General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean - GFCM

Report of the Subregional Committee for the Eastern Mediterranean (SRC-EM)

Tue, May, 2022, 9am - Fri, May, 2022, 5am

 


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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The fourth meeting of the Subregional Committee for the Eastern Mediterranean (SRC-EM) of the Scientific Advisory Committee on Fisheries (SAC) was held online on 10–13 May 2022. The aims of the meeting were to: i) compile relevant information on the status of eastern Mediterranean fisheries and provide advice to the SAC, including on urgent actions towards sustainability and following the requests made by the Commission, in particular in relation to deep‑water red shrimp fisheries in the Levant sea and round sardinella (Sardinella aurita) fisheries in the eastern Mediterranean; ii) identify priority topics for the subregion, including in relation to data collection, provision of advice and implementation of management measures; and iii) prepare a draft work plan to address priority issues for the consideration of the SAC.

The SRC-EM formulated draft advice on issues related to fisheries in the subregion, including small-scale and recreational fisheries, the monitoring of eastern Mediterranean fisheries, the identification of conservation priority areas hosting essential fish habitats and/or vulnerable marine ecosystems as well as a summary of the status of the stocks, the assessment and management of deep‑water red shrimp fisheries in the Levant sea and round sardinella fisheries in the eastern Mediterranean, as well as on non-indigenous species. The work plan for the 2022–2024 was discussed and approved.