the problem is that u prolifera is presently an unwanted and uncontrolled growing nuisance species of limited commercial value the solution may be to create a competition for nutrients by intentionally cultivating species which not only carry on the biomitigation but also have a commercial value where u prolifera starts to enter the coastal environment in order to control its proliferation this time the imta concept has to be interpreted as an integrated land pondcoastal aquaculture system in a supra integrated coastal zone management iczm effort beyond provincial borders to address issues at the yellow sea scale we understand that this out of the box approach to iczm will initially raise eyebrows as the idea of growing more seaweeds but of commercial value to contain the proliferation of other seaweeds presently considered nuisances is not the most intuitive approach for a lot of people or decision makers