New Zealand Gazette – 1993 – No. 158

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✨ Fisheries Notice



NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

No. 158

Government Notice

Fisheries Act 1983

The Fisheries (Declaration of Species as Spat) Notice 1993 (No. 5300)

Pursuant to section 2(1) of the Fisheries Act 1983, the Director-General of Agriculture and Fisheries hereby gives the following notice:

Notice

  1. Title and commencement—(1) This notice may be cited as the Fisheries (Declaration of Species as Spat) Notice 1993.

(2) This notice shall come into effect on the day after the date of its notification in the New Zealand Gazette.

  1. Interpretation—In this notice:

(a) The term “fish farm” means a farm approved pursuant to the Marine Farming Act 1971, section 67 of the Fisheries Act 1983 or the Freshwater Fish Farming Regulations 1983.

(b) The term “test diameter” means the diameter of the hard outer covering of an organism.

(c) The following species definitions shall apply—

“Bladder kelp” means the seaweed Macrocystis pyrifera.

“Blue mussel” means the mollusc Mytilus galloprovincialis (formerly known as Mytilus edulis aoteanus).

“Bull kelp” means the seaweed Durvillaea spp.

“Cockle” means the mollusc Austrovenus stutchburyi (formerly known as Chione stutchburyi).

“Dredge oyster” means the mollusc Tiostrea chilensis.

“Green-lipped mussel” or “Greenshell mussel” means the mollusc Perna canaliculus.

“Karengo” means the seaweed Porphyra spp.

“Kina” means the echinoderm Evechinus chloroticus.

“Lessonia” means the seaweed Lessonia variegata.

“Pacific oyster” means the mollusc Crassostrea gigas.

“Pterocladia” means the seaweed Pterocladia spp.

“Scallop” means the mollusc Pecten novaezelandiae.

“Sea moss” means the seaweed Gracilaria spp.

“Wakame” means the seaweed Undaria pinnatifida.

  1. Definition of spat—For the purposes of any spat catching permit issued pursuant to section 67Q of the Fisheries Act 1983, spat is hereby defined as:

(a) Any stage of the life cycle of the following molluscs:

i. Dredge oyster less than 40 mm in length

ii. Scallop less than 50 mm in length

iii. Cockle less than 20 mm in length

iv. Green-lipped mussel/Greenshell mussel less than 40 mm in length

v. Blue mussel less than 30 mm in length

vi. Pacific oyster less than 37 mm in length

taken for the purpose of stocking a fish farm.

(b) Any stage of the life cycle of the following seaweeds:

i. Bladder kelp

ii. Bull kelp

iii. Wakame

iv. Sea moss

v. Karengo

vi. Pterocladia

vii. Lessonia

taken for the purpose of stocking a fish farm.

(c) Any stage of the life cycle of the echinoderm Kina with a test diameter less than 20 mm taken for the purpose of stocking a fish farm.

Dated this 29th day of October 1993.

R. BALLARD, Director-General of Agriculture and Fisheries.

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🌾 Fisheries (Declaration of Species as Spat) Notice 1993

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
29 October 1993
Fisheries, Spat, Molluscs, Seaweeds, Fish Farming
  • R. Ballard, Director-General of Agriculture and Fisheries