---
kind: "section"
citation: "50 C.F.R. § 665.202"
title: "50"
number: "665.202"
heading: "Management subareas."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/50/665.202"
---

# §665.202. Management subareas.

- (a) The Hawaii fishery management area is divided into subareas with the following designations and boundaries:
  - (1) Main Hawaiian Islands means the U.S. EEZ around the Hawaiian Archipelago lying to the east of 161°20′ W. long.
  - (2) Northwestern Hawaiian Islands means the EEZ around the Hawaiian Archipelago lying to the west of 161°20′ W. long. For the purposes of regulations issued under this subpart, Midway Island is treated as part of the NWHI Subarea.
    - (i) Ho'omalu Zone means that portion of the EEZ around the NWHI west of 165° W. long.
    - (ii) Mau Zone means that portion of the EEZ around the NWHI between 161°20′ W. long. and 165° W. long.
  - (3) Hancock Seamounts Ecosystem Management Area means that portion of the EEZ in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands west of 180° W. long. and north of 28° N. lat.
- (b) The inner boundary of each management subarea is a line coterminous with the seaward boundaries of the State of Hawaii.
- (c) The outer boundary of each management subarea is a line drawn in such a manner that each point on it is 200 nautical miles from the baseline from which the territorial sea is measured.

## Notes

### Amendments

[75 FR 2205, Jan. 14, 2010, as amended at 75 FR 69015, Nov. 10, 2010]

### Authority

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

### Source

Source: 75 FR 2205, Jan. 14, 2010, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[75 FR 2205, Jan. 14, 2010, as amended at 75 FR 69015, Nov. 10, 2010]