Membership
The General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean is composed of 23 contracting parties:
19 Mediterranean states · 3 Black Sea states · European Union
![Albania](https://www.fao.org/assets/countries/flags/alb.gif)
Albania
10 Apr 1991
![Algeria](https://www.fao.org/assets/countries/flags/dza.gif)
Algeria
11 Dec 1967
![Bulgaria](https://www.fao.org/assets/countries/flags/bgr.gif)
Bulgaria
03 Nov 1969
![Croatia](https://www.fao.org/assets/countries/flags/hrv.gif)
Croatia
22 May 1995
![Cyprus](https://www.fao.org/assets/countries/flags/cyp.gif)
Cyprus
10 Jun 1965
![Egypt](https://www.fao.org/assets/countries/flags/egy.gif)
Egypt
19 Feb 1951
![EU](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/faoweb/GFCM/flags/UE.gif)
European Union
25 Jun 1998
![France](https://www.fao.org/assets/countries/flags/fra.gif)
France
08 Jul 1952
![Greece](https://www.fao.org/assets/countries/flags/grc.gif)
Greece
07 Apr 1952
![Israel](https://www.fao.org/assets/countries/flags/isr.gif)
Israel
20 Feb 1952
![Italy](https://www.fao.org/assets/countries/flags/ita.gif)
Italy
29 May 1951
![Lebanon](https://www.fao.org/assets/countries/flags/lbn.gif)
Lebanon
14 Nov 1960
![Libya](https://www.fao.org/assets/countries/flags/lby.gif)
Libya
13 May 1963
![Malta](https://www.fao.org/assets/countries/flags/mlt.gif)
Malta
29 Apr 1965
![Monaco](https://www.fao.org/assets/countries/flags/mco.gif)
Monaco
14 May 1954
![Montenegro](https://www.fao.org/assets/countries/flags/mne.gif)
Montenegro
31 Jan 2008
![Morocco](https://www.fao.org/assets/countries/flags/mar.gif)
Morocco
17 Sep 1956
![Romania](https://www.fao.org/assets/countries/flags/rou.gif)
Romania
19 Feb 1971
![Slovenia](https://www.fao.org/assets/countries/flags/svn.gif)
Slovenia
25 May 2000
![Spain](https://www.fao.org/assets/countries/flags/esp.gif)
Spain
19 Oct 1953
![Syria](https://www.fao.org/assets/countries/flags/syr.gif)
Syria
12 Dec 1975
![Tunisia](https://www.fao.org/assets/countries/flags/tun.gif)
Tunisia
22 Jun 1954
![Türkiye](https://www.fao.org/assets/countries/flags/tur.gif)
Türkiye
06 Apr 1954
The GFCM also includes 6 cooperating non-contracting parties:
Bosnia and Herzegovina (2016) · Georgia (2015) · Jordan (2018) · Republic of Moldova (2017) · Saudi Arabia (2021) · Ukraine (2015)
Contracting parties are the state and regional economic integration organizations that comprise the Commission. Membership in the Commission is open to Members and Associate Members of FAO, and such non-Member states as are Members of the United Nations or any of its specialized agencies that are coastal states or regional economic organizations whose vessels engage in fishing in the GFCM area of application. Contracting parties contribute to the GFCM budget and finance its operations
Cooperating non-contracting parties are not formally associated with the GFCM but they actively participate in GFCM activities, attend the sessions of the Commission and commit to fully implement all GFCM recommendations.