Legislation measures

EPR measures should foresee the upgrading of waste handling facilities, especially in the small fishing ports that many vessels use.

Regulations Regulations

Relevant type of aquaculture:

Fish Shellfish Seaweed

Relevant sea basin:

Baltic

Relevant stage:

Removal and recycling

Related Barriers:

  • Market incentives for the effective participation in separate collection or for the return of special types of aquaculture gear (like cages) in the form of deposit return schemes are lacking.

  • The cost of collection and transport of end-of-life aquaculture gear are yet not organised with the involvement of materials producers. At present that cost is mostly left to the ports– this is particularly relevant in a sector where both ports, and the farmers are often small-scale.

  • Very little or no information exchange and dialogue about innovative solutions of waste management (i.e. common sourcing/funding/monitoring/best practice replication) and new materials with higher recyclability.

  • Provisions of the SUPD are yet not implemented on national level.

Related Good Practice:

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