Legislation measures

Apply financial fines to the farming companies that do not follow the EPR rules and do not discard properly the gear that has reached the end-of-life. These fines could include direct economic sanctions or disengagement from European funding, for example.

Regulations Regulations

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Relevant type of aquaculture:

Fish Shellfish Seaweed

Relevant sea basin:

Mediterranean

Relevant stage:

Removal and recycling

Related Barriers:

  • High-level policy makers show little awareness of the necessity to develop specific decrees for the EPR system. Besides, an EPR system is very complex and needs the involvement of many sectors and many public and private institutions.

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

Related Good Practice:

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