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Lagoons are an integral part of the coastal landscape. The Mediterranean region hosts around 400 coastal lagoons, covering a surface of over 641 000 ha differing in both their typology and use. Fisheries and various forms of aquaculture have been traditionally carried out...
Celebrating Women in Science
11 February 2021
11 February 2021
On International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we want to thank all of the women that contribute to our understanding, protection and management of our ocean's invaluable resources.
At the GFCM, women make up 50% of staff. Their experience, diversity...
Experts come together to review the status of the stocks of small pelagic and demersal species in the Mediterranean
30 January 2021
30 January 2021
More than 80 experts from 15 countries worked together over two weeks to obtain the most up-to-date picture of the status of the stocks in the Mediterranean. In an effort to cope with the restrictions imposed by the current COVID-19...
SOMFI2020 | Mediterranean and Black Sea fisheries are turning the corner on overexploitation
14 December 2020
14 December 2020
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New report shows that while most fish stocks remain overexploited, the number of stocks subject to overfishing has decreased for the first time in decades
After decades of increasing human pressures on...
Online courses on the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in the establishment of Allocated Zones for Aquaculture (AZA)
23 November 2020
23 November 2020
Allocated zones for aquaculture (AZAs) within marine spatial planning are considered an essential instrument in the sustainable development and expansion of aquaculture in the Mediterranean and Black Sea bordering countries.
Given the spatial context of AZAs, applications incorporating multiple models able...
On Science Day, the FAO Mediterranean Projects, AdriaMed, CopeMedII, EastMed, MedSudMed, and the GFCM BlackSea4Fish project, organized a workshop to address common regional small-scale fisheries (SSF) issues such as collaborative science (including participatory data collection, reporting and monitoring), local ecological knowledge...
Countries of the Mediterranean and the Black Sea unite to build a new strategy for fisheries and aquaculture
03 November 2020
03 November 2020
On 3 November, more than 20 ministers met under the umbrella of the GFCM to share views on how to ensure the sustainability of fisheries and aquaculture in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea.
In the presence of Virginijus Sinkevicius, European Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries, Manuel Barange, Director of the Fisheries Division and acting...
How an invasive sea snail triggered cooperation in the Black Sea
31 October 2020
31 October 2020
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From 200 m all the way down to its deepest point of 2 200 m, the Black Sea is nearly as lifeless as a foreign planet. At its surface, however, it hosts a rich...
On the week of the celebration of the seventy-fifth anniversary of the United Nations, the City Council of Málaga and FAO have signed an administrative agreement for the establishment of a Technical Unit of the GFCM in Malaga.
“This agreement consolidates...