Incorporating carbon footprints into seafood sustainability certification and eco-labels

Marine Policy

Volumn 57, Issue , 2015, Pages 178-181

  Madin, Elizabeth M P ^a,b   Macreadie, Peter I ^b,c  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon footprint; Climate change; Eco label; Life cycle analysis (LCA); Seafood; Sustainability certification

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CERTIFICATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMODITY MARKET; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; EXPENDITURE; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MARICULTURE; SEAFOOD; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 84928167539     PISSN: 0308597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2015.03.009     Document Type: Article

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