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(iii) the tail removed. No part of the tail cut shall be forward of the posterior base of the anal fin; and
(iv) the skin on
“horizontal septum” means the horizontal line of connective tissue running centrally along the length of a fish fillet and separating the muscle into the upper (epaxial) and lower (hypaxial) masses
“hypaxial line” means, in a fish fillet, a line drawn through the posterior angles of the ‘V’s’ formed by the myomeres in the lower (hypaxial) major muscle mass
“livers”, in relation to all species of shark, skate, and ray, means the state in which the head, body, and all internal organs, other than the liver, have been discarded
“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
“shark fins attached” means—
(a) in relation to blue shark, the state in which the trunk is processed to the dressed state and at least the pectoral fins, first dorsal fin, and caudal (tail) fin are artificially attached; and
(b) in relation to any other species of shark, the state in which the trunk is processed to the headed and gutted state and at least the pectoral fins, dorsal fins, and caudal (tail) fin are naturally attached
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