Departmental Output Expense - Fisheries Compliance
Description
Fisheries Compliance will support objectives-based fisheries management and strive to achieve optimal levels of compliance with the fisheries laws that underpin the sustainable utilisation of New Zealand fisheries and protection of the aquatic environment.
Objectives
To achieve this, Fisheries Compliance will adopt two core strategic objectives:
- To promote high levels of voluntary compliance with fisheries laws; Promoting voluntary compliance relies on a combination of Ministry initiatives aimed at obtaining stakeholder ‘buy-in', increasing knowledge of the rules and aligning incentives with compliance.
- To create an effective deterrence against illegal activity; This involves detecting illegal activity and implementing an enforcement response that will create a deterrent to both the offender and others.
To guide staff in enforcement activity an enforcement response model has been adopted. Its purpose is to link escalating criminality with a predictable and consistent escalating enforcement response.
Fishery Enforcement Response Model
In order to determine the effectiveness of the services provided below the following will be monitored:
|
| Service |
Effectiveness measure |
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| Commercial fisheries compliance |
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| Vessel Inspections (at port,at sea,landings) monitored |
Increasing levels of voluntary compliance,target
≥80% |
| Licensed Fish Receiver inspections |
Increasing levels of voluntary compliance,target
≥85% |
| Monthly Harvest returns monitored and unfurnished and late returns followed up |
Increasing levels of voluntary compliance,target
≥90% |
|
| Non-commercial fisheries compliance |
|
| Inspections (vessels,vehicles and persons) |
Increasing levels of voluntary compliance,target
≥90% |
|
| Poaching and black-market activities deterred |
|
| Dealer in fish inspections |
Decreasing levels of offences detected
<=20% |
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Services to be provided
Commercial fisheries
For the commercial output, compliance services will be delivered to monitor, inspect and investigate commercial fishers, those fishing outside the EEZ and other participants in the commercial fishing industry to support the integrity of the Quota Management System and the international fisheries rules and agreements.
Non-commercial fisheries
For the non-commercial output, compliance services will be delivered to educate, monitor and inspect recreational and customary fishers.
Poaching and black-market
For the poaching and black-market output, compliance services will be delivered to detect and prosecute key offenders and disrupt the supply of poached or black-market seafood through effective monitoring, inspection and investigations.
Prosecutions
For the prosecution output, Fisheries Compliance will be focused on successfully prosecuting serious fisheries offending and achieving deterrent penalties.
Capacity
The estimated effort, measured in hours of Ministry resource, in each of the Compliance areas services are:
|
|
| Commercial fisheries compliance |
82,000 |
| Non-commercial fisheries compliance |
52,900 |
| New Zealand's International fisheries compliance |
4,800 |
| Poaching and black-market activities deterred |
99,000 |
| Prosecutions managed |
21,000 |
|
|
Performance indicators
Services to be provided to improve levels of voluntary compliance
|
| Commercial fisheries compliance |
Quantity |
Quality/Timeliness |
|
| Vessel Inspections (at port, at sea, landings) monitored |
1500 |
90%vessel inspections entered into system by 5th day of following month Act or regulation breaches
followed up in inspection |
|
| Licensed Fish Receiver inspections |
200 |
90%of LFR inspections
entered into system by
5th day of following month
Act or regulation breaches
followed up in inspection |
|
| Monthly Harvest Return monitored and unfurnished and late returns followed up |
1250 |
Unfurnished returns followed
up within 2 months of due
date
Late returns followed up
within 14 days of receipt |
|
| Non-commercial fisheries compliance |
Quantity |
Quality/Timeliness |
|
| Inspections (vessels,vehicles and persons) |
15,000 |
85%of inspections entered
into system by 12th day of
following month |
|
Kaitiaki trained and/or educated
Education programme delivered (includes signage, brochures,contacts) |
100 |
90%of planned activities delivered |
|
| Manage Honorary Fishery Officer volunteers |
160 |
Trained and hold HFO warrants |
Services to be provided to create an effective deterrent
|
| Commercial fisheries compliance |
Quantity |
Quality/Timeliness |
|
| Commercial investigations commenced |
10 |
|
|
| International investigations commenced |
2 |
|
|
| Investigations undertaken categorised as high and medium risk against the ‘Risk Based Compliance Strategy ’ |
|
75% |
|
| Prosecution decision making is consistent with Crown Law Office Prosecution Guidelines and Compliance policy statements |
|
100% |
|
| Successful prosecutions achieved under the Fisheries Act 1996 |
|
90% |
|
| Successful prosecutions achieved under Fisheries regulations |
|
75% |
|
|
| Poaching and black-market activities deterred |
Quantity |
Quality/Timeliness |
|
| Poaching and black-market patrols undertaken |
400-500 |
|
|
| Dealer in fish (DIF)inspections |
1000 |
90%DIF inspections entered into system by 5th day of
following month |
|
| 0800 4 Poacher calls logged |
1400 |
|
|
| Poaching and black-market investigations commenced |
12 |
|
|
| Investigation undertaken categorised as high and medium risk against the 'Risk Based Compliance Strategy' |
|
75% |
|
| Prosecution decision making is consistent with Crown Law Office Prosecution Guidelines and Compliance policy statements |
|
100% |
|
| Successful prosecutions achieved under the Fisheries Act 1996 |
|
90% |
|
| Successful prosecutions achieved under Fisheries regulations |
|
75% |
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Cost
|
| |
2006/07
SOI |
2007/08
Plan |
Change |
|
| Commercial fisheries compliance |
8,125 |
8,843 |
(718) |
| Non-commercial fisheries compliance |
6,417 |
5,731 |
686 |
| New Zealand's International fisheries compliance |
617 |
739 |
(122) |
| Poaching and black-market activities deterred |
11,046 |
10,506 |
540 |
| Prosecutions managed |
3,410 |
3,816 |
(406) |
|
|
| |
29,615 |
29,635 |
(20) |
| Amount to be recovered from industry |
8,125 |
8,843 |
(718) |
Percentage to be recovered from industry
(commercial compliance only) |
100 |
100 |
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