NZQA registered unit standard
23651 version 2
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Title
Provide an overview of the New Zealand seafood industry
Level
4
Credits
5
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to explain: the
structure of the New Zealand seafood industry; the size, value,
and major markets of the New Zealand seafood industry; the
legislative framework within which the New Zealand seafood
industry operates; and current issues impacting on the
economy of the New Zealand seafood industry.
Classification
Seafood > Seafood Generic
Available grade
Achieved
Entry information
Unit 20935, Describe the Quota Management System in New
Zealand, or demonstrate equivalent knowledge and skills.
Recommended skills
and knowledge
Explanatory notes
Legislation that applies to this unit standard may include but is not limited to – the
Fisheries Act 1996, the Aquaculture Reform (Repeals and Transitional Provisions) Act
2004, the Animal Products Act 1999, and the Food Act 1981.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Explain the structure of the New Zealand seafood industry.
Evidence requirements
1.1
The explanation includes an outline of the fishing rights in the New Zealand
seafood industry.
Range
commercial, customary, recreational.
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The explanation includes an outline of the structure of the wild catch sector,
including the major companies and the fisheries in which they are involved.
Range
evidence is required for five major companies;
fisheries include but are not limited to – inshore, mid-water, deepsea.
1.3
The explanation includes an outline of the structure of the aquaculture sector
including the species farmed, farming technology employed and the major
companies involved.
1.4
The explanation includes an outline of the roles and responsibilities of the
industry organisations involved in the seafood industry.
Range
1.5
Seafood Industry Council Limited (SeaFIC), Aquaculture Council
Ltd, FishServe, Te Ohu Kaimoana, Commercial Stakeholder
Organisations (CSOs), and Industry Associations.
The explanation includes an outline of the roles and responsibilities of the
government organisations involved in the seafood industry.
Range
Ministry of Fisheries, New Zealand Food Safety Authority,
Department of Conservation, Maritime New Zealand, Department
of Labour.
Outcome 2
Explain the size, value, and major markets of the New Zealand seafood industry.
Evidence requirements
2.1
The explanation includes an outline of the total contribution the New Zealand
seafood industry makes towards the New Zealand economy in terms of annual
earnings.
2.2
The explanation includes the size and value of the top five major markets of the
New Zealand seafood industry.
2.3
The explanation includes the top five species in terms of export earnings in the
New Zealand seafood industry.
2.4
The explanation includes the number of people employed in the New Zealand
seafood industry.
2.5
The explanation provides a comparison of the size and value of the wild catch
sector of the New Zealand seafood industry in terms of the global environment.
2.6
The explanation provides a comparison of the size and value of the aquaculture
sector of the New Zealand seafood industry in terms of the global environment.
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Outcome 3
Explain the legislative framework within which the New Zealand seafood industry operates.
Range
may include but is not limited to – the Fisheries Act 1996, the Aquaculture
Reform (Repeals and Transitional Provisions) Act 2004, the Animal Products
Act 1999, the Food Act 1981.
Evidence requirements
3.1
The explanation includes an outline of the legislative framework within which the
sectors of the New Zealand seafood industry operate.
Range
3.2
wild catch sector, aquaculture sector.
The explanation includes the defined objectives of the legislation that regulates
sectors of the New Zealand seafood industry.
Range
wild catch sector, aquaculture sector.
Outcome 4
Explain current issues impacting on the economy of the New Zealand seafood industry.
Evidence requirements
4.1
The explanation identifies current issues and their impact on the economy of the
New Zealand seafood industry.
current issues may include but are not limited to – exchange rate,
new legislation, management of protected animal and plant
species, environmental standards, branding;
evidence is required for three current issues.
Range
Planned review date
31 December 2015
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
26 January 2007
N/A
Rollover and
Revision
2
17 September 2010
N/A
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0123
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
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Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA, or
an inter-institutional body with delegated authority for quality assurance, 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.
Consent requirements and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this
standard are outlined in the Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP). The
AMAP 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.
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