Regulating the local environmental impact of intensive, marine fish farming II. The monitoring programme of the MOM system (Modelling-Ongrowing fish farms-Monitoring)
Pk. Hansen et al., Regulating the local environmental impact of intensive, marine fish farming II. The monitoring programme of the MOM system (Modelling-Ongrowing fish farms-Monitoring), AQUACULTURE, 194(1-2), 2001, pp. 75-92
A programme for monitoring the impact of organic waste from marine fish far
ms is presented. It consists of three types of investigation of increasing
complexity and accuracy (A, B and C), which are applied more frequently wit
h increasing environmental impact. The A-investigation is a simple measurem
ent of sedimentation rate beneath the net cages; the B-investigation is a s
ediment investigation providing a trend monitoring of the sediment conditio
n, and the C-investigation is a comprehensive investigation of the benthic
macrofaunal community structure. The A- and B-investigations were designed
specifically for fish farming and the latter utilises several parameters in
order to make the investigation more robust. The C-investigation employs w
ell-established methods and procedures, which have been used previously in
monitoring programmes. Environmental quality standards (EQS) have been set
for the B- and C-investigation. The monitoring programme is part of a large
r management system in Norway called Modelling-Ongrowing fish farms-Monitor
ing (MOM). (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.