{"identifier":"/us/usc/t16/s5107a","title":16,"num":"\u00a7\u202f5107a.","heading":"State permits valid in certain waters","text":"\u00a7\u202f5107a.\nState permits valid in certain waters\n(a)\nPermits\nNotwithstanding any provision of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (\n(1) west of Monhegan Island in the area located north of the line 43\u00b0 42\u2032 08\u2032\u2032 N, 69\u00b0 34\u2032 18\u2032\u2032 W and 43\u00b0 42\u2032 15\u2032\u2032 N, 69\u00b0 19\u2032 18\u2032\u2032 W;\n(2) east of Monhegan Island in the area located west of the line 43\u00b0 44\u2032 00\u2032\u2032 N, 69\u00b0 15\u2032 05\u2032\u2032 W and 43\u00b0 48\u2032 10\u2032\u2032 N, 69\u00b0 08\u2032 01\u2032\u2032 W;\n(3) south of Vinalhaven in the area located west of the line 43\u00b0 52\u2032 21\u2032\u2032 N, 68\u00b0 39\u2032 54\u2032\u2032 W and 43\u00b0 48\u2032 10\u2032\u2032 N, 69\u00b0 08\u2032 01\u2032\u2032 W; and\n(4) south of Bois Bubert Island in the area located north of the line 44\u00b0 19\u2032 15\u2032\u2032 N, 67\u00b0 49\u2032 30\u2032\u2032 W and 44\u00b0 23\u2032 45\u2032\u2032 N, 67\u00b0 40\u2032 33\u2032\u2032 W.\n(b)\nEnforcement\nThe exemption from Federal fishery permitting requirements granted by subsection (a) may be revoked or suspended by the Secretary in accordance with section 308(g) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (\n16 U.S.C. 1858(g)","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t16/s5107a.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t16/s5107a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f5107a."},{"t":"heading","text":"State permits valid in certain waters"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t16/s5107a/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Permits"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"Notwithstanding any provision of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"16 U.S.C. 1801","href":"/us/usc/t16/s1801","tail":" et seq.), this chapter, or any requirement of a fishery management plan or coastal fishery management plan to the contrary, a person holding a valid license issued by the State of Maine which lawfully permits that person to engage in commercial fishing for American lobster may, with the approval of the State of Maine, engage in commercial fishing for American lobster in the following areas designated as Federal waters, if such fishing is conducted in such waters in accordance with all other applicable Federal and State regulations:"}]},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t16/s5107a/a/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" west of Monhegan Island in the area located north of the line 43\u00b0 42\u2032 08\u2032\u2032 N, 69\u00b0 34\u2032 18\u2032\u2032 W and 43\u00b0 42\u2032 15\u2032\u2032 N, 69\u00b0 19\u2032 18\u2032\u2032 W;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t16/s5107a/a/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" east of Monhegan Island in the area located west of the line 43\u00b0 44\u2032 00\u2032\u2032 N, 69\u00b0 15\u2032 05\u2032\u2032 W and 43\u00b0 48\u2032 10\u2032\u2032 N, 69\u00b0 08\u2032 01\u2032\u2032 W;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t16/s5107a/a/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" south of Vinalhaven in the area located west of the line 43\u00b0 52\u2032 21\u2032\u2032 N, 68\u00b0 39\u2032 54\u2032\u2032 W and 43\u00b0 48\u2032 10\u2032\u2032 N, 69\u00b0 08\u2032 01\u2032\u2032 W; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t16/s5107a/a/4","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(4)"},{"t":"content","text":" south of Bois Bubert Island in the area located north of the line 44\u00b0 19\u2032 15\u2032\u2032 N, 67\u00b0 49\u2032 30\u2032\u2032 W and 44\u00b0 23\u2032 45\u2032\u2032 N, 67\u00b0 40\u2032 33\u2032\u2032 W.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t16/s5107a/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Enforcement"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"The exemption from Federal fishery permitting requirements granted by subsection (a) may be revoked or suspended by the Secretary in accordance with section 308(g) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"16 U.S.C. 1858(g)","href":"/us/usc/t16/s1858/g","tail":") for violations of such Act or this chapter."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}