1. The Directorate of Fisheries Aquaculture Ingve Karlsen Senior adviser Control section Aquaculture department

2. Topics to be covered Directorate of Fisheries
Overview of the Norwegian aquaculture industry
Regulations
Monitoring compliance and risk management
Inspection and audit tools
Enforcement tools and strategies

3. Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs
The Norwegian Coastal Administration
NIFES¹
The Institute of Marin Research
The Directorate of Fisheries
The Fishery and Aquaculture Industry Research Fund
The Norwegian Food Safety Authority
The National Veterinary Institute
8 regional offices
The Guarantee Fund for Fishermen
7 regional
offices
5 district offices
63 district offices
Innovation Norway
Nofima
The Directorate of Fisheries areas of operation:
- Management of marine resources
Aquaculture management
Coastal zone Management
The Norwegian Seafood Export Council
¹National institute of Nutrition and Seafood Research
The Research
Council of
Norway

4. The Directorate of Fisheries – Regional branches
7 Regional offices
The Directorate of Fisheries
22 Local offices

5. The Directorate of Fisheries - main objective
The Directorate of Fisheries’ shall promote profitable economic activity through sustainable and user-oriented management of marine resources and the marine environment

6. The legal framework and control authority
Maritime safety
Fish health risk
Pollution
Ministry of the
Environment
The Norwegian
Coastal
Administration
Ministry of Fisheries
and Coastal Affairs
Norwegian Food
Safety Authority
Production risk
Directorate
of fisheries
County
Governor
Norwegian Water
Energy Directorate
Resources and
Freshwater management
Regional offices
and Energy
Ministry of Petroleum
Technical risk
(Private)
Inspection Bodies
Regional
office
Industry
Aquaculture
industry
Regulatory body
Control authority
Operational control
authority
Operational control
authority
Control authority
Regulatory body

7. 40 years of development and growth (1970 - 2010)
Salmon and rainbowtrout – main commercial species
Also some production of marine species (cod, halibut, turbit, arctic char), oysters, bluemussels
Fairly low production in the 1970s
Then rapid annual growth from the mid-1980s:
Year
Volume
Value
1979
6 800 t.
216 mill. nkr.
1989 t.
3 694 mill. nkr.
1999 t.
mill. nkr.
2009 t.
mill. nkr.
1971: 540 t. rainbow trout (at 60 facilities) and 100 t. salmon (at 2 facilities)
Expectations:
In 1977 one expected to produce 6-10 t. rainbow trout and 8-15 t. salmon in 1985.
Production exceeded the maximum estimate in 1984 and salmon was the dominant production species.
This year (1984) a vision for the year 2000 was presented. One expected a production of t. in an industry with jobs. The result was t. and jobs.

8. Norwegian aquaculture per 01.01.2010
256 licences for smolt production (salmonids)
1061 ongrowth licences for salmon and rainbow trout (incl. breeding, research, education etc)
591 licences for various marine fish species (mostly Atlantic cod)
456 shellfish licences (mostly blue mussels)
13 sea ranching licences

9. Cage farming
Smolt production
Handling of fish for slaughter
Transport by wellboat

10. Monitoring compliance and risk management
Biological production on
exposed sites with tn
maximum allowed biomass
requires advanced technology
and gives diverse and
complex risks
Operational
Changing of nets
Error in attachment
Technical failure
Fatigue, wrong dimensions
Wrong methods and analysis
Not a complete understanding
of all implications

11. Environmental sustainability
Genetic impact (including escape)
Pollution
Diseases
Use of coastal areas
Feed (sustainable fisheries)
The strategy is build on five “pillars”, each representing areas where aquaculture can have impact on the environment; namely genetic interaction with wild stocks, pollution and effluents, disease, use of coastal areas, and finally feed and feed resources.
We need to manage our aquaculture industry in a way that it does not contribute to permanent changes in wild fish stocks. One way is to ensure that a farmed fish remains in the fish farm and do not escape.
A problem which arises from intensive fishfarming is the increased amount of nutrient salts that is released into the aquatic environment. We have to make ensure that we do not build up an industry which locally or regionally releases more nutrient salts in the environment than the carrying capacity of the recipient. Therefore we believe we must carry our comprehensive benthic assessments.

12. Risk assessment and management
Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs
Over all risk assessment and management based on research and political priorities
Priorities
Rules and
regulations
Directorate of Fisheries
Operational risk assessment and management
Control and guidance
Aquaculture industry
Compliance and risk management

13. The Aquaculture Act of 1.1.2006 Within the framework set by
Main objective and purpose in § 1:
Contribute to increased profitability and value enhancement
Within the framework set by
– sustainability
– health
– and the environment
The Aquaculture Act is based on a principle of prohibition
– you need a license
The Directorates control are connected to the regulations relating to the aquaculture legislation.
The main goal of these regulations is to:
” contribute to the sustainable development of the aquaculture industry and to its development as a profitable, competitive and viable coastal industry”.
A important tool to reach this goal is control.

14. What is controlled - Central regulations and systems/arrangements
1.Aquaculture operation regulations.
Areas of focus are associated with the subjects:
Fish escapes
Environmental inspection
Biomass
Localisation
Associated with these subjects are requirements of contingency plan, training, company reports and logging.
The NYTEK regulation
Internal control (IK – Aquaculture)
MOM (Environmental monitoring of marine fish farms)

15. Enforcement tools – compliance and control
Inspection
Internal control
audit
Dispensations
Approval of operating plans
Advice on compliance and best practice

16. System audits
Extensive form for inspection – examine the companies activities.
To ensure that the requirements set in the legislation and specific permits are upheld.
Examination of the companies internal control (IK-Aquaculture).
This means checking routines, procedures, risk analysis etc.
The audits are coordinated and jointly carried out with the Norwegian food and safety authority.

17. Inspections Brief visits to a company.
Are performed to make sure that given administrative requirements are upheld.
The inspections may be part of larger operations in the form of specific subjects ( biomass, escape etc)
Emergency inspections:
Are implemented when - reports concerning a breach or suspicion of a breach i the regulations.
Investigate the question of cause or responsibility in the case (for example escape cases).

18. The company report Central report form for licenses companies.
Reports about; the number of the production unit, out set of fish, fish stocks etc)
Farmers can send data via the Internet
The Directorate use the data mainly to control the biomass.

19. Inspection - escape from a unknown source – Aqua Trace
IMR has established an method for analysing DNA from salmon, trout and cod. The method is used when there is an unknown source of escapees
The data is god enough for the police to start there investigation
In this case the farmer admitted that he had lost fish
Kilde: Havforskningsinstituttet

20. Transferring of experience - Best practise
Preventive activity
Support the industry work due to riskanalyses and contingency plans
Document hazards and activities
Cooperation with the industry

21. AkvaBest – erfaringsformidling
Transferring of experience - Database
The database on internet gives example on escape courses, danger, action.
Danger areas is shown with photos.

22. The Directorate sanction identified deviations by:
Reactionpyramide
Requisition of permit
Fallow location
Reported to the police
Administer of contravention fee
Pre-notice and execution of fine
Serious violations of the Aquaculture Act are reported to the police and sanctioned through The Criminal Procedure Act
The Directorate sanction identified deviations by:
Pre-notice and execution of fine (forhåndsvarsel og tvangsmulkt)
Administer of contravention fee (gebyr)
Requisition of permit

23. Thank you for your attention!