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39 Document 3:13 2012–2013 Report may be harvested for the benefi t of agriculture and outdoor recreation. The hunter’s licence fee and hunting fee go to a game fund to promote game management, cf. Section 43 of the Wildlife Act Fish and Game Fund. Hunting fees that are set by the munici- pality are paid to corresponding municipal game funds. The Directorate can issue rules relating to the use of funding in municipal game funds. For the performance areas diverse forests and magnifi cent mountain landscapes, the game indicator is the number of species where harvesting and other culling has an important negative impact. This means that populations will not be threatened by harvesting and other culling. Chapter 1425.71 Grants for game-related purposes aim to contribute to implementing tasks within game management and measures organised by private individuals, clubs and organisa- tions where the measures are of a regional, inter-municipal or national nature. The Item is divided into four sub-Items: Measures for species in the deer family, Wild reindeer measures, Local game-related measures, etc. and Game monitoring. Measures that are eligible for grants include mapping of game interests and the habitats of gamegame resources, incorporation into municipal plans pursuant to the Planning and Building Act, measures where the purpose is to improve overview of the population, establishment and operation of local cooperation councils, participation in the operating plan work of rights holders, research, development and student assignments, organisations, clubs and associations that want to implement measures, and other prioritised game-related purposes. The goal achievement criterion is whether the scheme contributes to achieving the overall goal of a harvestable regional and national surplus. Freshwater fish and liming In the deliberations on Storting Proposition No. 32 2006–2007 On protection of wild salmon and completion of national salmon river systems and salmon fjords, cf. Rec- ommendation S No. 183 2006–2007, the Standing Committee on Energy and the Environment was of the opinion that preserving the Atlantic salmon is important to preserve biological diversity, the tourism industry in the rural regions, recreational fi shing and access to genetic material for the fi sh farming industry. The committee was of the opinion that liming of river systems remains very important. Acid precipi- tation remains a serious threat to biodiversity in freshwater. The committee pointed out that acid precipitation has declined signifi cantly since 1980, but that southern Norway remains severely af ected even after 2010. Grants for game-related purposes are financed through the hunters licence fee to a game fund. Hunters for elk and deer also pay a fee to a municipal game fund. Hunters for wild reindeer pay an additional fee to the game fund. Photo: The Office of the Auditor General