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§ 665.401 Definitions.

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 sieboldii.
(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]


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