Directive 2002/59/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 5 ) provides the electronic reporting of the advanced waste notification which includes information on passively fished waste and a specific methodology is required for the collection of passively fished waste information from fishing vessels which are subject to Directive (EU) 2019/883 but are excluded from the scope Directive 2002/59/EC. (4) It is not always possible or cost-effective to measure both the mass and the volume o