MedFish4Ever Awards celebrate regional innovation in fisheries and aquaculture. The GFCM High-level conference on MedFish4Ever initiatives: Transformative actions to address new challenges offered a fitting occasion to recognise outstanding new […]
Call for fair and balanced fishery measures for the Mediterranean. ETF calls on the European Commission to adopt balanced measures equally supporting the three dimensions of the EU Common Fishery […]
MEPs approve new rules for fishing in the Mediterranean area. New measures include rules on measuring catches by recreational fisheries, alternatives to landing points for the European eel, and the […]
Farmed aquatic foods for all tastes: The journey of twelve Mediterranean and Black Sea species from farms to your plates. A workshop promoting the social acceptability of aquaculture in the […]
The future of aquaculture rests on women: United Nations International Day of Women and Girls in Science. Women are transforming aquaculture in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea. As their […]
Overfishing falls in the Mediterranean and Black Sea, but fisheries resources remain under significant stress. New UN report highlights the need for stronger management measures. Overfishing in the Mediterranean and […]
IPNLF Closing Statement ICCAT Annual Session 2022. What does progress at ICCAT Annual Session 2022 mean for Atlantic tuna and fishing communities? After 9 days of negotiations, the Annual Session […]
Putting the science into fisheries management. Sustainable fisheries management starts with scientific research – and an enormous amount of it is taking place across the Mediterranean and the Black Sea, […]
New multi-annual management plan for the Med. For the first time, the EU and neighbouring countries in the Mediterranean agreed on the establishment of five fully-fledged multiannual management plans (MAPs) based on […]
EC supports new Mediterranean Partnership. At the COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) announced the creation of the […]
Concrete steps toward achieving sustainable fisheries – Countries take concrete steps toward achieving sustainable fisheries in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea More than twenty countries and the European Union […]
NEW DATA REVEALS BOTTOM TRAWLING IN PROTECTED AREAS GREATER TRANSPARENCY NEEDED TO STOP ILLEGAL FISHING IN THE MEDITERRANEAN Members of the Med Sea Alliance, a diverse coalition of NGOs, today […]
Aquaculture innovation to take centre stage at International Symposium on Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences (SOFAS 2022) in Trabzon, Türkiye. The General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) of the Food […]
EC proposes 2023 fishing opportunities for the Mediterranean and Black Sea. The European Commission has adopted its proposal for fishing opportunities for 2023 for the Mediterranean and the Black Seas. The […]
GFCM-LEX project takes stock of important achievements with a region-wide legal framework established. The project ‘Towards a region-wide legal framework for the management and conservation of Mediterranean living marine resources […]
Restorative aquaculture: a way forward for sea urchins in the Mediterranean. The historic castles, churches and pastel-coloured port towns lining the shores of the small volcanic island of Procida in […]
Empowering young women for sustainable aquaculture in the Mediterranean and Black Sea. The General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations […]
Strong performance by Cromaris in first half of 2022. In the first six months of 2022, Mediterranean fish farmer Cromaris sold 6,971 tons of fresh fish equivalent, which is an […]
Bottom trawling in the Med supported by ‘generous handouts’. A NEW STUDY by the ENT Foundation and MedReAct on the trawling sector in the Western Mediterranean has revealed that bottom […]