A quantitative analysis of greenhouse-gases emissions from the Korean offshore large trawl fishery using an LCA method

Since the Industrial Revolution, mankind faced with the problem of global warming. Each country effort to reduce greenhouse-gases emissions constantly. In the case of Korea, they declared that they will reduce greenhouse-gases voluntarily at “intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change” held in Cancun, Mexico, in 2010. In addition, the government said that they would decrease to 30% of greenhouse-gases emissions figure in 1990 until 2020. Furthermore, they will effort to reduce greenhouse-gases emissions continuously. In Korea, fisheries research of greenhouse-gases is in the beginning stages. Therefore, the generated greenhouse-gases in fisheries should be reduced. It means that we need to quantify the emission of greenhouse-gases.BR In this study, we proposed a quantitative analysis method about greenhouse-gases emissions in fisheries. The greenhouse-gas emissions were derived for producing 1kg of round weight of fish and 1 ㎏ of edible weight of fish quantitatively. In addition, we derived annual greenhouse-gases emissions using the greenhouse-gases emissions for producing 1 ㎏ round weight of fish and the annual production. As a result, the present study will be based for reducing greenhouse-gases emissions.