Lobster/Jonah Crab Minimum Traps Per Trawl: Maine Zone B

This map shows the new minimum traps per trawl requirements for Maine Zone B, effective May 1, 2022.

Zone B Description from Maine DMR Chapter 25.94

Eastern Line - The Southern tip of Schoodic Point at 44° 19.900’ N and 068° 03.609’ W and running due South 180° Magnetic to 43° 45.427’ N and 067° 50.122’ W, and then continuing South 180° magnetic to the Exclusive Economic Zone boundary. 

Western Line - Starting at the southernmost end of Newbury Neck following a straight line to a point ¼ mile due east of Pond Island at 44º 13.7' N, 068º 27.8’ W; then to the easternmost point of Black Island; then to the navigation buoy R “8” at the western entrance of York Narrows; then south to Swans Island Head; then continuing along the southwestern shore of Swans Island to West Point; then following the western boundary of the Swans Island Lobster Conservation Area (Chapter 25.90(A)(1)) southerly to a point at 44º 01.9' N, 068º 28.6' W (where Loran lines 9960-W-12524.5 and 9960-X- 25765.5 intersect the 3-mile limit), as identified on National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration nautical charts; then South 180° magnetic to 43° 32.664’ N, 068° 17.284’ W, then continuing South 180° magnetic to the EEZ boundary.