06.18.12
Aker BioMarine Antarctic has announced a new study published in Environmental Science and Technology titled “Life Cycle Environmental Impacts of Three Products Derived from Wild-Caught Antarctic Krill (Euphausia superba).” The study, authored, by Robert Parker and Prof. Peter Tyedmers, was undertaken at the School for Resource and Environmental Studies, Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia. The research used life cycle assessment (LCA) to evaluate the environmental performance of krill harvesting and processing activities. Impacts included ozone depleting, acidifying and greenhouse gas emissions along with, total energy use and living resource inputs. The study calculated the marine footprint of Antarctic Krill via biotic resource use (BRU). Utilizing BRU, the marine footprint of different sources of omega 3's can be compared, and due to krill's low position in the food chain, total BRU is much lower than what is common in omega 3 production from most fish sources. Sigve Nordrum, Conservation Director for Aker BioMarine commented, “We are pleased to note that the biotic resource impact compares very favorably to other fisheries for omega oils, and provides feedback that we can consider to continually improve our best-practices in harvesting krill.”
For further information:http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/es2040703
For further information:http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/es2040703