Legislation Measures
Regulations
Expand the current environmental objectives of the Marine Strategies to include the criteria of monitoring marine
litter (related to descriptor 10 - MSFD) in the Compatibility Reports.
Add monitoring marine litter as criteria in all the Environmental Surveillance Plans related to any kind of aquaculture
activity.
Simplify the proposed Environmental Surveillance Plans guidelines for farms smaller than 500 t.
Oblige, by law, to tag the aquaculture nets and other big gear like buoys, so that they can be traced.
Regulating waste management should be much stricter. Everything needs to be declared when concerning chemical and
dangerous waste, but this is not (yet) the case for other waste such as plastics.
The equipment inventory of all aquaculture companies should be integrated and made public by local authorities.
The waste policy (collection and depositing) on concessions should be improved, clarified and specified and a better
follow-up should be granted.
Lost or abandoned items should be reported to the appropriate authorities.