Responsibility measures

Facilitate the collection of small gear items when they are being removed by bringing containers to the facilities.

Farmer/user responsibility Farmer/user responsibility

Photo: Claudio Schwarz Purzlbaum Photo: Claudio Schwarz Purzlbaum

Relevant type of aquaculture:

Fish Shellfish Seaweed

Relevant sea basin:

Mediterranean

Relevant stage:

Prevention and reduction

Related Barriers:

  • There is a lack of awareness at all levels of the aquaculture life cycle regarding the prevention of non-organic marine litter.

  • There are currently no real alternatives to most of the items made of plastic (e.g. the tubular nets used for mussel farming). There are plastics (currently used in greenhouses) that dissolve in water, but they are very expensive. Besides, biodegradable plastics cannot yet be considered as an alternative to conventional plastics because they take some time to degrade, having an environmental impact as a consequence. In addition, they are not sufficiently resistant to harsh environmental conditions

Related Good Practice:

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