Responsibility measures

Enlarge the life-cycle of the nets by following a regular maintenance scheme including washing, disinfection, repairing and applying anti-fouling treatments, among others.

Farmer/user responsibility Farmer/user responsibility

Photo: Cavit Net Photo: Cavit Net

Relevant type of aquaculture:

Fish Shellfish

Relevant sea basin:

Mediterranean

Relevant stage:

Prevention and reduction

Related Barriers:

  • The biofouling on material (e.g. aquaculture nets) that remains in the sea for a long time makes the material more fragile since fish are attracted by this organic material and can ingest fibres forming the net

  • The prevention of marine litter should be the base of the circular economy. Currently, gear producers are not considerably involved or interested in this type of approach, making sustainable design, research on alternative materials, etc, not their priority. (This situation will have to change once the Directive EU 2019/904 on the reduction of the impact of certain plastic products on the environment is applied by all European countries).

Related Good Practice:

P&R GP6.1

Enlarge the life-cycle of the nets by following a regular maintenance scheme

There are many international companies that produce aquaculture gear which also provide maintenance services, mainly aquaculture nets, in multiple areas of the world like Spain (e.g. Amposta, in Catalunya).