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Annual Report for the Year Ended 30 June 1999
- Our Vision
- Principal Functions
- Chief Executive's Overview
- The Way Forward
- Key Achievements
- The Ministry
- 1998/99 Financial Performance
- Key Statistics
- Statement of Responsibility
- Report of the Audit Office
- Financial Statements
- Output Class Performance
- References
Annual Report for the Year Ended 30 June 1999
1998/99 Financial Performance
Output Class D5: Prosecution of Offences
Under this class of outputs the Minister for Food, Fibre, Biosecurity and Border Control purchases services relating to the prosecution of offences detected against fisheries laws. The aims of this output class are:
- to achieve the highest levels of voluntary compliance with fisheries laws
- to effectively deter non-compliance via prosecutions.
Performance requirements and achievements during the year
Management and Advocacy
This involves management of the prosecution process including case preparation, court appearances and the provision of experts internal and external to the Ministry.
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Management of prosecutions All cases are to be initiated within the statutory time limits. |
The Ministry brought 133 cases to court during the year. All were initiated within the statutory time limits. |
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Advocacy - internal and external providers Court cases dismissed through lack of a prima facie case. |
The Ministry has a requirement that cases dismissed through lack of prima facie evidence should total less than 5%. In 1998/99, no cases were dismissed through lack of evidence. |
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Cases successfully prosecuted. |
The Ministry has a requirement that 85% of cases prosecuted should be successful. Of the 133 cases brought to prosecution, 5 cases (6 defendants) had charges against them dismissed either on technical grounds (2 defendants) or through the production of a defence under specific provisions of the Fisheries Act 1983 (4 defendants). The successful prosecution rate was 95%. |
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Witnesses available to the court. |
The Ministry expects that all witnesses will be available and will give evidence. In 1998/99 this requirement was met. |
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Evidence and forfeit property This relates to the storage of seized and forfeit property and the disposal of that property as directed by the Minister. |
All seized and forfeit property is to be maintained in reasonable condition. All forfeit property to be disposed of as directed by the Minister. 80% of forfeit property disposed of within 90 days of decision by Minister. |
This requirement was met. All forfeit property disposed of in accordance with the Minister's direction. Standards met. |
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Financial Performance
Table of Financial Performance.
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30/06/99
Actual
$000 |
30/06/99
Budget
$000 |
30/06/99
Actual as %
of Budget |
30/06/98
Actual
$000 |
Revenue: |
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Crown |
2,658 |
2,658 |
100 |
2,643 |
Other |
3 |
0 |
- |
0 |
Total revenue |
2,661 |
2,658 |
100 |
2,643 |
Expenses: |
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Management and advocacy |
1,433 |
1,862 |
77 |
1,624 |
Evidence and forfeit property management |
499 |
480 |
104 |
927 |
Implementation |
63 |
216 |
29 |
28 |
Total expenses |
1,995 |
2,558 |
78 |
2,579 |
Output Class D6: Fisheries Services
Under output class Fisheries Services, the Minister purchases registration and information services which support fisheries legislation and policy. The aims of this output class are:
- to provide client responsive and timely quota management and access services within the statutory framework of the Fisheries Act 1983
- to process, utilise and manage statutory information collected, in a secure and accurate manner
- to provide observation services to collect and monitor information to meet the specific requirements of research and compliance activities.
Performance requirements and achievements during the year
Observation services
Providing reliable, accurate and independent vessel specific catch and fishing effort data and management of observer systems.
Use of 4,330 seadays to monitor the following activities: 3,904 actual seadays used during the year
- middle depths fisheries
- deep water fisheries
- tuna longline fisheries
- squid trawl fisheries
- scampi trawl fisheries
- inshore fisheries
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2050 seadays
950 seadays
400 seadays
600 seadays
250 seadays
80 seadays |
- 2010 seadays
- 547 seadays
- 562 seadays
- 542 seadays
- 199 seadays
- 44 seadays
The data collected from the observer seadays provides independent information for the stock assessment programme and in the setting of total allowable catch limits for future years. Observation of what is happening at sea is also important for assessing the catch of protected species and for developing evidence of illegal fishing activity. |
Use of 2,678 seadays to monitor the following activities: |
2,368 actual seadays used during the year |
- transhipments
- inport unloads
- vessel specific conversion factors
- other industry requests
- abandonment of fish
- conservation services
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900 seadays
200 seadays
150 seadays
400 seadays
280 approvals
1028 seadays |
- 82 seadays
- 142 seadays
- 494 seadays
- 687 seadays
- 48 approvals
- 963 seadays
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Management of statutory reporting The processing of statutory fishing returns, including data integrity analysis, the management of statutory reporting requirements and the storage of fishing returns and operating records of Fisheries Services. |
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Returns processing An estimated 170,000 to 200,000 statutory returns received, managed and subjected to data integrity analysis within prescribed operational standards. |
A total of 219,993 catch and effort fishing returns were received during the year. Of these, 170,731 were entered into the catch effort system and a further 27,882 returns considered during the data integrity validation process were sent back to fishers for correction. 28,363 returns were received from licensed fish receivers. Of these, 6% (1701) were returned for correction. |
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All statutory documents are stored and archived in accordance with operational policy and standards. |
Statutory documentation was stored in a secure manner. |
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Registry Services The registration and processing of statutory requirements, information and customer services for the commercial industry. |
An estimated 7,000 to 9,000 quota transactions will be undertaken with a processing error rate of less than 5%. |
8,362 quota transactions were received during the year. The processing error rate was less than 5%. |
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An estimated 100,000 to 150,000 monthly balance reports will be processed within 6 weeks of the end of each month. |
97,029 monthly balance reports were processed during the year. |
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An estimated 300 to 750 monthly balance reviews will be processed, within 3 weeks of receipt. |
843 reviews were processed during the year. Reviews were processed within the specified timeframes except in September and October when the annual repermitting process is undertaken. Some delays in processing were also experienced during the March 1999 quarter when resources were diverted to the year 2000 project and the QMS risk analysis project. |
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An estimated 1,800 to 2,300 fishing permit applications will be approved within five working days of receipt of correct information. |
1,721 fishing permits were issued within the specified timeframes. |
An estimated 2,000 to 2,500 vessel registration applications will be approved, within 5 working days of receipt of correct application details. |
2,108 vessel registrations were issued with in the specified timeframes. |
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An estimated maximum of 200 new client registrations will be processed, with the details correctly recorded on the database. |
297 new client registrations were issued with the client details recorded accurately on the database. |
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An estimated 1,500 to 2,500 calls will be received per month by the Fisheries Information Service (0800 number), with less than 5% of calls diverted to an answer service. |
A total of 21,581 calls were received by the service. The number diverted to the answer services was less than 1%. |
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Half yearly reviews of the Crown quota portfolio will be undertaken to determine and maintain management priorities. |
Reviews were undertaken at the end of December 1998 and June 1999. A tender for Crown quota holdings was underway at the end of June. |
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Financial Performance
Table of Financial Performance.
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30/06/99
Actual
$000 |
30/06/99
Budget
$000 |
30/06/99
Actual as %
of Budget |
30/06/98
Actual
$000 |
Revenue: |
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Crown |
7,909 |
7,909 |
100 |
10,672 |
Other |
1,984 |
2,015 |
98 |
1,840 |
Total revenue |
9,893 |
9,924 |
100 |
12,512 |
Expenses: |
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Observation services |
2,050 |
1,974 |
104 |
1,898 |
Management of statutory |
2,572 |
2,808 |
92 |
2,398 |
Registry services management |
3,174 |
3,387 |
94 |
2,686 |
Implementation of the Fisheries Act 1996 |
1,780 |
1,670 |
107 |
4,856 |
Total expenses |
9,576 |
9,839 |
97 |
11,838 |
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