Legislation measures

EPR measures could support the development of local or regional recycling/reuse schemes to require better data collection on fishing net waste handling and to implement national marine recycling targets.

Regulations Regulations

Relevant type of aquaculture:

Fish Shellfish Seaweed

Relevant sea basin:

Baltic

Relevant stage:

Removal and recycling

Related Barriers:

  • The biofouling on material (e.g. aquaculture nets) that remains in the sea for a long time makes the material more fragile since fish are attracted by this organic material and can ingest fibres forming the net

  • The prevention of marine litter should be the base of the circular economy. Currently, gear producers are not considerably involved or interested in this type of approach, making sustainable design, research on alternative materials, etc, not their priority. (This situation will have to change once the Directive EU 2019/904 on the reduction of the impact of certain plastic products on the environment is applied by all European countries).

Related Good Practice:

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