The bass and bream industry is not the easiest to slot under neat boxes. On one hand there is stable demand for good-quality fish, but with recurring cycles of overproduction and price crashes, the industry is facing its own set of problems.

The Greek bass and bream production sector -- being a part of the food sector-- is not expected to be as negatively affected by the overall gloomy economic conditions prevailing in the country.

However, that did not stop Dimitrios Delonas, CFO at Nireus, from quipping that being stock listed on the Athens stock market wasn't the "best thing these days," at a panel discussion at the IntraFish Media Seafood Investment Forum.

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