Legislation measures

Top-down (legal) approaches are necessary to forbid easy to lose single-use plastic items, such as gloves, plastic cable ties, etc. These have to be replaced by biodegradable material.

Policy Policy

Relevant type of aquaculture:

Fish Shellfish Seaweed

Relevant sea basin:

North

Relevant stage:

Prevention and reduction

Related Barriers:

  • Companies often lack internal cost-risk assessments related to easy-to-lose plastic materials.

  • Guidelines and specifications for different types of materials and equipment are lacking. A difference should be made between consumables; i.e. single or short use materials and durables; i.e. long use materials.

  • No higher taxes on small and cheap disposable plastic gear items are raised, lowering the motivation of farmers to keep and recover them or use alternative materials.

  • Top-down (legal) approaches are absent to forbid easy-to-lose single-use plastic items.

  • At EU level, there is currently no accepted scientific standard (e.g. CEN) on marine biodegradability, which highlights the urgency for developing such a separate standard

Related Good Practice:

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