Although carnivorous finfish species represented only about 11% of total finfish aquaculture production in 1994 (i.e. 1.5 million metric tonnes, wet basis) they consumed an estimated 804,000 MT of fishmeal and 276,000 MT of fish oil (i.e. 1 million metric tonnes of fishmeal and fish oil, dry basis) within commercial aquafeeds or about 70% and 80% of the total fishmeal and fish oil used in aquafeeds in 1994. Production of carnivorous, omnivorous and herbivorous finfish has increased at an average compound rate of 9.8% and 10.9% per year since 1984, respectively (Tacon 1994).