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. 2020 Jul 15;10:11679. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-68231-8

Table 2.

GHG emissions by culture group and region, 2017, calculated in this study.

Bivalves Catfish Cyprinids Freshwater fish, general Indian major carps Marine fish, general Salmonids Shrimps and prawns Tilapias Total
GHG emissions (thousand tonnes of CO2e)
East Asia 16,775 13,018 70,264 13,468 0 20,695 0 43,782 15,319 193,319
South Asia 0 2,788 3,763 3,144 12,743 0 0 5,270 0 27,708
Sub-Saharan Africa 0 530 74 160 0 0 0 0 812 1,576
West Asia & Northern Africa 0 0 592 0 0 2,203 263 0 3,288 6,346
Central and South America 389 0 0 522 0 0 4,215 2,418 1,017 8,561
Oceania 126 0 0 0 0 215 133 0 0 474
Eastern Europe 0 0 176 0 0 0 49 0 0 225
Western Europe 639 0 0 0 0 0 4,902 0 0 5,542
North America 228 356 0 0 0 0 420 295 0 1,299
Russian Federation 0 0 189 0 0 0 119 0 0 307
WORLD 18,157 16,692 75,057 17,294 12,743 23,112 10,102 51,764 20,436 245,357