Geographical boundaries of the northeastern area include the waters of Cape Cod Bay, Massachusetts Bay, and the Great South Channel east and southeast of Massachusetts. The coordinates (NAD 83) of the area are as follows: from a point on Cape Ann, Massachusetts at 4239 N, 7037 W; then northeast to 4245 N, 7013 W; then southeast to 4210 N, 6831 W; then south to 4100 N, 6831 W; then west to 4100 N, 6917 W; then northeast to 4205 N, 7002 W, then west to 4204 N, 7010 W; and then along the Massachusetts shoreline of Cape Cod Bay and Massachusetts Bay back to the point on Cape Anne at 4239 N, 7037 W.