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- Title
GENERAL FISHERIES COMMISSION FOR THE MEDITERRANEAN: Report of the forty-fifth session: Tirana, Albania, 7-11 November 2022.
- Abstract
The forty-fifth session of the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) and the twelfth session of the Committee on Administration and Finance were held in Tirana, Albania, from 7 to 11 November 2022 and attended by delegates from 22 contracting parties, two cooperating non-contracting parties and two non-contracting parties. Representatives from 13 intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, the Fisheries and Aquaculture Division of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the GFCM Secretariat as well as invited experts were also in attendance. During the session, progress in activities related to fisheries, aquaculture, compliance and other strategic activities was reviewed. In relation to the management of fisheries and compliance in the GFCM area of application, 17 binding recommendations were adopted, dealing with: i) multiannual management plans for European eel and red coral in the Mediterranean Sea, turbot fisheries in the Black Sea, blackspot seabream in the Alboran Sea, demersal stocks in the Strait of Sicily, and giant red shrimp and blue and red shrimp in the Strait of Sicily, the Ionian Sea and the Levant Sea;; ii) a fishing effort regime for key demersal stocks in the Adriatic Sea; iii) a regional research programme for rapa whelk in the Black Sea; iv) minimum standards for fisheries restricted areas in the GFCM area of application, v) minimum rules for sustainable recreational fisheries in the Mediterranean Sea; vi) the establishment of a GFCM logbook; vii) the regulation of transshipment in the GFCM area of application; viii) international joint inspection and surveillance schemes outside the waters under national jurisdiction in the Strait of Sicily and in the Ionian Sea; and ix) information contained in the GFCM record of authorized vessels over 15 metres in the GFCM area of application. In addition, the Commission adopted four resolutions in relation to fisheries and aquaculture. Moreover, the Commission adopted revised GFCM Rules of Procedure and unanimously approved the proposal by the FAO Director-General to appoint Mr Bernal as the new GFCM Executive Secretary. The GFCM Executive Secretary ad interim, Mr Manuel Barange, was thanked for greatly facilitating the implementation of all 2021-2022 intersessional activities. Finally, the Commission adopted its programme of work for the next intersession and approved its autonomous budget for 2023, amounting to USD 2 291 799, and its autonomous budget for 2024 and 2025, both amounting to USD 2 462 221, as well as a number of strategic actions to be funded through extrabudgetary resources. The Commission also endorsed the new Bureau of the Committee on Administration and Finance and extended the mandate of the Bureau of the Scientific Advisory Committee on Aquaculture until 2024.
- Subjects
MEDITERRANEAN Sea; FISHERY management; INTERNATIONAL agencies; GIANT gamba prawn; AQUACULTURE; ANGUILLA anguilla
- Publication
GFCM Report - General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean, 2023, Issue 45, pi
- ISSN
1020-7236
- Publication type
Article