NZQA registered unit standard
Title
23837 version 2
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Explain the requirements for permit holders and for fishing Annual
Catch Entitlement
4 Credits 10 Level
Purpose People credited with this unit standard are able to explain the process for: gaining a fishing permit and registering a fishing vessel; acquiring Annual Catch Entitlement (ACE), associated catch restrictions, and non-compliance implications; the monthly balancing of ACE; and the end of year balancing of
ACE.
Classification
Available grade
Entry information
Seafood > Seafood Generic
Achieved
Recommended skills and knowledge
Unit 23836, Describe the process of allocating and transferring
Annual Catch Entitlement .
Explanatory notes
Definitions
FishServe is the trading name of the company that provides administration services to the
New Zealand commercial fishing industry. Information can be accessed from: www.fishserve.co.nz.
Legislation includes but is not limited to – Fisheries Act 1996 and associated regulations such as Fisheries (Kaimoana Customary Fishing) Regulations 1998, and Fisheries (South
Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999.
Outcome 1
Explain the process for gaining a fishing permit and registering a fishing vessel.
Evidence requirements
1.1 The explanation includes the process for gaining a fishing permit in accordance with legislation.
Range quota/non-quota permits, schedule 4C stocks, landing points and wharf sales.
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1.2 The explanation includes the process for registering a fishing vessel in accordance with legislation.
Range Owned Vessels, Charter Vessels, tenders.
1.3 The explanation includes situations where the requirements for carrying an
Automatic Location Communicator (ALC) and notified users apply.
1.4 The explanation includes the requirements for the period of registration, carrying the fishing permit on-board, the display of the certificate of registration and landing.
1.5 The explanation includes the process of cancellation of a fishing permit and deregistration of a fishing vessel.
Outcome 2
Explain the process of acquiring ACE, associated catch restrictions, and non-compliance implications.
Evidence requirements
2.1 The explanation includes the process of acquiring ACE in accordance with legislation.
2.2 The explanation includes the catch restrictions associated with ACE.
Range voluntary, regulatory, seasonal, catch methods, minimum holding requirements.
2.3 The explanation includes the implications of breaching the conditions of the fishing permit and the conditions attached to the sale and purchase agreement for ACE.
Outcome 3
Explain the process for the monthly balancing of ACE.
Evidence requirements
3.1 The explanation includes the requirements for the permit holder to complete a
Monthly Harvest Return (MHR) in accordance with legislation.
Range includes but is not limited to – date due.
3.2 The explanation includes the process by FishServe for balancing catch against
ACE held, and provision of the Monthly Balance Report.
3.3 The explanation includes the importance of checking data accuracy in the
Monthly Balance Report.
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The explanation includes the implications of not holding sufficient ACE and the options available.
Range purchase of ACE, threshold and tolerance levels, permit prohibitions, deemed values.
Outcome 4
Explain the process for the end of year balancing of ACE.
4.4
4.5
4.6
Evidence requirements
4.1
4.2
The explanation includes the fishing year end dates.
The explanation includes the process of closing the ACE registers.
4.3 The explanation includes the completion of the end of year Balance Report by
FishServe.
The explanation includes the allocation of under fishing ACE.
The explanation includes the calculation and issuing of annual deemed values.
The explanation includes the implications of over fishing.
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 25 June 2007 N/A
Review 2 19 July 2012 N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference 0123
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.
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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
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