4, 68 24.01' W. Longitude, 44 04.8' N. Latitude; then southerly to the intersection of Loran lines 9960-W-12493.5 and 9960-X-25758.4, 68 23.9' W. Longitude, 44 03.1' N. Latitude, and the intersection with the 3-nautical-mile line of the territorial waters, as shown on United States Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service, Office of Coast Survey Chart #13312; then southwesterly along the 3-nautical-mile line of the territorial waters approximately 3.5 miles to a point where a line drawn southeasterly 165 True from the center of Black Ledges intersects the 3-nautical-mile line of the territorial waters at Loran lines 9960-W-12524.5 and 9960-X-25765.5, 68 28.6' W. Longitude, 44 01.9' N. Latitude; then northwesterly 345 True to the center of Black Ledges; then northwesterly to the most southerly point of Marshall Island; thence along the westerly shore of Marshall Island to the point of beginning.

[ 2013, c. 342, 1 (NEW) .]

SECTION HISTORY

2013, c. 342, 1 (NEW).