Marine Harvest has provided data to an international study to prepare a full life cycle assessment (LCA) of salmon farming in Canada, Chile, Scotland and Norway.
The project was organised by and will be reported by SIK (Swedish Institute for Food and Biotechnologies), Dalhouise University in Canada and Ecotrust from Portland, Oregon.
The results of the study will be submitted for publication in a scientific journal during 2009.
It is the first worldwide LCA of a single food product and will expand on conventional environmental impact assessment to include impacts on nearby ecosystems and will bring in social welfare aspects such as fair wages and worker safety.