2.1 Northeastern United States: Geographical boundaries
of the proposed northeast area include the water of Cape Cod Bay,
Massachusetts Bay, and the Great South Channel east and southeast
of Massachusetts (Appendix 1).
Co-ordinates of the proposed area are as follows: from a point on
Cape Anne, Massachusetts at 42°39'.00 N, 70°37'.00 W; then
northeast to 42°45'.00 N, 70°13'.00 W; then southeast to 42°10'.00
N, 68°31'.00 W; then south to 41°00'.00 N, 68°31'.00 W;
then west to 41°00'.00 N, 69°17'.00 W; then northeast to 42°05'.00
N, 70°02'.00 W, then west to 42°04'.00 N, 70°10'.00 W;
and then along the Massachusetts shoreline of Cape Cod Bay and Massachusetts
Bay back to the point on Cape Anne at 42°39'.00 N, 70°37'.00
W. NOAA Chart No.13009.
2.2 Southeastern United States. Geographical boundaries
of the proposed southeast area include coastal waters within about
25 nautical miles along a 90 nautical miles stretch of the Atlantic
seaboard in Florida and Georgia (Appendix
2). The area extends from the shoreline east to longitude 80°51'.60
W with the southern and northern boundary at latitudes 30°00'.00
N and 31°27'.00 N, respectively. NOAA Chart No.11009.