Environmental life cycle assessment of Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) caught along the Swedish west coast by creels and conventional trawls - LCA methodology with case study

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 487-497

  Ziegler, Friederike ^a   Valentinsson, Daniel ^b  

^a SIK THE SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR FOOD AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Creels; Discard; Fuel use; LCA case study; Nephrops; Norway lobster; Seafloor impact; Seafood; Trawls

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSUMER; FISHERY; FISHING; LIFE CYCLE; LOBSTER; MEAT; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; PHARMACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA FOOD; SWEDEN; TECHNOLOGY; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

NEPHROPS; NEPHROPS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 51749107001     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11367-008-0024-x     Document Type: Article

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