Code of Massachusetts Regulations
322 CMR - Division of Marine Fisheries
Title 322 CMR 8.00 - Coastal Fisheries and Conservation Management
Section 8.06 - Upper Cape Cod Fixed Gear-free Zone

During the period September 1st through October 31st, it shall be unlawful to set, store, or abandon traps or gillnets within those waters under the jurisdiction of the Commonwealth bound by an imaginary straight line that begins where 70° 25' west longitude intersects with the three nautical mile line, as described on NOAA Chart #13246; thence in a south southeasterly direction to where it intersects with 42° 0.59' north latitude and 70° 19.54 west longitude; thence in an east northeasterly direction to where it intersects with 42° 189' north latitude and 70° 14.77' west longitude; thence in a north northwesterly direction to where it intersects with 42° 4.71' north latitude and 70° 16.9' west longitude; thence in a east northeasterly direction to where it intersects with 42° 5.26' north latitude and 70° 14.94' west longitude; thence in a north northwesterly direction to where it intersects 70° 16.33' west longitude and the three nautical mile line, as described on NOAA Chart #13246; thence following the three nautical mile line, as described on NOAA Chart #13246, westward until it intersects with the original coordinate.