Knowledge measures

Enforce marine litter monitoring in aquaculture plants using the correlation between biomass and material losses. Especially for mussel farming, biomass loss provoked by storms or any other environmental cause can be easily quantified by farmers. This can be used to estimate the gear loss (e.g. mussels nets) by correlating the two factors.

Data quantification on marine debris Data quantification on marine debris

Photo: Mariana Mata-Lara Photo: Mariana Mata-Lara

Relevant type of aquaculture:

Shellfish

Relevant sea basin:

Mediterranean

Relevant stage:

Monitoring and quantification

Related Barriers:

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

Related Good Practice:

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