VMS Demarcation Line
Description | N. lat. | W. long. |
1. Northern terminus point (Canada landmass) | 45°03' | 66°47' |
2. A point east of West Quoddy Head Light | 44°48.9' | 66°56.1' |
3. A point east of Little River Light | 44°39.0' | 67°10.5' |
4. Whistle Buoy "8BI" (SSE of Baker Island) | 44°13.6' | 68°10.8' |
5. Isle au Haut Light | 44°03.9' | 68°39.1' |
6. A point south of Monhegan Island | 43°43.3' | 69°18.6' |
7. Pemaquid Point Light | 43°50.2' | 69°30.4' |
8. A point west of Halfway Rock | 43°38.0' | 70°05.0' |
9. A point east of Cape Neddick Light | 43°09.9' | 70°34.5' |
10. Merrimack River Entrance "MR" Whistle Buoy | 42°48.6' | 70°47.1' |
11. Halibut Point Gong Buoy "1AHP" | 42°42.0' | 70°37.5' |
12. Connecting reference point | 42°40' | 70°30' |
13. Whistle Buoy "2" off Eastern Point | 42°34.3' | 70°39.8' |
14. The Graves Light (Boston) | 42°21.9' | 70°52.2' |
15. Minots Ledge Light | 42°16.2' | 70°45.6' |
16. Farnham Rock Lighted Bell Buoy | 42°05.6' | 70°36.5' |
17. Cape Cod Canal Bell Buoy "CC" | 41°48.9' | 70°27.7' |
18. A point inside Cape Cod Bay | 41°48.9' | 70°05' |
19. Race Point Lighted Bell Buoy "RP" | 42°04.9' | 70°16.8' |
20. Peaked Hill Bar Whistle Buoy "2PH" | 42°07.0' | 70°06.2' |
21. Connecting point, off Nauset Light | 41°50' | 69°53' |
22. A point south of Chatham "C" Whistle Buoy | 41°38' | 69°55.2' |
22. A point in eastern Vineyard Sound | 41°30' | 70°33' |
24. A point east of Martha's Vineyard | 41°22.2' | 70°24.6' |
25. A point east of Great Pt. Light, Nantucket | 41°23.4' | 69°57' |
26. A point SE of Sankaty Head, Nantucket | 41°13' | 69°57' |
27. A point west of Nantucket | 41°15.6' | 70°25.2' |
28. Squibnocket Lighted Bell Buoy "1" | 41°15.7' | 70°46.3' |
29. Wilbur Point (on Sconticut Neck) | 41°35.2' | 70°51.2' |
30. Mishaum Point (on Smith Neck) | 41°31.0' | 70°57.2' |
31. Sakonnet Entrance Lighted Whistle Buoy "SR" | 41°25.7' | 71°13.4' |
32. Point Judith Lighted Whistle Buoy "2" | 41°19.3' | 71°28.6' |
33. A point off Block Island Southeast Light | 41°08.2' | 71°32.1' |
34. Shinnecock Inlet Lighted Whistle Buoy "SH" | 40°49.0' | 72°28.6' |
35. Scotland Horn Buoy "S", off Sandy Hook (NJ) | 40°26.5' | 73°55.0' |
36. Barnegat Lighted Gong Buoy "2" | 39°45.5' | 73°59.5' |
37. A point east of Atlantic City Light | 39°21.9' | 74°22.7' |
38. A point east of Hereford Inlet Light | 39°00.4' | 74°46' |
39. A point east of Cape Henlopen Light | 38°47' | 75°04' |
40. A point east of Fenwick Island Light | 38°27.1' | 75°02' |
41. A point NE of Assateague Island (VA) | 38°00' | 75°13' |
42. Wachapreague Inlet Lighted Whistle Buoy "A" | 37°35.0' | 75°33.7' |
43. A point NE of Cape Henry | 36°55.6' | 75°58.5' |
44. A point east of Currituck Beach Light | 36°22.6' | 75°48' |
45. Oregon Inlet (NC) Whistle Buoy | 35°48.5' | 75°30' |
46. Wimble Shoals, east of Chicamacomico | 35°36' | 75°26' |
47. A point SE of Cape Hatteras Light | 35°12.5' | 75°30' |
48. Hatteras Inlet Entrance Buoy "HI" | 35°10' | 75°46' |
49. Ocracoke Inlet Whistle Buoy "OC" | 35°01.5' | 76°00.5' |
50. A point east of Cape Lookout Light | 34°36.5' | 76°30' |
51. Southern terminus point | 34°35' | 76°41' |
GOM Stock Area 1
Point | N. latitude | W. longitude |
G1 | (1) | (1) |
CII3 | (1) | 67°20' |
G6 | 42°20' | 67°20' |
G10 | 42°20' | 70°00' |
G9 | (2) | 70°00' |
1 The intersection of the shoreline and the U.S.-Canada maritime boundary.
2 The intersection of the Cape Cod, MA, coastline and 70°00' W. long.
Inshore GB Stock Area 2
Point | N. latitude | W. longitude |
G9 | (1) | 70°00' |
G10 | 42°20' | 70°00' |
IGB1 | 42°20' | 68°50' |
IGB2 | 41°00' | 68°50' |
IGB3 | 41°00' | 69°30' |
IGB4 | 41°10' | 69°30' |
IGB5 | 41°10' | 69°50' |
IGB6 | 41°20' | 69°50' |
IGB7 | 41°20' | 70°00' |
G12 | (2) | 70°00' |
1 The intersection of the Cape Cod, MA, coastline and 70°00' W. long.
2 South-facing shoreline of Cape Cod, MA.
Offshore GB Stock Area 3
Point | N. latitude | W. longitude |
IGB1 | 42°20' | 68°50' |
G6 | 42°20' | 67°20' |
CII3 | (1) | 67°20' |
SNE2 | 39°00' | (1) |
SNE3 | 39°00' | 69°00' |
SNE4 | 39°50' | 69°00' |
SNE5 | 39°50' | 68°50' |
IGB1 | 42°20' | 68°50' |
1 The U.S.-Canada maritime boundary as it intersects with the EEZ.
SNE/MA Stock Area 4
Point | N. latitude | W. longitude |
G12 | (1) | 70°00' |
IGB7 | 41°20' | 70°00' |
IGB6 | 41°20' | 69°50' |
IGB5 | 41°10' | 69°50' |
IGB4 | 41°10' | 69°30' |
IGB3 | 41°00' | 69°30' |
IGB2 | 41°00' | 68°50' |
SNE4 | 39°50' | 68°50' |
SNE3 | 39°50' | 69°00' |
SNE5 | 39°00' | 69°00' |
SNE6 | 39°00' | (2) |
1 South-facing shoreline of Cape Cod, MA.
2 The U.S.-Canada maritime boundary as it intersects with the EEZ.
50 C.F.R. §648.10
For FEDERAL REGISTER citations affecting § 648.10, see the List of CFR Sections Affected, which appears in the Finding Aids section of the printed volume and at www.govinfo.gov.