DOI: 10.2478/cjf-2022-0017
Original scientific paper
Carbon footprint assessment of a seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax) farm in the Mediterranean Moroccan coast.
2022, 80 (4) p. 165-178
ABDELJALLIL BAHIDA, HOUSNI CHADLI, HASSAN NHHALA, IMANE NHHALA, MIRIAM WAHBI, HASSAN ERRAIOUI
Abstract
The present study assesses the carbon footprint (CF) of the only operational marine fish farm in Morocco. Five years of data were used to assess the farm carbon footprint, following ISO/TS 14067 standards, the PAS 2050, and the IPCC 2006 Guidelines. The obtained carbon footprint ranged from 2.34 to 2.85 kg CO2e/kg. 2017 emission value is lowest by 38% than the highest one. Fish feed contributes most to the farm product's carbon footprint. Based on the PAS 2050, the inshore cage farm product ranks in the same category as dairy products. Furthermore, the comparison showed that it is lower by almost 67% than the carbon footprint of other protein productions. The study evaluates some scenarios to reduce the fish farm carbon footprint, which may be a baseline for other studies.
Keywords
Carbon footprint assessment, Marine fish farm, Seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax), Greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduces