Knowledge Measures
Materials and design
Request technical studies during the licensing process to assure that installations are storm-proofed.
Prefer onshore to offshore operations/preinstall the constructions onshore as much as possible to loose as little
material at sea as possible.
Cost-risk assessments related to easy-to-loose material containing plastic should be part of the normal, internal
assessments of fisheries and aquaculture companies, similar to, e.g. EMAS criteria.
Develop and implement contingency plans for extreme weather conditions, e.g. removal of vulnerable equipment.
In seaweed farming, steel poles can be used that stand several metres deep in the seabed.
Bio-based, biodegradable ropes could be used in mussel and seaweed integrated multi-trophic aquaculture (MTA) production
systems.
End-of-life gear of aquaculture farms is normally well-recyclable, ALDFG not due to a very low quality after having been
in the water for a long time. Focus on efforts on ALDFG.