Lobster/Jonah Crab Minimum Traps Per Trawl: Maine Zone G
This map shows the new minimum traps per trawl requirements for Maine Zone G put in place by the 2021 amendments to the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan.
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This map shows the new minimum traps per trawl requirements for Maine Zone G, effective May 1, 2022.
Zone G Description from Maine DMR Chapter 25.94
Zone G Eastern Line - Beginning at 43° 41.550’ N, 070° 14.650’ W, (a point on Presumpscott River Bridge that intersects with Loran line 13280), thence proceed SSE 159° Magnetic to 43° 32.875’ N, 070° 05.920’ W (a position where Loran line 13280 intersects with the 3-mile limit as identified on National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration nautical charts), then South 180° Magnetic to 42° 22.424’ N, 069° 40.0’ W, thence due South 180° Magnetic to the Exclusive Economic Zone. Western Line - Seaward extension of the Maine - NH border to 43°02'42"N 70°42'06"W to 42°58'55"N 70°37'39"W to 42°58'45"N 70°36'43"W.