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The State of Mediterranean and Black Sea Fisheries 2025

The State of Mediterranean and Black Sea Fisheries provides the most comprehensive and up-to-date review of the status and trends of fisheries and aquaculture in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea.

Sustainable aquaculture in the Mediterranean – Restoring ecosystems for food security
2025

Categories: Aquaculture, Biodiversity conservation, Livelihoods

MedSea4Fish achievements and results – First biennium (2023–2024) at a glance
2025

Also available in Arabic and French

Categories: Capacity development, Fisheries, Institutional

Text-heavy document page with multiple logos and a small photograph of a beach.
Completion of the fisheries and aquaculture strategies
2025

March 2021–February 2024

Categories: Transversal

Improving the Sustainability of Fisheries and Aquaculture in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea
Consolidation of the fisheries and aquaculture strategies
2025

March 2020–February 2024

Categories: Transversal

Guardians of the sea – Working together to tackle ghost gear
2025

Also available in Arabic and French

Categories: Biodiversity conservation, Compliance, Fisheries

Safe handling and release of piked dogfish in the Black Sea
2025

Also available in Bulgarian, Georgian, Romanian, Turkish and Ukrainian

Categories: Biodiversity conservation, Capacity development, Fisheries

Safe handling and release of sturgeons in the Black Sea
2025

Also available in Bulgarian, Georgian, Romanian, Turkish and Ukrainian

Categories: Biodiversity conservation, Capacity development, Fisheries

Forum on fisheries science in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea: scaling up science for effective fisheries management – Antalya, Türkiye, 19–23 February 2024
2024

Categories: Fisheries, Transversal

Transboundary population structure of sardine, European hake and blackspot seabreamin the Alboran Sea and adjacent waters – A multidisciplinary approach
2024

Categories: Fisheries

Women in fisheries in the Mediterranean and Black Sea region: roles, challenges and opportunities
2024

Categories: Fisheries, Livelihoods

depredation by marine mammals in the mediterranean black sea and contiguous atlantic area
Depredation by marine mammals in the Mediterranean, Black Sea and contiguous Atlantic area
2024

Categories: Biodiversity conservation, Fisheries, Livelihoods

The State of Mediterranean and Black Sea Fisheries 2023 – Special edition
2023

Categories: Aquaculture, Fisheries, Livelihoods

collecting data on dolphin depredation in mediterranean and black sea fisheries
Collecting data on dolphin depredation in Mediterranean and Black Sea fisheries  – Brief
2023

Categories: Biodiversity conservation, Fisheries, Livelihoods

Working towards sustainable fisheries and aquaculture in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea – Delivering tangible results from strategic actions in 2017–2021
2023

Categories: Aquaculture, Fisheries, Institutional

FAO Aquaculture News, June 2023 – No. 67
FAO Aquaculture News, June 2023 – No. 67
2023

Categories: Aquaculture, Institutional

blacksea4fish activities and achievements 20222023
BlackSea4Fish – Activities and achievements 2022–2023
2023

Categories: Capacity development, Fisheries, Institutional

The Regional Plan of Action for Small-Scale Fisheries in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea
2021

Also available in Arabic, Croatian, French, Greek, Italian, Spanish and Turkish

Categories: Fisheries, Institutional, Livelihoods

catalogue of fishing gear in the mediterranean and black sea region
Catalogue of fishing gear in the Mediterranean and Black Sea region
2023

Categories: Fisheries

european eel in the mediterranean sea
European eel in the Mediterranean Sea – Outcomes of the GFCM Research programme
2023

Categories: Biodiversity conservation, Fisheries, Livelihoods

Report of the expert meeting on fisheries-related other effective area-based conservation measures in the Mediterranean
2023

Categories: Biodiversity conservation, Fisheries