Responsibility measures

Include an indicator of collection of marine litter around the farm on the report on sustainability.

Farmer/user responsibility Farmer/user responsibility

Original photo: Angela Compagnone Original photo: Angela Compagnone

Some aquaculture companies develop sustainability reports which are usually based on the evaluation of their performance on environmental (and social) indicators.

Relevant type of aquaculture:

Fish Shellfish Seaweed

Relevant sea basin:

Mediterranean

Relevant stage:

Monitoring and quantification

Related Barriers:

  • There is a lack of standardised criteria for environmental monitoring systems (e.g. in Spain each Autonomous Community deals with their own regulation).

  • There is a lack of knowledge to identify aquaculture items in marine litter collections.

  • There is a lack of monitoring systems for marine litter and for non-organic marine litter from aquaculture activities specifically.

  • There is a lack of specific data related to material losses from aquaculture activities.

  • There is a lack of specific information on the impact of marine litter from the aquaculture sector to showcase the problem.

  • The standardised forms used at a European level to collect information about the floating marine litter and the debris located on the seafloor are not complete or updated as they lack item categories that are frequently found in the Mediterranean Sea.

Related Good Practice:

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