Estimation of the carbon footprint of the Galician fishing activity (NW Spain)

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 5284-5294

  Iribarren, Diego ^a   Vázquez Rowe, Ian ^a   Hospido, Almudena ^a   Moreira, María Teresa ^a   Feijoo, Gumersindo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Carbon footprint; Fishery; Global warming; Life cycle assessment

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS TO BUSINESS; CARBON FOOTPRINT; DEEP-SEA FISHING; EMISSION REDUCTION; FISHING ACTIVITIES; FOOD PRODUCTION; FOOD PRODUCTION SYSTEMS; FOOD SECTOR; GALICIA; GHG EMISSION; GLOBAL WARMING IMPACT; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; MARKET DEMAND; NW SPAIN; SEAFOOD PRODUCTS;

EMISSION CONTROL; FISHERIES; FOOD PRODUCTS; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; LIFE CYCLE; SUPPLY CHAINS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

CARBON;

BENCHMARKING; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; FISHING INDUSTRY; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; INTENSIVE CULTURE; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS;

AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EXHAUST GAS; FISHING; FOOD INDUSTRY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SEA FOOD; SPAIN; WATER POLLUTION;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CARBON; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHERIES; FOOD INDUSTRY; SEAFOOD; SPAIN; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EQUIDAE; LEPIDORHOMBUS WHIFFIAGONIS; LOPHIIFORMES; MERLUCCIUS MERLUCCIUS; MICROMESISTIUS POUTASSOU; SARDINA PILCHARDUS; SCOMBER SCOMBRUS; SCOPHTHALMIDAE; THUNNUS ALBACARES;

EID: 77956872859     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.07.082     Document Type: Article

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