FAO Director-General says stronger regional cooperation, science and Blue Transformation will secure the subregion's fisheries future. The Adriatic Sea Technical Unit of the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)...

The hands-on training aimed to bridge the gap between fisheries science and management. Stock assessments can involve complex models and uncertainty, making scientific advice challenging to interpret and apply. The course helped participants to better understand stock assessments and, most...

Every day, thousands of fishers land their catches along Egypt's extensive Mediterranean coastline, generating valuable information that can help shape the sustainable future of the country's fisheries. Yet collecting this information consistently across such a vast area has been a...

Red coral (Corallium rubrum) is an emblematic species of the Mediterranean Sea, long valued and harvested in the region for millennia. In the past, its shallow populations were nearly depleted in some areas due to excessive fishing pressure. To improve knowledge...

The pilot initiative, carried out in the coastal town of Kavarna, also delivered Bulgaria's first integrated multitrophic aquaculture system, combining rainbow trout and Mediterranean mussel, and marked the first operational deployment of the country's Aquaculture Demonstration Centre. Ongoing trials are...

A new scientific field trial is underway off the coast of Alicante, Spain, to evaluate an enhanced fishing technology that could help reduce the environmental footprint of bottom trawl fisheries while sustaining the catch performance that commercial fishers rely on. The...

Ten years ago, the fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing reached a major milestone with the entry into force of the FAO Agreement on Port State Measures (PSMA). The PSMA is the first legally binding international agreement specifically...

Since 2018, the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has been developing a network of Aquaculture Demonstration Centres (ADCs) across the Mediterranean and Black Sea region. Their objective is...

The western Mediterranean is a highly productive area with significant biodiversity, supporting substantial aquatic food production and coastal economies. At the same time, it faces pressures such as overfishing, pollution and climate change, thus requiring strong management. The western Mediterranean is...