Responsibility measures

Re-usable mussel collectors and mussel socks.

Producer responisbility Producer responisbility

Relevant type of aquaculture:

Fish Shellfish Seaweed

Relevant sea basin:

Baltic

Relevant stage:

Prevention and reduction

Related Barriers:

  • Lack of political will.

  • Alternatives have to meet high expectations regarding applicability and stability.

  • Designers are not sufficiently aware and motivated to seek alternative materials that would make their products more resistant and less polluting.

Related Good Practice:

P&R GP7.7

Re-usable mussel collectors and socks

The farmer of a family owned mussel farm located in Kiel tries not to produce any litter. He uses reusable mussel collectors and does not use disposable mussel socks any more. A seaweed farm in Germany (located in the Kieler Förde (oceanBASIS GmbH), certified according the EU-Eco-regulation is also avoiding litter with re-usable products and additionally improves the habitat by diverse structures due to the macro-algae farming.