Application of the Life Cycle Assessment to land-based farmed sea bass and sea bream

Abstract

As the world population grows, the demand for the food industry also increases. Moreover, adverse effects such as environmental problems, economic crises, and global pandemics cause difficulties in the food supply chain. In this sense, aquaculture has the potential to provide sufficient protein to this growing population. It is seen that the use of aquaculture in fish production will increase in the coming years. For this reason, current problems should be determined, and it is necessary to develop sustainable solutions to these problems. In this sense, Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a unique methodology. In this thesis work, two species of fish produced by aquaculture were studied: sea bass and sea bream. The sustainability of these fish species was assessed using the life cycle assessment. Thus, the data for the grow-out phrase, packaging, and commercialization of seabass and seabream production from the land-based farm 'Il Vigneto' partner of the NewTechAqua project were collected, and the system was modelled.