The red porgy, Pagrus pagrus, is a protogynous hermaphrodite sparid of increasing interest to the aquaculture industry. The first efforts for the intensive culture of the red porgy started at the IMBC in 1989, when broodstock and fry were caught from the wild and acclimated at on land installations. The present work describes data on i) reproduction (study of gametogenesis, age of sex reversal and sexual maturity, spawning strategy), ii) larval rearing (stocking density, feeding regime, water quality, timing of the developmental stages), iii) ongrowing (growth rate, conversion index, mortality, water requirements) and iv) disease problems related to the intensive farming at all stages of production.