SEABREAM FISH CLEANING AND FILLETING

The sargo or white seabream (Diplodus sargus) is a species of seabream native to the eastern Atlantic and western Indian Oceans.[1] It is found from the Bay of Biscay southwards to South Africa, including Madeira and the Canary Islands, the Mediterranean and (rarely) the Black Sea. Occasionally individuals are found off the Indian Ocean coasts of South Africa, Mozambique and Madagascar, and they are very rarely found elsewhere in the Indian Ocean, such as off Oman. An active fish, they inhabit the surf zone, but they may be found down to 50 m.

They consume small crustaceans, mollusks and some seaweed and coral, using their strong jaws to crush shells. Individuals can reach 45 cm, but average 22 cm.

Sargo, catching a formidable opponent
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Along with the black drum, the silverside, and the flounder, the sargo ranks high for sports fishing due to its fighting temperament and complex habitat.
If sea conditions allow, the sargo will travel almost exclusively in shoals, which means that, when found, it is very likely that one sargo will take the bait immediately after it hits the water.
Sargos found off the coast can weigh a little more than a kilo. This is a fish with a hard and small mouth, and it has a short dental formation with which is breaks mussels open. This is the sargo's greatest food source.

Season and Places
The sargo's high season starts in La Tuna just when fall starts in April or May and, as the season progresses, the sargo can be found further east.
There are ports, like José Ignacio, where the sargo is present almost all year, however high season ends towards November, when the large shoals become less frequent.
The sargo lives near the coastal bedrock from the island of La Tuna, in front of Costa Azul in Canelones, to the beaches of Rocha: Cabo Polonio, Punta del Diablo, and Santa Teresa.
Its erratic behavior means you can find good fishing spots for sargo in Punta Ballena or Gorriti Island well into summer. They frequent the ports all along the coast of Maldonado, such as Punta Fría, Punta Colorada y Punta Negra – over to the town of Piriápolis – and eastward towards Punta Ballena, Isla de Gorriti, José Ignacio, La Paloma, and even further along the Rocha coast. In Punta del Diablo there is a rock formation called Widow's Hill where sargo fishing is extremely bountiful, mainly in July and August.

Diplodus sargus is laterally compressed and high-backed. The body has a silver colour with several black, vertical stripes. These are not continuous and alternating stronger and weaker. Furthermore, the edges of the back, tail and anal fin are also black. Most noticeable is the black point between tail fin and body.

It reaches a maximum size of 45cm.

Habitat and Distribution
One finds Diplodus sargus over rocky reefs near the coast, down to depths of 50m.

When diving in the Canaries you can see it at every dive.

Diplodus sargus is subclassified into six subspecies. They are found in the Black Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, the Eastern and Central Atlantic and the south western Indian Ocean.

Biology
The White Seabream lives in small, loose groups. It feeds on mussels, crustaceans, sea urchins and bristles.

Particular is its sexual development. While some of them are male and later female, other animals do not change their sex. They reach their sexual maturity at 2 years.

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