ELEMENT

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA

1. Contribute to fishery management meetings

1.1. Minutes, agenda and other distributed documentation are read and interpreted in advance of the meeting and further research undertaken or advice sought, if required.

1.2. Attendance at meetings is regular and timely.

1.3. Points of view are expressed and issues raised on behalf of the compliance agency, as required, concisely and supported by statistical data and jurisdictional law and policy.

1.4. Conduct at meetings is at all times professional and in accordance with accepted meeting etiquette.

2. Assist with fishery management

2.1. Arrangements are made for compliance agency to provide data collection service and sampling service to fishery management committee or other organisations contributing to fisheries management, as required.

2.2. Information relating to fishery management and fishery management issues is provided.

3. Support fishery management through the compliance function

3.1. Industry is consulted in setting compliance agency goals and performance standards.

3.2. Compliance education and awareness function is used to promote fishery management principles to industry and community.

3.3. Feedback is sought from industry on effectiveness of the compliance function in the fishery's management.

Required skills

applying fisheries management principles to the compliance function

communicating and negotiating with stakeholders in the fishery

facilitating meetings

providing leadership.

Literacy skills used for:

reading fishery management documentation

writing reports for fishery management committee and other stakeholders.

Numeracy skills used for:

analysing statistical data related to fishery management.

Required knowledge

advantages and disadvantages of management strategies for fisheries:

input controls

output controls

formal meeting procedures

Indigenous land rights and cultural activities, including fishing by traditional methods

population dynamics of fishery species and its impact on management strategies:

characteristics of fish population

methods of determining growth habits

methods of determining stock abundance

movement patterns of species

recruitment to the fishery

reproductive patterns of species

schooling habits or species

methods of monitoring fishing effort in fishery

process for implementing management decisions for state, territory and commonwealth fisheries

scientific and economic concepts pertaining to fishery management:

Maximum Economic Yield (MEY)

Maximum Sustainable Yields (MSY)

technology creep

Total Allowable Catch (TAC) and Individual Transferable Quota (ITQ).

The evidence guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the performance criteria, required skills and knowledge, range statement and the Assessment Guidelines for the Training Package.

Overview of assessment

Critical aspects for assessment evidence required to demonstrate competence in this unit

Assessment must confirm the ability to:

integrate the compliance function with fisheries management principles in at least one (1) fishery.

Assessment must confirm knowledge of:

fisheries management principles.

Context of and specific resources for assessment

Assessment is to be conducted at the workplace or in a simulated work environment.

Resources may include:

statistical data

information relating to management of a specific species.

Method of assessment

The following assessment methods are suggested:

questions

role-plays

demonstrated participation in fishery management meetings.

Guidance information for assessment

This unit may be assessed holistically with other units within a qualification.

The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Bold italicised wording, if used in the performance criteria, is detailed below. Essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) may also be included.

A fishery is identified as:

a state, territory or commonwealth fishery, and is usually classified by species and/or region.

Unit sector

Fisheries compliance

This unit contains employability skills.