Seafood supply chain, jobs, seafood industry & illegal fishing

There are a huge variety of jobs associated with fishing and the seafood industry!  The New Zealand seafood industry employs over 13,000 full time workers.  Around 2,500 of these workers are employed in commercial fishing and aquaculture operations at sea.

Focus Questions:

Who are some of the people who work in the seafood industry and what do they do?

What new words and concepts have we learnt?

Learning outcomes:

Describe some of the jobs that people do who work in the fishing and seafood industry

Use seafood industry related vocabulary

Materials:

Seafood Industry & Jobs SLIDE SET

Seafood Industry & Jobs OUTLINE

Access to internet

Copies of Fishing Jobs WORKSHEET

Something to write with

Activities include:

CONSIDER people you know who work in the seafood or fishing industry?

BRAINSTORM and complete the Prior Knowledge Chart

INVITE a local commercial fisher to visit and talk about their work at sea

DISCUSS some key facts about the number of people employed by Aotearoa’s seafood industry

EXPLORE what it would be like to work on a fishing boat

WATCH the film clips about the job of a rock lobster fisherman, an inshore skipper, and a deep water skipper

INVESTIGATE job opportunities aboard a deep sea factory ship  

EXPLORE opportunities opening up for young Māori and those who attend the deep-sea fishing school

INVESTIGATE a seafood industry related job at Careers New Zealand website and complete the Fishing Jobs WORKSHEET

INVESTIGATE fishery related careers using Careers New Zealand CareerQuest tool

WATCH the short film about the fishing community

LIST jobs you see people doing that are involved in the supply of seafood from ocean to plate

DISCUSS which seafood industry related job you would most and least like to do! Why?

A huge variety of jobs exist across the seafood supply chain from the person catching the fish to the chef that cooks it!  The seafood supply chain is the chain of steps that happens to supply seafood from the ocean to your plate.   

Focus Questions:

What are the key steps in the chain that delivers seafood from the ocean to our plates

What new words and concepts have we learnt?

Learning Outcomes:

Identify the key steps in the seafood supply chain (from ocean to plate)

Use scientific and fishery management related vocabulary

Materials:

Seafood Supply Chain SLIDE SET

Supply Chain OUTLINE

Access to internet (for film clips)

Copies of FishWise Seafood Supply Chain Diagram

Something to write with

Activities include:

DISCUSS the idea of a supply chain

BRAINSTORM what we already know about the seafood supply chain

WATCH the short Mountain Film Festival film called Ocean to Plate

LIST different steps in the journey of a fish from ocean to plate

DISCUSS improvements would you make to the ocean to plate seafood supply chain as shown in the film

CREATE a flow diagram of all the steps a fish journeys through from the moment it is caught to the point it is eaten (or discarded)

COMPARE your flow chart with the FishWise Seafood Supply Chain Diagram

READ and discuss the example from Lee Fisheries

Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing can cause the decline or collapse of fisheries. Illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing is when people fish outside of the law and is big problem around the world. It is often conducted without concern for marine life or the environment. Here we also investigate the reality that some fishing vessels (not Marine Stewardship Council certified ones!!) exploit their workers to be effectively slaves at sea.

Focus Questions:

What is illegal and unreported fishing? What impact do these practices have?

Why do human rights abuses occur on some fishing vessels at sea?

What new words and concepts have we learnt?

Learning Outcomes:

Describe one or more types of illegal fishing and how this can impact on sustainability of a fish stock

Why do human rights abuses occur on some fishing vessels at sea?

Use seafood industry related vocabulary

Materials:

Illegal Fishing & Slavery SLIDE SET

ILLEGAL FISHING & SLAVERY OUTLINE

Access to internet (for film clips)

Something to write with

Copies of IUU fishing quiz (see Teacher outline, page 5)

Copies of Illegal fishing WORKSHEET

Activities include:

DISCUSS the concept of illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing

BRAINSTORM what you already know about illegal fishing

READ the Marine Stewardship Council story about the hunt for pirates who illegally fished toothfish

DISCUSS and ORDER the Pirate story timeline challenge cards (see ILLEGAL FISHING & SLAVERY TEACHER OUTLINE)

Take the IUU fishing QUIZ

DISCUSS illegal fishing and poaching in Aotearoa

WATCH a short film how poaching has impacted on the recovery of toheroa

EXPLORE what the Marine Stewardship Council does to deal with illegal fishing

READ and ANSWER questions using the illegal fishing worksheet

INVESTIGATE the idea of a Global Fishing Watch

WATCH the short film about Global Fishing Watch

EXPLORE and DISCUSS Global Fishing Watch map

DISCUSS poor working conditions and slavery on fishing vessels

EXPLORE the concept of flags of convenience  

WATCH the short film about forced labour on fishing boats

BRAINSTORM reasons why people are being forced to work at sea for long periods of time

Extend learning by EXPLORING human rights & labour rights

Review key learning from this topic.

Focus Questions:

What new words and concepts have we learnt?

Learning Outcomes:

Use scientific and fisheries related vocabulary

Materials:

Review, Illegal Fishing & Slavery SLIDE SET

Download Unit Plan Review Seafood Supply Chain & Illegal fishing

Activities include:

REVIEW learning using a continuum activity