• Tuesday 03, Nov 2020

GFCM High-level meeting: Building a new strategy for Mediterranean and Black Sea fisheries and aquaculture

The high-level meeting on the future strategy for the Mediterranean and Black Sea took place today, under the umbrella of the FAO General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM). Virginijus Sinkevičius, the European Commissioner for the Environment, Oceans and Fisheries attended the meeting, as well as the fisheries ministers of GFCM contracting parties.

Participants reconfirmed the political commitments under the MedFish4Ever and Sofia Declarations and launched the process defining a new common strategy for ensuring the sustainability of fisheries and aquaculture in the Mediterranean and Black Sea.

https://ec.europa.eu/fisheries/press/gfcm-high-level-meeting-building-new-strategy-mediterranean-and-black-sea-fisheries-and_en