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

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

Zone D Description from Maine DMR Chapter 25.94

Eastern Line - Head of the Cape, Cape Rosier at 44° 18.722' N, 068° 49.608' W (LORAN lines intersection 12512-25904), thence SSW to 44° 10.492' N, 068° 55.574' W (12605-25885),
SW to 44° 06.136' N, 069° 00.000' W (LORAN 12662-25878),
S to 44° 04.506' N, 069° 00.014' W (LORAN 12673-25871),
SSE to 44° 00.788' N, 068° 59.475' W (LORAN 12696-25852),
SSE to 43° 58.011' N, 068° 58.023' W (LORAN 12707.5-25833),
ENE to 43° 58.194' N, 068° 57.381' W (LORAN 12703-25832),
SSE to 43° 57.309' N, 068° 57.226' W (LORAN 12707-25827),
SE to 43° 55.688' N, 068° 53.662' W (LORAN 12700-25807),
WSW to 43° 55.285' N, 068° 55.000' W (LORAN 12710-25810),
WSW to 43° 54.265' N, 068° 58.330' W (LORAN 12736-25816),
S to 43° 50.997' N, 068° 58.313' W (LORAN 12757-25799),
W to 43° 51.001' N, 069° 00.107' W (LORAN 12767-25805),
SSE to 43° 46.565' N, 068° 59.298' W (LORAN 12794-25780), 
NE to 43° 47452' N, 068° 57.853' W (LORAN 12780-25780),
SE to 43° 44.669' N, 068° 54.350' W (LORAN 12780-25755),
S 180° Magnetic to 43° 35.084' N, 068° 50.076' W (LORAN 12820-25690), S 180° Magnetic to 43° 19.633’ N, 068° 44.245’ W, thence South 180° Magnetic to the Exclusive Economic Zone.  

Western Line - Starting at the southern tip of Pemaquid Point, thence following a straight line 177º  Magnetic to a point at 43º 48.1’ N,
069º 30’ W, thence 180º True South to the point at 43° 39.0’ N,
069° 30.0’ W (where Loran line 13020 intersects 69º30.0’ W Longitude), then South 180° Magnetic to 43° 02.567’ N, 069° 16.429’ W, thence South 180º Magnetic to the Exclusive Economic Zone.