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Southern Fishery Management Area

"The SFMA is that area defined by a line beginning at point A, then following the coastline in a southerly direction to the NC-SC border; then due east to the 200-mile limit, then in a northerly direction along the 200-mile limit to the U.S.-Canada maritime boundary; then in a northwesterly direction along the U.S.-Canada maritime boundary to 41° N. latitude, and then westward to 70° W. longitude, and then north to the shoreline at Cape Cod, MA (point A)."