Abstract:

Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture (IMTA) has been widely acknowledged to hold a great promise for aquaculture sustainability as it can potentially drive ecological efficiency, environmental acceptability, product-diversity, profitability and social benefits (OECD, 2010; Schmidt et al., 2011; Chopin, 2012). IMTA system is gaining importance for reasons of its environmental compatibility and quality of yield. In a perfect IMTA system the processing of biological and chemical wastes by other species would make the whole production cycle environmentally neutral (Bostok et al., 2008).