I sincerely thank management and staff of the following firms and organisations for their cooperation and supplies of fish samples, catch data and advice:
Angus McNeil and Co Ltd, Nelson
R.O. Bartlett, Warrington
DSIR Division of Horticulture and Processing Auckland and Nelson
Feron Seafoods Ltd, Timaru
Fletcher Sovrybflot Fishing Ltd, Dunedin
Independent Fisheries, Christchurch
Leigh Fisheries Ltd, Leigh
M.A.F. Fisheries Management Division, Wellington
M.A.F. Fisheries Research Division, Wellington
New Zealand Fishing Industry Board, Wellington
Pacific Crab Partnership, Napier
Pacific Oyang Ltd, Wanganui
Salmond Industries Ltd, Palmerston North
Sanford Ltd, Auckland
Sealord Products Ltd, Nelson
Stewart Island Fishermens Cooperative, Stewart Island
Talleys Fisheries Ltd, Motueka
T&S Seafoods, Hastings
United Fisheries Ltd, Christchurch
Wanganui Trawlers Ltd, Wanganui
J. Wattie Canneries Ltd, Gisborne
The ongoing help and cooperation of many colleagues of the DSIR Biotechnology Division is gratefully acknowledged. Nitrogen determinations from which the crude protein contents were calculated, were carried out at the Analytical Laboratory of this Division; manuscript edited by Barbara Burlingame, DSIR, Biotechnology Division; word processing by Miss D.J. Rosvall, Centre Support, DSIR, Palmerston North.