Conference vicki::boats

    17' is Class 1 (16-26') and requires the following:
    --------------------------------------------------
    
    Life Preservers- One Type I, II, or III for each person aboard or being
    towed on water skiis; plus, one Type IV available to be thrown.  (These
    have been renamed recently to "Off Shore Jacket", "Near Shore Jacket",
    "Floatation Aid", and "Throwable Device" respectively.)
    
    Fire Extinguishers- At least one B-I type approved hand portable fire
    extinguisher.  (Not required on outboard boats less than 26' if the
    construction is such that vapors cannot become entrapped.)
    
    Whistle (Horn)- Any device capable of making an efficient sound signal
    audible for 1/2 mile.  (Inland Rules also suggest having a bell, but it
    is not required for boats under 39.4')
    
    Visual Distress Signals- Day and night signaling devices:  Orange flag
    with black square-and-disk (D) and an S-O-S electric light (N); or
    three red flares with valid expiration date (D/N); or etc.
    
    Backfire Flare Arrester- One on each carburetor of all gasoline
    engines, except outboards.
    -----------------------------------------------
    
    That's it, I think.
    

    
    	Note on the fire ext requirement >if the construction of the
    boat allows fuel vapors to be trapped< This INCLUDES even a small
    storage compartment under a seat! (if it's enclosed) The keyword
    is ANYPLACE fuel vapors could be trapped!
    
      Also - any boat with an enclosed engine compartment (inboard,
    I/O, L-drive, etc) must have a bilge blower.
    
    Massachusetts also requires:
    
    		a paddle or oar
    
    		an anchor setup (anchor, anchor rode, etc)
    
    
      Of course if the boat is to be used at night, it must have approved
    running lights. (exact type depends on the boat's size and configuration)

    
    					Kenny

    You will also need Visual Distress Signals.
    
    An orange flag with a black square and a black circle for day
    signaling.
    
    Three red flares for night signaling.
    
    Paul

    Does anyone know what the Mass safety requirements are, if any, for row
    boats?  
    
    I know that I should, but do I HAVE to have life jackets, etc in a 
    boat without a motor?
    
    Kevin
    

    Re -1>	Yes you need PFD's in any boat. Not having power eliminates
    some requirements (i.e. fire extinguisher). You can also get away
    without standard running lights at night if your small enough (less
    than 16'?)...a single lantern will do. Other than that you are subject
    to the same rules as the power or sail boats.
    
    Paul

    Keep in mind that PFD does not mean life jacket and that the floatation
    pillows are fine to use.  You may not want to use them for children, 
    and when buying lifejackets for childeren, there is always a weight
    limit stamped on them somewhere.  
    
    A few other items that I can think of that are required, 
    
      anchor and anchor line
      paddle (which you have anyway if it is a rowboat)
      signaling device (horn, whistle etc..)
      bailing bucket
      bow line (not sure of this one, but someone will correct me if I'm wrong)
    
    Could someone clean this list up a little.  Also, I'm not sure if any
    of these change from state to state, but I'm sure someone could answer
    that for you too.
    
    wt 
    

    re .4  <...you need PFD's in any boat......>
    
    	In a row-boat?  Are you sure about that?  
    
    re .5
    
    	According to the abridged Mass. Small Craft Handling pamphlet,
    indeed you need an anchor and line, paddle, signaling device, bailing
    bucket and a PFD for each person.  In addition, if vessel over 16', a
    throwable device is required - but they're talking about *motorboats*.
    Where is the poop on rowboats and canoes?
    
    Andy
    

    
    
    A PFD is required for each person on any vessel , regardless of length.
    
     You can drown just as easily falling out of a rowboat as a powerboat or
    sailboat. 
    
    
    
    
    

    Right, and really the smaller the boat the greater the need for PFDs, as
    it is a lot easier to end up in the water from a smaller than a larger
    boat. Falling, capsizing, overloading, tipping, and just plain falling
    are easily accomplished from small boats.
    
    john

	I couldn't find this topic mentioned anywhere else in this conference so
I decided to put it here....

	What I'm interested in is finding out exactly what equipment I require
on board to be a legal commercial fishing vessel.  I'm awaiting a return call
from the coasties but in the mean time I thought I'd draw upon your expertise.

	The boat is 27' with sleeping quarters.  I plan on doing a bit more
tuna fishing this season and I want to make sure I'm legal.  From a permit
perspective I'm legal, it's the required safety equipment that I want to make
sure of.  For the most part I'll be within 25 miles of shore, will not be
sleeping overnight at sea, have a crew of 2 to 4 and do not plan to be out
there in bad weather.  If any of this makes any difference?  Given this I have
the following questions:

	- Can I get away without an EPIRB?  I understand that if you can sleep
	  on the boat then you need an EPIRB.  If I remove the cushions from the
	  boat can I get away without it...Also will a Class A EPIRB meet the
	  requirements or do you now need to have one of those very expensive
	  satellite EPIRBs?

	- Survival suits?  Same question about removing the cushions...Also will
	  a diving dry suit work as a survival suit?

	- Life vests - I understand that only "commercial" lifevests meet the
	  requirements and that each must have it own water activated light
	  signaling device.

	- Signal flares?  What are the requirements here?  I know you need more
	  then just 3 12 gauge read and 3 hand held...

	- What is the requirement for communications equipment - Does a VHF and
	  a portable VHF meet the requirements?  I heard that you need to have
	  redundant communcations equipment one with it's own power source such
	  as a cellar phone?

	- What size boat requires a life raft?  Would a 4 man achilles meet the
	  requirement?

	- Life ring with rope?  Does a cushion tied to a rope cut the mustard?

	- OK what else do I need?  I might have to catch the tuna and sell it
	  before I can be legal to catch the tuna?????

Thanks,
Harpoonist (AKA Baitmaster)

Hi Dave,
	there was a Special Notice to Mariners which came out last year.
Chapter 6 of the notice was "Federal Requirements for Comercial Fishing
Industry Vessels.  It talked mostly about the new voluntary inspection
program, instead of details you are looking for.  However it did say:

"If you dont have a copy of the new fishing vessel safety regulations or
simplified pamphlet or if you have any questions about how to comply with
the regulations please contact Mr. Ted Harrington or LCDR Paul Von Protz:,
First Coast Guard District Fishing Vessel Safety Coordinators, at 
617-223-8444.

	Rick

    	I recently attended a fishing seminar where the guy who owns the
    Fishermans Outfitter in Danvers ( Tom LePresse??? SP?) fielded the same
    question from someone in the audience.  He gave a name and phone number
    out and said to call and have them come out and look at your boat.  He
    said it depended on time of year, location, boat size, etc...
    
    	Sorry I don't have more info, but I'm sure if you called his shop
    they'd be happy to give you the contact.
    
    						B.C.

	Thanks for the info...I finally got a coastie on the phone that could
point me in the right direction.  He gave me an 800 number (800-368-5647) which
I called.  They are sending me some information which defines the latest safety
requirements for commercial fishing vessels.  This is supposed to give you a
breakdown of the requirements by area, vessel size etc.  It also includes a
checklist for you to use to determine your vessel's needs as well as the names/
numbers in the 1st district for more info etc and to arrange safety inspections.

	If there is any interest?? I'll post another reply here on the contents
of the information once I receive it.  I should have it by the end of the week.

Dave
"Harpoonist" (AKA Baitmaster)

Dave,

I'm interested in what is needed for equipment.  I have given serious thought to
goving tuna a try this year.

Charlie would have fun towing my 22' boat around


Gordon

    Very quickly:
    
     You need a survival suit for each person on board (not needed during
    warm water but if your fishing jeffries ledge you need it). You need
    a either a cell phone with its own power source (bag phone) w/ marine
    attenna or an SSB. You don't need the epirb or raft yet. You need
    the approved life ring with line. You need the PFD lights on hte
    survial suits, you don't need type I pfd becasue the suits
    cover you. You need the approprate charts and tide tables for the
    areas fished. You don't need the epirb (cat I or II) or life raft
    yet. You will probably need the cat II before tuna season. 
    You need a first aid book (I think a kit also). The rules change
    depending on state reg or docuemented vessel. Gordon, you won't need
    the life ring a cushion will do since your under 25 feet.
    
    Bruce

    As an aside, note that there is somewhat of an ongoing disagreement
    between the CG/govt and commercial fisherman not only with regard to
    safety equipment, but also to the issue of inspection of the boats 
    (voluntary vs required) and seaworthiness criteria.  The CG is tired of
    risking lives and spending gobs of $$$ rescuing commercial fisherman
    who go 100 mi out to sea in leaky scows.  On the other hand the
    commercial fishermen maintain they can't afford to do any better.
    
    Sadly I suspect anyone in this file probably has a boat in better
    condition that 80% of the commercial fleet.
    
    Only brought it up as background info - worth keeping an eye on if you
    are venturing into this space...

    One related question.  Do you become a "commercial fishing vessel"
    the first time you bring back a fish and sell it?  Is there a benefit
    to being classified as "commercial"?  Does it have anything to do with
    taking fishing passengers out for hire or am I getting this confused
    with having to have a captains license?
    Thanks, Wayne

Can I have the appropriate permits/licenses to sell etc. without being classified
as a commercial?  I just want to go out tuna fishing once in a while, will never
spend the night in a 22' boat, and if I get lucky and catch one be able to sell
it.

What are the bare minimum requirements for me.

Gordon

What about insurance? It may well be that the usual pleasure boat 
insurance isn't valid if you are commercial fishing .......

    My understanding is that if you sell a fish, any fish, that you are
    considered a commercial fisherman by the CG.  If your boat has a head,
    galley and berths, then you need the epirb.  If you've got a small
    cuddy with a v-berth and porta-potti, but the v-berth is full of
    fishing gear (i.e. you can't sleep there 'cuz of no room) then you
    don't need the epirb.  The gumby suits depend on the area you're
    fishing in.  Either a cell phone or ssb is required.  Dependning on the
    size of the boat, you may need a life ring and raft.  Also, you'll need
    3 parachute flares, 3 smoke signals and 6 (I think) hand held flares.  
    I think a radar reflector may also be required.  I got this from a 
    Paul Bates at the CG in Boston.
    
    I understand the logic of the regs, and am trying to comply, but its
    real expensive for us weekend warriors, especially when we don't catch
    fish...
                         

re .20:

Ah, but there is also illogic in the regulations. I quite fail to see 
why some rather vital equipment is required if you go more than NNN
miles offshore but not if you stay nearer shore or is not required just 
because you can't/don't sleep aboard. 

There are many reasons why your boat might sink both near shore and far
offshore. Sinking near shore doesn't make a liferaft or survival suits
any less necessary, for example. Look at the probable survival times in
the cold waters of New England. They are frighteningly short. Commercial
fishermen go out all year 'round in all kinds of weather. Hence, the
requirements for all the safety gear. Commercial fishing is several
times more risky (ie, several times more likely to kill you) than the
next most dangerous occupation. It would be difficult to impossible for
the Coast Guard to have one set of rules for "real" commercial fisherman
and another set for everyone else. 

I would argue that anyone venturing more than a mile or two offshore 
should have all the safety equipment required of commercial fisherman. 
True, very expensive, but also conducive to your survival when the worst 
happens, which it can very suddenly. (I do have virtually everything 
that is required -- including a liferaft -- except for survival suits
even though I am a summer-only user of the ocean usually staying within
50 miles of the coast and who hasn't caught a fish in years.)

    
    re: Alan,
    
    	Some of your arguments for requiring full "commercial"
    safety equipment on all boats venturing out more than a mile
    seem to also support the opposite case.
    
    	For instance, you mention that commercial fisherman go
    out year round in all kinds of weather. That's true, but how
    many recreational boaters do the same? I would think that a
    prudent evaluation of the days weather, the condition of the
    boat and it's equipment would serve quite well to avoid a
    majority of mishaps.
    
    	A can't argue that there won't be the typical yahoo that 
    hops in his/her? 17 foot Hydrostream and heads east out of
    Danversport, but how is all the safety equipment in the world
    going to save that person from their own sheer stupidity?
    
    	BTW: I was in Essex and Manchester, Ma on Sunday.... It was 
    really a treat to see a few fishing boats IN the water....
    

re .22:

>>> I would think that a prudent evaluation of the days weather, 
>>> the condition of the boat and it's equipment would serve quite 
>>> well to avoid a majority of mishaps.

I agree. The problem is "majority". The ocean is the most immediately 
hostile environment on earth. I have experienced the wind increasing 
from 5 to over 50 knots in a few minutes and the sea going from near 
calm to very rough in the same few minutes. You can hit a nearly 
submerged log or have a fire from a fuel leak just as easily on a nice 
day as a not-so-nice day. The worst weather I've ever been in was an 
unforecast day-long full gale in the Gulf of Maine. Very, very scary. 

The safety equipment beyond the legal minimum you feel comfortable about
having or not having may be quite different from what I feel comfortable
about having or not having. The question is "how much risk to your life
and the lives of those with you are you willing to take?" For me, the
answer is "as little as possible". The more time I spend at sea, the
more dangerous I think the ocean is. 

When I venture offshore, it is always with the expectation that I will 
not be able to depend on immediate assistance (meaning anything sooner 
than a day or so) in the event of a disaster. And disasters do happen, 
frequently as the result of a series of just slightly wrong decisions.
There was a recent report of an over 100' foot megayacht sinking in less
than 5 mintues -- cause unknown. The crew survived because of a liferaft
and an epirb, as I recall. 

Alan

    re .23  I couldn't agree with you more Alan.  I grew up on the Maine
    Coast and have boated since I could walk.... I am now almost 50, and
    the longer I live the more solidly I come to the conclusions you point
    out in your prior note.
    
    I have noticed that often several relatively minor problems taken
    individually would be no big deal, but combined together add up to
    a disaster.
    
    For example:
    
    1. Bad weather approaching on the horizon....  no big deal... run for
    cover.... BUT
    
    2. Engine failure due to water in gas... need to switch over to other
    tank but must purge system first.  Oh, oh storm is approching no time
    to fool around draining carb etc.  so...
    
    3. Put out distress call on radio.... BUT radio is in shop getting
    repaired so no distess call goes out.
    
    Result:  Read about loss of boat/lives in the papers.
    
    Jeff

    You are considered a commercial fisherman if you are trying to catch
    a fish you intended to sell. For example, tuna, if you are fishing
    for giant tuna you will have a tough time explaining that you you
    were going to give away 500lbs of tuna steaks.....Bottom line,
    if you fish for tuna you are a commercial fisherman as far as
    the CG is concerned. Joe is right you will also need the flares
    (3 parachute and 6 smokes). Don't confuse charter boats with
    commercial fishing boats, the rules are different, if fact there is
    a loop hole that says a boat for hire (charter w/ licensed Capt)
    can sell a tuna if its caught while on a paid charter and not
    follow the regs. The reason is two fold, first the charter fishing
    industry has a strong lobby in washington and second the charter
    industry has an exellent safty record that the lobby used to
    make this loop hole. Currently the loop hole is going to be closed
    up by changing the safty regs on charter boats to be more in
    line with the commercial regs. If I fished 12 months of the
    year I would have everything I could pile on the boat. I fish
    about 7 months of the year and do feel much better about having the
    gumby suits on board.
    
    Bruce

SUMMARY OF THE FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR COMMERCIAL FISHING INDUSTRY VESSELS:
____________________________________________________________________________

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* This information was extracted without permission from the 1991 USCG 	      *
* pamphlet on Federal Requirements for Commercial Fishing Industry Vessels.   *
* Copies of this pamphlet are available by calling 800-368-5647, or from the  *
* USCG District Commanders office - for District 1 (Boston) call 617-223-8444.*
*******************************************************************************

WHO DOES THIS AFFECT?
_____________________

	The regulations apply to all US uninspected commercial fishing, fish
tender and fish processing vessels, whether documented or state registered.
Compliance with specific regulations may be based upon: type and length of
vessel, location of operations, seasonal conditions, number of persons on
board, whether documented or state registered, and date built or converted.


DISTRESS SIGNALS:
_________________

	- 3 parachute flares (USCG approved series 160.036 or 160.136)
	- 6 hand flares (USCG approved series 160.021 or 160.121)
	- 3 Smoke signals (USCG Approved series 160.022 or 160.122)

EPIRB:
______

	Vessels operating beyond coastal waters are required to have an FCC
	type accepted category I, float-free, automatically activated, 406 MHZ
	EPIRB.  This requirement does not apply to:

	1) A skiff or workboat if its "mother ship" carries the required EPIRB
	   and the skiff or workboat is carries aboard the mother ship, or
	2) A fishing vessel if it does not have berthing facilities and does
	   not have a galley.


FIRE EXTINGUISHING EQUIPMENT:
_____________________________

	Number of B-I Hand Portable Fire Extinguishers required for vessels
	less than 65 ft:

				With NO fixed fire	With fixed fire
				extinguishing system	extinguishing system
	Length			in machinery space	in machinery space
	______			____________________	____________________

	Under 16 ft*			1			0
	16 + but under 26ft*		1			0
	26 + but under 40ft		2			1
	40 to 65 ft			3			2

      * Outboard boats less than 26 feet are not required to carry fire
	extinguishers if their construction will not permit the entrapment
	of explosive or flammable qases or vapors.


FIRST AID EQUIPMENT AND TRAINING:
_________________________________

	Each vessel must have on board a first aid manual and a medicine chest
	of a suitable size in a readily accessible location.  After 9/1/93, the
	following training is required:

	- Vessels operating WITH MORE THEN 2 INDIVIDUALS on board must have at
	  least 1 individual certified in first aid and at least 1 individual
	  certified in CPR or 1 individual certified in both.
	- Vessels operating WITH MORE TEHN 16 INDIVIDUALS on board must have at
	  least 2 individuals certified in first aid and at least 2 individuals
	  certified in CPR.  Individuals certified in both may be counted
	  against both requirements.


NAVIGATION INFORMATION AND EQUIPMENT:
_____________________________________

	The following navigational information is required to be on board for
	the vessel's operating area:

	- Currently corrected charts of appropriate scale for safe navigation
	- Currently corrected copy (or applicable extract) of the USCG pilot,
	  USCG Light list, NOS tide tables and NOS tidal current tables.

	Each vessel must be equipped with an operable magnetic steering compass
	with a compass deviation table at the operating station.

	Each vessel must be equipped with appropriate anchor(s) and chain(s),
	cable, or rope.

	Each non-metalic hull vessel must be equipped with a radar reflector
	unless it is a vessel rigged with gear that can provide a radar
	signature at 6 miles.


COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT:
_________________________

	Each vessel must be equipped with VHF radiotelephone communications
	equipment operating within the 156-162 MHz band.

	IF OPERATING MORE THAN 20 MILES FROM THE COASTLINE, the vessel must
	also be equipped with radietelephone operating within the 2-4 MHz band,
	but if more then 100 miles from the coastline this additional
	radiotelephone must operate with the 2-27.5 MHz band.  Exceptions to
	this additional radiotelephone are vessels operating in waters near
	where no public coast station or USCG station is within range of the
	156-162 or 2-4 MHz bands.  A single radio transceiver meeting all these
	requirements, or a cellular telephone or satellite communication system
	servicing the area of vessel operation, is also acceptable to meet the
	requirements of this paragraph.

	A radiotelephone transceiver installed on board before 9/15/91,
	operating on 4-20 MHz band may continue to be used to satisfy the above
	requirements for vessels operating more than 100 miles from the	coast-
	line or in Alaskan waters.

	All communications equipment must be able to be operated from the
	vessel's operating station and must comply with FCC requirements
	including a Ship Radio Station License.  An emergency source of power
	independent of main electrical power supply and outside of the main
	machinery space, must be provided to power communications equipment for
	at least 3 contingious hours.


PERSONAL FLOATATION DEVICES (PFDS) AND IMMERSION SUITS:
_______________________________________________________

Area of			Vessel		
Operation		 Type			Device
_________		______			______

Seaward of the		Documented		Immersion suit
Boundary line		Vessels

Coastal waters or	All Vessels		Immersion suit
beyond, cold waters

All Other waters	40 feet and longer	TypeI, TypeV commercial hybrid
						or immersion suit

All Other waters	Less than 40 feet	TypeI, II, III, V commercial
						hybrid, or immersion suit


THROWABLE FLOATATION DEVICES:
_____________________________

Vessel					Device	
Length					Required
______					________

Under 16 ft				None

16ft or more but less than 26ft		1 Ring Life Buoy with 60 ft of line, or
					1 bouyant cushion (Type IV PFD).

26ft of more but less than 65ft		1 orange Ring Life Buoy at least 24"
					size with 60ft on line

65ft or more				3 orange Ring Life Buoy at least 24"
					size with 90ft on line

* Vessels less than 65ft may use an approved 20 inch or larger Ring Life Buoy
which is in serviceable condition and which was installed on board before
September 15, 1991.


SURVIVAL CRAFT:
_______________

Survival craft are required for the total number of persons on board as
determined by the following tables.  Vessels with less that 4 individuals on
board that operate within 12 miles of the coast line are not required to carry
survival craft.  However, survival craft requirements for those vessels will be
the subject of future rulemaking.

Survival craft requirements for UNDOCUMENTED vessels with 16 or fewer persons

(* = Includes any part of the voyage)

Area*				Vessel Type	Requirements
____				___________	____________

Beyond 20 miles of coastline	All		Inflatable Buoyant apparatus

Beyond Boundary line within 20	All		Inflatable Buoyant apparatus
miles of coastline COLD WATER

Beyond boundary line within 20	All		Life Float
miles of coastline WARM WATER

Inside boundary line COLD WATER	36 ft of more	Buoyant apparatus
or COLD WATER lakes, bays,
sounds and rivers

Inside boundary line COLD WATER	less than 36ft  NONE
or COLD WATER lakes, bays,
sounds and rivers

Inside boundary line WARM WATER	All		NONE
or WARM WATER lakes, bays,
sounds and rivers

Great Lakes COLD WATER		All		Buoyant apparatus

Great Lakes beuond 3 miles of	All		Buoyant apparatus
coastline, WARM WATER

Great Lakes within 3 miles of	All		NONE
coastline WARM WATERS


Compliance dates:

	- Documented vessels operating in the north Pacific/Bering sea 9/1/92
	- Documented vessels operating in the great lakes or in the Atlantic
	  north and east of a line drawn from Watch Hill Light, RI 9/1/93
	- Documented vessels not included in the above 9/1/94
	- All other vessels not covered in the above 9/1/95

LIFE SAVING EQUIPMENT STOWAGE AND MARKING
_________________________________________

  o The herarchy of survival craft in decending order is lifeboat, inflatable
    liferaft with SOLAS A pack, Inflatable liferaft with SOLAS B pack,
    inflatable liferaft with coastal service pack, inflatable buoyant apparatus,
    life float, buoyant apparatus.
  o Vessels less than 36 ft that meet the positive floatation requirements of
    33 CFR Part 183 are not required to carry survival craft if operating on
    rivers or within 12 miles of any coastline.
  o Each inflatable liferaft that is required to be equipped with a SOLAS A or
    B equipment pack must be stowed so as to float free and automatically
    inflate in the event the vessels sinks.
  o Each inflatable liferaft, inflatable bouyant apparatus and any auxiliary
    craft used in their place, must be kept readily accessible for launching
    or be stowed so that they will float free in the vessel sinks.
  o Each hydorstatic release unit used on a float free arrangement must have a
    coast guard approval number starting with 160.062.
  o Each float free link used with a buoyant apparatus or a life float must be
    certified to meet 46 CFR, subpart 160.073.
  o Each life float and buoyant apparatus must be fitted with a lifeline,
    pendants, a painter and a floating electric water light that has a coast
    guard approval number starting with 161.010.
  o After 9/1/92 all lifesaving equipment must be marked as follows:

							Type of Retro-
    Item		Marking				reflective material
    ____		_______				___________________

    PFD (type I, II,	Vessel name or name of		I or II
    III, V) and		owner of device or name of
    Immersion Suit	individual to whom assigned

    Ring life buoy	Name of Vessel			II

    Inflatable liferaft	None other then original from	None
			the manufacturer

    Inflatable buoyant	None other then original from	None
    apparatus		the manufacturer

    Life Float		Name of Vessel			II

    Buoyant apparatus	Name of Vessel			II

    Auxillary craft	Name of Vessel			II

    EPIRB		Name of Vessel			II


DEFINITIONS:
____________

Boundary lines - In general, they are lines drawn following the general trend
		 of the seaward, high water shorelines and cross entrances to
	 	 small bays, inlets and rivers.  For specific descriptions,
		 refer to 46 CFR Part7.

Coastal Waters - This means: The US waters of the great lakes, the territorial
		 seas of the US and those waters directly connected to the
		 great lakes and territorial seas where any entrance exceeds
		 2 nautical miles between opposite shorelines to the first
		 point where the largest distance between shorelines narrows
		 to 2 miles.

Territorial sea - This means the waters within the belt 3 nautical miles wide
		  measured off of the coast of the US and the territorial sea
	  	  baseline.

Cold Water - This means water where the monthly mean low water temperature is
	     normally 59 degrees F or colder.

Warm Water - This means water where the monthly mean low water temperatire is
	     normally more then 59 degrees F.