Support measures

Install information boards at beaches about aquaculture (and fisheries) waste (how it does look like). Motivate the public to collect this kind of waste and to bring it to a municipal central location or directly to the owner. In parallel set up a sea-basin or international registration system to report waste: An easy to access online platform should give people information on the collected items (i.e. QR-code, number, etc.).

Technical support Technical support

Original photo: Dorian Cochrane Original photo: Dorian Cochrane

Relevant type of aquaculture:

Fish Shellfish Seaweed

Relevant sea basin:

Baltic

Relevant stage:

Removal and recycling

Related Barriers:

  • Public authorities rely too much on existing monitoring systems.

  • Little experience with citizen science projects.

  • There is a lack of waste management infrastructure with, e.g. insufficient opportunities to collect, sort and reuse waste in ports or other defined collection sites.

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