TITLE 15 - COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE

SUBTITLE B - REGULATIONS RELATING TO COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE

CHAPTER IX - NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

SUBCHAPTER B - OCEAN AND COASTAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

PART 922 - NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY PROGRAM REGULATIONS

subpart h - GULF OF THE FARALLONES NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY

922.80 - Boundary.

  (a) The Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary (Sanctuary) consists of an area of the waters adjacent to the coast of California north and south of the Point Reyes Headlands, between Bodega Head and Rocky Point and the Farallon Islands (including Noonday Rock), and includes approximately 948 square nautical miles (NM). The boundary coordinates are listed in Appendix A to this subpart.

  (b) The shoreward boundary follows the mean high tide line and the seaward limit of Point Reyes National Seashore. Between Bodega Head and Point Reyes Headlands, the Sanctuary extends seaward 3 NM beyond State waters. The Sanctuary also includes the waters within 12 NM of the Farallon Islands, and between the Islands and the mainland from Point Reyes Headlands to Rocky Point. The Sanctuary includes Bodega Bay, but not Bodega Harbor.