Redirecting marine antibiofouling innovations from sustainable horizons

Biofouling has great environmental, economic, and societal impacts. Emerging and promising strategies for antibiofouling require incorpo-rati on of sustainability concepts. To this end, key research priorities should be given to disrupting at-tachment of organisms or engineer-ing innovative surfaces to slough off fouling organisms from the sur -face s, with more holistic consid-erations of other viable options, including eco-friendly antifouling chemicals.

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Biofouling has significant impacts on the environment, economy, and society. Effective strategies for addressing biofouling should incorporate sustainability concepts and focus on disrupting attachment of organisms or developing innovative surfaces to remove fouling organisms. Other viable options, including eco-friendly antifouling chemicals, should also be considered.