New Zealand Gazette – 2011 – No. 157

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✨ Fisheries Regulations



4472 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 157 14 OCTOBER 2011

(d) in relation to all species of finfish not covered in paragraphs (a) to (c), a fillet with:

(i) the anterior cut being a straight line passing immediately behind the posterior insertion of the pectoral fin; 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 either the hindmost dorsal fin or the hindmost anal fin, whichever is nearest the caudal fin; and

(iv) the epaxial line and horizontal septum present along the full length of the fillet; and

(v) the hypaxial line present from the anus to the tail cut; and

(vi) pin bones may be removed by trimming; and

(vii) the skin on

“fins”, with respect to the species of shark referred to in (a) to (d), means the state where the head, body and internal organs may be discarded, but the fins must be retained as follows:

(a) in relation to all spiny dogfish species, the pectoral fins and the caudal (tail) fin must be retained:

(b) in relation to school shark, the pectoral fins and dorsal fins and either the caudal (tail) fin or the dorsal lobe of the caudal (tail) fin must be retained:

(c) in relation to rig, ghost shark, sixgill shark, sevengill shark, and elephant fish, the pectoral fins and anterior dorsal fin must be retained:

(d) in relation to black shark, blue shark, whaler sharks, hammerhead shark, mako shark, porbeagle shark and all other species of shark, the pectoral fins, dorsal fin(s) and caudal (tail) fin must be retained

“fish meal” means whole fish that has been rendered or cooked into a dried form

“gilled and gutted tail-off”, in relation to southern bluefin tuna, bigeye tuna, yellowfin tuna, Pacific bluefin tuna and albacore tuna, means the head and body of a fish with:

(a) the gills and gut removed, whether or not the operculae (gill covers), dorsal, pelvic or anal fins have been removed; and

(b) the caudal (tail) fin removed at the caudal peduncle



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