Life cycle considerations for improving sustainability assessments in seafood awareness campaigns

Environmental Management

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 918-931

  Pelletier, Nathan ^a   Tyedmers, Peter ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Ecolabel; Fisheries; Life Cycle Assessment; Organic; Seafood; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ECOLABEL; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; ORGANIC; SEAFOOD; SUSTAINABILITY;

AGRICULTURE; AQUACULTURE; CONSUMER PRODUCTS; DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGY; FISHERIES; MEATS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; THROUGHPUT;

LIFE CYCLE;

AQUACULTURE PRODUCTION; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; OVERFISHING; SALMONID CULTURE; SEAFOOD; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; SUSTAINABILITY; WESTERN PERCEPTION;

AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONSUMER; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FOOD INDUSTRY; GLOBAL CHANGE; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; OCEAN ENVIRONMENT; SEA FOOD; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM; FISHERIES; FISHES; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; OCEANS AND SEAS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEAFOOD;

EID: 54049112628     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-008-9148-9     Document Type: Article

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