5 How Can Biofouling be Minimized?
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5 How Can Biofouling be Minimized?

 If your recreational craft is normally kept in the water (regardless of whether it is trailerable or not), an appropriate anti-fouling coating system and good maintenance are the best way of preventing biofouling accumulation. If you regularly operate recreational craft in both marine and fresh waters, this may help to reduce the accumulation of biofouling (many marine fouling species do not easily survive in fresh or brackish water and vice versa) however, a good maintenance regime is still essential.

Parent topic: Annex – Guidance for Minimizing the Transfer of Invasive Aquatic Species as Biofouling (Hull Fouling) for Recreational Craft
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