Responsibility measures

Use alternative natural materials instead of plastic whenever possible.

Producer responisbility Producer responisbility

Relevant type of aquaculture:

Fish Shellfish Seaweed

Relevant sea basin:

Baltic

Relevant stage:

Prevention and reduction

Related Barriers:

  • There are still items without alternatives like nylon longlines or nylon fhishing nets.

  • Lack of research: e.g. mussel baskets would be more resistant if made of stainless steel. So far, no research has taken this up.

  • Lack of political will.

Related Good Practice:

P&R GP7.4

Use of alternative natural materials instead of plastic

Nordshell, a Danish shellfish processing plant has switched from using polystyrene boxes to Forest Stewardship Council approved cardboard boxes instead, which has further reduced their plastics use by 9 tonnes per year.