GFCM News
Tackling illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea
03 June 2022
03 June 2022
Illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing is a major threat to sustainable fisheries and, more broadly, to marine resources.
Whilst we are yet to know the full extent of IUU fishing’s impacts on fish stocks and marine resources in the Mediterranean...
The GFCM teams up with the Institut Paul Bocuse Research Center and with Mediterranean and Black Sea producers to create a guide highlighting the journey of aquaculture species in the region from farm to fork.
Farmed aquatic foods are a cultural...
Five things to know about rapa whelk
09 May 2022
09 May 2022
Over 900 non-indigenous species – be that fish, molluscs such as mussels, or crustaceans such as prawns – have been spotted in the Mediterranean Sea, and almost 300 in the Black Sea.
Rapa whelk is one of them. But what is...
Study by GFCM analyses aquaculture production and trade in the six countries bordering the Black Sea
The Black Sea region has seen over recent years a boom in aquaculture and in the trade of seafood, but conflict may hamper this growth...
Turning sea urchins into premium seafood: a win for Mediterranean aquaculture farmers, fishers and marine ecosystems
22 April 2022
22 April 2022
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Q&A with Georgios Paximadis, Aquaculture Expert at the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on how enhancing sea urchin roe can boost food security and livelihoods whilst preserving...