Responsibility Measures
Shared responsibility
Once government and involved stakeholders have access to real data regarding the marine litter issue, they will probably
more easily engage in addressing the problem.
Gear should be tagged by the manufacturer and by the farmer.
Floats/buoys are usually found tangled with the nets on the seafloor. Therefore, it would be advisable to mark nets and
floats/buoys together.
Tracking system should be performed at a European level so that lost and found items can be exchanged between countries.
Farmers can pay a fund to a European body that collects the waste and distributes it to the owners. The producer should
report their lost items to the European body