The GFCM was awarded two international distinctions at the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards, held during the Saudi Feast Food Festival in Riyadh. This recognition marks an important milestone and underscores the organization’s ongoing commitment to supporting sustainable aquaculture across the...

EN | AR | FR | ES | IT Rome – Although fisheries sustainability in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea remains a source of concern, the percentage of overfished stocks has dropped to its lowest level in a decade, a...

Twenty-two countries and the European Union advanced their commitment to sustainable fisheries and aquaculture during the forty-eighth session of the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The meeting, hosted...

On Black Sea Day, we celebrate the +3000 fishers and other stakeholders who participated in awareness campaigns in the Black Sea. Since 2023, the GFCM has been conducting regional awareness campaigns along the Black Sea coast of Bulgaria, Georgia,...

The General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) in partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture of Lebanon, the National Council for Scientific Research of Lebanon, FAO Lebanon and the Mediterranean Fisheries Research Production and Training Institute of Türkiye carried out...

Fishing gear selectivity is a highly significant issue in fishery resource management and conservation. For the past two years, a pilot project has tested measures to reduce the capture of juvenile hake and deep-water rose shrimp in bottom trawl fisheries...

While traditional aquaculture has often prioritized yield, restorative aquaculture shifts the emphasis also towards enhancing ecosystem health and biodiversity. In addition to serving as a source of food, aquaculture can provide nature-based solutions – helping to restore ecosystems, build...

The World Food Forum (WFF) Youth Initiative in collaboration with the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) has curated an art exhibition to be displayed at the headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)...

The Mediterranean Sea has long been a source of life, culture, and livelihoods for millions of people living along its shores. Leading efforts to protect this unique marine environment is the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM). The...