Alaska Admin. Code tit. 5, § 31.205 – Description of Registration Area E districts and sections

(a) Inside District: all waters in the Prince William Sound Area enclosed by lines from Point Whitshed to Point Bentinck, from Cape Hinchinbrook to Zaikof Point, and from Cape Cleare to Cape Puget. The Inside District sections are as follows:
1. (1) Central Section: waters of the Inside District east of 147° 30.00' W. long.;
2. (2) Wells Section: waters of the Inside District enclosed by a line from a point at 60° 45.80' N. lat., 148° 13.56' W. long. on the mainland, to a point at 60° 45.49' N. lat., 148° 12.00' W. long. on the north side of Culross Island, and west of a line from Culross Light located on Culross Island at 60° 44.80' N. lat., 148° 06.80' W. long. to Esther Light on Esther Island at 60° 47.10' N. lat., 148° 06.00' W. long., and west of a line from the northwestern tip of Esther Island at 60° 55.66' N. lat., 148° 04.33' W. long., to a point on the mainland at 60° 55.90' N. lat., 148° 03.95' W. long., including Cochrane and Blackstone Bays;
3. (3) Northwest Section: the remaining waters of the Inside District west of 147° 30.00' W. long. and north of 60° 30.00' N. lat. that are not in the Wells Section described in (2) of this subsection;
4. (4) Southwest Section: waters of the Inside District west of 147° 20.00' W. long. and south of 60° 30.00' N. lat.
(b) Outside District: all waters in the Prince William Sound Area that are seaward of the Inside District and between a line running along the longitude of Cape Fairfield at 148° 50.25' W. long., south to the latitude of Cape Douglas at 58° 51.10' N. lat., then west to 149° W. long., then south along 149° W. long., and the longitude of Cape Suckling at 144° W. long. The Outside District sections are as follows:
1. (1) Eastern Section: all waters of the Outside District east of 147° W. long.;
2. (2) Western Section: all waters of the Outside District west of 147° W. long.

(Eff. 6/28/81, Register 78; am 7/23/94, Register 131; am 9/12/97, Register 143; am 3/11/2001, Register 157; am 7/31/2003, Register 167; am 12/1/2004, Register 172; am 3/14/2009, Register 189; am 7/13/2012, Register 203)

Authority: AS 16.05.251