Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences (한국수산과학회지)

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A Quantitative Analysis of GHG Emissions from the Korean Offshore Large Scale Fisheries Using an LCA Method

전과정 평가에 의한 한국 근해 대형어업의 온실가스 배출량 분석

  • Lee, Ji-Hoon (Institute of Low-Carbon Marine Production Technology, Pukyong National University) ;
  • Lee, Chun-Woo (Division of Marine Production System Management, Pukyong National University)
  • 이지훈 (부경대학교 저탄소해양생산기술연구소) ;
  • 이춘우 (부경대학교 해양생산시스템관리학부)
  • Received : 2011.05.24
  • Accepted : 2011.07.28
  • Published : 2011.08.30
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Abstract

The negative fishery factors from an environmental perspective are greenhouse gas emissions due to high fossil fuel use, destruction of underwater ecosystems by bottom trawls, a reduction in resources by fishing, and damage to ecosystem diversity. In particular, the greenhouse gas emissions from fisheries is an important issue based on the Cancun meeting in Mexico in 1992 and the Kyoto protocol in 2005. However, no investigations on the GHG emissions from Korean fisheries have been conducted. Therefore, a quantitative analysis of GHG emissions from the Korean fishery industry is needed as a first step to identify a method to reduce GHG emissions from fisheries. The purpose of this study was to investigate the degree of GHG emitted from fisheries. Here, we calculated the GHG emissions from four main Korean fisheries(i.e., large trawls, large purse seines, Danish seines, and bottom pair trawls) using the life cycle assessment(LCA) method. The system boundary and input parameters for each process level were defined for LCA analysis. The fuel use coefficient of each fishery was also calculated. The GHG emissions from edible seafood were calculated considering different consuming areas. The results will be helpful to understand GHG emissions from Korean fisheries.

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