The General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) has organised training in sustainable aquaculture techniques for young women from Mediterranean and Black Sea countries to encourage them to take leadership…
Five of the largest players in the seafood sector have come together to support efforts to improve safety at sea. The Global Tuna Alliance (GTA), Seafood Business for Ocean Stewardship (SeaBOS), The…
According to the FAO’s State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture (SOFIA) report for 2022, the volume by weight of fisheries landings worldwide from biologically sustainable stocks has risen to 82.5%…
The General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has unveiled MedSea4Fish – an ambitious long-term programme expected to serve as a…
Some groundbreaking FAO projects are seen as becoming a model for co-operation towards sustainable resource use and conservation. Romeo Mikičić has been fishing in the Adriatic Sea for more than…
Women play a central role in the post-harvest sub-sector in Côte d'Ivoire. The Coastal Fisheries Initiative (CFI) works with at least twelve professional artisanal fishing organisations across two pilot sites…
An ambitious commitment adopted by 22 countries plus the European Union aims to secure a sustainable future for fisheries and aquaculture in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea. Announcing the…
As social issues become a major concern in fisheries, particularly regarding cases of labour rights violations and human rights abuses found at different stages of the fisheries value chain, the…
As the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has published the latest of its biannual reports, the State of the World’s Fisheries and Aquaculture 2020 (SOFIA), the…
Fifteen recommendations and resolutions, proposed by the European Union, were adopted by consensus with the crucial support of the GFCM Secretariat, constituting a key step towards the full implementation of…