New Zealand Gazette – 2014 – No. 115

Page 3253

✨ Fisheries Notices



26 SEPTEMBER 2014 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 115 3253

"gilled and gutted tail-on", 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 the gills and gut removed, whether or not the operculae (gill covers), dorsal, pelvic or anal fins have been removed

"gutted" means the body of a fish from which the internal organs of the abdominal cavity have been removed, whether or not the gills and organs of the thoracic cavity have been removed

"gut removed" means the internal organs of the abdominal cavity have been removed

"headed and gutted" means,—

(a) in relation to any species or class of fish other than hoki, hake and ling, the body of a fish from which the head and gut have been removed with:

(i) the anterior cut being a straight line passing forward of both anterior pectoral fin insertions and both pectoral fins present; 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) the tail may be removed at a point behind the posterior base of the anal fin

(b) in relation to hoki, hake and ling, the body of a fish from which the head and gut have been removed with:

(i) the anterior cut being a straight line passing forward of both anterior pectoral fin insertions and both pectoral fins present; and

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

"headed, gutted, and finned", in relation to broadbill swordfish, means the body of a fish from which the gut has been removed and

(a) the head and that portion of the body immediately forward of the anterior insertions of both pectoral fins have been removed; and

(b) the gills removed; and

(c) the tail removed at a point at or behind the caudal notch; and

(d) the pectoral, dorsal, and anal fins have been removed

"headed, gutted and tailed" means, —

(a) in relation to hoki and ling, the body of a fish from which the head, gut, and tail have been removed with:

(i) the anterior cut being a straight line passing forward of both anterior pectoral fin insertions and both pectoral fins present; 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) the tail removed. No part of the tail shall be 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 skin on:

(b) in relation to hake, the body of a fish from which the head, gut and tail have been removed with:

(i) the anterior cut being a straight line passing forward of both anterior pectoral fin insertions and both pectoral fins present; and

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



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