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Notice Specifying Fish Species Which May Be Farmed (2020) (Notice No. MPI 1134)

Pursuant to Regulation 2 of the Freshwater Fish Farming Regulations 1983, I hereby specify the following species to be fish for the purposes of those Regulations:

Taxonomic Grouping Species Group Common Name Scientific Name
Finfish   Bass (Polyprion americanus)
    Blue cod (Parapercis colias)
    Bluenose (Hyperoglyphe antarctica)
  Bully, being: (i) Common bully (Gobiomorphus cotidianus)
    (ii) Giant bully (Gobiomorphus gobioides)
    (iii) Redfin bully (Gobiomorphus huttoni)
    Butterfish (Odax pullus)
  Carp, being: (i) Grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella)
    (ii) Silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix)
  Eel, being: (i) Longfin eel (Anguilla dieffenbachii)
    (ii) Shortfin eel (Anguilla australis)
  Flounder, being: (i) Black flounder (Rhombosolea retiaria)
    (ii) Brill (Colistium guntheri)
    (iii) Greenback flounder (Rhombosolea tapirina)
    (iv) Sand flounder (Rhombosolea plebeia)
    (v) Turbot (Colistium nudipinnis)
    (vi) Yellowbelly flounder (Rhombosolea leporina)
    Grey mullet (Mugil cephalus)
    Gurnard (Chelidonichthys kumu)
    Mahimahi or dolphin fish (Coryphaena hippurus)
  Marblefish, being: (i) Marblefish or heke (Aplodactylus arctidens)
    (ii) Notchheaded marblefish (Aplodactylus etheridgii)
    Monk fish (Kathetostoma giganteum)
    Hagfish (Eptatretus cirrhatus)
    Hāpuku (Polyprion oxygeneios)
    Hoki (Macruronus novaezelandiae)
    Jack mackerel (Trachurus declivis)
    John dory (Zeus faber)
    Kahawai (Arripis trutta)
    Kingfish (Seriola lalandi)
    Kōheru (Decapterus koheru)
    Leatherjacket (Meuschenia scaber)
    Ling (Genypterus blacodes)
  Pacu, being: (i) Black pacu (Colossoma macropomum)
    (ii) Red-bellied pacu (Piaractus brachypomus)
    Parore (Girella tricuspidata)
    Perch (Perca fluviatilis)
  Salmon, being: (i) Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)
    (ii) Chinook or quinnat salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)
    (iii) Sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka)
  Seahorse, being: (i) Seahorse (Hippocampus abdominalis)
    (ii) Spotted seahorse (Hippocampus kuda)
  Smelt, being: Common smelt (Retropinna retropinna)
    Snapper (Pagrus auratus)
    Striped trumpeter (Latris lineata)
    Tarakihi (Nemadactylus macropterus)
    Toheroa (Paphies ventricosa)
    Trevally (Pseudocaranx georgianus)
  Tuna, being: (i) Albacore tuna (Thunnus alalunga)
    (ii) Bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus)
    (iii) Yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares)
    (iv) Skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis)
    (v) Southern bluefin tuna (Thunnus maccoyii)
  Warehou, being: (i) Silver warehou (Seriolella punctata)
    (ii) Warehou (Seriolella brama)
    (iii) White warehou (Seriolella caerulea)
  Whitebait, being: (i) Banded kōkopu (Galaxias fasciatus)
    (ii) Giant kōkopu (Galaxias argenteus)
    (iii) Inanga (Galaxias maculatus)
    (iv) Koāro (Galaxias brevipinnis)
    (v) Shortjaw kōkopu (Galaxias postvectis)
    Yellow eyed mullet (Coryphaena hippurus)
Shellfish Brine shrimp, being: Brine shrimp (Artemia salina)
    Brine shrimp (Artemia tonsa)
    Cat's eye (Turbo smaragdus)
    Copepod (Acartia tonsa)
    Common prawn (Palaemon affinis)
  Crab, being: (i) Cancer crab (Cancer novaezelandiae)
    (ii) Giant spider crab (Jacquinotia edwardsii)
    (iii) Murray’s king crab (Lithodes murrayi)
    (iv) Mud Crab (Scylla serrata)
    (v) Paddle crab (Ovalipes catharus)
    (vi) Red crab (Chaceon bicolour)
    Coarse dosina (Dosina zelandica)
    Cockle (Austrovenus stutchburyi)
    Collector urchin (Tripneustes gratilla)
    Cook's turban (Cookia sulcata)
  Kōura or freshwater crayfish, being: (i) Northern Kōura (Paranephrops planifrons)
    (ii) Southern Kōura (Paranephrops zealandicus)
    Freshwater shrimp (Paratya curvirostris)
    Kina (Evechinus chloroticus)
    King clam or geoduck (Panopea zelandica)
  Lobster, being: (i) Spiny red rock lobster (Jasus edwardsii)
  Mussel, being: (i) Blue mussel (Mytilus galloprovincialis)
    (ii) New Zealand freshwater mussel or kākahi (Hyridella menziesii)
    (iii) Freshwater mussel (Cucumerunio websteri)
    (iv) Green-lipped mussel (Perna canaliculus)
    (v) Horse mussel (Atrina zelandica)
    (vi) Ribbed mussel (Aulacomya atra maoriana)
  Mysid shrimp, being: (i) (Tenagomysis novaezealandiae)
    (ii) (Tenagomysis similes)
    Oblong Venus shell (Ruditapes largillierti)
  Octopus, being: (i) Midget octopus (Octopus huttoni)
    (ii) Common octopus or wheke (Pinnoctopus cordiformis)
  Oyster, being: (i) Dredge oyster (Ostrea chilensis)
    (ii) Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas)
    (iii) Rock oyster (Saccostrea glomerata)
    Pipi (Paphies australis)
  Pāua or abalone, being: (i) Blackfoot pāua (Haliotis iris)
    (ii) Virgin pāua (Haliotis virginea)
    (iii) Yellowfoot pāua (Haliotis australis)
    Scallop (Pecten novaezelandiae)
    Scampi (Metanephrops challengeri)
    Sea cucumber (Stichopus mollis)
  Sea star, being: Eleven-armed sea star (Coscinasterias muricata)
  Surf clam, being: (i) Deep water tuatua (Paphies donacina)
    (ii) Fine dosinia (Dosinia subrosea)
    (iii) Frilly venus shell (Bassina yatei)
    (iv) Ringed dosinia (Dosinia anus)
    (v) Silky dosinia (Dosinia lambata)
    (vi) Small trough shell (Mactra discors)
    (vii) Triangle shell (Spisula aequilatera)
    (viii) Trough shell (Mactra murchisoni)
    (ix) Tuatua (Paphies subtriangulata)
    Tropical freshwater prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii)
Algae or seaweeds Agar weed, being: (i) Agar weed (Pterocladia lucida)
    (ii) Small agar weed (Pterocladia capillacea)
  Agarophyton species, being: (i) (Agarophyton chilense)
    (ii) (Agarophyton species A (WELT A022664; Manukau))
      (Akashiwo sanguinea)
  Alexandrium species, being: (i) (Alexandrium concavum)
    (ii) (Alexandrium fraterculus)
    (iii) (Alexandrium margalefii)
    (iv) (Alexandrium minutum)
    (v) (Alexandrium ostenfeldii)
    (vi) (Alexandrium pacificum)
    (vii) (Alexandrium pseudogonyaulax)
    (viii) (Alexandrium tamarense)
  Amphidinium species, being: (i) (Amphidinium boggayum)
    (ii) (Amphidinium carterae)
    (iii) (Amphidinium massartii)
    (iv) (Amphidinium mootonorum)
    (v) (Amphidinium operculatum)
    (vi) (Amphidinium thermaeum)
    (vii) (Amphidinium trulla)
  Asparagopsis species, being: (i) (Asparagopsis armata)
    (ii) (Asparagopsis taxiformis)
      (Azadinium dalianense)
      (Azadinium poporum)
  Callophyllis species, being: (i) (Callophyllis calliblepharoides)
    (ii) (Callophyllis centrifuga)
    (iii) (Callophyllis coccinea)
    (iv) (Callophyllis decumbens)
    (v) (Callophyllis hombroniana)
    (vi) (Callophyllis ornata)
    (vii) (Callophyllis tenera)
    (viii) Carola (Callophyllis variegata)
    Common flapjack (Carpophyllum maschalocarpum)
    Sea rimu (Caulerpa brownie)
  Chaetoceros species, being: (i) (Chaetoceros calcitrans)
    (ii) (Chaetoceros muelleri)
  Chattonella species, being: (i) (Chattonella antiqua)
    (ii) (Chattonella marina)
    (iii) (Chattonella subsalsa)
      (Chlamydomonas reinhardtii)
      (Choricystis coccoides)
      (Chroococcales cyanobacterium)
      (Chroococcus giganteus)
  Chrysochromulina species, being: (i) (Chrysochromulina apheles)
    (ii) (Chrysochromulina camella)
    (iii) (Chrysochromulina ericina)
    (iv) (Chrysochromulina hirta)
    (v) (Chrysochromulina quadrikonta)
    (vi) (Chrysochromulina simplex)
      (Cladophora aucklandica)
    Golden karengo (Clymene coleana)
  Coolia species, being: (i) (Coolia canariensis)
    (ii) (Coolia monotis)
    (iii) (Coolia tropicalis)
      (Cuspidothrix issatschenkoi)
      (Cyclotella meneghiniana)
      (Diacronema lutheri)
  Dolichospermum species, being: (i) (Dolichospermum circinale)
    (ii) (Dolichospermum lemmermannii)
    (iii) (Dolichospermum planctonicum)
    (iv) (Dolichospermum spiroides)
    Bull kelp (Durvillaea antarctica)
    Cape bull kelp (Durvillaea willana)
    Brown kelp (Ecklonia radiata)
      (Emiliania huxleyi)
      (Entomoneis alata)
      (Fibrocapsa japonica)
      (Fukutoa paulensis)
  Gambierdiscus species, being: (i) (Gambierdiscus australes)
    (ii) (Gambierdiscus caribaeus)
    (iii) (Gambierdiscus carpenter)
    (iv) (Gambierdiscus cheloniae)
    (v) (Gambierdiscus honu)
    (vi) (Gambierdiscus lapillus)
    (vii) (Gambierdiscus pacificus)
    (viii) (Gambierdiscus polynesiensis)
    (ix) (Gambierdiscus toxicus)
    (x) (Gambierdiscus yasumotoi)
  Gelidium species, being: (i) (Gelidium allanii)
    (ii) (Gelidium caulacantheum)
    (iii) (Gelidium longipes)
    (iv) (Gelidium microphyllum)
    (v) (Gelidium pusillum)
  Gigartina species, being: (i) (Gigartina atropurpurea)
    (ii) (Gigartina circumcincta)
    (iii) (Gigartina alveata)
    (iv) (Gigartina ancistroclada)
    (v) (Gigartina angulata)
    (vi) (Gigartina chapmanii)
    (vii) (Gigartina chauvinii)
    (viii) (Gigartina clavifera)
    (ix) (Gigartina decipiens)
    (x) (Gigartina divaricata)
    (xi) (Gigartina flabellata)
    (xii) (Gigartina insidiosa)
    (xiii) (Gigartina kroneana)
    (xiv) (Gigartina laciniata)
    (xv) (Gigartina livida)
    (xvi) (Gigartina macrocarpa)
    (xvii) (Gigartina marginifera)
    (xviii) (Gigartina polyglotta)
    (xix) (Gigartina protea)
    (xx) (Gigartina tuberculosa)
  Gonyaulax species, being: (i) (Gonyaulax elegans
    (ii) (Gonyaulax hyalina
    (iii) (Gonyaulax spinifera
  Grateloupia species, being: (i) (Grateloupia aucklandica)
    (ii) (Grateloupia filicina)
    (iii) (Grateloupia prolifera)
    (iv) (Grateloupia urvilleana)
  Gymnodinium species, being: (i) (Gymnodinium aureolum)
    (ii) (Gymnodinium catenatum)
    (iii) (Gymnodinium dorsalisulcum)
    (iv) (Gymnodinium impudicum)
    (v) (Gymnodinium instriatum)
    (vi) (Gymnodinium microreticulatum)
    (vii) (Gymnodinium mikimotoi)
    (viii) (Gymnodinium simplex)
    Common or brown kelp (Ecklonia radiata)
  Haematococcus species, being: (i) (Haematococcus alpinus)
    (ii) (Haematococcus pluvialis)
  Heterocapsa species, being: (i) (Heterocapsa illdefina)
    (ii) (Heterocapsa minima)
    (iii) (Heterocapsa niei)
    (iv) (Heterocapsa triquetra)
      (Heterosigma akashiwo)
    (i) (Karenia bidigitata)
    (ii) (Karenia brevis)
    (iii) (Karenia brevisulcata)
    (iv) (Karenia mikimotoi)
    (v) (Karenia papilionacea)
    (vi) (Karenia selliformis)
    (vii) (Karenia umbella)
  Karlodinium species, being: (i) (Karlodinium micrum)
    (ii) (Karlodinium veneficum)
      (Lepidodinium chlorophorum)
  Lessonia species, being: (i) (Lessonia tholiformis)
    (ii) (Lessonia variegata)
      (Lingulodinium polyedrum)
    Bladder kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera)
  Microcoleus species, being: (i) (Microcoleus autumnalis)
    (ii) (Microcoleus glaciei)
    (iii) (Microcoleus vaginatus)
  Microcystis species, being: (i) (Microcystis aeruginosa)
    (ii) (Microcystis panniformis)
    (iii) (Microcystis wesenbergii)
      (Nannochloropsis oceanica)
  Nitzschia species, being: (i) (Nitzschia closterium)
    (ii) (Nitzschia ovalis)
      (Nodularia spumigena)
  Oedogonium species, being: (i) (Oedogonium platygynum Wittr.)
    (ii) (Oedogonium acrosporum De Bary)
    (iii) (Oedogonium borisianum (Le Cl.) Wittr.)
    (iv) (Oedogonium boscii (Le Cl.) Wittr.)
    (v) (Oedogonium braunii var. grande)
    (vi) (Oedogonium calcareum Cleve)
    (vii) (Oedogonium capillare)
    (viii) (Oedogonium chapmanii)
    (ix) (Oedogonium ciliatum (Hassall))
    (x) (Oedogonium crenulatum Wittr. var. gracilius)
    (xi) (Oedogonium crispum (Hass.) Wittr. )
    (xii) (Oedogonium crispum var. crispum f. obesum)
    (xiii) (Oedogonium crispum var. gracilescens)
    (xiv) (Oedogonium cyathigerum var. laevis)
    (xv) (Oedogonium cymatosporum var. areoliferum)
    (xvi) (Oedogonium didymium)
    (xvii) (Oedogonium gracilius)
    (xviii) (Oedogonium lagerstedtii Wittr.)
    (xix) (Oedogonium macrandrium var. hohenackerii)
    (xx) (Oedogonium oelandicum Wittr.)
    (xxi) (Oedogonium platygynum var. novae-zelandiae)
    (xxii) (Oedogonium platygynum Wittr. var. novae zelandiae Hirn.)
    (xxiii) (Oedogonium princeps (Hass.) Wittr.)
    (xxiv) (Oedogonium pringsheimii Cram.)
    (xxv) (Oedogonium sociale Wittrock ex Hirn)
    (xxvi) (Oedogonium wissmanii)
      (Olisthodiscus luteus)
  Ostreopsis species, being: (i) (Ostreopsis lenticularis)
    (ii) (Ostreopsis ovata)
    (iii) (Ostreopsis rhodesae)
    (iv) (Ostreopsis siamensis)
      (Paralia marina)
      (Pavlomulina kotuku)
      (Pelagodinium bei)
  Phaeocystis species, being: (i) (Phaeocystis globose)
    (ii) (Phaeocystis pouchetii)
      (Phaeodactylum tricornutum)
      (Phormidium priestleyi)
      (Picochlorum atomus)
      (Pleurochrysis dentata)
      (Pleurosigma amara)
      (Porphyra woolhousiae)
      (Porphyridium purpureum)
  Prorocentrum species, being: (i) (Prorocentrum balticum)
    (ii) (Prorocentrum compressum)
    (iii) (Prorocentrum emarginatum)
    (iv) (Prorocentrum lima)
    (v) (Prorocentrum maculosum)
    (vi) (Prorocentrum micans)
    (vii) (Prorocentrum rhathymum)
    (viii) (Prorocentrum rhathymum)
    (ix) (Prorocentrum shikokuense)
    (x) (Prorocentrum sigmoides)
    (xi) (Protoceratium reticulatum)
  Prymnesium species, being: (i) (Prymnesium parvum
    (ii) (Prymnesium parvum f. patelliferum
      (Pseudadenoides kofoidii)
      (Pseudochattonella verruculosa)
  Pseudo-nitzschia species, being: (i) (Pseudo-nitzschia americana)
    (ii) (Pseudo-nitzschia arenysensis)
    (iii) (Pseudo-nitzschia australis)
    (iv) (Pseudo-nitzschia calliantha)
    (v) (Pseudo-nitzschia cuspidata)
    (vi) (Pseudo-nitzschia delicatissima)
    (vii) (Pseudo-nitzschia delicatissima)
    (viii) (Pseudo-nitzschia fraudulenta)
    (ix) (Pseudo-nitzschia heimii)
    (x) (Pseudo-nitzschia multiseries)
    (xi) (Pseudo-nitzschia multistriata)
    (xii) (Pseudo-nitzschia pseudodelicatissima)
    (xiii) (Pseudo-nitzschia pungens)
    (xiv) (Pseudo-nitzschia subpacifica)
    (xv) (Pseudo-nitzschia turgidula)
      (Pyramimonas propulsa)
  Pyropia species, being: (i) Bronze karengo (Pyropia cinnamomea)
    (ii) Karengo or Southern laver (Pyropia columbina)
    (iii) (Pyropia rakiura)
    (iv) (Pyropia species A (WELT A023569; AKL170 sensu Sutherland et al. 2011))
    (v) (Pyropia species B (WELT A023232; DRB sensu Sutherland et al. 2011))
    (vi) (Pyropia species C (WELT A026697; ROS125 sensu Sutherland et al. 2011))
    (vii) (Pyropia species D (WELT A024410; SMR sensu Sutherland et al. 2011))
    (viii) (Pyropia species E (WELT A022344; SSR053 sensu Sutherland et al. 2011))
    (ix) (Pyropia species F (WELT A024412; SSR091 sensu Sutherland et al. 2011))
    (x) (Pyropia species G (WELT A024041; STI sensu Sutherland et al. 2011))
    (xi) (Pyropia species GEP (WELT A024043))
    (xii) (Pyropia species H (WELT A024011; TCH sensu Sutherland et al. 2011))
    (xiii) (Pyropia species I (WELT A024032; WRO sensu Sutherland et al. 2011))
    (xiv) (Pyropia species PTK (WELT A023992))
    (xv) (Pyropia species ROS054 (WELT A024408))
    (xvi) Green karengo (Pyropia virididentata)
    (xvii) Nori (Pyropia yezoensis)
      (Rhodomonas salina)
  Scytonema species, being: (i) (Scytonema crispum)
    (ii) (Scytonema fritschii)
      (Stichococcus chodati)
  Takayama species, being: (i) (Takayama helix)
    (ii) (Takayama tasmanica)
      (Teleaulax amphioxeia)
  Tetraselmis species, being: (i) (Tetraselmis chui)
    (ii) (Tetraselmis suecica)
      (Thalassiosira pseudonana)
      (Tisochrysis lutea)
      (Togula jolla)
  Sea lettuce, being: (i) (Ulva armoricana)
    (ii) (Ulva australis)
    (iii) (Ulva californica)
    (iv) (Ulva compressa)
    (v) (Ulva fasciata)
    (vi) (Ulva flexuosa)
    (vii) (Ulva intestinalis)
    (viii) (Ulva lactuca)
    (ix) (Ulva linza)
    (x) (Ulva prolifera)
    (xi) (Ulva ralfsii (Harv.) Le Jol. (Ulva species 5 ))
    (xii) (Ulva rigida)
    (xiii) (Ulva species B (WELT A027378; sp. 1 sensu Heesch et al. 2009))
    (xiv) (Ulva species C (WELT A027366; sp. 2 sensu Heesch et al. 2009))
    (xv) (Ulva species D (WELT A027344; sp. 4 sensu Heesch et al. 2009))
    (xvi) (Ulva species E (WELT A027520; sp. 6 sensu Heesch et al. 2009))
    (xvii) (Ulva species F (WELT A027519; sp. 9 sensu Heesch et al. 2009))
    (xviii) (Ulva species G (WELT A027516; sp. 10 sensu Heesch et al. 2009))
      (Ulvella lens)
    Wakame or undaria (Undaria pinnitifida)
      (Vidalia colensoi (J.D.Hooker & Harvey) J.Agardh 1863: 1127)
      (Vulcanodinium rugosum)
      (Wilmottia murrayi)
      (Xiphophora chondrophylla (Turner) Mont. ex Harv.)
Plants Watercress, being: (i) (Nasturtium microphyllum)
    (ii) (Nasturtium officinale)
Sponges or Porifera   Bath sponge (Spongia manipulatus)
    Finger sponge (Callyspongia ramosa)
      (Latrunculia procumbens)
      (Lissodendoryx isodictyalis)
      (Lissodendoryx (Acanthodoryx) fibrosa)
      (Mycale hentscheli)
    Orange frond sponge (Crella encrustans)
    Pink conular sponge (Chondropsis kirkii)
      (Raspailia agminata)
Cnidarians, including anemones Anemone, being (i) Common anemone (Anthotoe albocincta)
    (ii) Dahlia anemone (Oulactis magna)
Bacteria Spirulina, being: (i) (Arthrospira platensis)
    (ii) (Arthrospira maxima)
Rotifers Rotifer, being: (i) (Brachionus plicatilis)
    (ii) (Brachionus rotundiformis)


The Notice Specifying Fish Species Which May Be Farmed notice, published in the New Zealand Gazette, 25 January 2018, Notice No. 2018-go370, is hereby revoked.

Dated at Nelson this 27th day of March 2020.

DAVID SCRANNEY, Manager Customary Fisheries & Spatial Allocations, Ministry for Primary Industries (acting under delegated authority).