Pursuant to section 26 of the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996, the Environmental Risk Management Authority hereby determines that the following are not new organisms:
Chaetoceros calcitrans Paulsen
Chaetoceros muelleri Lemmermann
Chlorella minutissima Fott and Nov kov (and its synonym Neodesmus pupukensis (Fott and Nov kov ) E. Hegewald and Hanagata)
Dunaliella primolecta Butcher
Dunaliella salina (Dunal) Teodoresco
Dunaliella tertiolecta Butcher
Haematococcus pluvialis (Flot.) Wille
Isochrysis galbana Parke (and its synonyms Isochrysis aff. galbana T-Iso or Tahitian strain and var tahitiana)
Nannochloris atomus Butcher
Nannochloropsis oculata (Droop) Hibberd
Nitzschia closterium Reimann and Lewin
Nitzschia frustulum (Kützing) Grunow (and its synonym Nitzschia inconspicua Grunow)
Nitzschia ovalis Kutz
Nitzschia paleacea Grunow
Nitzschia laevis Hustedt
Pavlova lutheri Droop
Porphyridium purpureum (Lamarck ex Bory de
St.-Vincent) Drew and Ross (and its synonym Porphyridium cruentum (Gray) Nageli)
Rhodomonas lens Pascher and Ruttner
Rhodomonas salina (Wislouch) Hill and Wetherbee
(and its synonym Chroomonas salina)
Skeletonema costatum (Greville) Cleve (and its synonym Skeletonema marinoi)
Tetraselmis chuii Butcher
Tetraselmis striata Butcher
Tetraselmis suecica (Kylin) Butcher
Thalassiosira pseudonana (Hustedt) Hasle and Heimdal
Thalassiosira weissflogii (Grunow) Fryxell and Hasle
The Auckland University approval to hold within containment the following organisms is therefore not operative:
Chaetoceros calcitrans (approval code NOC001257)
Chaetoceros muelleri (approval code NOC001261)
Chlorella minutissima ( approval code NOC001279)
Dunaliella primolecta (approval code NOC001317)
Dunaliella salina (approval code NOC001318)
Dunaliella tertiolecta (approval code NOC001319)
Haematococcus pluvialis (approval code NOC001445)
Isochrysis galbana (approval code NOC001451)
Nannochloris atomus (approval code NOC001502)
Nannochloropsis oculata (approval code NOC001505)
Nitzschia closterium (approval code NOC001509)
Nitzschia frustulum (approval code NOC001511)
Nitzschia ovalis (approval code NOC001513)
Nitzschia laevis (approval code NOC001512)
Pavlova lutheri (approval code NOC001521)
Porphyridium purpureum (approval code NOC001537)
Porphyridium cruentum (approval code NOC001536)
Rhodomonas lens (approval code NOC001565)
Rhodomonas salina (approval code NOC001566)
Chroomonas salina (approval code NOC001285)
Skeletonema costatum (approval code NOC001577)
Tetraselmis chuii (approval code NOC001607)
Tetraselmis suecica (approval code NOC001610)
Thalassiosira pseudonana (approval code NOC001615)
Thalassiosira weissflogii (approval code NOC001617)
Dated at Wellington this 20th day of September 2005.
DR MAX SUCKLING, Chair, Decision-making Committee of the Authority.