Incorporating carbon footprints into seafood sustainability certification and eco-labels Madin, Elizabeth M.P. and Macreadie, Peter I. 2015, Incorporating carbon footprints into seafood sustainability certification and eco-labels, Marine policy, vol. 57, pp. 178-181, doi: 10.1016/j.marpol.2015.03.009. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads macreadie-incorporatingcarbon-2015.pdf Published version application/pdf 993.95KB 12 Title Incorporating carbon footprints into seafood sustainability certification and eco-labels Author(s) Madin, Elizabeth M.P. Macreadie, Peter I. orcid.org/0000-0001-7362-0882 Journal name Marine policy Volume number 57 Start page 178 End page 181 Total pages 4 Publisher Elsevier Place of publication Amsterdam, The Netherlands Publication date 2015-07 ISSN 0308-597X 1872-9460 Keyword(s) Seafood Eco-label Sustainability certification Carbon footprint Climate change Life cycle analysis (LCA) Summary The seafood industry has become increasingly interconnected at a global scale, with fish the most traded commodity worldwide. Travel to the farthest reaches of the oceans for capture is now common practice, and subsequent transport to market can require hundreds to thousands of miles of travel by sea and air. Refrigeration of seafood products is generally required at all stages of the journey from ocean to dinner plate, resulting in substantial energy expenditure. Energy input for aquaculture (including mariculture) products can also be high, namely due to the large amounts of feed required to support fish growth. As a result of these factors, the seafood industry has a substantial carbon footprint. Surprisingly, however, carbon footprints of seafood products are rarely integrated into assessments of their sustainability by eco-labels, sustainability certification, or consumer seafood sustainability guides. Suggestions are provided here for how carbon footprints could be incorporated within seafood sustainability schemes. Language eng DOI 10.1016/j.marpol.2015.03.009 Field of Research 050205 Environmental Management 0502 Environmental Science And Management 1606 Political Science 1801 Law Socio Economic Objective 970105 Expanding Knowledge in the Environmental Sciences HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal ERA Research output type C Journal article Copyright notice ©2015, The Authors Free to Read? Yes Use Rights Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30076228 Document type: Journal Article Collections: School of Life and Environmental Sciences Open Access Collection Centre for Integrative Ecology Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Fri, 21 Aug 2015, 14:58:13 EST Sat, 22 Aug 2015, 05:11:51 EST Mon, 24 Aug 2015, 08:15:34 EST Fri, 27 Nov 2015, 15:37:33 EST Sat, 28 Nov 2015, 05:09:38 EST Mon, 30 Nov 2015, 10:37:09 EST Tue, 08 Dec 2015, 08:49:41 EST Mon, 23 Oct 2017, 13:14:57 EST Wed, 25 Oct 2017, 08:29:30 EST Sat, 25 Nov 2017, 01:33:38 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 10 times in TR Web of Science Cited 11 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 149 Abstract Views, 11 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Fri, 27 Nov 2015, 15:37:33 EST

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