Environmental monitoring and compliance

DNV provides trusted monitoring for marine, freshwater, and terrestrial environments, offering long-term, real-time, and post-consent support to ensure compliance and sustainable operations.

Environmental monitoring and compliance

Challenges in environmental monitoring for aquaculture 

As environmental expectations grow, industries working in marine, freshwater, or land-based environments must demonstrate continual compliance with environmental and regulatory obligations.

Monitoring programmes not only ensure accountability but provide the data needed to operate transparently, maintain stakeholder trust, and reduce long-term risk. 

How our environmental monitoring services support you  

DNV delivers tailored environmental monitoring services that track the health and impact of operations over time. From baseline conditions to real-time and post-consent reporting, our monitoring programmes are built to meet permitting requirements, safeguard biodiversity, and support ecosystem resilience.

Services include biological, chemical, and physical monitoring, remote sensing, eDNA analysis, sediment sampling, and seabed imagery. 

What sets our aquaculture approach apart

End-to-end monitoring programs

End-to-end monitoring programmes aligned with local and international regulation

Advanced sensing & eDNA

Integration of innovative methods including eDNA, AI-driven imagery analysis, and automated sensors

Scientifically defensible data

Scientifically robust datasets to support stakeholder reporting and adaptive management

Cross-sector experience

Cross-sector experience across aquaculture, offshore energy, and infrastructure development

Scalable compliance support

Scalable services to meet project complexity, from pilot sites to full-scale commercial operations

Trusted experts in aquaculture 

DNV’s global team combines technical excellence, regulatory insight, and digital innovation to deliver environmental monitoring programmes that are rigorous, transparent, and defensible.

Whether you are building a new facility or maintaining compliance for an existing site, we ensure your monitoring is efficient, auditable, and aligned with industry best practice. 

Benefits of our environmental monitoring services 

  • Ensure regulatory and environmental compliance 
  • Detect environmental change early to guide decision-making 
  • Increase stakeholder confidence and transparency 
  • Demonstrate ESG performance and sustainability commitments 
  • Minimize risk of regulatory breaches or operational interruptions 

Resources to support responsible aquaculture development

Explore insights, case studies, and technical perspectives that strengthen sustainable aquaculture planning, operations, and compliance.

Request a consultation to discuss your environmental and compliance strategy

Ensure continuous environmental performance, regulatory confidence, and transparent stakeholder reporting with trusted independent monitoring.

Contact us

Mads Arild Eidem

Mads Arild Eidem

Director Aquaculture Operations Norway at Åkerblå