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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Identify scope of compliance powers in jurisdiction
   • Identify current legislation, regulations and codes of practice relevant to fisheries management
   • Identify jurisdictional policies and procedures for monitoring non-compliance and responding to reportable events
2. Promote awareness of compliance in the fisheries industry
   • Promote fisheries management codes of practice and principles of environmental sustainability to industry and/or community
   • Promote protocols for handling the movement of stock interstate to industry and community
   • Communicate consequences of non-compliance to industry and community
   • Give timely, accurate and relevant responses to enquiries
3. Monitor fishery enterprises for compliance
   • Conduct routine site inspections to ensure compliance with identified legislation, protocols and codes of practice
   • Carry out site inspections with due regard for organisation hygiene, safety, biosecurity and quality assurance procedures
   • Monitor fisheries under development to ensure licensing terms and conditions are being met
   • Take appropriate action on notification of reportable events
   • Prepare and submit fisheries compliance monitoring activity reports

Performance Evidence

An individual demonstrating competency must satisfy all of the elements and performance criteria in this unit.

There must be evidence that the individual has conducted activities to implement fisheries compliance on at least one occasion, including:

establishing and applying current fisheries management legislation, regulations and codes of practice relevant to the jurisdiction

communicating compliance-related matters as part of an industry or community enquiry or forum

conducting a site inspection to monitor compliance for at least one fishery organisation

responding to and reporting on compliance monitoring activities.

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Knowledge Evidence

An individual must be able to demonstrate the knowledge required to perform the tasks outlined in the elements and performance criteria of this unit. This includes knowledge of:

common fishery stock in the region, and its lifecycle

fisheries management practices used in the region

health and disease problems associated with fishery stock in the region, including procedures to identify disease and protected species, assess results of mass mortality events and take samples

jurisdictional policies and procedures for monitoring fishery compliance, including record-keeping protocols

principles of environmental sustainability

legislation, regulations and codes of practice relevant to fishery management

requirements for site inspections of associated fishery management equipment, natural and manufactured structures and systems.

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