States face new challenges to monitor, control and surveil fishing operations, and to ensure the implementation of sustainable fisheries management. Join us on Friday 5 June to discuss innovations and digitalisation to #FightIUUFishing.  On the occasion of the third celebration of...

The Global Environment Facility (GEF) has endorsed two projects of more than USD 12 million to reverse the overexploitation of select commercial fisheries in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea.  The projects, to be executed by the GFCM, will support Georgia,...

Allocated zones for aquaculture (AZAs) within marine spatial planning (MSP) are essential for the sustainable development and expansion of aquaculture in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea. Wednesday, 3 June, the GFCM presented a virtual seminar on aquaculture and marine spatial...

  Throughout the world, the fisheries and aquaculture sectors are facing the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. With a view to sharing information among its countries and facilitating a reflection on future responses, the GFCM has conducted a preliminary analysis of the...

More than 4000 people participated in the ADC online initative: free online courses on techniques and technologies in aquaculture.  These courses are developed in close collaboration with the GFCM Aquaculture Demonstrative Centres (ADC) in Turkey and Romania.  ADCs fulfill three main objectives: 1....