Responsibility measures

It is possible that gear producers will switch to using other materials or to improve the gear design when they are responsible for the creation and maintenance of the EPR system

Producer responisbility Producer responisbility

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Relevant type of aquaculture:

Fish Shellfish Seaweed

Relevant sea basin:

Mediterranean

Relevant stage:

Removal and recycling

Related Barriers:

  • Circular schemes based on recycling end-of-life nets to produce recycled nets does not seem to have, currently, economic viability since recycled nets are much more expensive than regular nets.

  • The set up of the EPR schemes may imply an increase on the gear prices.

  • There is additional legislation needed (decrees) to put in place specific EPR schemes in Spain.

Related Good Practice:

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