Capacity development is a core pillar of the GFCM’s work, ensuring that policy commitments are effectively translated into action at the subregional and national levels.
Through its capacity development programmes and activities, the GFCM helps create a level playing field across the region by providing resources and delivering training and technical assistance where they are most needed, while supporting countries in accessing the latest data and information, best practices, tools and technologies.
Reliable, comprehensive and timely data and expertise are crucial to the GFCM advisory process
Capacity development underpins the GFCM advisory process by strengthening countries' ability to generate, collect and analyse the data and information required for evidence-based scientific advice and decision-making.
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The State of Mediterranean and Black Sea Fisheries 2025
The State of Mediterranean and Black Sea Fisheries provides the most comprehensive and up-to-date review of the status and trends of fisheries and aquaculture in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea.
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From stock assessment to enhanced fisheries management
03/09/2026
From 24 to 28 August 2026, fisheries managers and decision-makers from 17 Mediterranean and Black Sea countries came together for a weeklong capacity-development...
Closer to the catch: Egypt strengthens fisheries monitoring through port-based offices
05/08/2026
Every day, thousands of fishers land their catches along Egypt's extensive Mediterranean coastline, generating valuable information that can help shape...
Bulgaria pioneers sea-farmed trout and integrated aquaculture in the Black Sea
28/07/2026
The pilot initiative, carried out in the coastal town of Kavarna, also delivered Bulgaria's first integrated multitrophic aquaculture system, combining...
Mediterranean field trial tests enhanced trawl technology to reduce seabed impact while sustaining fishing performance
15/07/2026
A new scientific field trial is underway off the coast of Alicante, Spain, to evaluate an enhanced fishing technology that could help reduce the...
