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Life cycle assessment of wild capture prawns: expanding sustainability considerations in the Australian northern prawn fishery
Citation
Farmery, A and Gardner, C and Green, BS and Jennings, S and Watson, R, Life cycle assessment of wild capture prawns: expanding sustainability considerations in the Australian northern prawn fishery, Journal of Cleaner Production, 87 pp. 96-104. ISSN 0959-6526 (2015) [Refereed Article]
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Copyright 2015 Elsevier
DOI: doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.10.063
Abstract
Prawns and shrimp are among the most popular seafood consumed globally and their production is responsible for a range of environmental impacts in wild capture fisheries and associated supply chains. Management of the Australian Northern Prawn Fishery has been promoted as a sustainable model for other countries to emulate, although broader environmental impacts, such as those relating to energy and water use or greenhouse gas emissions are not currently monitored under sustainability assessments. We use life cycle assessment (LCA) to assess the environmental impacts of the white banana prawn (Fenneropenaeus merguiensis). Fishing operations were the main source of impacts for the supply chain examined, contributing 4.3 kg CO2e kg−1 prawn or 63% of the overall global warming potential. This result was lower than emissions reported for other prawn species, including tiger prawns from the same fishery. Processing and storage were key contributors to ecotoxicity while transport made a negligible contribution to any impact category. We discuss how LCA can complement existing fisheries management, and broaden current seafood sustainability assessments including the potential for emerging fishery-specific indicators to improve the efficacy of seafood LCAs.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | LCA, sustainable seafood, shrimp |
| Research Division: | Agricultural, Veterinary and Food Sciences |
| Research Group: | Fisheries sciences |
| Research Field: | Fisheries management |
| Objective Division: | Animal Production and Animal Primary Products |
| Objective Group: | Fisheries - wild caught |
| Objective Field: | Wild caught prawns |
| UTAS Author: | Farmery, A (Ms Anna Farmery) |
| UTAS Author: | Gardner, C (Professor Caleb Gardner) |
| UTAS Author: | Green, BS (Associate Professor Bridget Green) |
| UTAS Author: | Jennings, S (Dr Sarah Jennings) |
| UTAS Author: | Watson, R (Professor Reginald Watson) |
| ID Code: | 97048 |
| Year Published: | 2015 |
| Web of Science® Times Cited: | 17 |
| Deposited By: | Sustainable Marine Research Collaboration |
| Deposited On: | 2014-12-01 |
| Last Modified: | 2017-12-06 |
| Downloads: | 0 |
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