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Fish freezing - small fish

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The activity generating the emissions is fish freezing, small fish. The Reference Product is fish freezing, small fish. Fish frozen. The freezing process involves fish processing, rinsing, sometimes adding water, and freezing in cold tunnels or blast chambers. Properties of frozen small fish (Average of 26 fish species, http://www.fao.org/wairdocs/tan/x5916e/x5916e01.htm, plus 10% of glazing): Wet mass: 1 Dry mass: 0.52338 Water in wet mass: 0.47662 Water content: 0.91067 Carbon content (fossil): 0 Carbon content (non-fossil): 0.436 Fat (kg): 0.061 Protein (kg): 0.18 Ash (kg): 0.015 Energy value (MJ/kg): 4.01 The Reference Product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.12/cutoff/dataset/18313/documentation

PropertyValue
NameFish freezing - small fish
SectorAgriculture/Hunting/Forestry/Fishing
CategoryFishing/Aquaculture/Hunting
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.12
Region
Unit Type
Year
2011
Year Released
2025
Emission Factor
  • CO2e
    kg/kg
Scopes3.1
LCA Activity
source_specific
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
fishing_aquaculture-type_fish_freezing_small_fish_fish_freezing_small_fish
UUID
cd1d50ff-1f76-4cea-9126-171f293611ff
Code Snippet
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