Refrigeration and sustainability in the seafood cold chain

摘要

Environmental concerns regarding seafood production have been focused on biological impact ontarget and by-catch stocks as well as ecosystem effects of certain types of fishing gear. Less attentionhas been paid to the fact that seafood production also contributes to many types of environmentaleffects above the ocean surface due to modern fishing and fish farming technology. The biologicalimpacts on marine ecosystems have not become less important, quite the contrary. In recent years,however, resource use to produce supply materials and support the production chains of farmed andcaught seafood products and resulting emissions to air, water and ground have received increasedattention.To bring seafood from the sea to dinner table its necessary to maintain a low temperature. Sustainable,energy efficient refrigeration systems used in Norwegian fishing vessels and harvest in aquaculture arediscussed. Further, systems at the processing facility, storage and transport are presented and discussed.