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 2009 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 2009.
3. Interpretation—Clause 3 of the principal notice is amended by:
(a) deleting the definition of “pin bones”, and substituting it with:
““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.”
(b) deleting the definition of “skin-off trimmed fillets” and substituting it with:
““skin-off trimmed fillets”, in relation to ling, hoki, hake and southern blue whiting, means a fillet with:
(a) the anterior cut being a continuous straight line passing immediately behind the pectoral fin insertion; and
(b) the forward angle of the anterior cut not less than 90 degrees with respect to the longitudinal axis of the fish; and
(c) no part of the tail 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 60 mm, 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 60 mm at that line; and
(d) the epaxial line and horizontal septum present along the full length of the fillet; and
(e) the hypaxial line present from the anus to the posterior cut; and
(f) pin bones may be removed by trimming; and
(g) bloodspots, parasites and bruising may be removed by trimming; and
(h) the skin removed.”
(c) deleting the definition of “skin-on trimmed fillets” and substituting it with:
““skin-on trimmed fillets”, in relation to hoki and ling means a fillet with:
(a) the anterior cut being a continuous straight line passing immediately behind the pectoral fin insertion; and
(b) the forward angle of the anterior cut not less than 90 degrees with respect to the longitudinal axis of the fish; and
(c) no part of the tail 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 60 mm, 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 60 mm at that line; and
(d) the epaxial line and horizontal septum present along the full length of the fillet; and
(e) the hypaxial line present from the anus to the posterior cut; and
(f) pin bones may be removed by trimming; and
(g) bloodspots, parasites and bruising may be removed by trimming; and
(h) the skin retained.”
4. Part 1 of Schedule 2—Part 1 of Schedule 2 of the principal notice is amended by:
(a) decreasing the conversion factor for frostfish “dressed” from 1.80 to 1.50:
Species or class of fish Gutted Headed
and
gutted Dressed Fillets Skin-off
fillets Fins
Frostfish (FRO)
(Lepidopus caudatus) 1.10 1.50 1.50 2.50 3.10
5. Part 2 of Schedule 2—Part 2 of Schedule 2 of the principal notice is amended by deleting item “15— Ling fillets”, and substituting the following:
“15. Ling fillets—
The conversion factor for skin-on untrimmed fillets for ling is 2.25, the conversion factor for skin-on trimmed fillets for ling is 2.80, the conversion factor for skin-off untrimmed fillets for ling is 2.85, the conversion factor for skin-off trimmed fillets for ling is 2.95, and the conversion factor for minced skin-off fillets for ling is 3.10.”
Dated at Wellington this 23rd day of March 2009.
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 2009, amends the Fisheries (Conversion Factors) Notice 2005 (No. F350)*.
The notice makes the following changes:
(a) A new definition for “pin bones” is introduced.
(b) A new definition for “skin-off trimmed fillets” is introduced.
(c) A new definition for “skin-on trimmed fillets” is introduce.;
(d) The conversion factor for frostfish is reduced from 1.80 to 1.50.
(e) A conversion factor of 3.10 is introduced for ling minced skin-off fillets.
*Supplement to the New Zealand Gazette, 4 November 2005, No. 184, page 4617