Legislation measures

Include or expand (depends on each autonomous community) the development of a non-organic waste management plan in the environmental authorization procedures and/or the Environmental Surveillance Plans (PVAs)

Harmonisation Harmonisation

Relevant type of aquaculture:

Fish Shellfish Seaweed

Relevant sea basin:

Mediterranean

Relevant stage:

Prevention and reduction

Related Barriers:

  • The environmental criteria related to the approval of aquaculture facilities do not include specifications on the non-organic litter management in some Spanish autonomous communities.

  • Specific criteria related to non-organic marine litter are lacking in the Environmental Surveillance Plans (PVA in Spanish).

  • The aquaculture governance structure in Spain is complicated with a lack of homogenization at a national level in relation to the requirements, guidelines and authorization requests in the different autonomous communities

Related Good Practice:

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