Getting
started
Activities to get you thinking about the importance of
the fishing industry to New Zealand.
Identifying problems
Looking at the issues which led to the Quota Management
System.
What is the problem, issue or need that prompted the demands
for action?
Geographic significance
Looking at geographic factors between both interested
groups and our fisheries resources.
In what way is there geographic significance in the problem,
issue of need?
Interest groups
A values exercise to make you think about the different
groups with interests in our fisheries management system.
Which groups are interested and why? What are their
interests and value positions?
Investigating problems
Looking at the processes involved in bringing in the Quota
Management System and its ability to deal with present
fisheries problems.
What methods are used to investigate it and by whom?
Natural and cultural causes
A practical exercise, where you set up a hypothetical
fishing and fish processing enterprise.
What natural and cultural processes are involved in the
problem, issue or need?
The geographer's role
How a geography consultant can help set up a fishery and
fish processing enterprise.
What can geographers add to understanding of the natural
or cultural processes?
Constraints and alternative solutions
Looking at the constraints a fishery and fish processing
enterprise may face.
What are the constraints and alternative courses of action?
Making the decision
Preparing submissions on a proposal to set up a fishing
and fish processing enterprise.
How is a decision made, and what are the implications
for different groups?
Range of issues
Identifies a range of marine biodiversity and biosecurity
issues and looks at how human activity can affect biodiversity
and biosecurity.
