Support Measures
Financial support
Enhance compliance with MARPOL and EU Control Regulation through incentives and/or facilitation for farmers and other
stakeholders to not abandon or discard gear .
Install a cost recovery system (insurance fund) for aquaculture farmers to ensure that they remain motivated and are
incentivised when bringing gear and ALDFG back to shore and hand it over to appropriate collection facilities.
Policy makers should provide the financial and organizational support needed to establish a specific aquaculture EPR
system.
Economic incentives should be introduced for offshore workers (fishermen, wind farmers, etc.) to collect and sort waste
(on board, offshore).
Introduction of incentives to use recycled plastics as much as possible (but: of sufficient quality)