Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of Two Different Oyster (Crassostrea gigas) Farming Strategies in the Sacca di Goro, Northern Adriatic Sea, Italy
The Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas is one of the world’s most cultivated and prized molluscs. Alt-hough it is usually considered a luxury product, it meets all the requirements to be included in a sustainable diet, and its production and consumption have great potential for growth in the coming ye...
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ftunivferrarair:oai:sfera.unife.it:11392/2510311 2024-04-21T08:00:38+00:00 Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of Two Different Oyster (Crassostrea gigas) Farming Strategies in the Sacca di Goro, Northern Adriatic Sea, Italy Daniela Summa Edoardo Turolla Mattia Lanzoni Elena Tamisari Giuseppe Castaldelli Elena Tamburini Summa, Daniela Turolla, Edoardo Lanzoni, Mattia Tamisari, Elena Castaldelli, Giuseppe Tamburini, Elena 2023 ELETTRONICO https://hdl.handle.net/11392/2510311 https://doi.org/10.3390/resources12060062 eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/wos/WOS:001016113200001 volume:12 issue:6 firstpage:62 lastpage:76 numberofpages:14 journal:RESOURCES https://hdl.handle.net/11392/2510311 doi:10.3390/resources12060062 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/scopus/2-s2.0-85163760033 life cycle assessment oyster farming sustainability info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2023 ftunivferrarair https://doi.org/10.3390/resources12060062 2024-03-28T01:14:52Z The Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas is one of the world’s most cultivated and prized molluscs. Alt-hough it is usually considered a luxury product, it meets all the requirements to be included in a sustainable diet, and its production and consumption have great potential for growth in the coming years. Oyster farming is a worldwide activity, with China and France as the main producers, but recently, the possibility of implementing the Italian production, mainly focused on clams and mussels, has been considered an interesting issue, especially due to the growing local and global demand. The present study has been carried out by collecting data from the Sacca di Goro, north-east Italy, the most important national mollusc farming area. Life cycle assessment (LCA) methodology was applied to two different farming scenarios in order to improve the overall sus-tainability of the process. Using OpenLCATM software (GreenDelta, Berlin, Germany) and the ReCiPe® midpoint (H) v.1.12 method, the environmental impacts of the traditional Italian farming technique, carried out entirely offshore in longlines, and the alternative option, in which the oyster seed pre-fattening phase was carried out in the lagoon, were calculated and compared. The results show that replacing the current pre-fattening phase with pre-fattening in a lagoon reduces CO2 emissions by approximately 12% and all other impact categories by approximately 9%. In addition, non-recyclable plastic materials and fuel consumption emerged as the main environmental hotspots. Article in Journal/Newspaper Crassostrea gigas Pacific oyster Università degli Studi di Ferrara: CINECA IRIS Resources 12 6 62 |
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The Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas is one of the world’s most cultivated and prized molluscs. Alt-hough it is usually considered a luxury product, it meets all the requirements to be included in a sustainable diet, and its production and consumption have great potential for growth in the coming years. Oyster farming is a worldwide activity, with China and France as the main producers, but recently, the possibility of implementing the Italian production, mainly focused on clams and mussels, has been considered an interesting issue, especially due to the growing local and global demand. The present study has been carried out by collecting data from the Sacca di Goro, north-east Italy, the most important national mollusc farming area. Life cycle assessment (LCA) methodology was applied to two different farming scenarios in order to improve the overall sus-tainability of the process. Using OpenLCATM software (GreenDelta, Berlin, Germany) and the ReCiPe® midpoint (H) v.1.12 method, the environmental impacts of the traditional Italian farming technique, carried out entirely offshore in longlines, and the alternative option, in which the oyster seed pre-fattening phase was carried out in the lagoon, were calculated and compared. The results show that replacing the current pre-fattening phase with pre-fattening in a lagoon reduces CO2 emissions by approximately 12% and all other impact categories by approximately 9%. In addition, non-recyclable plastic materials and fuel consumption emerged as the main environmental hotspots. |
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Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of Two Different Oyster (Crassostrea gigas) Farming Strategies in the Sacca di Goro, Northern Adriatic Sea, Italy |
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Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of Two Different Oyster (Crassostrea gigas) Farming Strategies in the Sacca di Goro, Northern Adriatic Sea, Italy |
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Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of Two Different Oyster (Crassostrea gigas) Farming Strategies in the Sacca di Goro, Northern Adriatic Sea, Italy |
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Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of Two Different Oyster (Crassostrea gigas) Farming Strategies in the Sacca di Goro, Northern Adriatic Sea, Italy |
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Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of Two Different Oyster (Crassostrea gigas) Farming Strategies in the Sacca di Goro, Northern Adriatic Sea, Italy |
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