The world’s population is rising and the subsequent demand for high protein sources of food is rising with it. A push for healthier sources of protein is also an increasing demand. Hence, aquaculture is rising in prevalence and importance in today’s society with the increase in fish consumption and the limitations imposed by normal fishing methods. Aquaculture offers a solution to these issues by providing high protein foods that require less space to farm, a lesser time to harvest, and a lower cost to produce, and it is lesser detrimental to the environment. However, current aquaculture techniques involve the use of chemicals in order to reduce disease and mortality within the crops, caused by crowding, handling, transportation etc. In order to provide solutions to the problems of farming and the needs of the people without the use of potentially harmful substances many researchers are looking in to the use of nutraceuticals (functional food ) in order to decrease stress responses, increase immune responses, increase growth, and increase the nutritional value of farmed aquatic animals – both fish and shellfish. In this presentation, I will highlight all these issues and suggest solutions.