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


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.