✨ Fisheries Definitions
14 OCTOBER 2011 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 157 4475
“longitudinal axis”, means—
(a) in relation to fish of the class Osteichthyes, a straight line that passes through the tip of the snout (the anterior edge of the upper jaw, or the anterior-most part of the head if the jaw is subterminal) and the last vertebra, unless otherwise specified:
(b) in relation to fish of the class Chondrichthyes, a straight line that passes through the tip of the snout and the first vertebra posterior to the second dorsal fin, unless otherwise specified
“minced, headed and gutted”, in relation to hoki, means the state in which—
(a) the fish has been headed and gutted; and
(b) the headed and gutted fish has been rendered by a machine into a minced form
“minced, skin-off fillets” means in relation to hoki, ling and southern blue whiting, the state in which the fish has been processed to a skin-off trimmed fillets state and the fillets rendered by a machine into a minced form
“myomeres” are segmentally arranged blocks of muscle in the bodies of fish. The term myotome is sometimes used as a synonym for myomere
“pin bones” refers to bones remaining in a fillet after it has been removed from the body of a fish, and includes bones along or near the horizontal septum (the intermuscular or intramuscular bones) and also refers to all or parts of the ventral or pleural ribs, the bones of the skull, and the bones of the pectoral and pelvic girdles
“point of insertion of the fin” means the point along the body of a fish at which the front (anterior) or rear (posterior) edge of a fin emerges
“rock lobster tail” means that part of a rock lobster that remains after the head and carapace, including the internal organs and all appendages attached to the carapace, have been removed; and “scampi tail” has a corresponding meaning
“shucked or shelled”, in relation to shellfish, means shellfish that have had the shell removed, whether or not the viscera and gonads have been removed
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