MAN6301 - Project Risk Management & Data Collection - Australia Captures Russian Toothfish Poachers - Management Assignment Help

Assignment Task

Instructions 

Begin by reviewing the following article about the capture of an illegal fishing vessel FFV  Lena by the Australian Navy, operating illegally in Australian waters, then complete the tasks  that follow: 

Assignment Brief: Illegal Fishing Vessel Converted to Dive Wreck 

Phase 1: Australia Captures Russian Toothfish Poachers 

CANBERRA, Australia, February 12, 2002 (ENS) - The flag of Russia has emerged as the latest  to fly on alleged illegal longliners chasing riches in the Southern Ocean, following the arrest  of two fishing boats by the Australian Navy. A mission code-named Operation Sutton has pounced on the vessels Volga and Lena near  Heard Island, about 2,200 nautical miles southwest of Perth, Western Australia. Australian Navy personnel approach the Russian long liner Lena in the Southern Ocean (Photos courtesy Australian Navy) They were carrying about 200 metric tons of Patagonian toothfish, sold in the United States  as Chilean sea bass, which the Australian government said is worth $A2.5 million ($US1.25  million). 

The pirate trade in toothfish is estimated by the  government to be worth $US90 million annually  wholesale. Its fishers have used a range of flags  of convenience, including Panama, Vanuatu and  Togo. As well as depleting the stressed toothfish  resource, the illegal trade is threatening with  extinction several species of seabirds that  become caught on longline hooks, according to  scientists advising Antarctica's fisheries  organization, the Commission for the  Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living  Resources (CCAMLR).The frigate HMAS Canberra backed up by the tanker HMAS Westralia seized the two vessels  within 24 hours of each other on February 7 and 8 during the mission, details of which were  made public today after it ended. The government has declined to speculate on the ownership of the vessels. Greenpeace said  it believes they are part of a fleet of up to six ships owned by a Russian holding company  with links to a toothfish trading company in Hong Kong. The arrests were conducted under hazardous conditions in extreme cold and rough seas.  Armed troops and fisheries officials from HMAS Canberra fast-roped onto the sterns of the  Russian boats from a helicopter to take control. It is understood they met some resistance. 

Australian Navy confiscates the longliner Volga 

Lena was first to be arrested, about 140 nautical miles inside the Australian  Fisheries Zone around Heard Island.  Australian government ministers  disclosed that in December the Lena was  pursued unsuccessfully by an unarmed  Australian fisheries patrol vessel for two  weeks. It was forced to give up the chase  after running low on fuel. But Lena remained in the area. Australian  authorities believe that the vessel was  operating with a mother ship able to  transship the catch at sea, as well as refuel  and reprovision. Operation Sutton was prepared and departed Australia in late January. Lena, rust-streaked,  but carrying sophisticated communications equipment and the name "Ana" on its stern, was  seized first. It was carrying 70 metric tons of toothfish, as well as baited longlines. The next day the similarly equipped Volga,  bearing the home port of Taganrog, near the  Black Sea, was arrested, and found to be carrying  127 metric tons of toothfish. Navy crews were put aboard both vessels, which  set courses for Fremantle, Western Australia,  where they are expected to arrive later this  month, according to the Fisheries Minister,  Senator Ian Macdonald. There the vessels' owners and officers may face  charges for illegal fishing with maximum  penalties of $A550,000, ($US250,000) as well as  the forfeiture of the ships and catches. The arrests take to six the number of toothfish  longliners captured off Heard Island and brought  to Australia for trial since October 1997.

Phase 2: City of Bunbury Creates a Dive Site with FFV Lena  

In October 2002, the Bunbury Chamber of Commerce and Industries became aware of plans  by the Australian Government to sink the Lena in deep water off the coast and immediately  requested access to the vessel to sink as a dive wreck in less than 20 metres of water and  within 3 nautical miles from the Port of Bunbury. The intent was to establish a new tourism product in the region and thereby generate  additional economic activity. After a series of discussions, the vessel known as the FFV LENA  was gifted to the Bunbury Chamber of Commerce & Industries by the Federal Government. A project was established to sink the decommissioned Lena vessel, and the quality aspects of  the project will form the basis for the assignment research. 

Assignment Instructions  

You are required to develop a report about project risk management as specified below. It  should be constructed using material available online and any other information that you  think is relevant. Project Management theory must be included to support your analysis. The  case study above provides a discussion on the capture and subsequent use of the FFV Lena as  a dive wreck off the City of Bunbury. It examines risk management from the project manager  and project sponsor’s perspectives.  

You are required to produce a report for the City of Bunbury titled: Risk Assessment of the of the FFV Lena Dive Wreck Project at Bunbury, with Recommendations. 

The project has been set up to manage the preparation, sinking and sustainable management  of the FFV Lena dive wreck. It is important that both negative as well as positive risk  events/conditions be identified and evaluated.  The assignment should be completed in two parts. This first element is Part 1A: Risk  Management Data collection (worth 30%). For this first assignment you are required to  collect data in respect of the risks involved in the preparation, scuttling and ongoing  maintenance of the dive wreck. You should collect data that refers to this event taking into  account the risks outlined in the case study referred to above as well as others that you can  justify for consideration.  

You should present the data collection to reflect a structured approach to the treatment of  each risk:  

• Naming the risk precisely (e.g. “There is a risk that…”)  

• Stating the point at which the risk may occur  

• Describing the risk succinctly  

• Classifying the risk using appropriate risk breakdown categories  

• Assessing the risk  

• Justifying its inclusion through research, published cases, news reports etc  

It is mandatory that you provide an audit trail of your data collection activities: sources of  data (e.g. internet URL, brochures), dates when the data was obtained (e.g. dates internet  was accessed). You should also consider the risk tolerance of the organisation. 

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