opportunities & challenges to organic certification of aquatic animal feeds albert gj tacon gary d pruder the oceanic institute waimanalo hawaii 96795 usa presentation format importance seafood market and aquaculture sector within us recent food consumption patterns feed issues farming systems feeding options existing standards use wild resources terrestrial additives be discussed is similar agriculture very heterogeneous biologically diverse with total global production in 1998 coming from over 206 different plant species including 123 finfish 39 mollusc 26 crustacean 14 4 miscellaneous frogs turtles sea squirts urchins difficult therefore simply compare livestock world top 15 producers 1 china27 07 mmt 68 6 apr 16 2 12 7 25 billion india 02 mmtapr 11 9 0