The Regional Conference on sustainable small-scale fisheries in the Mediterranean is organized by the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) and the Fisheries and Aquaculture Department of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), including its Mediterranean...

GFCM headquarters, Rome. The GFCM Chairperson, Stefano Cataudella, and the GFCM Executive Secretary, Abdellah Srour, welcomed today at GFCM headquarters the European Commissioner Karmenu Vella, responsible for Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, as well as a delegation of several EU...

Rome, Italy. As the plague of IUU fishing is receiving increasing attention from the international community, the representatives of 28 States have just expressed their support towards initiatives aimed at combatting its negative effects. On the occasion of the intersessional...