Section for Water Management
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This page shows the event history for this unit.
01.01.2012* Founding by secession
Please note that this event has comments in Norwegian that are for the present not translated into English.
16.03.2012* Change of name
01.01.2014* Change of name
Tasks (source: www.regjeringen.no):
- Measures to safeguard natural diversity in freshwater and onshore areas along the coastline (i.e. prioritised species, selected types of nature, protected areas, controlling foreign organisms in water and onshore areas along the coastline).
- Work with the knowledge platform for fresh water.
- Complying with the EU Water Framework Directive and the Norwegian Regulation on a Framework for Water Management, in freshwater, on the coastline and in ground water.
- Management of wild salmon, management of freshwater fish, the Norwegian Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act, the Norwegian Tana Act, and of issues concerning the establishment of salmon information centres.
- Environmental impact of aquaculture activities, with the exception of pollution which is dealt with by the Department for Sea and Pollution Control.
- Coordinating work dealing with foreign organisms.
Remarks
* = If a date is denoted with an asterisk (*), this implies that the date is not confirmed.
* = If a name is denoted with an asterisk (*), this implies a direct translation from Norwegian to English. The translation is thus not necessarily the official one (if any exists at all).
Comment to the change-of-name event: Sometimes the old and new name is the same. This occur when the translation to English haven’t taken into consideration minor Norwegian name change.