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Coastal Region

February 13, 2018

Waters of the United States have been divided into 9 “coastal regions” for an intermediate spatial scale between a national scale and the COTPZ. Each coast is defined by a set of COTPZs.

Alaska:

  • Western Alaska (ANCMS)
  • Southeast Alaska (JUNMS)
  • Prince William Sound (VALMS)

Caribbean:

  • San Juan (SJPMS)

East:

  • Baltimore (BALMS)
  • Boston (BOSMS)
  • Cape Fear River (CFRMS)
  • Charleston (CHAMS)
  • Delaware Bay (DEBMS)
  • Hampton Roads (HMRMS)
  • Jacksonville (JACMS)
  • Long Island Sound (LISCP)
  • New York (NYCCP)
  • North Carolina (NCAMS)
  • Northern New England (NNEMS)
  • Savannah (SAVMS)
  • Southeastern New England (SNEMS)

Great Lakes:

  • Buffalo (BUFMS)
  • Detroit (DETMS)
  • Duluth (DULMS)
  • Lake Michigan (LkMighgn)
  • Saulte Ste. Marie (SSMMS)

Gulf of Mexico:

  • Corpus Christi (CORMS)
  • Houston-Galveston (HOUCP)
  • Key West (KeyWest)
  • Miami (MIAMS)
  • Mobile (MOBMS)
  • Morgan City (MORMS)
  • New Orleans (NEWMS)
  • Port Arthur (PATMS)
  • St Petersburg (STPMS)

Guam:

  • Guam (Guad)

Hawaii:

  • Honolulu (HONMS)

Inland Waterways (Inland or Inland East):

  • Lower Mississippi River (LOMMS)
  • Ohio Valley (OHVMS)
  • Pittsburgh (PITMS)
  • Upper Mississippi River (UPMMS)

West:

  • Columbia River (PORMS)
  • Los Angeles-Long Beach (LOSMS)
  • Puget Sound (SEAMS)
  • San Diego (SDCMS)
  • San Francisco Bay (SFCMS)
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