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Department for Fisheries and Aquaculture

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08.11.2012* Founding by complex reorganization

Name: Department for Fisheries and Aquaculture
Short name: Fiskeri- og havbruksavdelingen
Affiliations: Ministry
Hierarchical level: Division
Located: 301 Oslo

The Department for Fisheries and Aquaculture is responsible for matters related to fisheries, the fishing fleet and the aquaculture industry. There is a wide range of topics in the department's portfolio, including quota negotiations and international fisheries agreements, IUU fishing, regulation of and the right to engage in fishing and hunting, regulation of the fishing fleet, aquaculture policy and management, environmental sustainability of the aquaculture industry including fish health and –welfare, and licensing rules.
Among other things, the department has responsibility for the Marine Resources Act, participation laws and the Aquaculture Act, as well as the Food Act and Animal Welfare Act with respect to aquaculture.

01.01.2014 No change to unit, but change of superior

(The unit reports to a new superior organization because the previous superior organization was terminated at the same time.)

Please note that this event has comments in Norwegian that are for the present not translated into English.

31.03.2020* Ending by splitting

Please note that this event has comments in Norwegian that are for the present not translated into English.

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.

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