Talk:Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture

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[edit] Technical nature and notability concerns

Like the other user, I too feel that when explain the crux of IMTA, some tech speak is unavoidable. This is true for all science and technology based articles on Wikipedia. There is no way to explain a lot of the concepts without going into technicalities and not losing the gist of the idea.

Notability: Again as mentioned, the article covers IMTA in various countries. That by itself would take care of the notability aspect. Apropos of the 3rd party non-academic publishing: there have been several articles. Some are here:

--Porphyra 15:38, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Feedback requested

I am not sure I agree that the article is too technical and I certainly disagree that the article is not notable. Unfortunately, when we talk about trophic levels and nutrient cycling some 'technical speak' is unavoidable. From the notable perspective, I would think since there are many official IMTA projects and likely hundreds of incidental IMTA sites around the world, it's worth reporting. At least two other sites that I am aware of have 'linked to' this article, which I don't think would have occurred if the topic were insignificant.

What do others think?

ReidGK 17:37, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Information

This article may be too technical for a general audience.
Please help improve this article by providing more context and better explanations of technical details to make it more accessible, without removing technical details.

[edit] Author list for the original article

The initial posting of this article was a collaborative venture by several IMTA researchers around the world. Contributors included: Reid GK, Chopin T, Robinson S, Neori A, Buschmann AH, Shpigel M, Rodger A, and Bolton J

ReidGK 18:30, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

Note: See the References section of this article to get an idea about who these guys are. (Those are last names and first initials.) WAS 4.250 15:13, 5 July 2007 (UTC)
"Gregor Reid, a jointly appointed Post Doctoral Fellow with the University of New Brunswick and the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, wrote an article on IMTA for the website, with the help of several contributors (Thierry Chopin, Shawn Robinson, Amir Neori, Alejandro Buschmann, Muki Shpigel, Andrew Rodger and John Bolton)" says Fish Farmer Magazine. WAS 4.250 15:20, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Section in the main Aquaculture article

While the entire aquaculture article section needs an overhaul, I suggest that IMTA be mentioned in the "Environmentally Friendly Methods" section (not my choice of terminology) and then revert to here. Porphyra 13:24, 4 July 2007 (UTC)