Bream

Prices of sea bass and sea bream have dropped to their lowest level in recent years, aggravating the already difficult situation of the two main aquaculture companies in Greece, Nireus and Selonda, but the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) estimates that 2020 may signal the start of a price recovery for the two important fish farming products.

Greek sea bream has been among the victims of the coup attempt in Turkey in July 2016, as a large drop in tourism to the neighboring country since last summer has redirected Turkish bream from the domestic to the international market, where 85 percent of the Greece's bream output is also headed.

Three men and two women, aged between 24 and 32, have been arrested in Arta, northwestern Greece, for stealing 70 kilos of sea bream from a fish farm in Vigla.

The five suspects allegedly drove from Messsolonghi, where they live, and loaded up the fish onto a trailer.

The 65-year-old fish farm owner alerted police, who arrested the suspects in Arta.