General trends
The global production of farmed European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax) and gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) approached 200 000 tonnes in 2006. Provisional figures report an output of 87 000 to 104 000 tonnes of seabream and of 88 500 tonnes of seabass. Greece remains the main producer of both species, followed by Turkey, Spain and by Italy at a distance.

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