Life Cycle Assessment of fresh and canned mussel processing and consumption in Galicia (NW Spain)

Iribarren, Diego; Moreira, Marı́a Teresa

doi:10.1016/j.resconrec.2010.08.001

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“…This methodology has been used in numerous seafood LCAs for both fishing and aquaculture [32,33,44,52,[57][58][59][60][61][62]. The impact categories used in this study to determine the potential impact are abiotic depletion (AD), global warming (GW), ozone layer depletion (OLD), photochemical oxidation (PO), acidification (A) and eutrophication (E).…”

Section: Evaluation Of the Impact Of The Life Cyclementioning

confidence: 99%

Life Cycle Assessment of Gilthead Seabream (Sparus aurata) Production in Offshore Fish Farms

Garcı́a¹,

Jiménez

Aguado‐Giménez

et al. 2016

Sustainability

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Abstract:Life cycle assessment is used in this study to evaluate the potential environmental impacts of producing gilthead seabream in an offshore sea farm exposed to storms in the Spanish Mediterranean Sea. The farming methods used can be considered as "basic" since no centralized or automatic food distribution system exists and there is no control system. This study aims to identify the main hotspots under these conditions and to propose and compare viable alternatives to them. Contribution analysis found that the component of the system with the greatest potential environmental impact (48% of the overall impact) was fish feed, especially the raw material used. Other contributory factors were the fuel consumed by the vessels operating in the farm (35%), the dumping of N and P in the environment due to the metabolism of the fish (12%), the cages and their anchorage system (5%). A sensitivity analysis showed that a significant reduction in potential environmental impact can be achieved by increasing feeding efficiency. Feed formulation in raw materials is also an important factor and could serve to diminish overall adverse effects. A balance needs to be found between productive performance (growth, survival and feed conversion rate), feed price and its influence on production costs and the overall environmental consequences.

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Section: Evaluation Of the Impact Of The Life Cyclementioning

confidence: 99%

Life Cycle Assessment of Gilthead Seabream (Sparus aurata) Production in Offshore Fish Farms

Garcı́a¹,

Jiménez

Aguado‐Giménez

et al. 2016

Sustainability

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“…LCA has been widely applied to study the environmental performance of fisheries (Avadí and Fréon, 2013), seafood including aquaculture products (Aubin, 2013;Henriksson et al, 2011;Parker, 2012) and industrialised seafood products (Hospido et al, 2006;Iribarren et al, 2010). LCA consists of a goal and scope definition phase, where the functional unit (FU) and system boundary are defined; a life cycle inventory (LCI) phase, where life cycle data related to the FU is collected; a life cycle impact assessment (LCIA) phase where a set of characterisation factors are used to calculate environmental impacts on a wide number of impact categories; and an interpretation phase, where conclusions are drawn from the LCI and LCIA results (ISO, 2006a,b).…”

Section: Life Cycle Assessmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

A set of sustainability performance indicators for seafood: Direct human consumption products from Peruvian anchoveta fisheries and freshwater aquaculture

Avadí¹,

Fréon²

2015

Ecological Indicators

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“…The cultivation of mussels was also assessed by Iribarren et al (2010a). The study was focusing on the human consumption of mussels as fresh products or canned.…”

Section: Musselsmentioning

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Life Cycle Assessment of fresh and canned mussel processing and consumption in Galicia (NW Spain)

Cited by 76 publications

References 24 publications

Life Cycle Assessment of Gilthead Seabream (Sparus aurata) Production in Offshore Fish Farms

Life Cycle Assessment of Gilthead Seabream (Sparus aurata) Production in Offshore Fish Farms

A set of sustainability performance indicators for seafood: Direct human consumption products from Peruvian anchoveta fisheries and freshwater aquaculture

Nordic Alternative Protein Potentials

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