Life cycle assessment of Icelandic Atlantic salmon Aquaculture

• Main Author: Banze, Ilídio Sebastião, 1974-
• Other Authors: Háskóli Íslands
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: Umhverfis- og auðlindafræði; Laxeldi; Umhverfisáhrif; Tálknafjörður; Patreksfjörður; Atlantic salmon; Iceland; Salmo salar
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1946/10321

This study analysed the environmental impacts of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) farmed in sea cages in Tálknafjörður, North West of Iceland. Methodologically the study was based on Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), and the functional unit was 1 metric tonne of the whole Atlantic salmon produced in sea cag...