The Programme
MedSudMed is an FAO-implemented programme funded by the Italian Ministry of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forests (MASAF) that promotes cooperation for sustainable fisheries and aquaculture between the south central Mediterranean countries (Italy, Malta, Libya and Tunisia). MedSudMed is aimed at enhancing country capacities to develop and manage fisheries and aquaculture as integrated food systems, while fostering sustainable, resilient and gender-responsive, and inclusive practices at local, regional, and global levels. This also ensures resilience to climate change and other natural and human-made disasters.
Building on lessons learned from the past, the Programme focuses on bridging science and fisheries and aquaculture management for strengthened governance, while addressing challenges like climate change and environmental friendly approaches .
MedSudMed contributes to FAO's vision for the Blue Transformation of aquatic food systems for better production, better nutrition, a better environment, and a better life, leaving no one behind.
MedSudMed contributes to the UN's 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, especially the fulfilment of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 14 on the conservation of the world’s ocean, seas and marine resources and of the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2.
Related publications
Assessing and Monitoring Fisheries Resources and Ecosystems in the Straits of Sicily –Year 8 of the Medsudmed Project
01/01/2022
The Strait of Sicily is home to many shared pelagic and demersal fisheries. Owing to their transboundary nature, these resources require a harmonized...
Enhancing Capacity for Fisheries Planning and Management in the Strait of Sicily (Year 7)
01/06/2021
The Strait of Sicily is a transition area connecting the western and eastern Mediterranean basins. Most of the pelagic and demersal fisheries resources in...
FAO + European Union
05/03/2021
In 1991, the European Union (EU) became the 161st Member of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), marking an institutional...
Celebrating 20 years and more of regional cooperation in support of fisheries management in the Adriatic Sea and the south-central Mediterranean
01/02/2021
AdriaMed and MedSudMed are FAO-implemented projects that are strengthening scientific cooperation towards sustainable fisheries and aquaculture in the...
Enhancing Capacity for Fisheries Planning and Management in the Strait of Sicily (Year 6)
01/01/2020
The Strait of Sicily is a transition area connecting the western and eastern Mediterranean basins. Most of the pelagic and demersal fisheries resources...
Improving capacity for fisheries planning and management in the South-Central Mediterranean
01/02/2019
The Straits of Sicily is one of the most important fishing areas of the Mediterranean Sea, where significant fleets operate with high fish production....