Snapper Grouper Complex Species
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Snappers
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Groupers
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Triggerfish
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Grunts
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Sea Basses
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Blackfin snapper
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Black grouper
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Wreckfish
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Gray triggerfish
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Cottonwick**
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Bank sea bass**
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Cubera snapper
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Coney
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Yellowedge grouper
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Ocean triggerfish**
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Margate
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Black sea bass
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Gray snapper
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Gag
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Yellowfin grouper
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Sailors choice
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Rock sea bass**
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Lane snapper
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Goliath grouper*
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Yellowmouth grouper
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Jacks
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Tomtate
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Mutton snapper
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Graysby
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Almaco jack
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White grunt
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Queen snapper
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Misty grouper
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Porgys
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Banded rudderfish
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Red snapper*
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Nassau grouper*
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Jolthead porgy
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Bar jack
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Spadefishes
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Silk snapper
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Red grouper
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Knobbed porgy
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Greater amberjack
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Spadefish
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Vermilion snapper
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Red hind
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Longspine porgy**
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Lesser amberjack
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Yellowtail snapper
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Rock hind
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Red porgy
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Wrasses
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Scamp
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Saucereye porgy
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Tilefishes
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Hogfish
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Speckled hind*
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Scup
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Blueline tilefish
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Snowy grouper
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Whitebone porgy
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Golden tilefish
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Warsaw grouper*
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Sand tilefish
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*Harvest prohibited
** Ecosystem component species (not subject to annual catch limits or management measures) |
Table 1. Eastern boundary coordinates for the seasonal black sea bass pot closure from November 1 through 30 and April 1 through 30 each year.
Point
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N. Latitude
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W. Longitude
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Point
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N. Latitude
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W. Longitude
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1
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35° 15’
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State/EEZ Boundary
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19
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33° 06’
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78° 31’
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2
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35° 15’
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75° 09’
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20
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33° 05’
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78° 40’
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3
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35° 06’
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75° 22’
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21
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33° 01’
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78° 43’
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4
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35° 06’
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75° 39’
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22
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32° 56’
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78° 57’
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5
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35° 01’
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75° 47’
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23
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32° 44’
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79° 04’
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6
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34° 54’
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75° 46’
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24
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32° 42’
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79° 13’
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7
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34° 52’
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76° 04’
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25
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32° 34’
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79° 23’
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8
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34° 33’
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76° 22’
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26
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32° 25’
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79° 25’
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9
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34° 23’
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76° 18’
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27
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32° 23’
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79° 37’
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10
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34° 21’
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76° 27’
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28
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31° 53’
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80° 09’
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11
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34° 25’
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76° 51’
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29
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31° 31’
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80° 33’
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12
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34° 09’
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77° 19’
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30
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30° 43’
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80° 49’
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13
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33° 44’
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77° 38’
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31
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30° 30’
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81° 01’
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14
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33° 25’
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77° 27’
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32
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29° 45’
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81° 01’
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15
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33° 22’
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77° 40’
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33
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29° 31’
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80° 58’
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16
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33° 28’
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77° 41’
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34
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29° 13’
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80° 52’
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17
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33° 32’
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77° 53’
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35
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29° 13’
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State/EEZ Boundary
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18
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33° 22’
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78° 26’
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Table 2. Eastern boundary coordinates for the seasonal black sea bass pot closure from December 1 through March 31 each year.
Point
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N. Latitude
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W. Longitude
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Point
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N. Latitude
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W. Longitude
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1
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35° 15’
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State/EEZ Boundary
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15
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33° 01’
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78° 38’
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2
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35° 15’
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75° 08’
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16
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32° 40’
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79° 01’
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3
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34° 58’
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75° 41’
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17
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32° 36’
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79° 18’
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4
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34° 49’
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75° 50’
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18
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32° 19’
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79° 22’
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5
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34° 47’
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76° 05’
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19
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32° 16’
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79° 37’
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6
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34° 31’
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76° 18’
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20
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32° 03’
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79° 48’
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7
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34° 20’
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76° 13’
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21
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31° 39’
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80° 27’
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8
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34° 12’
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77° 00’
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22
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30° 58’
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80° 47’
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9
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33° 43’
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77° 30’
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23
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30° 13’
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81° 01’
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10
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33° 21’
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77° 21’
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24
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29° 32’
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80° 39’
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11
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33° 18’
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77° 41’
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25
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29° 22’
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80° 44’
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12
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33° 22’
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77° 56’
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26
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28° 50’
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80° 22’
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13
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33° 12’
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78° 20’
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27
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28° 21’
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80° 18’
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14
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33° 05’
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78° 22’
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28
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28° 21’
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State/EEZ Boundary
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Source: Amanda Frick, NMFS SERO |