On the occasion of the World Fisheries Day, the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean is publishing online the final version of the mid-term strategy (2017–2020) towards the sustainability of Mediterranean and Black Sea fisheries. This strategy is the fruit...

Bucharest, Romania – Ministers and high-level representatives from the Black Sea region recently gathered in Bucharest on the occasion of a GFCM High-level Conference towards Enhanced Cooperation on Black Sea Fisheries and Aquaculture where they unanimously adopted a declaration to enhance...

Bucharest, Romania – A High-Level Conference Towards Enhanced Cooperation on Black Sea Fisheries and Aquaculture will take place in Bucharest, Romania, from 24 to 25 October 2016. In light of the many challenges still to be faced in the area...

Seoul. The Sustainable Ocean Initiative (SOI) Global Dialogue recognized the mechanisms implemented by General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) and the United Nations Environment Programme/Mediterranean Action Plan (UNEP/MAP) to foster ongoing cooperation in the Mediterranean as a practical and...

On the occasion of the second session of the Preparatory Committee (PrepCom2) on the elements of a draft text of an international legally binding instrument under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) on the conservation and...