Emission Factor

Fish canning - small fish

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is fish canning, small fish. The reference product is fish canning, small fish. Small fish (e.g. sardines, anchovies) canned in chromium steel or aluminium cans. The canning process involves fish processing, esterilisation and filling of cans, cooking and sealing of cans. ![image](https://db3.ecoinvent.org/images/d53265c8-76b8-4fc3-9c57-1b91dda3a629) Properties of canned small fish (average sardine and anchovies): Wet mass: 1 Dry mass: 0.63292 Water in wet mass: 0.36708 Water content: 0.58445 Carbon content (fossil): 0 Carbon content (non-fossil): 0.48018 Fat (kg): 0.09725 Protein (kg): 0.21080 Ash (kg): 3.4 Energy value (MJ/kg): 7.32020 The reference product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary ordinary transforming activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation here for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.11/cutoff/dataset/18091/documentation.

PropertyValue
NameFish canning - small fish
SectorAgriculture/Hunting/Forestry/Fishing
CategoryFishing/Aquaculture/Hunting
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.11
Region
Unit Type
Year
2011
Year Released
2024
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0000kg/kg
LCA Activity
unknown
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
fishing_aquaculture-type_fish_canning_small_fish_fish_canning_small_fish
UUID
78026da2-14fa-44fc-8ef8-34f68750d61d
Code Snippet
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