Gilt-Head Bream

The excellence of this species and its ability to thrive in waters less salty than the open sea have made it a strong candidate for fish ‘farming’, and this is now being practised in, for example, Greece. Fish bred in this way sometimes exhibit small deviations from the norm in things like scale counts, and are held by some to have a flavour and texture which compare unfavourably with those taken from the wild. However, there would seem to be no reason why, in ‘farms’ where space is ample and general conditions optimal, fish of the highest quality should not be produced.