Membership

The General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean is composed of 24 contracting parties:

19 Mediterranean states · 3 Black Sea states · European Union · Japan

Albania 10 Apr 1991	Greece 07 Apr 1952	Montenegro 31 Jan 2008
Algeria 11 Dec 1967	Israel 20 Feb 1952	Morocco 17 Sep 1956
Bulgaria 03 Nov 1969	Italy 29 May 1951	Romania 19 Feb 1971
Croatia 22 May 1995	Japan 12 Jun 1997	Slovenia 25 May 2000
Cyprus 10 Jun 1965	Lebanon 14 Nov 1960	Spain 19 Oct 1953
Egypt 19 Feb 1951	Libya 13 May 1963	Syria 12 Dec 1975
European Union 25 Jun 1998	Malta 29 Apr 1965	Tunisia 22 Jun 1954
France 08 Jul 1952	Monaco 14 May 1954	Turkey 06 Apr 1954

The GFCM also counts 5 cooperating non contracting parties:

Bosnia and Herzegovina (2016) · Georgia (2015) · Jordan (2018) · Republic of Moldova (2017) · Ukraine (2015)

Contracting parties are any state and regional economic integration organization comprising the Commission. Membership in the Commission is open to Members and Associate Members of FAO and such non-Member States as are Members of the United Nations or any of its specialized agencies that are coastal states or regional economic organization whose vessels engage in fishing in the GFCM area of application. Contracting parties contribute to the GFCM autonomous budget and finance its functioning.

Cooperating non contracting parties are not formally associated as a contracting party with the GFCM but they actively participate in GFCM activities, attend the sessions of the Commission and commit to fully implement all GFCM recommendations.