### Question
Can you define what underutilized species of the northwest Atlantic Ocean means?


### Answer
**Underutilized species of the northwest Atlantic Ocean** is defined as the following in *16 U.S.C. § 1863*:

> any fish species of the northwest Atlantic Ocean that is identified, by the Director of the Northeast Fisheries Center of the National Marine Fisheries Service, as an underutilized species

#### Citation:
  - *16 U.S.C. § 1863*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 38-FISHERY CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT > SUBCHAPTER IV-NATIONAL FISHERY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM**

