New Zealand Gazette – 2005 – No. 184

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✨ Fisheries Conversion Factors



4 NOVEMBER 2005 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 184 4619

(ii) the forward angle of the anterior cut not less than 90 degrees in relation to

the longitudinal axis of the fish; and

(iii) no part of the tail cut shall be forward of the posterior base of either the
hindmost dorsal fin or the hindmost anal fin, whichever is nearer the caudal
fin; and

(iv) the belly-flap either intact or divided along the ventral midline:

(b) in relation to hoki, ling, rattails, frostfish and eels (being all fish in the Order
Anguilliformes), the body of a fish from which the head and gut have been
removed with:

(i) the anterior cut being a continuous straight line passing immediately behind
the posterior insertions of both pectoral fins; and

(ii) the forward angle of the anterior cut not less than 90 degrees in relation to
the longitudinal axis of the fish; and

(iii) no part of the tail cut forward of a line drawn perpendicular to the
longitudinal axis of the fish where the vertical depth of the body of the fish
is 60mm, or a line drawn perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the fish at
the anus, if the vertical depth of the body is less than 60mm at that line; and

(iv) the belly-flap either intact or divided along the ventral midline:

(c) in relation to all species of sharks and ghost sharks (including elephant fish), the
body of a fish from which the head, gut, and fins have been removed with:

(i) the anterior cut being a continuous straight line passing immediately behind
the posterior insertions of both pectoral fins; and

(ii) the forward angle of the anterior cut not less than 90 degrees in relation to
the longitudinal axis of the fish; and

(iii) no part of the tail cut forward of the posterior base of the anal fin, or in
ghost sharks, elephant fish and those species without an anal fin, forward of
the posterior base of the second dorsal fin; and

(iv) the belly-flap may be removed by a cut, no part of which is dorsal to the
cartilaginous backbone:

(d) in relation to flatfish, being all members of the order Pleuronectiformes, and all
skates and rays, is a state not included in this Notice:

(e) in relation to squid, means—



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