WWW.WA S .ORG • WORLD AQUACULTURE • JUNE 2022 43 production, while also guaranteeing the absence of any external elements. However, this has been the policy that the Group has always pursued and will keep pursuing in the future. With a yearly output around 2000 tons of seabass and sea bream, the group can be considered as a small- to medium-size player in the sector, although the farm is a player of reference in Italy. The group consists of different entities that operate within the same objectives, rules, production environment (including feed and water) and regulations. the farm but is produced by Skretting, a world leader in this field. The best sustainable feed, together with using pure and naturally warm saline water, allows the group to sell a product with organoleptic characteristics very close to wild counterparts. As an example, the omega-3/omega-6 fatty acid ratio in the farmed product is close to 3, whereas competitors hardly achieve 1. This is an attribute that several international markets are acknowledging and rewarding the group for, at least up to now. It has required a strong commitment in terms of human resources and investments to maintain such high-quality products with constant organoleptic characteristics throughout our Effluent canals built by the Etruscans and used by ancient Romans are still in use today by Orbetello Acquacoltura. Orbetello Acquacoltura in Orbetello, Italy. Harvesting European seabass from ponds at Ortebello Acquacoltura, known locally as branzino or spigola. Market-size gilthead seabream (top) and European seabass (bottom) produced by Orbetello Acquacoltura. ( C O N T I N U E D O N P A G E 4 4 )
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