Regulating and monitoring British Columbia’s marine finfish aquaculture facilities 2015-2016 : Monitoring and audits: Inventory and aquaculture statistics

Inventory plans and stock transfers

Licence holders submit inventory plans annually in January to DFO, and monthly thereafter. An inventory plan outlines a seven-month rolling inventory plan for all licensed species, including biomass, number of fish, age class, and harvest activities. The first month of the plan must reflect the calculated inventory at the farm for the previous month, and the remaining six months must be projected inventory. A plan must be submitted even when no farming is occurring. Any transfers of stock from one farm to another must be reported if the transfers occurred in the previous month.

DFO audits the inventory plans by ensuring that:

• transfers and harvests agree with the inventory plan
• drastic drops in biomass are accounted for in harvest, transfer or escape reports
• farms do not exceed their licensed production limit

Annual aquaculture statistical report

DFO collects information regarding fish production, processing, and sales for statistical purposes. This report is submitted to DFO no later than January 25 for the previous calendar year. In 2015 and 2016, all marine finfish Annual Aquaculture Statistical Reports were submitted to DFO, with an average of 98% of reports submitted on time. See Figure 6 (page 13) for a summary of the industry’s compliance.

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