Fishery Conservation and Management § 665.663

§ 665.643 Prohibitions. PRIA precious coral permit area means the area encompassing the precious In addition to the general prohibi- coral beds within the EEZ around the tions specified in § 600.725 of this chap- PRIA. Each bed is designated by a per- ter and § 665.15, it is unlawful for any mit area code and assigned to one of person in Crustacean Permit Area 4 to the following four categories: fish for, take, or retain deepwater (1) Established beds. [ ] shrimp without a permit issued under Reserved (2) Conditional beds. [Reserved] § 665.642. (3) Refugia. [Reserved] § 665.644 Notifications. (4) Exploratory Area. Permit Area X– P–PI includes all coral beds, other than (a) The operator of any vessel subject established beds, conditional beds, or to the requirements of this subpart refugia, in the EEZ seaward Palmyra must: Atoll, Kingman Reef, Jarvis Island, (1) Report, not less than 24 hours, but Baker Island, Howland Island, John- not more than 36 hours, before landing, ston Atoll and Wake Island. the port, the approximate date and the approximate time at which spiny and § 665.662 Permits. slipper lobsters will be landed. (a) Any vessel of the United States (2) Report, not less than 6 hours and fishing for, taking, or retaining PRIA not more than 12 hours before off- precious coral MUS in any PRIA pre- loading, the location and time that off- cious coral permit area must have a loading of spiny and slipper lobsters permit issued under § 665.13. will begin. (b) Each permit will be valid for fish- (b) The Regional Administrator will ing only in the permit area specified on notify permit holders of any change in the permit. Precious Coral Permit the reporting method and schedule re- Areas are defined in § 665.661. quired in paragraphs (a)(1) and (2) of (c) No more than one permit will be this section at least 30 days prior to valid for any one vessel at any one the opening of the fishing season. time. (d) No more than one permit will be § 665.645 At-sea observer coverage. valid for any one person at any one All fishing vessels subject to §§ 665.640 time. through 665.645 and subpart A of this (e) The holder of a valid permit to part must carry an observer when re- fish one permit area may obtain a per- quested to do so by the Regional Ad- mit to fish another permit area only ministrator. upon surrendering to the Regional Ad- ministrator any current permit for the §§ 665.646–665.659 [Reserved] precious coral fishery issued under § 665.660 PRIA precious coral fish- § 665.13. eries. [Reserved] (f) General requirements governing application information, issuance, fees, § 665.661 Definitions. expiration, replacement, transfer, al- As used in §§ 665.660 through 665.669: teration, display, sanctions, and ap- peals for permits for the precious coral PRIA precious coral management unit fishery are contained in § 665.13. species (PRIA precious coral MUS) means any coral of the genus Corallium in ad- § 665.663 Prohibitions. dition to the following species of cor- als: In addition to the general prohibi- tions specified in § 600.725 of this chap- English Scientific name ter and in § 665.15, it is unlawful for any common name person to: Pink coral (also Corallium secundum, Corallium regale, (a) Use any vessel to fish for, take, known as red Corallium laauense. retain, possess or land PRIA precious coral). coral MUS in any precious coral permit Gold coral ...... Gerardia spp., Callogorgia gilberti, Narella spp., Calyptrophora spp. area, unless a permit has been issued Bamboo coral .. Lepidisis olapa, Acanella spp. for that vessel and area as specified in Black coral ...... Antipathes dichotoma, Antipathes grandis, § 665.13 and that permit is on board the Antipathes ulex. vessel.

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