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On the week of the celebration of the seventy-fifth anniversary of the United Nations, the City Council of Málaga and FAO have signed an administrative agreement for the establishment of a Technical Unit of the GFCM in Malaga.  “This agreement consolidates...
In an effort to assist in relieving the crisis currently shaking the country, Lebanon is partnering with the General Fisheries Commission of the Mediterranean (GFCM) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to support the sustainable...
BG | KA | TR Initially considered a marine pest, rapa whelk from the Black Sea is now exported globally and represents multimillion dollar revenues for the region’s riparian countries. As it is currently fished close to its sustainable limit, Bulgaria, Georgia, Romania,...
The Technical guidelines for scientific surveys in the Mediterranean and Black Sea have been produced as an e-book. Different e-book versions are now available on Apple, Amazon, Google Books  and Smashwords and readers can download these device-friendly electronic versions of the...
In an effort to assist countries in identifying best practices to address and mitigate the impacts of COVID-19, more than 800 experts from 67 countries joined 32 panellists to discuss how best to improve the resilience and sustainability of the...