Mediterranean and the Black Sea governments join forces towards sustainable aquaculture development and food security
11/12/2014
Bari, Italy – About 140 participants, representatives of governments and international organizations, delegates, experts and professionals from Mediterranean and Black Sea countries (Albania, Algeria, Croatia, Egypt, France, Greece, Israel, Italy, Morocco
Euro-Mediterranean Ministers acknowledge the key role of FAO-GFCM in the region
05/12/2014
The FAO Director General, José Graziano da Silva, the Ministers and representatives of countries in the European Union, the Balkans, North Africa and the Middle East, and several international and...
Boosting sustainable aquaculture in the Mediterranean
05/12/2014
The Italian Presidency of the Council of the European Union, together with the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations...
Regional Aquaculture Conference
10/11/2014
The Italian Presidency of the Council of the EU, together with the GFCM of the FAO and in cooperation with the European Commission, is pleased to confirm that the Regional...
Entry into force of GFCM 38 decisions / Entrée en vigueur des décisions de la CGPM 38
16/10/2014
The following GFCM decisions entered into force on 16th October 2014:
Recommendation GFCM/38/2014/1 amending Recommendation GFCM/37/2013/1 and on precautionary and emergency measures for 2015 on small pelagic stocks in the GFCM-GSA...
The Algerian Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources received at Palazzo Blumenstihl
11/06/2014
The Algerian Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources, H.E. Sid Ahmed Ferroukhi, visited the GFCM headquarters and met the GFCM Chairperson, the Executive Secretary and the staff. This visit was...
Fifth Meeting of Regional Fishery Body Secretariats Network (RSN-5) (Session 1)
07/06/2014
The fifth Meeting of Regional Fishery Body Secretariats Network (RSN-5) (Session 1) was hosted in Palazzo Blumenstihl, GFCM HQ, Satuday 7th June 2014.
Major reform to make the GFCM a modern, competent and effective body for sustainable fisheries
24/05/2014
The European Commission welcomes a key reform completed by the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) at its Annual Session in Rome today, May 20, which sets ambitious objectives for...
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Fisheries management in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea: time to go to the next level
20/05/2014
The thirty-eighth annual session of the GFCM, which is being held this week at FAO headquarters in Rome, reached yesterday, 20 May 2014, a historical consensus on a new text...
The General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean - Multifaceted approach to improve stock management
28/02/2014
EUROFISH Magazine 2/2014
Fish stocks do not respect national boundaries and often occur as straddling or shared stocks between exclusive economic zones, or between these zones and the high seas, or...
Strengthening institutional cooperation among Black Sea riparian States
24/01/2014
The General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) organized at its headquarters –palazzo Blumensthil in Rome – a brainstorming...
A new multi-stakeholder platform for sustainable aquaculture in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea
17/12/2013
Izmir, Turkey - More than 60 experts, professionals and stakeholders in the aquaculture field just gathered in Izmir, Turkey, to discuss about the future of aquaculture in the Mediterranean and...
Mediterranean and Black Sea governments, international organizations, scientists, NGOs, fishers and fishers’ communities join forces for the future of small-scale fisheries and marine resources
02/12/2013
St Julian’s, Malta – Over 170 participants from all fisheries actors of the Mediterranean and Black Sea have just met in St Julian’s, Malta, to share experiences and make steps...
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