Today, high-level representatives from Mediterranean and Black Sea countries, the European Commission, FAO, the GFCM, and WWF reaffirmed their commitment to fully implement the RPOA-SSF and support small-scale fishers of the region. “We can’t imagine the future of the Mediterranean and...

The twenty-second session of the Scientific Advisory Committee on Fisheries (SAC) of the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) was held online from 22 to 25 June 2021. It was attended by delegates from 19 Mediterranean contracting parties, 11 observers from...

Sustainable growth of the aquaculture sector in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea requires targeted blended finance and substantial private capital input. To achieve this, the sector needs to promptly identify responsible investment principles to guide public and private financial...

Doriano Belloni began exploring the turquoise waters off the Italian island of Sardinia when he was a child.  Searching for coral soon became his passion - and his livelihood.   Now 70 years old, he still dives every summer in search of one...

  IUU fishing catches millions of tonnes of fish every year. It is estimated that IUU fishing accounts, on average, for about 20 percent (or 1 in 5) of the world’s total catch. In an unprecedented effort, countries in the Mediterranean and the Black...