The Bering Sea Area includes the waters of the Bering Sea and Chukchi Sea north of 54° 36' N. lat., east of the Maritime Boundary Agreement Line as that line is described in the text of and depicted in the annex to the Maritime Boundary Agreement between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics signed in Washington, June 1, 1990, and as that Maritime Boundary Agreement Line is depicted on NOAA Chart #513 (7th Edition, June 2004) and NOAA Chart #514 (7th Edition, January 2004), adopted by reference, and south of the latitude of Point Hope (68° 21' N. lat.).
5 AAC 02.600
At its February 23 - 27, 1993 meeting, the Board of Fisheries readopted 5 AAC 02.600 in its entirety without change, under ch. 1, SSSLA 1992 (the 1992 subsistence law), which repealed and reenacted AS 16.05.258.
Copies of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) charts adopted by reference in 5 AAC 02.600 can be viewed, downloaded, and purchased at NOAA's website at
http://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/staff/chartspubs.html. In addition, the charts are available for inspection at the Lieutenant Governor's Office, Juneau, Alaska.
Authority:AS 16.05.251
AS 16.05.258