Lobster/Jonah Crab Minimum Traps Per Trawl: Maine Zone D
This map shows the new minimum traps per trawl requirements for Maine Zone D 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 D, effective May 1, 2022.
Zone D Description from Maine DMR Chapter 25.94
Eastern 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),
ENE to 43° 58.194' N, 068° 57.381' W (LORAN 12703-25832),
SSE to 43° 57.309' N, 068° 57.226' W (LORAN 12707-25827),
SE to 43° 55.688' N, 068° 53.662' W (LORAN 12700-25807),
WSW 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),
NE to 43° 47452' N, 068° 57.853' W (LORAN 12780-25780),
SE to 43° 44.669' N, 068° 54.350' W (LORAN 12780-25755),
S 180° Magnetic 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.
Western Line - Starting at the southern tip of Pemaquid Point, thence following a straight line 177º Magnetic to a point at 43º 48.1’ N,
069º 30’ W, thence 180º True South to the point at 43° 39.0’ N,
069° 30.0’ W (where Loran line 13020 intersects 69º30.0’ W Longitude), then South 180° Magnetic to 43° 02.567’ N, 069° 16.429’ W, thence South 180º Magnetic to the Exclusive Economic Zone.