The Global Environment Facility (GEF) has endorsed two projects of more than USD 12 million to reverse the overexploitation of select commercial fisheries in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea.  The projects, to be executed by the GFCM, will support Georgia,...

Allocated zones for aquaculture (AZAs) within marine spatial planning (MSP) are essential for the sustainable development and expansion of aquaculture in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea. Wednesday, 3 June, the GFCM presented a virtual seminar on aquaculture and marine spatial...

  Throughout the world, the fisheries and aquaculture sectors are facing the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. With a view to sharing information among its countries and facilitating a reflection on future responses, the GFCM has conducted a preliminary analysis of the...

More than 4000 people participated in the ADC online initative: free online courses on techniques and technologies in aquaculture.  These courses are developed in close collaboration with the GFCM Aquaculture Demonstrative Centres (ADC) in Turkey and Romania.  ADCs fulfill three main objectives: 1....

The General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) has launched an online interactive tool to map initiatives and projects addressing small-scale fisheries in the Mediterranean and Black Sea. This tool was created with the partnership of the WWF Mediterranean Marine Initiative, the...

French version | Italian version | Spanish version |  The GFCM is launching this week a forum devoted to small-scale fisheries. The SSF Forum will offer workshops and sessions to small-scale fishers and fish workers across the Mediterranean and Black Sea region. Small-scale fishers...

Scientists from the Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO), the University of Málaga (Spain) and the National Institute of Fisheries Research of Morocco (INRH) will carry out a 25-day study in waters on both sides of the Strait of Gibraltar, aimed...

FAO Director-General QU Dongyu paid a visit today to the headquarters of the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) – a FAO statutory body which operates under FAO Governing Bodies. Its main objective is to federate efforts among countries...

High-level conference on MedFish4Ever Initiatives >Mediterranean and Black Sea countries renewed political commitments to the MedFish4ever Declaration in the context of the GFCM. Awards organized for best regional practices in the fight against IUU fishing based on a peer-review assessment. ADOPTION...