The Forum on Fisheries Science in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea (Fish Forum), organized by the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), is the most important scientific gathering dedicated...

Rome, Italy. More than 50 small-scale fishers and small-scale fisheries stakeholders, together with representatives from relevant organizations, gathered in Rome to review progress in the implementation of the Regional Plan of Action for Small-Scale Fisheries in the Mediterranean and the...

Participants receive intensive training and coaching to strengthen their business, entrepreneurial and marketing skills Five small-scale aquaculture producers from the southeastern Mediterranean are participating in an innovative capacity development programme organized by the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) of...

EN | FR | TR The Mediterranean and Black Sea region, despite its susceptibility to climate change and other impacts, remains one of the world’s biodiversity hotspots due to high species richness, endemism, and the occurrence of rare and vulnerable species,...

The General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) is gearing up to effectively curb illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea. Countries are working collectively to establish and implement all necessary measures to protect...

The unique innovation and capacity building centre in La Rapita, Spain, brought by the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean and the Departament d’Acció Climàtica, Alimentació i Agenda Rural, will highlight the importance of restorative aquaculture for Blue Transformation in...

AR | EN | FR | SP | Women work just under a third of all fishing-related jobs in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea. These are the data revealed by Women in fisheries in the Mediterranean and Black Sea region:...

More than 400 participants gathered this week in Antalya, Türkiye with the common goal to scale up science for effective fisheries management at the second edition of the Forum on Fisheries Science in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea (Fish...

The future of the European eel (Anguilla anguilla), an iconic fish species, also much appreciated in Mediterranean cuisine, is currently at risk. But a management plan that includes a partial closure of eel fisheries each year, a complete ban on...