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Marine life– our common responsibility

The Directorate

of Fisheries

Aquaculture

Ingve Karlsen

Senior adviser

Control section

Aquaculture department

Marine life– our common responsibility

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

Marine life– our common responsibility

Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs

The Guarantee Fund

for Fishermen

InnovationNorway

The Institute of Marin Research

The Norwegian Food Safety

Authority

The Directorate of Fisheries

The Norwegian Coastal

Administration

7 regionaloffices

The National Veterinary Institute

The Norwegian Seafood Export

Council

Nofima

5 districtoffices

The Fishery andAquacultureIndustry Research Fund

8 regionaloffices

63 districtoffices

¹National institute of Nutrition and Seafood Research

NIFES¹

The Research Council of

Norway

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7 Regional offices

The Directorate of Fisheries

22 Local offices

The Directorate of Fisheries – Regional branches

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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

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Ministry of F

isheries

and Coastal A

ffairs

The Norwegian Coastal

Administration

Ministry of the

Environment

County Governor

Min

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Maritime safety

Aquaculture industryRegulatory body Control authority Regulatory bodyControl authorityOperational control

authorityOperational control

authority

Regional offic

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Regionaloffice

The legal framework and control authority

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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 118 000 t. 3 694 mill. nkr.

1999 474 800 t. 10 374 mill. nkr.

2009 935 000 t. 21 498 mill. nkr.

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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

Marine life– our common responsibilitySmolt production

Transport by wellboat

Cage farming

Handling of fish for slaughter

Marine life– our common responsibilityBiological production onexposed sites with 10 000 tnmaximum allowed biomass requires advanced technologyand gives diverse and complex risks

Monitoring compliance and risk management

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Environmentalsustainability

1. Genetic impact (including escape)

2. Pollution3. Diseases4. Use of coastal areas5. Feed (sustainable

fisheries)

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Risk assessment and management

Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs

Over all risk assessment and management based on research and political priorities

Directorate of Fisheries

Operational risk assessment and management

Aquaculture industry

Compliance and risk management

Priorities

Rules andregulations

Control and guidance

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The Aquaculture Act of 1.1.2006

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

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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)

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Enforcement tools – compliance and control

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• 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.

System audits

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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).

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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.

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Inspection - escape from a unknown source – Aqua Trace

Kilde: Havforskningsinstituttet

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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

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AkvaBest – erfaringsformidling

Transferring of experience - Database

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Reactionpyramide

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Thank you for your attention!


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