The new AI-powered solution, Smarter Compliance, has been developed to improve automation and benchmarking in the aquaculture sector worldwide, ensuring fish farmers have full control and visibility of their compliance status at any time.
Instead of relying on manual monitoring, the technology enables automated and continuous compliance checks, directly from the fish farm to a fully automated overview for operators. This streamlines documentation, enhances control, and simplifies data sharing with both internal teams and external stakeholders, including regulators. The solution will seamlessly integrate with current production and compliance systems, mapping all variables, from maintenance and operations to laws and regulations that need to be met.
Where typically complex compliance checks are conducted every five years to meet requirements for farm certificates in accordance with Norway’s technical requirements for fish farming installations, NYTEK, Smarter Compliance enables fish farmers to monitor their compliance on a weekly basis. The automated checks greatly reduce maintenance efforts, cost, and the chances of non-compliance. This is particularly important for larger offshore fish farms operating in more remote and harsh conditions, where regular checks and repairs are more complex to conduct.
The new technology has already been piloted by several Norwegian fish farms, including GIFAS. Its Production Manager, Arve Storholm, said: “The new solution will allow us to move from a complete check every five years to checking continuously, which gives us increased control and peace of mind. It will also provide a single source of truth as everyone has access to the same information, both internally and externally. Additionally, I believe it will give us a large reduction in document handling. I look forward to implementing the solution.”
DNV’s new compliance solution also meets the need outlined by the Norwegian government’s aquaculture report Havbruksmeldingen, which calls for a fully digitalized, autonomous reporting for compliance and regulatory data.
“Stricter regulations and rising stakeholder expectations, both locally and globally, are reshaping aquaculture. Fish farmers now face a growing need for reliable and efficient compliance management for their stakeholders. Our new digital service is built to meet this challenge, making it easier to handle complex requirements with clarity, control, and confidence. By ensuring continuous insights across the whole industry, the solution enables a more sustainable and financially stable industry for Norway,” said Mads Arild Eidem, Director of Norway Aquaculture Operations at DNV.
“Smarter Compliance supports our ambition to reduce fish escapes, and in the future enhance animal welfare, lower mortality rates, and drive progress in the aquaculture industry toward producing healthier, more resilient fish.”
Svein Andorsen, Produksjonssjef at Ellingsen Seafood, added, “Getting a status overview like this would give me peace of mind. If I know everything is in order, then I can focus my efforts on something else.”
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