DESCRIPTION OF THE POLICY INSTRUMENT

Promoting the application of the guidelines for environmental protection in fish farming.


STATE OF IMPLEMENTATION

Completed. (All the elements of the measure have been completed both in terms of time and at all planned locations. If a measure consists of an unlimited continuum of measures, a measure can be regarded as having been completed once the first sub-measure has been completed.)


FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE STATE OF IMPLEMENTATION

The guidelines for environmental protection in fish farming were updated in 2020. A conference on environmental protection in fish farming is organised annually.


RESPONSIBLE PARTIES

Ministry of the Environment (YM, as the first responsible body), Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF)


PARTNERS

ELY Centre for Southwest Finland, other ELY Centres, Regional State Administrative Agencies (AVIs), Suomen Kalankasvattajaliitto ry (Finnish Fish Farmers’ Association), Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke)