Calamos Supports Greece
GreekReporter.comGreeceCorfu Fisherman Sets New World Record for Catching Largest Gilt-Head Seabream

Corfu Fisherman Sets New World Record for Catching Largest Gilt-Head Seabream

The European Spearfishing Records Association (ESRA) announced that Christos Simatis, a fisherman on Corfu, broke the world record recently by catching the biggest gilt-head seabream in Europe.
The massive fish, caught by Simatis in September of 2019, weighed 6.905 kilograms (15.2 pounds), making it the largest fish of its kind to be caught anywhere in the entire world!
Gilt-head seabreams are common in the Mediterranean Sea and along the eastern coast of the North Atlantic Ocean.
Also known as ”Orata,” the scientific name of this fish is ”Sparus Aurata.”
Oratas are normally found in relatively shallow waters up to 30 meters (98 feet) in depth, but there are fish of this kind found as deep as 150 meters (492 feet) under the surface of the sea as well.
 

See all the latest news from Greece and the world at Greekreporter.com. Contact our newsroom to report an update or send your story, photos and videos. Follow GR on Google News and subscribe here to our daily email!



Related Posts