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Table 2.4 (continued)
Country
Type of marine
aquaculture
Monitoring
Self monitoring
Environmental
Authority monitoring
Self monitoring
Food
Authority monitoring
Scotland
Finfish (mainly salmon
with some rainbow
trout and turbot);
shellfish (oysters,
scallops, mussels)
Near-field sampling
following an
agreed programme (finfish)
Audit self-monitoring
of finfish farms;
consent compliance
of medicines; environmental impact
from finfish farms;
shellfish growing
waters quality (periodic)
–
Assays of biotoxins; microbial
quality of water; trace
compounds in shellfish
flesh and fish tissue
Spain
Shellfish (mainly
mussels, cockles,
clams); some
(salmon, turbot)
–
Periodic water quality, weekly red tide
monitoring
–
Compliance with food standards monitored yearly
(MRLs)
Sweden
Finfish some shellfish
(mussels)
–
Water classification
according to organic
matter and metals in
mussel tissue
Check for algal toxins
in shellfish prior to
harvest
Biotoxins in mussel meat
normally sampled once per
week; faecal coliforms,
chemical residues in finfish
flesh.