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ii Area-specific gear or vessel requirements. Beginning May 1, 2022, no person or vessel may fish with or possess trap/pot gear in the South Georges 50 Fathom Restricted Area unless that gear complies with the gear marking requirements specified in paragraph b of this section, the universal trap/pot gear requirements specified in paragraph c1 of this section, and the area-specific requirements listed in paragraph c2
of this section, or unless the gear is stowed as specified in 229.2.
10 Offshore Trap/Pot Waters Area i Area. The Offshore Trap/Pot Waters Area includes all Federal waters of the EEZ Offshore Management Area known as Lobster Management Area 3, including the area known as the Area 2/
3 Overlap and Area 3/5 Overlap as defined in the American Lobster Fishery regulations at 50 CFR 697.18, with the exception of the Great South Channel Restricted Trap/Pot Area, Southeast Restricted Area, Georges Basin Restricted Area, South Georges 50
Fathom Restricted Area, and extending south along the 100-fathom 600-ft or 182.9-m depth contour from 3514 N
lat. South to 2751 N lat., and east to the eastern edge of the EEZ.
ii Year-round area-specific gear or vessel requirements. No person or vessel may fish with or possess trap/pot gear in the Northeast Region portion of Offshore Trap/Pot Waters Area that overlaps an area from the U.S./Canada border south to a straight line from 4118.2 N lat., 7151.5 W long. Watch Hill Point, RI south to 4000 N lat., and then east to the eastern edge of the EEZ, unless that gear complies with the gear marking requirements specified in paragraph b of this section, the universal trap/pot gear requirements specified in paragraph c1 of this section, and the area-specific requirements listed in paragraph c2

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of this section, or unless the gear is stowed as specified in 229.2.
iii Seasonal area-specific gear or vessel requirements. From September 1
to May 31, no person or vessel may fish with or possess trap/pot gear in the Offshore Trap/Pot Waters Area that overlaps an area bounded on the north by a straight line from 4118.2 N lat., 7151.5 W long. Watch Hill Point, RI
south to 4000 N lat. and then east to the eastern edge of the EEZ, and bounded on the south by a line at 3200
N lat., and east to the eastern edge of the EEZ, unless that gear complies with the gear marking requirements specified in paragraph b of this section, the universal trap/pot gear requirements specified in paragraph c1 of this section, and area-specific requirements in paragraph c2 of this section or unless the gear is stowed as specified in 229.2.
iv Seasonal area-specific gear or vessel requirements. From November 15
to April 15, no person or vessel may fish with or possess trap/pot gear in the Offshore Trap/Pot Waters Area that overlaps an area from 3200 N lat. south to 2900 N lat. and east to the eastern edge of the EEZ, unless that gear complies with the gear marking requirements specified in paragraph b of this section, the universal trap/pot gear requirements specified in paragraph c1 of this section, the areaspecific requirements in paragraph c2
of this section or unless the gear is stowed as specified in 229.2.
v Seasonal area-specific gear or vessel requirements. From December 1
to March 31, no person or vessel may fish with or possess trap/pot gear in the Offshore Trap/Pot Waters Area that overlaps an area from 2900 N lat. south to 2751 N lat. and east to the eastern edge of the EEZ, unless that gear complies with the gear marking requirements specified in paragraph b of this section, the universal trap/pot
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gear requirements specified in paragraph c1 of this section, the areaspecific requirements in paragraph c2
in this section, or unless the gear is stowed as specified in 229.2.
11 Northern Inshore State Trap/Pot Waters Areai Area. The Northern Inshore State Trap/Pot Waters Area includes the state waters of Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine, with the exception of Massachusetts Restricted Area and those waters exempted under paragraph a3
of this section. Federal waters west of 7000 N lat. in Nantucket Sound are also included in the Northern Inshore State Trap/Pot Waters Area.
ii Year-round area-specific gear or vessel requirements. No person or vessel may fish with or possess trap/pot gear in the Northern Inshore State Trap/Pot Waters Area unless that gear complies with the gear marking requirements specified in paragraph b of this section, the universal trap/pot gear requirements specified in paragraph c1 of this section, the area-specific requirements in paragraph c2 of this section or unless the gear is stowed as specified in 229.2.
12 Northern Nearshore Trap/Pot Waters Areai Area. The Northern Nearshore Trap/Pot Waters Area includes all Federal waters of EEZ
Nearshore Management Area 1, Area 2, and the Outer Cape Lobster Management Area as defined in the American Lobster Fishery regulations at 50 CFR 697.18, with the exception of the Great South Channel Restricted Trap/Pot Area, Massachusetts Restricted Area, Stellwagen Bank/Jeffreys Ledge Restricted Area, and Federal waters west of 7000 N lat. in Nantucket Sound included in the Northern Inshore State Trap/Pot Waters Area and those waters exempted under paragraph a3 of this section.
ii Year-round area-specific gear or vessel requirements. No person or vessel
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