7 March 2008
| TOUGHER PORT CONTROLS TO TARGET ILLEGAL FISHING IN THE MEDITERRANEAN | | FAO Press release on the 32nd Session of GFCM: click here to read the news. | |
11 February 2008
| MONTENEGRO BECOMES A MEMBER OF GFCM | | The Secretariat has the honour to announce that the Republic of Montenegro deposited with the Director-General an instrument of acceptance of the Agreement for the Establishment of the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM), approved by the FAO Conference at its Fifth Session (November 1949) and amended by the FAO Council at its 113° Session (November 1997). The instrument was received on 31 January 2008, on which date Montenegro effectively became a Member of the GFCM. | |
14 November 2007
| VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTION OF SPAIN IN SUPPORT TO THE GFCM COMMITTEE ON AQUACULTURE (CAQ) | | The Secretariat is pleased to announce that the Kingdom of Spain (Secretaria General de Pesca, Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación) has remitted the fund for implementing the cooperative project entitled "Support to the GFCM Working Group on Marketing on Aquaculture Products: Development of a strategy for Marketing and Promotion of Mediterranean Aquaculture" on the 14th of November 2007. | The project will support the GFCM-CAQ Working Group on Marketing, especially to:
1) Increase understanding of the present situation in the Mediterranean aquaculture through the provision of quantitative market data and qualitative assessments of comparative advantages and constrains based on national surveys;
2) Prepare a common methodology and template for collection of market information in the Mediterranean region to monitor majors trends and establish accordingly a data base;
3) Formulate market recommendations for the development of Mediterranean aquaculture industry and for the promotion of the Mediterranean aquaculture image. | | The extra-budgetary contribution will allow initiating activities of the project early 2008, in partnership with, inter-alia, FEAP and Eurofish. | | This project as component of larger CAQ programme will promote a shift from production-oriented approach into a market oriented production strategy addressing critical concepts such as product quality and safety, economic efficiency and market promotion. | |
25 October 2007
| RELEASE OF THE NEW GFCM WEBSITE | | The Secretariat has pleasure in announcing the release of the new GFCM website accessible by using the domain: www.gfcm.org; the former address, www.faogfcm.org, will continue to be active for a transitional period to be specified in due course. | | It should be recalled that this initiative forms part of the GFCM's efforts to enhance communication with its Members and Partners and to disseminate relevant information on, inter alia, its activities, publications, decisions in the field of fisheries management in the Mediterranean as well as on the fishing and aquaculture sectors at regional and sub-regional levels. | | The GFCM website also provides links to the sites of Partner Organizations as well as to the sites of FAO regional projects supporting the activities of the Commission. | | Finally, in order to ensure the continuous improvement of this site, the Secretariat welcomes any suggestions or comments from stakeholders. | |
| LANCEMENT DU NOUVEAU SITE WEB DE LA CGPM | | Le Secrétariat a le plaisir de vous annoncer le lancement de son nouveau site web, accessible à partir du nouveau domaine: www.gfcm.org. L'ancien site www.faogfcm.org restera cependant actif durant une période de transition dont la durée sera précisée ultérieurement. | | Il est à rappeler que cette initiative s'inscrit dans le cadre des efforts de la CGPM visant notamment le développement de ses moyens de communication avec ses Membres et ses partenaires et la diffusion des informations pertinentes concernant entre autre ses activités, ses publications, ses décisions en matière d'aménagement des pêcheries en Méditerranée ainsi que les secteurs de la pêche et de l'aquaculture à l'échelle régionale et sous-régionale. | | Le site web de la CGPM donne accès aux sites des Organisations partenaires ainsi qu'aux sites des projets régionaux de la FAO soutenant les activités de la Commission. | | Par ailleurs, en vue d'assurer l'amélioration continue de ce site, toute suggestion ou commentaire des utilisateurs est bienvenue. | |
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