Assessment of nitrous oxide emission from mariculture of marine fish and crustaceans in China, 2003–2022

Guizhu Liang; Yuqing Wang; Tao Zhang; Zhiqiang Liu; Ziru Yin; Jiaru Li; Yufeng Zhang; Ying Liu

doi:10.1007/s13131-024-2415-7

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Guizhu Liang, Yuqing Wang, Tao Zhang, Zhiqiang Liu, Ziru Yin, Jiaru Li, Yufeng Zhang, Ying Liu. Assessment of nitrous oxide emission from mariculture of marine fish and crustaceans in China, 2003–2022[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2024, 43(12): 58-65. doi: 10.1007/s13131-024-2415-7

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Guizhu Liang, Yuqing Wang, Tao Zhang, Zhiqiang Liu, Ziru Yin, Jiaru Li, Yufeng Zhang, Ying Liu. Assessment of nitrous oxide emission from mariculture of marine fish and crustaceans in China, 2003–2022[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2024, 43(12): 58-65. doi: 10.1007/s13131-024-2415-7

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Guizhu Liang, Yuqing Wang, Tao Zhang, Zhiqiang Liu, Ziru Yin, Jiaru Li, Yufeng Zhang, Ying Liu. Assessment of nitrous oxide emission from mariculture of marine fish and crustaceans in China, 2003–2022[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2024, 43(12): 58-65. doi: 10.1007/s13131-024-2415-7

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Assessment of nitrous oxide emission from mariculture of marine fish and crustaceans in China, 2003–2022

doi: 10.1007/s13131-024-2415-7

Guizhu Liang^{1, 2},
Yuqing Wang^{1, 2},
Tao Zhang^{1, 2},
Zhiqiang Liu^{1, 2},
Ziru Yin¹,
Jiaru Li¹,
Yufeng Zhang^{1, 2, 3
,
,},
Ying Liu^{1, 2, 4}

1.
College of Marine Technology and Environment, Dalian Ocean University, Dalian 116023, China
2.
Key Laboratory of Environment Controlled Aquaculture, Ministry of Education, Dalian 116023, China
3.
State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Coastal Ecosystem, Dalian 116023, China
4.
College of Biosystems Engineering and Food Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China

Funds: The Basic Research Funding Projects of Liaoning Provincial Education Department unde contract No. JYTMS20230498; the State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Coastal Ecosystem Open Project Fund of China unde contract No. 202305; the Research Foundation for Talented Scholars of Dalian Ocean University unde contract No. HDYJ202121; the Key Laboratory of Environment Controlled Aquaculture (Dalian Ocean University) Ministry of Education Open Project Fund of China unde contract No. 2021-MOEKLECA-KF-01.

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Corresponding author: E-mail: zhangyufeng@dlou.edu.cn
Received Date: 2023-11-22
Accepted Date: 2024-04-25

Available Online: 2025-01-11

Publish Date: 2024-12-01

Abstract

Abstract

Aquaculture, as the fastest-growing food production sector in the world, is becoming an increasingly nonnegligible source of greenhouse gas emissions. Despite this, there has been limited research on nitrous oxide (N₂O) emission from marine aquaculture in China, where more marine aquaculture occurs than anywhere else, globally. We estimated N₂O emissions (E) from marine mariculture of 10 fish and 6 crustacean species in China from 2003 to 2022 using production data from the China Fishery Statistical Yearbook (2004–2023), and data for feed conversion rates and types from the literature. From 2003, marine aquaculture production, the annual N₂O emissions (E_A), and the annual N₂O emissions per unit of aquaculture area (EI_A) trend upward. The E_A of fish culture was lower than that of crustaceans, but the EI_A of fish culture was generally higher. Sea bass (0.308 Tg/a, in terms of N) and white shrimp (0.945 Tg/a, in terms of N) had the highest average E_A among fish and crustacean cultures, respectively. The highest average E_A from fish and crustacean were both Guangdong Province (fish: 0.248 Tg, crustacean: 0.547 Tg), and the highest sea area were both the South China Sea (fish: 0.316 Tg, crustacean: 1.082 Tg); the highest average EI_A for fish and crustacean were Tianjin City [35.40 t/(hm²·a)] and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region [19.83 t/(hm²·a)], respectively, and the highest sea areas were both the South China Sea (fish: 0.316 Tg, crustacean: 1.082 Tg). These analyses provide baseline data for a greenhouse gas emissions inventory for China, based on an interpretation of them, we provide recommendations for reducing N₂O emissions in marine fish and crustacean culture.
- marine aquaculture,
- fish,
- crustacean,
- nitrous oxide emission

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