2018 Volume 14 Issue 3 Pages 198-206
Understanding and improving the environmental burden and impacts associated with producing and consuming marine products are important for enhancing the sustainability of the fisheries industries. The fisheries industries applied Life Cycle Assessment（LCA） to improve sustainability; research on fisheries LCA related to each stage and the supply chain followed. This paper clarifies the recent research trends in fisheries LCA through a literature review. First, the author organizes the relationship between the fishery products produced and the environmental burden and impact by analyzing past studies of fisheries and aquaculture. Next, from the methodological point of view, the paper finds patterns in the literature according to the elements of goals, system boundaries, functional units, allocation, environmental burden, and impact areas. Finally, the author examines the direction of future efforts based on the gap between the current situation of fisheries LCA and the issues to resolve.
