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...

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...

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...

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...

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...