As used in §§ 665.200 through 665.219:

Deep 7 bottomfish means the following species:

Local nameCommon nameScientific name
(1) lehisilver jaw jobfishAphareus rutilans.
(2) ehusquirrelfish snapperEtelis carbunculus.
(3) onagalongtail snapperEtelis coruscans.
(4) hapuupuusea bassHyporthodus quernus.
(5) opakapakapink snapperPristipomoides filamentosus.
(6) kalekalepink snapperPristipomoides sieboldii.
(7) gindaisnapperPristipomoides zonatus.

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 nameCommon nameScientific name
(1) lehisilver jaw jobfishAphareus rutilans.
(2) ukugray jobfishAprion virescens.
(3) ehusquirrelfish snapperEtelis carbunculus.
(4) onagalongtail snapperEtelis coruscans.
(5) hapuupuusea bassHyporthodus quernus.
(6) opakapakapink snapperPristipomoides filamentosus.
(7) kalekalepink snapperPristipomoides sieboldii.
(8) gindaisnapperPristipomoides zonatus.

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:

NameN. lat.W. long.
Nihoa Island23°05?161°55?
Necker Island23°35?164°40?
French Frigate Shoals23°45?166°15?
Gardner Pinnacles25°00?168°00?
Maro Reef25°25?170°35?
Laysan Island25°45?171°45?
Lisianski Island26°00?173°55?
Pearl and Hermes Reef27°50?175°50?
Midway Island28°14?177°22?
Kure Island28°25?178°20?

Seamount Groundfish means the following species:

Common nameScientific name
ArmorheadPentaceros wheeleri.
AlfonsinBeryx splendens.
RaftfishHyperoglyphe japonica.
[75 FR 2205, Jan. 14, 2010, as amended at 84 FR 2771, Feb. 8, 2019; 84 FR 29396, June 24, 2019]
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