Women are transforming the field of science at FAO’s General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM).  The GFCM, the regional fisheries management body established through FAO, is working for the sustainable use and conservation of marine resources and sustainable development of...

The GFCM and the Friends of SSF are pleased to announce the 2022 programme of the SSF Forum! Launched in 2020, the SSF Forum is a space where small-scale fishers from across the Mediterranean and the Black Sea come together to...

Over the past year, the GFCM-Lex project has taken great strides towards setting up a region-wide legal framework for the conservation of Mediterranean living marine resources and ecosystems. As fisheries laws vary greatly among the region’s 21 countries, this project...

  Co-organized by the GFCM and the Regional Coordination Group for the Mediterranean and the Black Sea, in the context of the Medbycatch Project and the EU Data Collection Framework. Background: The incidental catch of vulnerable species in fisheries (or bycatch) represents...

Fisheries in the western Mediterranean account for 22 percent of total landings in the GFCM area of application and have a substantial socio-economic impact on coastal communities in the subregion. To understand if these crucial fish stocks are sustainably exploited, stock assessments are conducted each year, forming the basis of scientific advice produced by the GFCM.  Since 2016, the...

The GFCM is pleased to announce an online course on the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in the establishment of Allocated Zones for Aquaculture (AZA) on 6-7 December 2021. Following MODULE 1 on spatial information and representation conducted in 2020, MODULE 2 will cover planning for sustainable aquaculture development....

As we are celebrating #WorldFisheriesDay today, the GFCM would like you to meet some of the Mediterranean and the Black Sea fishers and fish workers involved in making small-scale fisheries more sustainable.  It really is hard to overstate the importance of...

TheBlackSea4Fish project would like to propose, within the scope of its Output 5 – aimed at promoting regional cooperation and best practices, a series of online technical presentations on fishery-related topics of specific interest to the Black Sea. The aim of...

After a week of intense discussions, the GFCM countries adopted today 35 decisions to ensure the conservation and sustainable use of marine living resources in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea. On the occasion of the forty-fourth session of the GFCM,...