Parasites of cage cultured European seabassDicentrarchus Labraxand gilthead seabreamSparus auratafrom Sardinia (western Mediterranean): first results

European seabassDicentrarchus labraxand gilthead seabreamSparus aurataare the most important marine finfish species intensively cultured in the Mediterranean. Many factors influenced the rapid increase in the production of these species in the last two decades. One of the most important factors is the great development and diffusion of sea-cage culture, because some of the parasite species has become a serious threat to cage-reared fish in other Mediterranean localities.