§18.143. Specified geographic region where this subpart applies.

The specified geographic region encompasses areas within 2 kilometers (km) (∼1.25 miles (mi)) of eight USCG facilities within the USCG Civil Engineering Unit, Juneau Area of Responsibility. These facilities are: Base Kodiak, Moorings Seward, Moorings Valdez, Moorings Cordova, Moorings Sitka, Station Juneau, Moorings Petersburg, and Base Ketchikan.

The geographic area of the incidental take regulations (ITRs) in this subpart includes all Alaska State waters within the areas listed in paragraph (a) of this section as well as all adjacent rivers, estuaries, and coastal lands where sea otters may occur.