This book addresses reviews and evaluates key themes in organic aquaculture and is set out to
show how these relate to the challenges and bottlenecks for a responsible organic aquaculture
production in Europe. The key themes reflect the main challenges facing the organic aquaculture
industry: guarantee and certification system nutrition reproduction production system design
and animal welfare. In addition it assesses the impact of new and future potential development
of new knowledge to update and modify the criteria and standards for organic aquaculture.
Organic aquaculture is an alternative production approach driven by the growing interest in
sustainable utilization of resources. It is rightly viewed as an important contributor to the
economy and to the well-being and health of communities. This work will contribute to the
scientific knowledge that needs to strengthen effective organic aquaculture. The collation of
information on research and data will be of applied value to researchers university students
end users and policy authorities in the EU and worldwide.
