Greenhouse gas emissions from primary fisheries
The most relevant topics for Kangamiut are those relating to our scope 3 carbon emissions; that is, those emissions that are found in our upstream and downstream value chain and for us probably constitute >99% of our greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
Life cycle assessments, LCAs, (if done properly) measure the carbon emissions through the entire life cycle of a product, but a major gap in seafood LCAs is the lack of inclusion of emissions from the release of organic carbon created from the disturbance of the seabed from trawling as well as inclusion of data on carbon sequestration from the build up of carbon in the fish themselves. Especially the emissions from the seabed are a matter of much uncertainty and debate. First of all, it is very difficult to measure, and second, the available studies show divergent results although the majority show a significant contribution of trawling to GHG emissions.