Regulatory Control
The Scottish salmon farming industry is the most tightly regulated aquaculture industry in the world - scrutinised by 10 different statutory bodies and subject to more than 60 pieces of legislation, 43 European directives, three European regulations and 12 European Commission decisions.
The 10 statutory bodies concerned with the regulation of Scottish salmon farming are:
• Scottish Environment Protection Agency;
• Food Standards Agency;
• Scottish Executive;
• Scottish Natural Heritage;
• The Crown Estate;
• Local Authorities;
• Veterinary Medicines Directorate;
• European Medicines Evaluation Agency;
• Maritime and Coastguard Agency, and;
• Health and Safety Executive.
Official permissions are required for a range of activities, including acquiring a lease for a fish farm, developing on-shore facilities and the use of authorised veterinary medicines.
Scheduled and random visits occur frequently from the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) and the Fish Health Inspectorate on behalf of the Scottish Executive and Veterinary Medicines Directorate.
Source: Aquaculture & Coatsal Economic & Coastal Economic & social Responsibility, University of Aberdeen, Spring 2004. Designed by Breeze Publishing (Scotland) Ltd.
Code of Good Practice for Scottish Finfish Aquaculture (CoGP) CoGP Working Group |
Review and Synthesis of the Environmental Impacts of Aquaculture Scottish Association for Marine Science and Napier University in association with Scottish Executive >> link 2002 |
Establishing a fish farm Fisheries Research Services, Scottish Executive >> link |