Pursuant to section 188 of the Fisheries Act 1996, the Manager Deepwater and National Issues, Ministry of Fisheries
(acting pursuant to delegated authority in accordance with section 41 of the State Sector Act 1988), gives the following notice.
N o t i c e
1. Title—(1) This notice is the Fisheries (Conversion Factors) Amendment Notice 2007 and is part of the principal notice.
(2) In this notice, “principal notice” means the Fisheries (Conversion Factors) Notice 2005 (No. F350)*.
2. Commencement—This notice comes into effect on 1 April 2007.
3. Part 1 of Schedule 2—Part 1 of Schedule 2 of the principal notice is amended by:
(a) Deleting all reference to conversion factors for “oreos” and inserting the following:
Species or class of fish Gutted Headedandgutted Dressed Fillets Skin-offfillets
After “Barracouta”: Black oreo (BOE) (Allocyttus niger) 1.10 2.15 2.35 5.30 6.55
After “Silver warehou”: Smooth oreo (SSO) (Pseudocyttus maculatus) 1.10 2.15 2.15 5.30 6.55
After “Southern (common) spiny dogfish”: Spiky oreo (SOR) (Noeocyttus rhomboidalis) 1.10 2.15 2.35 5.30 6.55
After “Trumpeter”: Warty oreo (WOE) (Allocyttus verrucosus) 1.10 2.15 2.35 5.30 6.55
4. Part 2 of Schedule 2—Part 2 of Schedule 2 of the principal notice is amended by deleting item 25 and substituting the following item:
Skate and ray wings—The conversion factor for wings for skates and rays is 2.65.
Dated at Wellington this 9th day of March 2007.
TOM CHATTERTON, Manager Deepwater and National Issues (acting pursuant to delegated authority).
Explanatory Note
This note is not part of the notice, but is intended to indicate its general effect.
This notice, which comes into force on 1 April 2007, amends the Fisheries (Conversion Factors) Notice 2005 (No. F350)*.
The notice makes the following changes:
(a) A conversion factor of 2.65 for rays in the wings state is introduced;
(b) The generic “oreo” dressed conversion factor is deleted;
(c) A conversion factor of 2.15 for dressed smooth oreos is introduced; and
(d) A conversion factor of 2.35 for dressed black, spiky and warty oreos is introduced.
*Supplement to the New Zealand Gazette, 4 November 2005, No. 184, page 4617