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SOMFI2020 | Mediterranean and Black Sea fisheries are turning the corner on overexploitation
14/12/2020
New report shows that while most fish stocks remain overexploited, the number of stocks subject to overfishing has decreased for the...
Online courses on the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in the establishment of Allocated Zones for Aquaculture (AZA)
23/11/2020
Allocated zones for aquaculture (AZAs) within marine spatial planning are considered an essential instrument in the sustainable development and expansion of aquaculture in the Mediterranean and Black Sea bordering countries. Given...
Close to 200 fishers and scientists participated in a day of discussions on SSF
10/11/2020
On Science Day, the FAO Mediterranean Projects, AdriaMed, CopeMedII, EastMed, MedSudMed, and the GFCM BlackSea4Fish project, organized a workshop to address common regional small-scale fisheries (SSF) issues such as collaborative science...
Countries of the Mediterranean and the Black Sea unite to build a new strategy for fisheries and aquaculture 
03/11/2020
On 3 November, more than 20 ministers met under the umbrella of the GFCM to share views on how to ensure the sustainability of fisheries and aquaculture in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea.  In the...
How an invasive sea snail triggered cooperation in the Black Sea
31/10/2020
BU | FR | TR | UK From 200 m all the way down to its deepest point of 2 200 m, the Black Sea is nearly as lifeless as a...
Agreement for the creation of a subregional technical unit in Malaga
23/10/2020
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...
Aquaculture survey kicks off in Lebanon, aiming to support the growth of the sector
15/09/2020
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...
Launch of a scientific survey-at-sea for rapa whelk in the Black Sea
31/08/2020
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...
Technical guidelines for scientific surveys in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea now available in e-book version
14/08/2020
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...
Hundreds tune in for the GFCM Online Forum dedicated to building fisheries and aquaculture resilience post COVID-19
03/08/2020
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...
#COFIDialogues | What does the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework mean for fisheries and aquaculture?
15/07/2020
The Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) are negotiating the text of a new 10-year working framework for biodiversity conservation, as a stepping stone towards the 2050 vision...
Updated analysis of the impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on fisheries and aquaculture in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea
30/06/2020
Since early March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted business as usual around the world with severe consequences affecting most industries in the Mediterranean and Black Sea region, not least...
Online training workshops on data-limited methods for the assessment of sardinella in the Eastern Mediterranean
29/06/2020
The GFCM has been holding, jointly with the FAO EastMed regional project, a series of online workshops to advance towards the benchmark assessment of round sardinella in the Eastern Mediterranean....
Launch of a research programme on European eel in the Mediterranean
19/06/2020
The GFCM is teaming with scientific partners and focal points from nine countries to launch the first research programme on European eel in the Mediterranean Sea towards coordination of stock...
Online Forum - Building fisheries and aquaculture resilience post COVID-19
08/06/2020
In the Mediterranean and the Black Sea, the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the vulnerabilities of the fisheries and aquaculture sector but also its strengths. On World Ocean Day, we are...
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