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Code of Federal Regulations Title 50. Wildlife and Fisheries § 50.665.401 Definitions

Current as of October 02, 2022 | Updated by FindLaw Staff

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.
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