8. ANNEXES
8.1 Annex 1
List of biocarrier pollution in Europe
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Nb of pollution cases | Country | Location | Date | Receiving Water | Bio-carriers used |
2 | Demmark | Hvide Sand | March 2021 | North Sea | BCP 750 |
Mølleåværket / Charlottenlund | 2014 | Mølleå river and Oresund | K5 | ||
7 | France | Corbeil-Essonnes | February 2010 | Seine river | K1 |
Nive d'Arnéguy | Autumn 2012 | Nive river | K3 | ||
Bastia | March - May 2020 | Mediterranean sea | K5 | ||
Saint Maur des Fosses | May 2011 | Marne river | K5 | ||
Molines en Queyras - St Véran | 2016 / July 2021 | Le Guil, La Durance and lake of Serre-Ponçon | BioChip M | ||
Ladoix-Serrigny | 2011 | Saone River | K3/K5 | ||
Vallouise | 2010 /June 2017 | La Durance and Lake of Serre-Ponçon | Hel-X HXF17KLL | ||
1 | Iceland | Iceland | 2021 | North Atlantic Ocean | Unknown |
3 | Italy | Salerno | February 2018 | Sele river and Mediterranean sea | Biochip P |
Itri | December 2020 | Medierranean sea | Hel-X | ||
Limone Tremosine | 2013/2020 | Adda River > Po River | K3 and Hel-X HX17KL | ||
4 | Norway | Hisøy | June 2015 | North Sea | BWT15 |
Vindafjord | December 2018 | Atlantic Ocean | KNS | ||
Halden | 2017 | Iddefjorden and Skagerrak Sea | BWT15 | ||
Sørumsand or Blaker | November 2012 | Probably Glomma river and North Sea | K3 | ||
1 | Portugal | Açores | 2018 | Atlantic Ocean | K3 |
5 | Spain | Miño river (Spain/Portugal border) | Summer 2013 | Miño river and Atlantic ocean | K1 |
Nemiña beach | November 2017 | Castro river and Atlantic ocean | K1 | ||
Oria | November 2009 | Oria river and Atlantic ocean | AMB and KNS | ||
Galice | Autumn 2012 | Ria de Pontevedra and Atlantic ocean | K5 | ||
Santesteban | December 2021 | Bidassoa River > Bay of Biscay | K3 | ||
14 | Sweden | Vansbro | Summer 2018 | Västerdalälven river | K3 |
Vamas | 2016 | Västerdalälven river | Unknown | ||
Munkedal | 2016 | Örekilsälven | Unknown | ||
Sotenäs | 2014 | North Sea | Unknown | ||
Sandviken | April 2020 | Lake Storsjön | K3 and Hel-X | ||
Idre | 2016 | Storan Österdalälven | Unknown | ||
Lysekil | K1 | ||||
Brandholmen/Nyköping | January 2023 | Baltic Sea | K1 / Hel-X | ||
Pinan / Öckerö | North Sea | K1 / K3 | |||
Sjölunda / Malmö | 2020/2022 | Baltic Sea | K1 | ||
Bergsjö | 2000 - 2008 | lake Bergsjøen | K2 / K3 | ||
Klippan | 2004 | Baltic Sea | BioChip M | ||
Lessebo | 2006 | Lake Öjen | K1 | ||
Kungsgårdens (Sandviken) | April 2020 | Lake Storsjön | K3 / Hel-X | ||
3 | Switzerland | Saillon | January 2012 | Salentse (tributary of the Rhône) | Biochip |
Saint-Prex | September 2012 | Lake Geneva and Mediterranean | BWT 15 | ||
Evolene | March 2012 | Le Borgne (tributary of the Rhône) | Biochip |
8.2 Annex 2
Contributors to the interviews and questionnaires
Country | Company | Contact |
Denmark | Danish Ministery of Environment | Frank Jensen |
Denmark | Ringkobing-Skjern Kommune | Anders Norskov Stidsen |
France | Loire-Bretagne Water Agency | Regis le Quillec |
France | Rhone-Méditerranée-Corse Water Agency | Fabien Abad |
France | MWWTP Bastia | Bernard Bombardi/ Stéphane Casella |
France | MWWTP Chateauneuf Le Rouge | Marie Bonnamy |
France | MWWTP La Plagne | Marc Pelissier |
France | MWWTP Menton – Roquebrune | Fidele Vingelli |
France | MWWTP Vallouise - Pelvoux | Amandine Fiot |
France | MWWTP Abriès – Ristolas / Chateau Ville vieille – Molines en Queyras | Cécile Belon |
France | MWWTP Carhaix-Plouguer | Fabien Pann |
France | French Ministery of Ecological transition – (DGALN) | Bénédicte Jénot / Augustin Ayoub |
France | DDTM 64 | Arnaud Bidart |
France/Europe | SAUR | Adélaïde Combret |
France/ Europe | SOCOTEC | Aurélien Brottes |
France / Switzerland | TECHFINA | Jean-Sébastien Zabé |
Germany | MUTAG | Louise Munk |
Iceland | Arctic Fish Aquaculture | Steinumm G. Einarsdottir |
Iceland | Environment Agency of Iceland | K. Sóley Bjarnadóttir Hólmfríður Þorsteinsdóttir |
Norway | Norwegian Environment Agency | Maria Hedenstad / Caroline |
Sweden | Swedish Environmental Protection Agency | Helen Klint/Maximilian Ludtke/Martin Holm |
Sweden | Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management | Robert Almstrand |
Sweden | MWWTP Gothenburg | Asa Magnusson/Tove Rappmann |
Sweden | MWWTP Gislaved | Theodor Ekman Larsson / Hannah Steinhausen |
Sweden | Tanum Kommune | Karin Görfelt and Michael Viberg |
Sweden | MWWTP Mellanfjärden and Bergsjö | Linda Almqvist |
Sweden | MWWTP Ekebro | Anders Jeppsson |
Sweden | MWWTP Göteborg GRYAAB | Emma Nivert |
Sweden | MWWTP Klippan | Andersson Börje |
Sweden | MWWTP Lessebo | Katarina Karlsson Palm |
Sweden | MWWTP Lysekil | Johanna Torberntsson |
Sweden | MWWTP Nyköping | Oliver Teichert |
Sweden | MWWTP Öckerö | Mats Kjellberg |
Sweden | MWWTP Vansbro | Åsa Ekvall |
Sweden | MWWTP Vrigstad and Farstorp | Kim Tietze |
Sweden | Independent – Master Thesis on Biocarriers | Agnes Tunstad |
Sweden | West Coast Trust - Sweden | Florina Lachmann |
Sweden/Europe | Anox Kaldnes – Veolia Water | Sofia Lind |
Do Not Answer | ||
Suez France | ||
FP2E - Fédération Professionnelle des Entreprises de l’Eau | ||
World | Global Salmon Initiative | |
Norway | Standard Norge | |
World | Aquaculture Stewardship Council | |
World | Global Seafood Alliance |
8.3 Annex 3
Summary of main measures and examples of rating systems to identify priority actions
Measure | Cost | Effectiveness / impact | Easy to set up | Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Regulation | Training in environmental agencies | + | ++ | +++ | 1 |
Adding requirements for the authorisation procedure concerning process declaration and retention measures | + | ++++ | +++ | 1 | |
Application for a HIRA | + | ++ | ++ | 1 | |
Production / Transport / Storage | Improved storage conditions | + | + | ++++ | 1 |
Limited and safer handling | + | + | +++++ | 1 | |
Employee training | + | + | +++++ | 1 | |
Adaptation of the Emergency Plan | ++ | + | ++ | 3 | |
Monitoring the implementation of prevention measures | ++ | + | +++ | 2 | |
Engineering | Improvement of general conditions (geological and building design) | +++++ | + | + | 3 |
Improving stormwater management and the collection network | +++++ | ++++ | + | 3 | |
Improvement of basin/tank construction | ++++ | ++ | + | 3 | |
Improvement of aeration/mixing equipment | +++ | +++ | ++ | 3 | |
Improved grille design | ++ | +++++ | ++ | 2 | |
Operation | Quality control | + | + | + | 2 |
On-site storage | + | +++++ | +++++ | 1 | |
Test phase security | +++ | +++++ | ++ | 2 | |
Effluent management | + | +++ | +++ | 1 | |
Maintenance | +++ | +++++ | +++ | 2 | |
Operator training | + | +++ | +++++ | 1 | |
Self-monitoring | Implementation of a CMMS | ++++ | +++ | ++ | 3 |
Setting up a biocarrier monitoring system | ++ | ++ | ++ | 2 | |
Supervision | National Data Base | + | ++++ | ++++ | 1 |
Specific control plan | ++ | ++ | ++ | 2 | |
Crisis Management | Adapting the crisis management plan and integrating containment and clean-up resources | ++ | ++ | ++ | 2 |
Improving information resources in the event of a crisis | + | + | +++++ | 1 | |
Develop the inspection & maintenance plan | + | + | + | 2 |
8.4 Annex 4
Stakeholder questionnaire
