In February 1992, 32,822 Puntazzo puntazzo fry of 0.55g mean weight were stocked initially into a cage in Selonda Bay, Corinthos, Greece. This batch reached a mean weight of 377 grams in 29 months to produce 8753.5 tonnes with a mortality of 17.8 per cent and FCR of 1:3. In February 1993 a further two batcher of 65, 854 and 81.620 Puntazzo fry produced from the Selonda hatchery were stocked at 1.6g and 1 gram mean weight respectively, into cages in Selonda Bay and in April 1994 a further batch of 34,580 was stocked at 4,5 grams. The growth, mortality, FCR, pathology and husbandry of this commercial pilot production of Puntazzo puntazzo is described.