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Old 08-14-2009, 04:52 AM
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Here is a reprint from another site. It seems the Marine fisheries have made a protected area, and are enforcing it to the inches. How would I mark this total area in my 4212 so I won't be the "LUCKY" one.

Coast Guard and NOAA make fisheries bust in protected area

SOUTHPORT, N.C. - Coast Guard crews located two vessels in a protected area about 55 nautical miles southeast of Southport and worked with National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration personnel to seize 2,000 pounds of fish Aug. 6.

The Coast Guard Cutter Block Island crew located the fishing vessels Miss Kaylee and Split Decision on radar, 200 to 300 yards inside the Snowy Grouper Wreck Marine Protected Area. Their boarding team found 500 pounds of Red Snapper and 500 pounds of Vermilion Grouper on the first vessel. They found 700 pounds of snapper and 300 pounds of grouper on the other.

They escorted both vessels to the Cape Fear River Sea Buoy after receiving authorization from the NOAA Office of Law Enforcement. A Station Oak Island 41-foot utility boat crew then escorted the fishing vessels to Southport and turned them over to special agents of the NOAA OLE.

"This was the first bust for the Snowy Grouper Wreck MPA," said Lt. Cmdr. Michael Cilenti, the captain of the Block Island. "Stopping two vessels from illegally fishing in the same area is also a first."

Petty Officer 1st Class Daniel Garver, the Boarding Officer aboard the Block Island, said, "the crew claimed to have no idea they were fishing in a marine protected area, however they were very cooperative even though they were found to have been fishing illegally."

NOAA agents seized both vessels’ GPS units as evidence and the illegal catch was seized and sold. The proceeds from the sale of fish are held in a suspense account pending the outcome of the investigation. The investigation is still underway and the final case report will be turned into the NOAA Southeast Regional Office of General Counsel for review and penalty assessment.
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Here are the areas protected. Sincwe it is new, Navionics probably do not have it listed.

http://www.safmc.net/MPAInformationP...5/Default.aspx
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What I usually do for a rectangular area is to put all 4 corner waypoints in my chartplotter. The I create a track from waypoint 1 to 2 to 3 to 4 to 1. The track defines edges of the area and I stay outside the track.
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What I usually do for a rectangular area is to put all 4 corner waypoints in my chartplotter. The I create a track from waypoint 1 to 2 to 3 to 4 to 1. The track defines edges of the area and I stay outside the track.

That is a great idea.
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