Gilt-head Bream

Photo: Ricardo Lemaur · © all rights reserved

Bream shoals feed along the edges of the posidonia meadows that line the channel floor, picking invertebrates from the seagrass leaves with their powerful crushing teeth. Dense aggregations of hundreds of individuals hover over the meadow edge, particularly at slack water when feeding activity peaks. The channel's posidonia habitat is among the healthiest remaining in the western Mediterranean and directly supports this fish abundance.