
General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean
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With 22 member countries & the EU, the GFCM ensures the conservation and sustainable use of marine living resources in the Mediterranean & the Black Sea @FAO
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Many young Europeans choose to make the sea their workplace. 🎣💼
But what does the future look like for fishers?🚶♀️🧍
Anna Carlson from the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean and Esben Sverdrup from the EU Association of fish Producers Organisation join #OceanCalls to discuss this.
w/ EU Maritime & Fish euronews.com/green/2023/05/…

This week General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean is attending the Review Conference on the #UNFSA . This agreement contains many of the concepts used by @RFMOs across the world and their implementation, including through a number of Food and Agriculture Organization guidelines, is key to the sustainability of shared stocks

📢 #GFCM joins the #Eurofish conference: #Aquaculture in Europe – Sustainable Seafood for the Future - with over 178 participants from 37 countries❗️
Houssam HAMZA presented the GFCM aquaculture activities in the #BlackSea
Visit the page to know more: fao.org/gfcm/activitie…



I encourage you to register to the GFCM High-level conference on #MedFish4Ever to be held in Malta on 3 and 4 October 2023.
This will be the occasion to take stock of progress and inspire new ambition towards sustainable #fisheries and #aquaculture


Just landed in #Rome after 2 intensive days in #Egypt discussing #responsible #investment in #Aquaculture with 40 experts #banks #farms #NGOs #research & #administration from the #Mediterranean #blacksea
General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean
Georgios Paximadis Philippos Papageorgiou Dr Ahmed Almazrui


We cannot emphasise it enough: #SustainableFishing ensures #MarineBiodiversity 🐟
Let's keep fighting together against #IUU to preserve & restore ecosystems & biodiversity.
#CFP 🎣 #WeAssist EU Maritime & Fish #BiodiversityDay