Mungkung (2005) showed that fish processing
contributed greatly to eutrophication in an LCA of shrimp
in Thailand. In a water quality assessment, Pham et al.
(2010) reported that industrial processing of Pangasius
fillets in Vietnam uses less than 1% of the total water
GW = Global warming;
AC = Acidification;
EU = Eutrophication;
HT=Human Toxicity;
MAET=Marine Ecotoxicity;
FWET = Fresh water Ecotoxicity.
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
GW AC EU HT FWET MAET Energy
Environmental Impact Category
Fig. 3 The average contribution Feed Grow-out farming excl. feed
to eight environmental impact
categories from average feed
production and from all other
processes involved in the
Pangasius farming
0%