AR | EN | ES | FR | IT | ZH  New UN report highlights the need for stronger management measures  Overfishing in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea has fallen significantly in the past decade, but exploitation of most commercial species is far from sustainable, according to a...

Today, Miguel Bernal is starting his mandate as Executive Secretary of the General Fisheries Commission of the Mediterranean (GFCM) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).   After a selection process overseen by FAO management and GFCM contracting...

AR | FR | TR More than twenty countries and the European Union adopted 21 measures to ensure the conservation and sustainable use of marine living resources in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea today.  Following a week of intense discussions, the members of the...

2022 marks the 70th anniversary of the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM). This significant milestone is celebrated by an updated, forward-looking visual identity to represent an organization with an important role to play in our collective future.   The new...

News from the FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Division The General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean marks its 70th anniversary this year, a significant milestone for the organization as it looks to the future. The GFCM is a regional fisheries management organization (RFMO),...

Nearly 200 experts, scientists and academics from 23 countries gathered in Trabzon, Türkiye, from 25 to 27 October 2022 to attend the International Symposium of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences (SOFAS 2022), organized by the GFCM in collaboration with the Central...

The project “Towards a region-wide legal framework for the management and conservation of Mediterranean living marine resources and ecosystems” takes stock of its achievements with a final workshop to share important results. The initiative offers a multilingual online platform (GFCM-Lex)...

The historic castles, churches and pastel-coloured port towns lining the shores of the small volcanic island of Procida in the Bay of Naples have earned it the award of the 2022 Italian Capital of Culture. It is the rich and...

Last week, the GFCM organized a training for young women from the Mediterranean and the Black Sea region on sustainable aquaculture practices, in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture of Tunisia and with local communities and farmers.  The seven-day training, which...