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Bringing next generation into seafood industry
Education is on the minds of industry, the government, and multiple agencies right now and being fuelled by the changing COVID-19 environment.
The seafood industry, backed by co-funding by the government, is actively recruiting New Zealanders into the industry through the Opportunity Grows Here campaign. While this was initiated to encourage those who lost jobs during the pandemic into the industry it is now targeting a much wider audience.
Additionally, work is underway to develop seafood modules to go into the Ag-Business curriculum, which will be a first for the industry.
Separately the Marine Stewardship Council has developed a primary school programme based around sustainable fishing and aquaculture.
And, in the three months leading up to November, data shows that redundancies among 25-34 year olds are five times higher than the same period last year, at 16.2 per 1,000.
Hospitality, which has a higher proportion of younger workers, has unsurprisingly been hit hardest by Covid restrictions as the virus forced restaurants and pubs to close.
And, with over 4.5 million people on the furlough scheme, millions of jobs still hang in the balance.
Furthermore, recent Universal Credit figures, which many young people are relying on to pay the bills, show that over 20 million Brits relying on it will be in financial hardship by May.
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