Responsibility measures

Following the idea of EPR, also the users (mainly the farmers and their staff) should be liable for losing especially the little items as this is foreseeable. The measures and related incentives have to be extended to group-specific obligations and measures (on a voluntary basis, with a code of conduct, with new legislation etc.).

Farmer/user responsibility Farmer/user responsibility

Relevant type of aquaculture:

Fish Shellfish Seaweed

Relevant sea basin:

North

Relevant stage:

Prevention and reduction

Related Barriers:

  • 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.

  • In theory, EPR is an individual obligation, in practice producers and manufacturers often exert this responsibility collectively, including in how fees are set, modulated, and passed on to users. This can have negative effects on the proactive approach of producers to change, e.g. the design of their products or prevention of specific plastic uses.

  • 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.

Related Good Practice:

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