Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries

The Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries (Norwegian: Fiskeridirektoratet) is a Norwegian government agency. On 1 January 2014, it was incorporated into the new Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries formerly under the Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs.^[1]

Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries

Fiskeridirektoratet
Headquarters in Bergen
Government agency overview
Formed	1900
Headquarters	Bergen, Norway
Government agency executive	Frank Bakke-Jensen, Director
Parent Government agency	Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries
Website	fiskeridir.no/fiskeridir/english

Established in 1900, it is responsible for advising and executing the ministry's policy. It formerly conducted research, but the Institute of Marine Research was split out in 1989.^[2] The organization consists of a headquarters in Bergen, seven regional offices and more than twenty local offices spread around the country.^[3]

Heads of the Directorate

• Gabriel Westergaard and Jens O. Dahl (1900–1906)
• Johan Hjort (1906–1918)
• Sigurd Asserson (1918–1937)
• H. J. Salvesen (1938–1945)
• Ola Brynjelsen (1945–1948)
• Klaus Sunnanå (1948–1973)
• Knut Vartdal (1973–1978)
• Hallstein Rasmussen (1978–1988)
• Viggo Jan Olsen (1988–1996) and Peter Gullestad (1996–2008)^[2]
• Liv Holmefjord (2008–2020)
• Frank Bakke-Jensen (2021–present)