Departments
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The Department of Administrative Affairs
Department director: Director general Lise Sofie Woie
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Communication
Department director: Acting Head of Communication Christine Spersrud Haug
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Ownership Department
Department director: Director General Jan Tore Føsund
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Economic Policy Department
Department director: Director General Wenche Stenberg
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Maritime Department
The Maritime Department has overall responsibility for the Ministry's work on maritime industry policies: shipping, shipyards, and maritime equipment and service providers. The Department is responsible for the work on maritime legislation in IMO, ILO and the EU and for national maritime regulations, and has responsibility for the management of the Norwegian Maritime Authority. Maritime Department is responsible for maritime related elements in bilateral agreements and within the WTO as well as international maritime market developments. The departement follows the EU maritime work and takes care of the follow-up of the government's Maritime strategy, policies for the environment, research/innovation and maritime skills, maritime financial instruments and short sea shipping.
Department director: Director Birgit Løyland
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Trade Policy Department
The Trade Policy Department is responsible for bilateral free trade agreements, promotion of Norwegian businesses abroad, trade in seafood, the officially supported export credits system and for contributing to the development of the EU/EEA single market.
Department director: Director General Erling Rimestad
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Research and Innovation Department
Department director: Director General Cathrine Meland
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Department for Aquaculture
The Department for Aquaculture is responsible for all matters related to the aquaculture industry. There is a wide range of topics in the department's portfolio, aquaculture policy and management, environmental sustainability of the aquaculture industry including fish health and –welfare, and licensing rules.
Department director: Director General Yngve Torgersen
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Department for Fisheries
The Department for Fisheries is responsible for matters related to fisheries. There is a wide range of topics in the department's portfolio, including quota negotiations and international fisheries agreements, IUU fishing, regulation of and the right to engage in fishing, regulation of the fishing fleet.
Department director: Director General Vidar Landmark
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Department of Competition Policy, Company Law and Economic Analysis
The Department has the overall responsibility for competition policy, corporate law and economic analysis.
Department director: Director General Camilla Bretteville Froyn