Think before consuming this fish and always respect sustainable sizes and seasons, as stocks are under pressure. Eat responsibly. Due to ineffective legislation that does not take into account the species biology, the legal size of this fish is substantially lower than the sustainable size. This makes it particularly important to respect the sustainable size shown.

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Head with cycloid scales above; mouth moderately protractile. Vomerine teeth only anteriorly, in a crescentic band. Scales on interorbital space cycloid. Posterior edge of opercle finely serrated, lower edge with strong forward- directed denticles. 2 flat opercular spines. Young with some dark spots on upper part of body. Looks like: Dicentrarchus punctatus (Spotted Seabass): apperance is similar to European seabass, but with distinct dark spots on the body.

European seabass was one of the first fish to be commercially farmed!