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Life cycle assessment of fish and seafood processed products – A review of methodologies and new challenges
The Science of The Total Environment2020
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Ian Vázquez‐Rowe,
Ian Vázquez‐Rowe,
Ian Vázquez‐Rowe,
Jara Laso,
Israel Ruiz‐Salmón,
Israel Ruiz‐Salmón,
Israel Ruiz‐Salmón,
Cheila Almeida,
Cheila Almeida,
Philippe Loubet,
Ian Vázquez‐Rowe,
Jara Laso,
António Marques,
Paula Quinteiro,
Israel Ruiz‐Salmón,
Philippe Loubet,
Philippe Loubet,
Ian Vázquez‐Rowe,
Ian Vázquez‐Rowe,
Ian Vázquez‐Rowe,
María Margallo,
Jara Laso,
Jara Laso,
Ana Cláudia Dias,
Paula Quinteiro,
Marı́a Teresa Moreira,
María Margallo,
María Margallo,
Jara Laso,
Jara Laso,
Jara Laso,
Ian Vázquez‐Rowe,
Guido Sonnemann,
Guido Sonnemann,
María Leonor Nunes,
António Marques,
Paula Quinteiro,
Pedro Villanueva-Rey,
Pedro Villanueva-Rey,
Pedro Villanueva-Rey,
Eoghan Clifford,
Marı́a Teresa Moreira,
António Marques,
António Marques,
Jara Laso,
Neil J. Rowan,
Eduardo Rodríguez,
Paula Quinteiro,
Paula Quinteiro,
Paula Quinteiro,
António Marques,
María Margallo,
María Margallo,
María Margallo,
António Marques,
António Marques,
Rubén Aldaco
María Leonor Nunes,
Rubén Aldaco
Ronan Cooney,
Ana Cláudia Dias,
Ana Cláudia Dias,
Ana Cláudia Dias,
António Marques,
António Marques,
António Marques,
António Marques,
António Marques,
António Marques,
Rubén Aldaco
María Leonor Nunes,
Israel Ruiz‐Salmón,
Cheila Almeida,
Cheila Almeida,
Guido Sonnemann,
António Marques,
María Leonor Nunes,
António Marques,
António Marques,
António Marques,
Gumersindo Feijóo,
António Cortês,
Marı́a Teresa Moreira,
Neil J. Rowan,
Marı́a Teresa Moreira,
Marı́a Teresa Moreira,
Philippe Loubet,
Gumersindo Feijóo,
Eoghan Clifford,
Philippe Loubet,
Israel Ruiz‐Salmón,
Guido Sonnemann,
Gumersindo Feijóo,
António Marques,
Andrew P. Morse,
Philippe Loubet,
Guido Sonnemann,
María Margallo,
Rubén Aldaco
Ronan Cooney,
Guido Sonnemann,
Ronan Cooney,
Eoghan Clifford,
Eoghan Clifford,
María Leonor Nunes,
Andrew P. Morse,
Ronan Cooney,
Ana Cláudia Dias,
Neil J. Rowan,
Leticia Regueiro,
António Marques,
Eoghan Clifford,
Andrew P. Morse,
Leticia Regueiro,
Christelle Noirot,
Clémentine Anglada,
Christelle Noirot,
Diego Méndez,
Clémentine Anglada,
Clémentine Anglada,
Clémentine Anglada,
Christelle Noirot,
Christelle Noirot,
Neil J. Rowan,
Rubén Aldaco
Neil J. Rowan,
Ian Vázquez‐Rowe,
Rubén Aldaco
Rubén Aldaco
Summary
Researchers reviewed over 60 life cycle assessment studies on fish and seafood products, identifying key methodological inconsistencies and recommending that future LCAs adopt species- and region-specific indicators, address ghost fishing and wastewater impacts, and better integrate the water-energy-food nexus framework.
Life cycle assessment (LCA) has been widely applied in many different sectors, but the marine products and seafood segment have received relatively little attention in the past. In recent decades, global fish production experienced sustained growth and peaked at about 179 million tonnes in 2018. Consequently, increased interest in the environmental implications of fishery products along the supply chain, namely from capture to end of life, was recently experienced by society, industry and policy-makers. This timely review aims to describe the current framework of LCA and its application to the seafood sector that mainly focused on fish extraction and processing, but it also encompassed the remaining stages. An excess of 60 studies conducted over the last decade, along with some additional publications, were comprehensively reviewed; these focused on the main LCA methodological choices, including but not limited to, functional unit, system boundaries allocation methods and environmental indicators. The review identifies key recommendations on the progression of LCA for this increasingly important sustaining seafood sector. Specifically, these recommendations include (i) the need for specific indicators for fish-related activities, (ii) the target species and their geographical origin, (iii) knowledge and technology transfer and, (iv) the application and implementation of key recommendations from LCA research that will improve the accuracy of LCA models in this sector. Furthermore, the review comprises a section addressing previous and current challenges of the seafood sector. Wastewater treatment, ghost fishing or climate change, are also the objects of discussion together with advocating support for the water-energy-food nexus as a valuable tool to minimize environmental negativities and to frame successful synergies.