General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean - GFCM

GFCM meetings

Download the complete list of GFCM meetings in 2026.

Year Meeting Category Sub-Category
2025 WGSAD session on Blackspot Seabream in the Strait of Gibraltar, including a session of the Working Group on Management Strategy Evaluation (WGMSE-SBR) part 3
5 May-9 May, Online, via Zoom
SAC WGSA
 
2025 Workshop on enhancing aquatic animal health and biosecurity: Surveillance, control, and best practices for key pathogens in aquaculture
5 May-6 May, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (hybrid)
CAQ
 
2025 Subregional Committee for the Eastern Mediterranean (SRC-EM)
23 April-25 April, FAO HQ, Rome, Italy (hybrid)
SAC SRC-EM
 
2025 WGSAD benchmark session for Norway lobster in GSAs 17-18
14 April-17 April, Split, Croatia (hybrid)
SAC WGSA
 
2025 Subregional Committee for the Central Mediterranean (SRC-CM)
8 April-10 April, Palermo, Italy (hybrid)
SAC SRC-CM
 
2025 Joint SAC/CoC Workshop on data collection and submission (WKDATA) and Working Group on the management of fishing capacity (WGCAP)
25 March-28 March, Florence, Italy (hybrid)
CoC
 
2025 Workshop on the decarbonization of the fishing industry (WKDECA)
18 March-19 March, Online, via Zoom
SAC
 
2025 Ad-hoc Working Group on European Hake (WGHKE)
11 March-13 March, GFCM HQ, Rome, Italy (hybrid)
SAC
 
2025 Working Group on Management Strategy Evaluation on Blackspot Seabream in the Strait of Gibraltar - Session II
3 March-6 March, Online, via Zoom
SAC
 
2024 Working Group on Stock Assessment of Demersal Species (WGSAD)
9 December-14 December, FAO HQ, Rome, Italy (hybrid)
SAC WGSA
 
2024 Working Group on Stock Assessment of Small Pelagic Species (WGSASP)
9 December-14 December, FAO HQ, Rome, Italy (hybrid)
SAC WGSA
 
2024 GFCM Training on monitoring, control and surveillance (MCS) measures and innovative technologies
25 November-29 November, Madrid - Malaga, Spain
GFCM
 
2024 First session of the Working Group on Management Strategy Evaluation (WGMSE) on blackspot seabream in the Strait of Gibraltar
11 November-13 November, Tangier, Morocco
SAC
 
2024 47th session of the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) - 14th session of the Committee on Administration and Finance (CAF)
4 November-8 November, FAO HQ, Rome, Italy
Commission
 
2024 Data preparation meetings for deep-water red shrimp, eastern and central Mediterranean stocks
21 October-26 October, FAO HQ, Rome, Italy (hybrid)
SAC
 
2024 Workshop on the applications of artificial intelligence and robotics in aquaculture
18 September-19 September, Antalya, Türkiye (hybrid)
CAQ
 
2024 Working Group on the Black Sea (WGBS) – Tenth session
22 July-25 July, Burgas, Bulgaria (Hybrid)
WGBS
 
2024 Subregional Group on Stock Assessment for the Black Sea (SGSABS)
8 July-13 July, Trabzon, Türkiye (hybrid)
WGBS
 
2024 SGSABS Benchmark session for European sprat and Black Sea anchovy
1 July-5 July, Batumi, Georgia (hybrid)
WGBS
 
2024 25th session of the Scientific Advisory Committee on Fisheries (SAC)
24 June-27 June, Marseille, France
SAC
 
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