NZQA registered unit standard
Title
23688 version 3
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Describe the returns required by New Zealand seafood legislation, and prepare and report returns
Level
Purpose
3 Credits 5
People credited with this unit standard are able to: describe the returns required by New Zealand seafood legislation; and prepare and report the returns required by New Zealand seafood legislation.
Classification Seafood > Seafood Generic
Available grade Achieved
Explanatory notes
1 Definitions
Legislation includes but is not limited to – Fisheries Act 1996 and its associated regulations.
Returns refer to those that are required by commercial seafood companies to comply with the Fisheries Act 1996.
2 For the purpose of this unit standard, candidates are required to select and generate evidence for one seafood company.
3 This unit standard applies to commercial seafood companies who are operating under the Fisheries Act 1996.
Outcome 1
Describe the returns required by New Zealand seafood legislation.
Range may include but is not limited to
– Monthly Harvest Returns (MHR), Catch Effort and Landing Return (CELR), Catch Landing Return (CLR), and any other returns as required by Section 190 of the Fisheries Act 1996; evidence relating to three types of return is required.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
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New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2020

NZQA registered unit standard
Evidence requirements
1.1 The description identifies the purpose of the returns required by New Zealand seafood legislation.
1.2 The description includes the penalties for non-compliance associated with the returns as specified in New Zealand seafood legislation.
23688 version 3
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1.3 The description identifies the reporting requirements and relevant organisation for filing each of the returns required by New Zealand seafood legislation.
Range may include but is not limited to – New Zealand Seafood Industry
Council Ltd (SeaFIC), FishServe, Ministry of Primary Industries
(MPI).
Outcome 2
Prepare and report the returns required by New Zealand seafood legislation.
Range may include but is not limited to
– Monthly Harvest Returns (MHR), Catch Effort and Landing Return (CELR), Catch Landing Return (CLR), and any other returns as required by Section 190 of the Fisheries Act 1996; evidence relating to three types of return is required.
Evidence requirements
2.1
The seafood company’s policies and procedures are identified and complied with in terms of prioritising, collecting, collating, preparing and reporting returns, and record keeping.
2.2 Office and relevant industry programmes are used in accordance with company policies and procedures.
Range may include but is not limited to – computerised, paper, FishServe.
2.3 The returns are prepared and reported in accordance with the requirements of
New Zealand seafood legislation for timeliness and completeness.
Planned review date 31 December 2015
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process Version Date Last Date for Assessment
Registration
Rollover
Review
1
2
3
26 March 2007
19 November 2010
19 July 2012
31 December 2013
31 December 2013
N/A
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
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New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2020

NZQA registered unit standard 23688 version 3
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0123 Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA, before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by
NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards.
Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR). The
CMR also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations wishing to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors and assessors, and special resource requirements.
Comments on this unit standard
Please contact the Primary Industry Training Organisation standards@primaryito.ac.nz if you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
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New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2020