Knowledge measures

A way to track the collected litter from the marine environment would be to bring it to the harbor, weigh it and, after that, to give a receipt of the kg that have been collected by the company. This would help to monitor how much is being collected and would encourage/facilitate the recycling, as it could be brought to/picked up by the waste manager directly.

Data quantification on marine debris Data quantification on marine debris

Photo: Calum MacAulay Photo: Calum MacAulay

Relevant type of aquaculture:

Fish Shellfish Seaweed

Relevant sea basin:

North

Relevant stage:

Monitoring and quantification

Related Barriers:

  • The (national/regional) monitoring programmes from the government are currently not sufficient as a knowledge base for the aquaculture sector.

  • There is not enough structural support and resources available for environmental enhancement initiatives like beach clean-ups and recycling projects, which could yield a massive amount of useful information if collected in a standardised way and made public.

Related Good Practice:

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