NEW STANDARD FOR HANDLING WASTE ON FISHING VESSELS IN NORWAY

New standard for handling waste on fishing vessels in Norway. A new international standard for handling waste on fishing vessels has now been launched in Norway. The purpose is to establish good routines for waste.

How should waste on fishing vessels be handled to reduce littering of the sea and the amount of waste?

In a collaboration between Fiskarlaget, Handelens Miljøfond and Standard Norge, the standard NS-ISO 5020 has now been launched. The new standard shows how good waste management can reduce the waste problem.

The cooperating parties have pointed out that littering of seas and fresh water threatens the possibilities of future conservation and utilisation of marine resources. There are a number of sources of this littering, and authorities and businesses have a responsibility to reverse the trend nationally and globally.

The aim of the new standard, NS-ISO 5020 Waste reduction and handling on fishing vessels, is therefore to reduce littering from the fishing industry.

This involves, among other things, reduced macro- and microplastics in water and a reduction in littering of the beach zone.

In addition, the standard will be an important contribution to avoiding ghost fishing gear.

The idea is that the system being planned should work seamlessly together with those who accept waste on land.

The standard supports work related to circular economy, European plastics strategy and resource economy.

The initiative for the standardization project came from Norway, and a number of Norwegian professionals have participated in the work. The working group that prepared the standard is led by Jan Henrik Sandberg from the Fiskarlaget. The standardisation project has been financed by Handelens Miljøfond, Norges Fiskarlag, Fiskernes Agnforsyning and Norsk Villfisk.

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