§ 665.401 - Definitions.

§ 665.401 Definitions.

Cross Reference

Link to an amendment published at 84 FR 29397, June 24, 2019.

As used in §§ 665.400 through 665.419:

CNMI commercial bottomfish permit means the permit required by § 665.404(a)(2) to engage in commercial fishing for Mariana bottomfish MUS in the CNMI management subarea.

Guam bottomfish permit means the permit required by § 665.404(a)(1) to use a large vessel to fish for, land, or transship Mariana bottomfish MUS shoreward of the outer boundary of the Guam subarea of the Mariana fishery management area.

Mariana bottomfish ecosystem component species (Mariana bottomfish ECS) means those species identified as ECS in the Marianas Archipelago FEP and not defined as Mariana bottomfish MUS.

Mariana bottomfish management unit species (Mariana bottomfish MUS) means the following fish:

Local name	Common name	Scientific name
(1) lehi/maroobw	red snapper, silvermouth	Aphareus rutilans.
(2) tarakitu/etam	giant trevally, jack	Caranx ignobilis.
(3) tarakiton attelong, orong	black trevally, jack	Caranx lugubris.
(4) bueli, bwele	lunartail grouper	Variola louti.
(5) buninas agaga', falaghal moroobw	red snapper	Etelis carbunculus.
(6) abuninas, taighulupegh	red snapper	Etelis coruscans.
(7) mafuti, atigh	redgill emperor	Lethrinus rubrioperculatus.
(8) funai, saas	blueline snapper	Lutjanus kasmira.
(9) buninas, falaghal-maroobw	yellowtail snapper	Pristipomoides auricilla.
(10) buninas, pakapaka, falaghal-maroobw,	pink snapper	Pristipomoides filamentosus.
(11) buninas, falaghal-maroobw	yelloweye snapper	Pristipomoides flavipinnis.
(12) buninas, falaghal-maroobw	pink snapper	Pristipomoides seiboldiisieboldii.
(13) buninas rayao amariyu, falaghal-maroobw	flower snapper	Pristipomoides zonatus.

[75 FR 2205, Jan. 14, 2010, as amended at 84 FR 2774, Feb. 8, 2019; 84 FR 29397, June 24, 2019]