The U.S. Department of Commerce has adopted a policy to increase the value of domestic aquaculture production fivefold by 2025. This report considers how to develop U.S. aquaculture in a more sustainable way, by reviewing work based on manner energy analysis, ecological footprint analysis, and life cycle assessment.
It finds that extensive aquaculture systems are amongst the most energy efficient producers of animal protein currently in operation and many forms of intensive aquaculture are amongst the least energy efficient protein producers.
The U.S. Department of Commerce has adopted a policy to increase the value of domestic aquaculture production fivefold by 2025. This report considers how to develop U.S. aquaculture in a more sustainable way, by reviewing work based on manner energy analysis, ecological footprint analysis, and life cycle assessment.
It finds that extensive aquaculture systems are amongst the most energy efficient producers of animal protein currently in operation and many forms of intensive aquaculture are amongst the least energy efficient protein producers.
Feed stuffs is the major factor and plant-derived inputs typically, but not always, have much lower associated biophysical costs than do their animal derived substitutes.
Written by Tyedmers, P., N. Pelletier and N. Ayer (2007), it is attached below.
Also attached is Pelletier, N., P. Tyedmers, U. Sonesson, A. Scholz, F. Ziegler, A. Flysjo, S. Kruse, B. Cancino, H. Silverman (2009) “Not all Salmon Are Created Equal: Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of Global Salmon Farming Systems” Environmental Science and Technology. 43(23): 8730-8736.
Other aquaculture LCA reports to include (attached as pdfs) are:
1. Aubin et al 2009 (comparing different forms in France and Greece of culture using LCA
and
3. Pelletier, N. and P. Tyedmers (2010) “Life cycle assessment of frozen tilapia fillets from Indonesian lake and pond-based intensive aquaculture systems”. Journal of Industrial Ecology. 14(3) 467-481.
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