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(c) amend clause 3 by:

(i) revoking the figure “1.40”, and substituting
the figure “1.25”; and

(ii) inserting after the amended figure of 1.40
“the conversion factor for broadbill swordfish
fillets is 1.50”;

(d) revoking from clause 6 the figure “2.55”, and
substituting the figure “2.65”;

(e) revoking clause 17, and substituting the following
clause:

“Southern bluefin tuna
The conversion factor for gilled and gutted
tail-off for southern bluefin tuna (Thunnus
maccoyi) is 1.15, the conversion factor for gilled
and gutted tail-on for southern bluefin tuna is
1.10”;

(f) insert the following clause as clause 10A:

“Pacific bluefin tuna
The conversion factor for gilled and gutted tail-off
for pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus orientalis) is
1.15, the conversion factor for gilled and gutted
tail-on for pacific bluefin tuna is 1.10”;

(g) insert the following clause as clause 23;

“Yellowfin tuna
The conversion factor for gilled and gutted tail-off
for yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) is 1.15, the
conversion factor for gilled and gutted tail-on for
yellowfin tuna is 1.10”;

Dated at Wellington this 18th day of September 2002.

MIKE ARBUCKLE, National Manager Fisheries
Management, (acting pursuant to delegated authority).

Explanatory Note
This note is not part of the notice, but is intended to indicate
its general effect.

This notice, which comes into force on 1 October 2002,
amends the Fisheries (Conversion Factors) Notice 2000.

The notice makes the following changes:

(a) The definition of gilled and gutted and the
conversion factor for gilled and gutted southern
bluefin tuna is revoked;

(b) new definitions for gilled and gutted tail-off and
gilled and gutted tail-on are inserted;

(c) the conversion factor for dressed ling is reduced
from 1.85 to 1.80;

(d) the conversion factor for albacore tuna, bigeye tuna,
pacific bluefin tuna, southern bluefin tuna, and
yellowfin tuna for gilled and gutted tail-off is 1.15
and 1.10 for gilled and gutted with tail on;

(e) the conversion factor for headed, gutted and finned
broadbill swordfish is reduced from 1.40 to 1.25,
and the conversion factor for broadbill swordfish
fillets is 1.50;

(f) the conversion factor for skin-on trimmed fillets for
hoki is increased from 2.55 to 2.65.

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Fisheries (Quota Management Areas, Total Allowable Catches And Catch Histories) Amendment Notice 2002 (No. F229)

Pursuant to section 20 of the Fisheries Act 1996, the Minister of Fisheries, after having regard to the matters specified in
section 21 of that Act, gives the following notice.

Notice

1. Title and Commencement—(1) This notice is the Fisheries (Quota Management Areas, Total Allowable Catches, and
   Catch Histories) Amendment Notice 2002.

(2) This notice comes into force on 30 September 2002.

2. Interpretation—In this notice, “principal notice” means the Fisheries (Quota Management Areas, Total Allowable
   Catches, and Catch Histories) Notice 1986 (SR 1986/267).

3. Total allowable commercial catch for elephant fish—The first Schedule to the principal notice is amended by omitting
   item D of the item relating to elephant fish and inserting the following item:

D South-East (Coast) and South-East (Chatham Rise combined) 3 & 4 950

4. Total allowable commercial catch for Ling—The first Schedule to the principal notice is amended by omitting item
   A of the item relating to ling and inserting the following item:

A Auckland (East) and Auckland (West) combined 1 & 9 400

5. Total allowable commercial catch for orange roughy—The first Schedule to the principal notice is amended by omitting
   the items B, C, and D of the item relating to orange roughy and inserting the following items:

B Central (Gisborne) 2A 680
C Central (Wairarapa) 2B 99
D Central, Challenger, and South-East (Cook Strait/Kaikoura) combined 3A 221

6. Total allowable commercial catch for oreos—The first Schedule to the principal notice is amended by omitting item
   B of the item relating to oreos and inserting the following item:

B Central, Challenger, South-East (Cook Strait/Kaikoura), and South-East (Strathallen) Combined 3A & 3B 3,100

7. Total allowable commercial catch for paua—The first Schedule to the principal notice is amended by omitting items
   E and G of the items relating to paua and inserting the following items:

E Fiordland, Stewart Island, Southland, and Otago

PAU5A 148.983
PAU5B 90
PAU5D 114

G Challenger (Nelson/Marlborough)

PAU 7 187.24

8. Total allowable commercial catch for red gurnard—The first Schedule to the principal notice is amended by omitting
   item E of the item relating to red gurnard and inserting the following item: