Rome, Italy. More than 50 small-scale fishers and small-scale fisheries stakeholders, together with representatives from relevant organizations, gathered in Rome to review progress in the implementation of the Regional Plan of Action for Small-Scale Fisheries in the Mediterranean and the...

EN | FR | TR The Mediterranean and Black Sea region, despite its susceptibility to climate change and other impacts, remains one of the world’s biodiversity hotspots due to high species richness, endemism, and the occurrence of rare and vulnerable species,...

The General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) is gearing up to effectively curb illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea. Countries are working collectively to establish and implement all necessary measures to protect...

The unique innovation and capacity building centre in La Rapita, Spain, brought by the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean and the Departament d’Acció Climàtica, Alimentació i Agenda Rural, will highlight the importance of restorative aquaculture for Blue Transformation in...

AR | EN | FR | SP | Women work just under a third of all fishing-related jobs in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea. These are the data revealed by Women in fisheries in the Mediterranean and Black Sea region:...

More than 400 participants gathered this week in Antalya, Türkiye with the common goal to scale up science for effective fisheries management at the second edition of the Forum on Fisheries Science in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea (Fish...

The future of the European eel (Anguilla anguilla), an iconic fish species, also much appreciated in Mediterranean cuisine, is currently at risk. But a management plan that includes a partial closure of eel fisheries each year, a complete ban on...

  Overfishing in the Mediterranean and Black Sea falls to lowest level in a decade The percentage of overfished stocks in the Mediterranean and Black Sea has fallen below 60 percent for the first time, following a decreasing trend that started a...

AR | FR | IT | ES  New FAO-GFCM report also includes for the first time data on the region’s marine aquaculture sector   The percentage of overfished stocks in the Mediterranean and Black Sea has fallen below 60 percent for the first time, following a decreasing...