Emission Factor

Marine fish (market for marine fish)

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Emission factor summary

Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.10. The product marine fish refers to a general category of various fish that are meant for human consumption. They are captured in open sea (hence they are wild) and subsequently landed where they are driven to commercial consumption. Various fishing methods are employed that are documented in the respective producing activities. Marine fish include here tunas hake their by-catches and anchovies. By-catches are all non-target fish species that are captured in the process of fishing another target species. They are not discarded but rather sold in the same market as the target spieces. By-catches usually consitute 4-6% (in terms of mass) of the main catch. https://db3.ecoinvent.org/images/76f82c8e-9a84-4ad6-b3a0-bd406120787c The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is market activity. The reference product amount is 1.

PropertyValue
NameMarine fish (market for marine fish)
SectorAgriculture/Hunting/Forestry/Fishing
CategoryFishing/Aquaculture/Hunting
Sourceecoinvent
Region
Unit Type
Year
2017
Year Released
2023
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0000kg/kg
LCA Activity
Refer to source
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Replaced
  • Replaced in: 20Version log
  • Replaced by: e426fc1d-204a-44ce-98e0-dc77fbae908c

API Reference

Activity ID
fishing_aquaculture-type_marine_fish_market_for_marine_fish
UUID
27e535bb-7360-4183-8f17-be09706eb5bf
Code Snippet
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