Knowledge measures

Focus on producing nets with materials that do not get residuals and biological components attached (biofouling), in order to avoid fast degrading processes.

Materials and design Materials and design

Design: Fruzsina Foltin Design: Fruzsina Foltin

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.

Related Good Practice:

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