Lobster/Jonah Crab Minimum Traps Per Trawl: Maine Zone C
This map shows the new minimum traps per trawl requirements for Maine Zone C put in place by the 2021 amendments to the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan.

This map shows the new minimum traps per trawl requirements for Maine Zone C, effective May1, 2022.
Zone C Description from Maine DMR Chapter 25.94
Zone C Eastern Line – Starting at the southernmost end of Newbury Neck following a straight line to a point ¼ mile due east of Pond Island at 44º 13.7' N, 068º 27.8’ W; then to the easternmost point of Black Island; then to the navigation buoy R “8” at the western entrance of York Narrows; then south to Swans Island Head; then continuing along the southwestern shore of Swans Island to West Point; then following the western boundary of the Swans Island Lobster Conservation Area (Chapter 25.90(A)(1)) southerly to a point at 44º 01.9' N, 068º 28.6' W (where Loran lines 9960-W-12524.5 and 9960-X- 25765.5 intersect the 3-mile limit), as identified on National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration nautical charts; then South 180° magnetic to 43° 32.664’ N, 068° 17.284’ W, then continuing South 180° magnetic to the EEZ boundary.
Western Line - Head of the Cape, Cape Rosier at 44° 18.722' N, 068° 49.608' W (LORAN lines intersection 12512-25904), thence SSW to 44° 10.492' N, 068° 55.574' W (12605-25885), SW to 44° 06.136' N, 069° 00.000' W (LORAN 12662-25878), S to 44° 04.506' N, 069° 00.014' W (LORAN 12673-25871), SSE to 44° 00.788' N, 068° 59.475' W (LORAN 12696-25852), SSE to 43° 58.011' N, 068° 58.023' W (LORAN 12707.5-25833), WSW to 43° 57.821' N, 068° 58.689' W (LORAN 12713-25834), SSW to 43° 56.863' N, 068° 58.845' W (LORAN 12720-25830), SE to 43° 55.285' N, 068° 55.000' W (LORAN 12710-25810), WSW to 43° 54.265' N, 068° 58.330' W (LORAN 12736-25816), S to 43° 50.997' N, 068° 58.313' W (LORAN 12757-25799), W to 43° 51.001' N, 069° 00.107' W (LORAN 12767-25805), SSE to 43° 46.565' N, 068° 59.298' W (LORAN 12794-25780), SW to 43° 44.878' N, 069° 01.974' W (LORAN 12820-25780), SE to 43° 35.084' N, 068° 50.076' W (LORAN 12820-25690), S 180° Magnetic to 43° 19.633’ N, 068° 44.245’ W, thence South 180° Magnetic to the Exclusive Economic Zone.