Fisheries Act 1996

Recordkeeping, reporting, disposal of fish, and provisions relating to taking and possession of fish for purpose of sale

187: References to weight of fish, aquatic life, or seaweed to be references to greenweight

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"What 'weight' means when talking about fish and seaweed in the Fisheries Act"

When you read the Fisheries Act 1996, references to the weight of fish, aquatic life, or seaweed usually mean the greenweight. You need to consider some exceptions to this rule. These exceptions are outlined in the Act. If a declaration is made about a particular stock under section 18, the weight of that stock might be referred to as meatweight instead. This is an exception to the usual rule about greenweight. You should look at the declaration to see if this applies. There is another exception for some quota management stocks that were previously subject to Part 2A of the Fisheries Act 1983. For these stocks, the weight is usually referred to as meatweight. This is because they were specified in meatweight under the previous Act.

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Part 10Recordkeeping, reporting, disposal of fish, and provisions relating to taking and possession of fish for purpose of sale

187References to weight of fish, aquatic life, or seaweed to be references to greenweight

Subject to subsections (2) and (3) and except as otherwise expressly provided, every reference in this Act to the weight of fish, aquatic life, or seaweed shall be construed as a reference to the greenweight of the fish, aquatic life, or seaweed.
If a declaration in respect of any stock under section 18 so provides, every reference to the weight of that stock shall, except as otherwise expressly provided, be construed as a reference to meatweight.
Every reference in this Act to the weight of any quota management stock that was, immediately before the commencement of this section, subject to Part 2A of the Fisheries Act 1983 and specified in meatweight under that Act, shall, except as otherwise expressly provided, be construed as a reference to meatweight.