Life Cycle Assessment of Fresh Fish Product in Various Scale of Capture Fisheries Facilities.

There are various models of capture fisheries in Indonesia. One of the distinguishing factors is scale fishing facilities that are used. The differences in scale of these facilities potentially affect the use of inputs and outputs and the resulting environmental impact. In this study, the size of fishing vessels was classified to describe different scale fishing facilities in some areas of the coast of Java. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) method is used in this study to assess the environmental impacts which are generated during the life cycle of the fish product started from the preparation of fishing operations up to the transportation of fresh fish to the processing unit or local market on some scale fishing facilities. The results showed that the energy and emission generated to transport 1 kg of fresh fish products by smaller scale fishing facilities was higher than the larger one. However, for each trip, the environmental impact caused by that scale was lower than the larger scale fishing facilities. Global warming is the greatest impact category generated during the life cycle of the fresh fish product in the various scale of capture fisheries facilities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]