Emission Factor

Marine fish (market for)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is market for marine fish. The Reference Product is marine fish. 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. The Reference Product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is market activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.12/cutoff/dataset/17842/documentation

PropertyValue
NameMarine fish (market for)
SectorAgriculture/Hunting/Forestry/Fishing
CategoryFishing/Aquaculture/Hunting
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.12
Region
Unit Type
Year
2017
Year Released
2025
Emission Factor
  • CO2e
    kg/kg
Scopes3.1
LCA Activity
cradle_to_consumer
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
fishing_aquaculture-type_marine_fish_market_for_marine_fish
UUID
c211d74a-d112-4dd9-9dce-8e4bf8eb732b
Code Snippet
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