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Explain and apply customary management tools and practices used for sustainable fishing

Level / 4
Credits / 10

PurposePeople credited with this unit standard are able to: explain the principles of access for customary fishing; explain the customary management tools used for sustainable fishing; explain the customary management practices used for sustainable fishing; and develop a management plan for sustainable fishing of a species or collective group of species of kaimoana, kairoto, or kaiawa.

Subfield / Seafood Māori
Domain / Kaupapa Tangaroa
Status / Registered
Status date / 23 January 2009
Date version published / 23 January 2009
Planned review date / 31 December 2013
Entry information / Open.
Accreditation / Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA and industry.
Standard setting body (SSB) / Primary Industry Training Organisation
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference / 0123

This AMAP can be accessed at

Special notes

1References

Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes but is not limited to – the Fisheries Act 1996; Resource Management Act 1991.

2In this unit standard it is required that tikanga and kawa specific to a whānau, hapū and iwi are applied and consultation with tangata whenua occurs in order to validate assessment activities.

3The customary management tools and practices must relate to a specified hapū or iwi.

Elements and performance criteria

Element 1

Explain the principles of access for customary fishing.

Performance criteria

1.1The explanation includes the principles of access of customary fishing for a species or collective group of species of kaimoana, kairoto, or kaiawa.

Rangeprinciples include but are not limited to – whakapapa, tino rangatiratanga, tiakitanga, manaakitanga, whanaungatanga.

Element 2

Explain the customary management tools used for sustainable fishing.

Performance criteria

2.1The explanation includes the details of the customary management tools used for sustainable fishing for a species or collective group of species of kaimoana, kairoto, or kaiawa.

Rangerāhui, taiāpure, mātaitai, tapu, noa, kaitiaki ika, taniwha, karakia;evidence is required for two management tools.

Element 3

Explain the customary management practices used for sustainable fishing.

Performance criteria

3.1The explanation includes the details of the customary management practices used for sustainable fishing for a species or collective group of species of kaimoana, kairoto, or kaiawa.

Rangefive practices relevant to the species or collective group of species.

Element 4

Develop a management plan for sustainable fishing of a species or collective group of species of kaimoana, kairoto, or kaiawa.

Performance criteria

4.1The management plan for the sustainable fishing of a species or collective group of species of kaimoana, kairoto, or kaiawa is developed in accordance with customary management tools and practices of the specified hapū or iwi.

4.2The management plan for the sustainable fishing of a species or collective group of species of kaimoana, kairoto, or kaiawa is developed in accordance with legislation.

Please note

Providers must be 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 accredited by NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.

Accredited providers and Industry Training Organisations assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards.

Accreditation 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.

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 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2018