Legislation measures

According to the new SUPD, also some SUP items can be prohibited, which has to be implemented by each country. HELCOM as regional sea body could support such approaches by defining recommendations.

Regulations Regulations

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Relevant type of aquaculture:

Fish Shellfish Seaweed

Relevant sea basin:

Baltic

Relevant stage:

Prevention and reduction

Related Barriers:

  • Implementation of the SUP Directive on national levels not finished yet.

  • Top-down (legal) approaches are absent to forbid easy to lose single-use plastic items.

Related Good Practice:

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