Support measures

Maintain and/or develop a limited number of long-term (fixed-point) monitoring sites to monitor changes in accumulated marine litter on specific spots close to aquaculture farm installations.

Support for monitoring Support for monitoring

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Relevant type of aquaculture:

Fish Shellfish Seaweed

Relevant sea basin:

Baltic

Relevant stage:

Monitoring and quantification

Related Barriers:

  • Integrated procedures for effective monitoring of the aquaculture farms are missing.

  • Transparency and data exchange between aquaculture companies / different sectors / Baltic Sea countries related to lost gear and SUP items is missing.

  • Weak political will.

  • Countries fear high costs for long-term monitoring or responsible agencies lack support by politicians.

Related Good Practice:

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