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Book (stand-alone)Mid-term stratregy (2017-2020) towards the sustainability of Mediterranean and Black Sea fisheries: five targets, selected outputs, proposed actions 2017
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Thirteen years after the adoption of the Declaration of the Ministerial Conference for the Sustainable Development of Fisheries in the Mediterranean (2003 Venice Declaration), great strides have been made in promoting responsible fisheries practices. In particular, the role of the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has been crucial in promoting common rules and strengthening regional cooperation in the Me diterranean and the Black Sea. However, fisheries in the area still face serious challenges, as roughly 90 percent of the region’s scientifically assessed stocks are considered to be fished outside safe biological limits. Such alarming trends not only negatively impact the fisheries sector itself, but they also hinder attempts to ensure secure livelihoods and food security, through blue growth initiatives, for the coastal communities in the region. As a response to these challenges, the GFCM has launched the “mid-term strategy (2017-2020) towards the sustainability of Mediterranean and Black Sea fisheries” in order to define a course of decisive action aimed at reverting the alarming trend in the status of commercially exploited stocks. Aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the mid-term strategy seeks to improve Mediterranean and Black Sea fisheries and contribute to the sustainable development of coastal States. Through the implementation of the following five tar gets, the mid-term strategy is expected to ensure that, by 2020, the alarming trend in the status of commercially exploited stocks is reversed: TARGET 1: Reverse the declining trend of fish stocks through strengthened scientific advice in support of management TARGET 2: Support livelihoods for coastal communities through sustainable small-scale fisheries TARGET 3: Curb illegal unreported and unregulated fishing, through a regional plan of action TARGET 4: Minimize and mitigate unwanted interact ions between fisheries and marine ecosystems and environment TARGET 5: Enhance capacity-building and cooperation -
ProjectTransforming the Economic Cooperation Organization Food Security Coordination Centre: from Program-Based to a Self-Sustainable Institution - GCP/SEC/017/TUR 2023
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No results found.With an increase in food insecurity in several countries within the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO), efforts towards ensuring food security, zero hunger and proper nutrition are needed. The ECO Regional Coordination Centre for Food Security (ECO-RCCFS) was established to serves as a programme-based subsidiary body of ECO dedicated to addressing food security issues. The project’s main objective was to strengthen the Centre’s capacity in providing systematic and useful support to member countries and to equip them with the necessary advice, guidance and information to improve their food security and nutrition policies and programmes. This will facilitate the Centre’s transformation from a programme-based organization to a self-sustainable institution of ECO It focused on enhancing the capacity of ECO-RCCFS in food security analysis, programmedevelopment and management, identifying priority interventions for ECO-RCCFS, developing the charter, strategic plan, organigram and work plan of ECO-RCCFS and increasing the recognition of ECO-RCCFS’ mandate, activities and operational framework among ECO member states. -
Book (stand-alone)BlackSea4Fish Activities and achievements 2018-2019 2020
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No results found.This leaflet presents a brief overview of the BlackSea4Fish project as well as its objectives, outputs and main achievements between 2018 and 2019. The BlackSea4Fish project was established in 2016 in order to contribute to the sustainable management of Black Sea fisheries by providing scientific and technical support to the work of the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) in the region and coordinating priority activities of the GFCM Subregional Group on Stock Assessment in the Black Sea (SGSABS) and the Working Group on the Black Sea (WGBS). Between 2018 and 2019, the BlackSea4Fish project focused on increasing scientific knowledge to support fisheries management, by improving data collection and scientific advice for priority species through scientific surveys and enhanced stock assessment, as well as through capacity-building. It also launched activities in specific Black Sea countries in response to the needs identified over the years by the SGSABS and in line with the recommendations and workplan of the WGBS.
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