Coastal Fisheries Protection Regulations

PART 1NPFC Convention Area

The part that is on the high seas of all waters of the North Pacific Ocean bounded to the south by a continuous line beginning at the seaward limit of waters under the jurisdiction of the United States around the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands at 20° north latitude, then proceeding east and connecting the following coordinates: 20°00′00″N, 180°00′00″E/W; 10°00′00″N, 180°00′00″E/W; 10°00′00″N, 140°00′00″W; 20°00′00″N, 140°00′00″W; and from there east to the seaward limit of waters under the fisheries jurisdiction of Mexico. That area excludes the high seas areas of the Bering Sea and other high seas areas that are surrounded by the exclusive economic zone of a single state.

PART 2WCPFC Regulatory Area

The part that is on the high seas of all waters of the Pacific Ocean bounded to the south and east by a line that extends from the south coast of Australia due south along the 141° meridian of east longitude to its intersection with the 55° parallel of south latitude, then due east along that parallel to its intersection with the 150° meridian of east longitude, then due south along that meridian to its intersection with the 60° parallel of south latitude, then due east along that parallel to its intersection with the 130° meridian of west longitude, then due north along that meridian to its intersection with the 4° parallel of south latitude, then due west along that parallel to its intersection with the 150° meridian of west longitude, then due north along that meridian.