New Zealand Gazette – 2014 – No. 115

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✨ Fisheries Conversion Factors



3252 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 115 26 SEPTEMBER 2014

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

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

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

(vii) the skin on:

(b) in relation to ghost sharks and elephant fish, a fillet with:

(i) the anterior cut being a straight line passing immediately behind the posterior insertion of the pectoral fin;

(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 second dorsal 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 posterior cut; and

(vi) the skin on:

(c) in relation to all other species of sharks, 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 the anal fin, or in those species without an anal fin, forward of the posterior base of the second dorsal 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 posterior cut; and

(vi) the skin on:

(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:

"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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