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Profile last updated: 19 November 2020
Gilthead Sea Bream
Sparus aurata
The most important producer countries are Turkey and Greece. Sea bream are cultured intensively, predominantly in floating net-pens in coastal waters of southern Europe, and 2018 global production stood at 228,576 tonnes.