50 CFR § 665.201 - Definitions.

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# 665.201 Definitions.

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 | . |
| (2) ehu | squirrelfish snapper | . |
| (3) onaga | longtail snapper | . |
| (4) hapuupuu | sea bass | . |
| (5) opakapaka | pink snapper | . |
| (6) kalekale | pink snapper | . |
| (7) gindai | snapper | . |

*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 | . |
| (2) uku | gray jobfish | . |
| (3) ehu | squirrelfish snapper | . |
| (4) onaga | longtail snapper | . |
| (5) hapuupuu | sea bass | . |
| (6) opakapaka | pink snapper | . |
| (7) kalekale | pink snapper | . |
| (8) gindai | snapper | . |

*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 |  |
| Alfonsin |  |
| Raftfish |  |

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