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The concept of Integrated multi-trophic aquaculture (IMTA) has been identified as a promising solution for the sustainable development of aquaculture in many recent studies. Benefits include waste recovery or transformation, increased growth and diversity of produced species and improved use of coastal area. These depend, however, on the scale of its application and on the characteristics inherent to the receiving environment. Within the framework of EU project IMPAQT, Deltares has developed IMTA models, to understand and predict their benefits and limitations of this aquaculture concept. The model setup and results of two contrasting IMTA sites have been presented at the recent online Aquaculture Europe-2020 conference.
The concept of Integrated multi-trophic aquaculture (IMTA) has been identified as a promising solution for the sustainable development of aquaculture in many recent studies. Benefits include waste recovery or transformation, increased growth and diversity of produced species and improved use of coastal area. These depend, however, on the scale of its application and on the characteristics inherent to the receiving environment. Within the framework of EU project IMPAQT, Deltares has developed IMTA models, to understand and predict their benefits and limitations of this aquaculture concept. The model setup and results of two contrasting IMTA sites have been presented at the recent online Aquaculture Europe-2020 conference.
