Legislation measures

A prerequisite for authorisation of aquaculture installations could be the provision of a list of components and materials that will be used. This will enable farmers, producers and manufacturers to find out if certain types of material (often) wash ashore and need alternatives.

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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.

  • There is a lack of alternative materials for the aquaculture sector that have the same properties as what is currently used but don’t contain any plastics, e.g. for buoys.

Related Good Practice:

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