NETTAG+ promotes reduction of marine pollution in line with the EU Action Plan Towards Zero Pollution for Air, Water and Soil, reducing marine litter derived from fisheries and contributing to prevent gear loss and thus decreasing of ALDFG in the ocean. As gears are mostly composed of plastic, with this reduction, NETTAG+ contributes to the implementation of the EU Strategy on Plastics in a Circular Economy, the EU Single Use Plastic Directive and the EU Directive on the reduction of the impact of certain plastic products on the environment (2019/904)31. Furthermore, the demonstration and clean-up events, removing litter, including ALDFG, from the Ocean and beaches in Portugal, Spain, Italy, Malta and Croatia, contributes to a Zero Pollution approach, in line with EU Green Deal. NETTAG+ also directly contributes to the implementation of the EU Port Reception Facilities Directive (2019/883) by exploring how ports can increase/improve facilities to receive litter collected by fishing boats and also the litter from net repair work