East Coast Deepwater Trawl Sector ExclusEast Coast Deepwater Trawl Sector Exclusion Zone

East Coast Deepwater Trawl Sector Exclusion Zone

The area of the East Coast Deepwater Trawl Sector Exclusion Zone is that part of the AFZ contained within and bounded by a line:

a) commencing at the point of latitude 24° 29.90’ south, longitude 155° 30.00’ east and running progressively;

b) south along the meridian of longitude 155° 30.00’ east to its intersection with the parallel of latitude 27° south;

c) then south easterly along the geodesic to the point of latitude 30° south, longitude 157° east;

d) then south along the meridian of longitude 157° east to its intersection with the parallel of latitude 33° 34.90’ south;

e) then west along that parallel of latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 153° 16.966’ east;

f) then north easterly along the geodesic to the point of latitude 29° 59.90’ south, longitude 154° 40.067’ east;

g) then north along that meridian of longitude to latitude 24° 29.90’ south;

h) then east along that parallel of latitude to the point of commencement.