Table 1. Natural food fluctuations (% of total food intake) of different size classes of European seabass, Dicentrarchus labrax
Type of food	Life stage/size class
	Fry (<30 mm SL)	Adult
Detritus	+
Copepods	92
Invertebrates	6�7	70
Fish		30
Fish larvae	< 1
Source: Ferrari and Chieregato (1981); Costa (1988); Henderson and Corps (1997)
Approximate indicative weight of different size classes of European seabass
Life stages	Length (mm)	Weight (g)
Newly hatched larvae	3�4
Mouth opening
Weaning on dry feed
40 d old		15�20 mg
Fry, leaving hatcheries		2�5
Fingerlings, grow-out		5�10
Market size		350�800
Broodstock		>400