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Unit & Lesson Plans
![Overfishing & Sustainable Fishing](/images/default-source/be-library/topic-1-unit-lesson-plans.tmb-medium500.jpg?sfvrsn=d2387e85_1)
Overfishing & Sustainable Fishing
Unit Plan for teaching about overfishing and sustainable fishing. Includes: Importance of the sea; overfishing; sustainable fishing; the role of the Marine Stewardship Council; and the Blue Fish Tick label.
![Marine Ecology](/images/default-source/be-library/topic-2.tmb-medium500.jpg?sfvrsn=f8bf04d1_1)
Marine Ecology
Unit Plan for teaching about marine ecology. Includes: features of a fish, adaptations in fishes, food webs, habitat and a little about sustainable fisheries.
![Science & a 'Sustainable' Catch](/images/default-source/be-library/science-the-sustainable-catch.tmb-medium500.jpg?sfvrsn=ba631dc3_1)
Science & a 'Sustainable' Catch
Unit Plan for Science & a 'Sustainable' Catch. Includes: how scientists work out a sustainable catch; MSY (Maximum Sustainable Yield); what happens when a fishery is overfished.
![Fishing & Protecting the Marine Environment](/images/default-source/be-library/protecting-the-marine-environment.tmb-medium500.jpg?sfvrsn=c09a54a9_1)
Fishing & Protecting the Marine Environment
Unit Plan for Protecting the Marine Environment. Includes: fishing methods; environmental impacts of fishing both on other species (bycatch) and habitat; taiko / black petrel bycatch case study; new fishing methods that have improved environmental outcomes.
![Fisheries Management](/images/default-source/be-library/fisheries-management826b4941cf65417fb8de983d43080bec.tmb-medium500.jpg?sfvrsn=4e422c13_1)
Fisheries Management
Unit Plan for Fisheries Management. Includes: sustainable fisheries management; traditional Māori fisheries management tools and approaches (such as rāhui and kaitiakitanga); the Aotearoa New Zealand Quota Management System (QMS); the EEZ (Exclusive Economic Zone) and the International Law of the Sea.
![Seafood Supply Chain & Illegal Fishing](/images/default-source/be-library/seafood-supply-chain-illegal-fishing.tmb-medium500.jpg?sfvrsn=90c6abc_1)
Seafood Supply Chain & Illegal Fishing
Unit Plan for Seafood Supply Chain and Illegal Fishing. Includes: jobs in the seafood industry; the seafood industry supply chain; illegal fishing!
![Fishing History, Technology & Innovation in Fishing](/images/default-source/be-library/fishing-history.tmb-medium500.jpg?sfvrsn=7866dbdb_1)
Fishing History, Technology & Innovation in Fishing
Unit Planner for Fishing History. Includes: the history of fishing in Aotearoa New Zealand and the role of innovation and technology in sustainable fishing.
![Ocean Citizenship](/images/default-source/be-library/ocean-citizenshipd04fe69712c0449d8bdd90a8a44125a8.tmb-medium500.jpg?sfvrsn=1b96fc75_1)
Ocean Citizenship
Unit plan that includes: Ko moana te āu. Ko āu te moana - our connection with ocean; ocean sustainability and kaitiakitanga; taking action - both when fishing and around the ocean and as a consumer; a collaborative action project.
![Local Fish Field Trip](/images/default-source/be-library/field-trips.tmb-medium500.jpg?sfvrsn=dd7ad4c0_1)
Local Fish Field Trip
Planner for a field trip to meet some local fish using a bait catcher methodology!