GFCM News
The GFCM is teaming with scientific partners and focal points from nine countries to launch the first research programme on European eel in the Mediterranean Sea towards coordination of stock management and recovery.
The European eel was classified as critically endangered...
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In the Mediterranean and the Black Sea, the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the vulnerabilities of the fisheries and aquaculture sector but also its strengths. On World Ocean Day, we are happy to invite you to join the GFCM, together with...
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States face new challenges to monitor, control and surveil fishing operations, and to ensure the implementation of sustainable fisheries management. Join us on Friday 5 June to discuss innovations and digitalisation to #FightIUUFishing.
On the occasion of the third celebration of...
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The Global Environment Facility (GEF) has endorsed two projects of more than USD 12 million to reverse the overexploitation of select commercial fisheries in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea.
The projects, to be executed by the GFCM, will support Georgia,...
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Allocated zones for aquaculture (AZAs) within marine spatial planning (MSP) are essential for the sustainable development and expansion of aquaculture in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea.
Wednesday, 3 June, the GFCM presented a virtual seminar on aquaculture and marine spatial...