Government & Defence - FISHERIES OFFICER
Minimum
Requirements
Primary
Middle
Australian
Curriculum General Capability:
Personal and social capability
1. Find out from your local Department of Primary Industries the requirements for the minimum length of each type of fish caught. On a piece of A4 paper, draw up a table showing:
a. Type of Fish (photo if possible)
b. Minimum Length
2. Laminate this sheet and have it ready for when you go fishing!
Fish
n Kids - Department of Primary Industry NSW
Primary
Middle
Australian
Curriculum General Capability:
Numeracy
Australian
Curriculum General Capability:
Personal and social capability
Australian
Curriculum General Capability:
ICT Capability
Australian
Curriculum Cross Curriculum Priorities: Sustainability
Priority
1. You are going to create your own Prezi presentation about
the regulations and reasons for keeping the fish
numbers sustainable.
Go to the Fish n Kids website and investigate fish measurement.
2. Look at the following YouTube videos about fish measurement and the Vernier Caliper used by Fisheries Officers and then create your own Prezi presentation to be used for students in Years 3 - 4.
YouTube:
How to
measure a fish correctly:
Victoria
https://youtu.be/E4eLvGGP9dk
YouTube
How
to measure a fish: NSW
https://youtu.be/iVuUiLsfkEI
YouTube
How to
properly measure a fish: Queensland
https://youtu.be/c83D_D5Avew
YouTube
Crab rules in Queensland
https://youtu.be/q_3irh5T4a8
Parts
of a Vernier Caliper: YouTube
3. Present to your partner and then to a class of Years 3 - 4 students.
Bycatch
- How can you get Australians to eat it?
Middle
Secondary
Australian
Curriculum General Capability:
Critical and creative thinking
Australian
Curriculum General Capability:
Personal and social capability
Australian
Curriculum General Capability:
Numeracy
Australian
Curriculum General Capability: Ethical Understanding
Australian
Curriculum Cross Curriculum Priorities: Sustainability
Priority
Cooperative
Learning Activity
1. In groups of 3 - 4 students,
read the following article from
The Conversation 21 December 2018
2.
You are to re-read this article taking note of the facts and figures.
What fish are bycatch? List them.
Write up a list of statements that summarise this article. Each of you is to
contribute 3 varying statements.
3. What questions would you like to ask the authors for clarification? List them.
4. Read the following report from
Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences [ABARES]
and
add to your list of facts and figures.
5. One of the species of bycatch mentioned in both the Conversation and ABARES is the Ocean Jacket [Nelusetta ayraud]. Look at the following information about this fish from these websites. Divide your reading and notetaking between the group and use the Expert Jigsaw Strategy to get all the information from these websites to your group - including ABARES website.
Australian Fisheries Management Authority
6. Create two recipes listing all the ingredients and procedure using this fish. Are these recipes up to Junior Masterchef standard?
7. Create an Infographic [using the resources here] about this fish for people who might be buying from the fish market showing the facts and figures about this fish and how to use it to cook [showing off your two recipes].
8.
"How can you help with changing the attitude of Australians to bycatch?"
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