Profile updated on 28 November 2022
SUMMARY
SUMMARY
IDENTIFICATION
SCIENTIFIC NAME(s)
Salmo salar , Oncorhynchus mykiss
SPECIES NAME(s)
Atlantic salmon, Rainbow trout, Steelhead trout
JURISDICTION
Vestland
PREDOMINANT PRODUCTION SYSTEM
Cage - Floating
WATER SOURCE
Marine
JUVENILE SOURCE
hatchery - closed cycle
Image: NOAA, 2017
ANALYSIS
Strengths
- There is abundant publicly available information on many aquaculture performance indicators, aquatic disease and sea lice treatments, and waterbody quality.
Weaknesses
- The zonal approach to licensing adopted by the 13 production areas focuses on the levels of sea lice and their potential impact on wild salmon. Other criteria such as water quality and whether sites are operating within their environmental carrying capacity are not currently included.
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