Fishery Conservation and Management § 665.221

§ 665.210 Hawaii restricted bottomfish Bottomfish as specified in species. § 665.210 in the MHI management sub- area, except as otherwise allowed in Hawaii restricted bottomfish species means the following species: this section. (e) On and after the date specified in Local name English Scientific name § 665.211(c), no person may sell or offer common name for sale Hawaii Restricted Bottomfish lehi ...... silver jaw jobfish ...... Aphareus rutilans. Species as specified in § 665.210, except ehu ...... squirrelfish snapper .. Etelis carbunculus. as otherwise authorized by law. onaga ...... longtail snapper ...... Etelis coruscans. opakapaka Pink snapper...... Pristipomoides (f) Fishing for, and the resultant pos- filamentosus. session or sale of, Hawaii Restricted kalekale .... snapper ...... Pristipomoides sieboldii. Bottomfish Species by vessels legally gindai ...... snapper ...... Pristipomoides zonatus. hapu‘upu‘u sea bass...... Epinephelus quernus. registered to Mau Zone, Ho‘omalu Zone, or PRIA bottomfish fishing per- mits and conducted in compliance with § 665.211 Total Allowable Catch (TAC) all other laws and regulations, is ex- limit. empted from this section. (a) TAC limits will be set annually for the fishing year by NMFS, as rec- § 665.212 Non-commercial bag limits. ommended by the Council, based on the No more than a total of five (all best available scientific, commercial, species combined) identified as Hawaii and other information, and taking into Restricted Bottomfish Species as speci- account the associated risk of over- fied in § 665.210, may be harvested, pos- fishing. sessed, or landed by any individual par- (b) The Regional Administrator shall ticipating in a non-commercial vessel- publish a notice indicating the annual based fishing trip in the MHI manage- TAC limit in the FEDERAL REGISTER by ment subarea. Charter boat customers August 31 of each year, and shall use are also subject to the bag limit. other means to notify permit holders of the TAC limit for the year. §§ 665.213–665.219 [Reserved] (c) When the TAC limit specified in this section is projected to be reached § 665.220 Hawaii ecosystem based on analyses of available informa- fisheries. [Reserved] tion, the Regional Administrator shall publish a notice to that effect in the § 665.221 Definitions. FEDERAL REGISTER and shall use other As used in §§ 665.220 through 665.239: means to notify permit holders. The Hawaii coral reef ecosystem manage- notice will include an advisement that ment unit species (Hawaii coral reef eco- the fishery will be closed beginning at system MUS) means all of the Currently a specified date, which is not earlier Harvested Coral Reef Taxa and Poten- than 14 days after the date of filing the tially Harvested Coral Reef Taxa listed closure notice for public inspection at in this section and which spend the ma- the Office of the Federal Register, jority of their non-pelagic (post-settle- until the end of the fishing year in ment) life stages within waters less which the TAC is reached. than or equal to 50 fathoms in total (d) On and after the date specified in depth. § 665.211(c), no person may fish for or Hawaii Currently Harvested Coral possess any Hawaii Restricted Reef Taxa:

Family name Local name English common name Scientific name

Acanthuridae (Surgeonfishes) na‘ena‘e ...... orange-spot surgeonfish ...... olivaceus. Pualu ...... yellowfin surgeonfish ...... Acanthurus xanthopterus. Manini ...... convict tang ...... Acanthurus triostegus. Palani ...... eye-striped surgeonfish ...... . Maiko ...... blue-lined surgeon ...... Acanthurus nigroris. maiko, maikoiko ...... whitebar surgeonfish ...... Acanthurus leucopareius. whitecheek surgeonfish ...... Acanthurus nigricans. ‘api ...... white-spotted surgeonfish ...... Acanthurus guttatus. Pualu ...... ringtail surgeonfish ...... Acanthurus blochii. mai‘i‘i ...... brown surgeonfish ...... Acanthurus nigrofuscus. Kole ...... yellow-eyed surgeonfish ...... Ctenochaetus strigosus.

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