50 CFR § 665.401 - Definitions.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t50/s665.401"
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title: "50 CFR § 665.401 - Definitions."
title_number: 50
title_name: "Wildlife and Fisheries"
section_number: "665.401"
section_name: "Definitions."
chapter_name: "FISHERY CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT, NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE"
part_number: "665"
part_name: "FISHERIES IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "16 U.S.C. 1801"
regulatory_source: "75 FR 2205, Jan. 14, 2010, unless otherwise noted."
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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 |  |
| (2) tarakitu/etam | giant trevally, jack |  |
| (3) tarakiton attelong, orong | black trevally, jack |  |
| (4) bueli, bwele | lunartail grouper |  |
| (5) buninas agaga', falaghal moroobw | red snapper |  |
| (6) abuninas, taighulupegh | red snapper |  |
| (7) mafuti, atigh | redgill emperor |  |
| (8) funai, saas | blueline snapper |  |
| (9) buninas, falaghal-maroobw | yellowtail snapper |  |
| (10) buninas, pakapaka, falaghal-maroobw, | pink snapper |  |
| (11) buninas, falaghal-maroobw | yelloweye snapper |  |
| (12) buninas, falaghal-maroobw | pink snapper |  |
| (13) buninas rayao amariyu, falaghal-maroobw | flower snapper |  |

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