GFCM News
Rome, Italy – The General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) is excited to announce that 2018 is the first year the world will observe an official day promoting awareness of the need to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU)...
Budva, Montenegro - On the occasion of its forty-first session, held in Budva, Montenegro on 16-20 October 2017, the GFCM took decisive steps to advance in the implementation of its mid-term strategy towards the sustainability of Mediterranean and Black Sea...
Taking action on small scale fisheries and building cooperation in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea
13 September 2017
13 September 2017
Rome, Italy – On the occasion of the first meeting of the Working Group on Small-Scale and Recreational Fisheries, organizations and stakeholders working in the sector have taken concrete steps to enhance their collaboration and promote synergies in order to...
Malta – The Ministers and high level representatives of Mediterranean riparian states, the European Commission and the European Parliament, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) have just...
Strengthening cooperation with Albania for more sustainable fisheries and aquaculture
06 February 2017
06 February 2017
FAO headquarters, Rome – The Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Water Administration of the Republic of Albania and the FAO on behalf of the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) have just signed a bilateral agreement to strengthen...
La Conférence ministérielle sur la coopération halieutique entre les états africains riverains de l’océan Atlantique (COMHAFAT) et la Commission générale des pêches pour la Méditerranée (CGPM) de l’Organisation des Nations Unies pour l’Alimentation et l’Agriculture (FAO) organisent conjointement, du 6...
Marine protected areas: a tool to achieve sustainable fisheries and support livelihoods in the region
30 November 2016
30 November 2016
On the occasion of a workshop held by the GFCM within the framework of the 2016 Forum of Marine Protected Areas in the Mediterranean organized in Tangier, Morocco, by the Network of Marine Protected Area Managers in the Mediterranean (MedPAN),...
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...
Black Sea region unites through a historic declaration for sustainable fisheries and aquaculture
26 October 2016
26 October 2016
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...