§ 665.201 - Definitions.

§ 665.201 Definitions.

Cross Reference

Link to an amendment published at 84 FR 29396, June 24, 2019.

As used in §§ 665.200 through 665.219:

Deep 7 bottomfish means the following species:

Local name	Common name	Scientific name
(1) lehi	silver jaw jobfish	Aphareus rutilans.
(2) ehu	squirrelfish snapper	Etelis carbunculus.
(3) onaga	longtail snapper	Etelis coruscans.
(4) hapuupuu	sea bass	Hyporthodus quernus.
(5) opakapaka	pink snapper	Pristipomoides filamentosus.
(6) kalekale	pink snapper	Pristipomoides sieboldii.
(7) gindai	snapper	Pristipomoides zonatus.

Deep 7 bottomfish fishing year means the year beginning at 0001 local time on September 1 and ending at 2400 HST on August 31 of the next calendar year.

Hawaii bottomfish ecosystem component species (Hawaii bottomfish ECS) means those species that are not listed as Hawaii bottomfish MUS and that are identified as ECS in Table 4 of the Hawaii FEP.

Hawaii bottomfish management unit species (Hawaii bottomfish MUS) means the following species:

Local name	Common name	Scientific name
(1) lehi	silver jaw jobfish	Aphareus rutilans.
(2) uku	gray jobfish	Aprion virescens.
hapu`upu`u	sea bass	Hyporthodus quernus.
(3) ehu	squirrelfish snapper	Etelis carbunculus.
(4) onaga	longtail snapper	Etelis coruscans.	`opakapaka
(5) hapuupuu	sea bass	Hyporthodus quernus.
(6) opakapaka	pink snapper	Pristipomoides filamentosus.
(7) kalekale	pink snapper	Pristipomoides seiboldiisieboldii.
(8) gindai	snapper	Pristipomoides zonatus.

Hawaii restricted bottomfish species fishing year means the year beginning at 0001 HST on September 1 and ending at 2400 HST on August 31 of the next calendar year.

Main Hawaiian Islands non-commercial bottomfish permit means the permit required by § 665.203(a)(2) to own or fish from a vessel that is used in any non-commercial vessel-based fishing, landing, or transshipment of any Hawaii bottomfish MUS or ECS in the MHI Management Subarea.

Protected species study zone means the waters within 50 nm, as designated by the Regional Administrator pursuant to § 665.208, around the following islands of the NWHI and as measured from the following coordinates:

Name	N. lat.	W. long.
Nihoa Island	23°05′	161°55′
Necker Island	23°35′	164°40′
French Frigate Shoals	23°45′	166°15′
Gardner Pinnacles	25°00′	168°00′
Maro Reef	25°25′	170°35′
Laysan Island	25°45′	171°45′
Lisianski Island	26°00′	173°55′
Pearl and Hermes Reef	27°50′	175°50′
Midway Island	28°14′	177°22′
Kure Island	28°25′	178°20′

Seamount Groundfish means the following species:

Common name	Scientific name
Armorhead	Pentaceros wheeleri.
Alfonsin	Beryx splendens.
Raftfish	Hyperoglyphe japonica.

[75 FR 2205, Jan. 14, 2010, as amended at 84 FR 2771, Feb. 8, 2019; 84 FR 29396, June 24, 2019]