Coastal Open-Water Modelling Integrated Multi-Trophic
Aquaculture (IMTA) based on Blue Economy
Abdul Ghofur Ragil Insani
1
, R. O. Saut Gurning
1
, Badrus Zaman
1
, Semin
1
1
Department of Marine Engineering, Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember, Surabaya, 6011, Indonesia
Keywords: Blue Economy, Coastal Open-Water Modelling, Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture (IMTA).
Abstract: Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture IMTA is an environmentally friendly solution and sustainability of
aquaculture or aquaculture. IMTA is one form of marine cultivation by utilizing the provision of ecosystem
services by low trophic organisms (such as shellfish and seaweed) that are adjusted as mitigation of waste
from high trophic level organisms (such as fish). The blue economy is closely related to marine and marine-
based sectors, such as the fisheries, transportation and tourism sectors. The survival of marine biota as food
ingredients and livelihoods for people around the sea is a blue economic focus to reduce poverty and hunger.
Coastal Open-Water modelling of IMTA in Indonesia is very appropriate to be carried out in coastal or coral
areas because the area has been damaged due to aquaculture or fishing activities that are not environmentally
friendly and environmentally friendly. So that IMTA can be applied on the Indonesian coast with innovation
and creativity in order to improve seaweed cultivation that is efficient, environmentally friendly, utilizing
other ecosystems that are mutually beneficial, improving the economic welfare of the community, and
availability for a long time in accordance with the concept of blue economy.
1 INTRODUCTION
Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture (IMTA) is one
form of marine cultivation by utilizing the provision
of ecosystem services by low trophic organisms (such
as seashells and seaweed) that are adapted as
mitigation of waste from high trophic organisms
(such as fish) (Jinguang et al, 2009). IMTA is
different from polyculture because polyculture is
cultivating more than one species without regard to
the use of species in ecosystems, while IMTA focuses
on the species' ability to maintain ecosystem balance
so that each particular species has different functions
such as carnivores, herbivores, detritus, biofiltering
and invading particles so ecosystem balance can be
maintained properly. IMTA can be used in almost all
aquaculture containers both sea and land because the
concept of ecosystem balance is applied.
The rate of development of intensive aquaculture
often results in a negative impact in the form of water
quality degradation. The impact of cultivation
activities on the environment must be minimized or
even eliminated. Therefore, all aquaculture activities
must be environmentally oriented so that aquaculture
activities can be sustainable. The most visible impact
of marine fish farming in floating net cages (KJA) is
the presence of residual food decomposed in the
water column which can increase the biochemical
oxygen demand, increase dissolved phosphate
content and increase dissolved nitrogen content. In
general, only about 30% of nutrients derived from
feed are utilized by fish, and the rest will be released
into the water in the form of feed and feces residue,
but this depends on the quality of feed provided and
cultivation management applied (Radiarta et al,
2014).
This system can be modified by utilizing various
organisms in an ecosystem, the ecosystem used is a
natural ecosystem or the original habitat of the
organism. IMTA in Indonesia is very appropriate to
be implemented in coastal or coral areas because the
area has been damaged due to marine cultivation or
fisheries activities that are not environmentally
friendly and environmentally friendly. Floating net
cages in this system cultivate carnivore reef fish
species such as grouper, snapper and baronang. Duck
grouper and tiger grouper species naturally found in
reef waters have a high selling price and grouper fish
have a slow growth, therefore, in carrying out their
cultivation, it is usually carried out several times, but
through IMTA monoculture grouper system can be
overcome with the results of seaweed and shells that
Insani, A., Gurning, R., Zaman, B. and Semin, .
Coastal Open-Water Modelling Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture (IMTA) based on Blue Economy.
DOI: 10.5220/0008549000490054
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have fast growth. Nutrients in the form of feces and
leftovers will be given in the form of solids and will
be directly by sea cucumbers or sea urchins or
indirectly through the growth of seaweed,
phytoplankton and benthos and then utilized by
abalone and sea cucumbers. The remaining results
are suspense and phytoplankton are used by shellfish
so that all waste can be utilized. Organisms that can
be utilized are very diverse depending on the region
of the archipelago, for example the reef area includes
grouper, red snapper and Napoleon fish, as
carnivorous organisms or high-level trophic levels.
Every fishery activity provides waste, therefore
waste can utilize the surrounding organisms or
naturally found in the area such as mussel, sea
urchins, sea cucumbers and abalone. Then also the
utilization of the type of shellfish as trophic level of
low-level eaters or reducing waste, shellfish that are
used not only shells that can be consumed but pearl
shells that have high economic value. Waste in
inorganic form can be used in the form of nutrients
by seaweed using the longline method or raft method
according to the characteristics.
In this case the IMTA method used is utilize
nitrogen sequestering species, like shellfish and
seaweeds, to take up excess particulate and dissolved
wastes expelled by finfish (or shrimp) in an
aquaculture setting. This method attempts to replicate
a natural ecosystem where the energy output of one
trophic level is transferred to the next, lower level. In
doing so, waste previously deposited in the water as
lost profit can be captured and transformed into
another sellable product.
2 LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1 Integrated Multi-Tropic
Aquaculture (IMTA)
IMTA is an environmentally friendly solution and
sustainability of aquaculture or aquaculture. IMTA
system derived from fish feed. Fish feed given in
containers is not all capable of being converted into
meat and the rest becomes ammonia and CO
2 from
gills as a result of metabolism and feces from the
results of residual absorption by the body. The
remaining feces or residual food waste can be utilized
by residual eaters or detritus such as sea cucumbers,
abalone, cyclops, lobsters and sea urchins. Waste in
the form of suspense or small POM is used by
biofilter animals such as shellfish. Waste in inorganic
form or in the form of a solution that is not used by
animals is used as nutrition for seaweed to grow and
develop. Indirectly the transformation of a compound
that cannot be utilized into a compound that is
utilized for other organisms.
The superiority of the IMTA system can be
known based on the economy, environment and food
safety for cultivation organisms and humans. The use
of IMTA in China provides economic benefits in
Qingdao province for 2 years producing 900 kg with
a yield of 70,000 yuan / 1600 m2 or 10,000 US
dollars / 1600 m2 so that cultivation with IMTA is
very beneficial because the product diversification is
very large and has high economic value (Jinguang et
al, 2009). The impact of the IMTA in China on the
environment indirectly reduces global climate
change by reducing 1.37 million MT of carbon and
96,000 MT of Nitrogen in the cultivation of seaweed
and shellfish in 2006 (Jinguang et al, 2009). Global
food security is able to fulfill 15 million MT of
marine products for humans (Jinguang et al, 2009),
and the application of IMTA can reduce the
possibility of spread of disease and its transmission
both caused by bacteria and viruses with shellfish
cultivation (Mytilus edelis) against salmon in
subtropics (Pietrack et al, 2009).
2.2 Blue Economy
The term blue economy was first introduced in
2010 by Gunter Pauli through his book entitled The
Blue Economy: 10 years - 100 innovations - 100
million jobs. The blue economy applies the logic of
ecosystems, namely ecosystems always work
towards a higher level of efficiency to flow nutrients
and energy without waste to meet basic needs for all
contributors in a system. Furthermore, the blue
economy focuses on innovation and creativity which
includes product variations, production system
efficiency, and structuring of resource management
systems. The blue economy is closely related to
marine and marine-based sectors, such as the
fisheries, transportation and tourism sectors. The
survival of marine biota as food ingredients and
livelihoods for people around the sea is a blue
economic focus to reduce poverty and hunger.
The Blue Economy is mutually supportive with
the Green Economy model. It also encompasses the
principle of “poverty eradication”, related to food
security and livelihoods, although it has a more
specific vision: “improved human well-being and
social equity, while significantly reducing
environmental risks and ecological scarcities,
including the principles of a low carbon economy
based on resource efficiency and social inclusion, in
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particular in states where future resources are marine
related” (Blue Economy, 2016).
The blue economy then develops and is often
associated with the development of coastal areas. The
concept of the blue economy is in line with the
concept of green economy that is environmentally
friendly and focused on developing countries with
territorial waters (sea), commonly known as Small
Island Development States (SIDS). The blue
economy in this case is aimed at overcoming hunger,
reducing poverty, creating sustainable marine life,
reducing the risk of disasters in coastal areas, and
mitigating and adapting to climate change.
The blue economy approach focuses on creative
and innovative investments that can ultimately
improve the welfare of the community while taking
into account environmental sustainability. New types
of businesses and employment opportunities can
actually be applied around coastal areas. Waste
recycling business, for example, can be an alternative
solution to clean the environment around the coast,
create new jobs, and reduce waste (zero waste). The
implementation of the blue economy globally is
considered crucial considering that 72% of the total
surface of the earth is the ocean. In addition, the sea
functions as a source of food providers and climate
regulators and earth temperature so that its
sustainability needs to be maintained. So that it can
be concluded that the principles in the Blue Economy
concept are:
1. Innovation and creative
2. Efficiency of natural resources
3. Zero Waste or environment friendly
4. Improve welfare, and
5. Availability in a very long time
2.3 IMTA Development Potential
IMTA based on aquaculture in Indonesia has developed
but can only be found partially, for example those who
have ponds only cultivate milkfish with seaweed or
added with giant prawns as eaters of digestive waste
such as feces and feed. Seaweed besides being a source
of oxygen for fish during the day and able to utilize
inorganic waste as a nutrient
for seaweed cultivation.
A more complex IMTA is implemented in coastal
areas that have a calm current and are suitable for
KJA cultivation. The IMTA system is applied using
fish, seaweed, mussel in KJA cultivation and provides
good results and optimization in the utilization of
feed. Indirectly an ecosystem-based approach has
been implemented in the form of aquaculture in ponds
or other.
The results of the research on the application of
the IMTA model in Teluk Gerupuk, Central Lombok
by combining the cultivation of tiger grouper,
pomfret, and seaweed showed good cultivation
productivity, characterized by the growth
performance of all good cultivation commodities.
Seaweed growth around IMTA units is higher than
control seaweed units (distance 2-3 km from IMTA
units); is one indication of the efficiency of the
utilization of nutrient distribution which is a culture
waste from KJA fish which is wasted into the waters.
The results of this study show clearly that the
application of the IMTA model in the development of
marine aquaculture is very relevant both in terms of
land use, production, and environmental conditions of
the waters. This IMTA development pattern can be
applied in locations with limited potential land, but
the availability of superior commodities to be
developed. The results of this study are expected to
be a model for developing aquaculture that is
environmentally sound (Radiarta, 2016).
The application of IMTA in Indonesia can be
carried out in marine aquaculture areas that utilize
KJA as a cultivation facility for culture organisms.
Local ecosystems contained in an area can be carried
out as compilers in the IMTA system, because local
ecosystems have better adaptation than outside
introduced organisms. Local ecosystems need to be
maintained in order to maintain natural balance,
introduction from the outside will have a bad
influence on ecosystem damage such as the spread of
diseases and basically organisms in Indonesia's
marine ecosystems have high economic value
compared to others. The application of IMTA to this
idea is carried out in the waters of the reef or bay
which have relatively calm currents. Organisms
derived from local ecosystems that are utilized are
grouper, snapper and baronang fish, because these
three fish have high economic value and hatchery of
these reef fish has been known so that the supply of
seeds as a cultivation element has been fulfilled.
Organisms in local ecosystems that act as organic
extractive species are mussel, sea urchins, sea
cucumber and abalone which are able to utilize the
remaining food and feces in KJA cultivation, because
naturally these types of organisms are found in
Indonesia, especially abalone which has been
successfully cultivated. Green mussels and blood
clams have been able to be cultivated well in almost
all waters in Indonesia so that in their utilization there
is no difficulty especially related to hatchery, the
ability of shellfish as a feeder filter can utilize
suspended particles. Marine plants such as seaweed
that are easily cultivated in Indonesia such as
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Euchema sp and Gracilaria sp have high economic
value and can be useful as inorganic absorbents or
wastes in the form of solutions in cultivation systems
so that they can be utilized.
The type of organism in the local Indonesian
ecosystem for detritive invertebrates is very large,
namely the type of sea cucumber pandan (ananas
Thelonota), white (Holothuria scabra) and koro
(Microtlele nobelis) which are commonly found in
the waters of Banyak island, Nanggroe Aceh
Darussalam which have been able to be cultivated in
almost all parts of Indonesia and has a high price in
the world market (Badan Rekonstruksi, 2007). The
type of abalone that can be used in Indonesia is a type
of black abalone that is cultivated in the Marine
Aquaculture Centre in Lombok and many types of
porcupine sea urchins are found naturally in the
waters so that they can be used directly in the IMTA
cultivation ecosystem. The types of seaweed used are
Euchema sp and Gracilaria sp which naturally exist in
Indonesian waters and have been cultivated by the
community both in longline and rafts (Badan
Rekonstruksi, 2007).
The term IMTA, is more specific requiring two or
more species at different trophic levels to be grown
simultaneously in close proximity to each other. This
system exemplifies a natural ecosystem function and
allows the farmer to get more use out of the same
amount of food and energy put into a monoculture
system. Although IMTA is not species-specific, many
definitions typically identify finfish as the highest
trophic level organism, or strictly state that "IMTA is
the culturing of fed finfish in combination with other
species that filter waste particulates and dissolved
nutrients, thereby reducing organic discharge and
expanding the economic base of a farming operation.
Figure 1: Proposed IMTA for adoption in coastal
Bangladesh.
In this case the IMTA method used is utilize
nitrogen sequestering species, like shellfish and
seaweeds, to take up excess particulate and dissolved
wastes expelled by finfish (or shrimp) in an
aquaculture setting. This method attempts to replicate
a natural ecosystem where the energy output of one
trophic level is transferred to the next, lower level. In
doing so, waste previously deposited in the water as
lost profit can be captured and transformed into
another sellable product.
Growing shellfish and seaweed together are less
popular worldwide than a complete IMTA system
because of the reduced incentive to improve the
conditions brought about by the aquaculture system
itself. Research has shown, however, that these lower
trophic IMTA systems can still have a positive impact
on the water quality, especially near commercial
facilities, and can still act as an additional revenue for
the facility (Soto, 2009).
The coastal aquaculture sector in Bangladesh is
particularly vulnerable to climate change. Different
climatic variables, including cyclone, drought, flood,
rainfall, salinity, sea level rise, and sea surface
temperature have had adverse effects on land-based
prawn and shrimp farming. Open-water IMTA could
be developed to cope with the challenges of
vulnerability to the effects of climate change on
coastal aquaculture. There are great opportunities for
the development of IMTA in coastal Bangladesh as
an ecosystem approach for adapting to climate
change. The prospects for the development of IMTA
in coastal Bangladesh are positive due to
environmental and economic benefits. The adoption
of IMTA in coastal Bangladesh could reduce
ecological effects of shrimp culture on the
Sundarbans mangrove forest as well as reduce
pressure from capture fisheries. IMTA in coastal
Bangladesh has great potential for increasing food
production, income, and livelihood opportunities. It
could also increase export earnings and economic
growth of the country (Ahmed & Glaser, 2016).
IMTA in Canada uses mussels, salmon and
seaweed. Utilization of waste from leftover salmon
and feces can be absorbed by mussels in the form of
suspension or small POM and mussels will undergo
metabolism in the form of ammonia and the addition
of ammonia can come from fish as a result of
metabolism. While inorganic waste in the form of
ammonia will be used by seaweed as a nutrient in
photosynthesis so that seaweed is able to grow and
develop (Jinguang et al, 2009).
IMTA in coastal open-waters may not be affected
by flood, sea level rise, and freshwater scarcity as a
result of drought and rainfall variation. Open-water
IMTA can maintain water quality (Largo et al, 2016),
and thus, reduce parasite infestations and disease
outbreaks by water currents. Moreover, mussels and
seaweeds in IMTA can remove nutrients which in
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turn reduce the growth of pathogens and toxic algae
(Sreejariya, 2011). IMTA systems absorb excess
nutrients, and thus, reduce eutrophication. IMTA with
finfish and shellfish can remove up to 54% of
particulate nutrients (Reid et al, 2010), and seaweeds
can remove up to 60% of dissolved nitrogen and
phosphorus (Huo et al, 2012).
In climate variables such as cyclone, drought,
floods, rainfall, salinity, sea level rise and sea surface
temperature to the impacts on land-based coastal
aquaculture include:
1. Reduce photosynthesis, reduce O
2, limit
primary productivity
2. CO
2 emissions, low water pH, increase
waste metabolites
3. Changes in water salinity and habitat
patterns
4. Changes in water temperature, hinder
ecological interactions
5. Deteriorate water quality by pollutants,
water turbidity, erosion, and sedimentation.
6. Reduce water levels and decline fish habitat
by drought and rainfall variation.
7. Inundation of ponds, prevalence of
parasites and diseases.
Whereas if using the coastal open-water IMTA
method, the advantages are as follows:
1. Seaweed in IMTA produces O
2 by
photosynthesis
2. Seaweed absorbs CO
2 and shells sequester
carbon in its shell
3. IMTA is related to euryhaline species that
tolerate wide range of salinity
4. Seaweed and shellfish can withstand water
temperatures through biofiltration
5. Seaweed and shellfish make clear water by
accumulating pollutants, sediments, and
suspended particles
6. Coastal open-water IMTA may not affected
by drought and rainfall variation
7. IMTA may not be affected by flood and sea
level rise; reduce parasite infections and
disease outbreaks by maintaining water
quality.
3 RESULT & DISCUSSION
From the results of the discussion and data above we
can find out about the coastal open water method by
Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture (IMTA) which
is highly recommended to be carried out in marine
culture in Indonesia in order to improve the welfare
of the community, especially coastal areas. In
addition, the results obtained are also more profitable
than monoculture cultivation. application of
strategies in the application of IMTA in Indonesia.
IMTA in Indonesia can be developed in the form of a
sustainable and environmentally friendly aquaculture
industry. IMTA in Indonesia is very appropriate to be
implemented in coastal or coral areas because the area
has been damaged due to marine cultivation or
fisheries activities that are not environmentally
friendly. Nutrients in the form of feces and leftovers
will be given in the form of solids and will be directly
by sea cucumbers or sea urchins or indirectly through
the growth of seaweed, phytoplankton and benthos
and then utilized by abalone and sea cucumbers. The
remaining results are suspense and phytoplankton are
used by shellfish so that all waste can be utilized.
Organisms that can be utilized are very diverse
depending on the region of the archipelago, for
example the reef area includes grouper, red snapper
and Napoleon fish, as carnivorous organisms or high-
level trophic levels. Every fishery activity provides
waste, therefore waste can utilize the surrounding
organisms or naturally found in the area such as
mussel, sea urchins, sea cucumbers and abalone.
Then also the utilization of the type of shellfish as
trophic level of low-level eaters or reducing waste,
shellfish that are used not only shells that can be
consumed but pearl shells that have high economic
value. Waste in inorganic form can be used in the
form of nutrients by seaweed using the longline
method or raft method according to the
characteristics.
Open water IMTA is very in line with the concept
of blue economy because open water IMTA can
maintain water quality, and thus, reduce parasitic
infestations and disease outbreaks by the flow of
water. In addition, shellfish and seaweed on IMTA
can eliminate nutrients which in turn reduce the
growth of toxic pathogens and algae. The IMTA
system absorbs excessive nutrients, and thus reduces
eutrophication. IMTA with fish and fish skin can
eliminate up to 54% of particulate nutrients, and
seaweed can eliminate up to 60% dissolved nitrogen
and phosphorus and is one indication of the efficiency
of utilization of nutrient distribution which is a
culture waste from KJA fish wasted into the waters.
The results of this study show clearly that the
application of the IMTA model in the development of
marine aquaculture is very relevant both in terms of
land use, production, and environmental conditions of
the waters. This IMTA development pattern can be
applied in locations with limited potential land, but
the availability of superior commodities to be
developed. The results of this study are expected to
be a model for developing aquaculture that is
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environmentally sound (Radiarta, 2016). Adoption of
IMTA on the coast of Bangladesh can reduce the
ecological effects of shrimp cultivation in the
Sundarbans mangrove forest and reduce pressure
from fishing. Coastal Bangladesh IMTA has great
potential to increase food production, income, and
livelihood opportunities. It can also increase export
earnings and economic growth in the country.
4 CONCLUSION
IMTA in Indonesia is very appropriate to be
implemented in coastal or coral areas because the area
has been damaged due to marine cultivation or
fisheries activities that are not environmentally
friendly and environmentally friendly. The open
water IMTA method applied in Bangladesh can be
applied in Indonesian marine waters because the
aquaculture sector in Indonesia is very vulnerable to
climate change. Different climate variables, including
cyclones, droughts, floods, rainfall, salinity, sea level
rise, and sea surface temperatures have adverse
effects on land-based shrimp and shrimp. Open-water
IMTA can be developed to overcome vulnerability
challenges to climate change impacts on coastal
cultivation. There is a great opportunity for the
development of IMTA on the Indonesian coast as an
ecosystem approach to adapt to climate change.
Prospects for the development of IMTA on the
Indonesian coast are positive due to environmental
and economic benefits. The advantages of the coastal
open-water IMTA method are as follows:
1. Seaweed in IMTA produces O
2 by
photosynthesis
2. Seaweed absorbs CO
2 and shells sequester
carbon in its shell
3. IMTA is related to euryhaline species that
tolerate wide range of salinity
4. Seaweed and shellfish can withstand water
temperatures through biofiltration
5. Seaweed and shellfish make clear water by
accumulating pollutants, sediments, and
suspended particles
6. Coastal open-water IMTA may not affected
by drought and rainfall variation
7. IMTA may not be affected by flood and sea
level rise; reduce parasite infections and
disease outbreaks by maintaining water
quality
So that the IMTA implemented in Bangladesh can
also be applied on the Indonesian coast with
innovation and creativity in order to improve seaweed
cultivation that is efficient, environmentally friendly,
utilizing other ecosystems that are mutually
beneficial, improving the economic welfare of the
community, and availability in a long time in
accordance with the economic concept blue.
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