Sustainable aquaculture training for young women
Following the success of its first training for young women in aquaculture in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea, held in 2022 in Tunisia, the General Fisheries Commission for the…
Port State Measures Agreement milestone
One hundred states have now committed to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization’s Agreement on Port State Measures (PSMA). Angola, Eritrea, Morocco and Nigeria are the latest countries to back…
Empowering women for roles in aquaculture
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…
Seafood heavyweights take a stand on safety at sea
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…
Landings from well-managed stocks on the rise
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%…
GFCM unveils ambitious programme for Mediterranean
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…
23 December 2021, Sabaudia, Italy. Fishermen from the Vallicola company on the boat to fish the mussels in Lake Paola.
The Vallicola Farm is located in the Circeo National Park.In the lake of Paola the company is dedicated to the practice of fishing with traditional methods and mussels farming for food purposes.
Mediterranean collaboration
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…
Images: @FAO/Mireille Boti
Empowering women processors transforms trade
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…
New strategy for Mediterranean and Black Sea
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…
Vigo Dialogue 2020: social responsibility in the time of Covid-19
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…
