Written by Anne Altmayer.
All Member States bordering the Mediterranean and the Black Sea, together with the European Union, participate in the management of fisheries in this area, in cooperation with several third countries, in the framework of the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM). As a contracting party to the GFCM, the EU is bound to adopt its decisions. The European Commission has therefore proposed to transpose a number of recently adopted GFCM measures into EU law.
Background
Fishing in areas beyond national jurisdiction is subject to cooperation among the countries that have fishing interests in those areas, in the framework of regional fisheries management organisations (RFMOs). Some RFMOs have broad mandates to manage various fisheries resources in a specific geographical area, while others focus on the management of highly migratory species (particularly tunas). The two RFMOs covering the Mediterranean and the Black Sea region are the GFCM and the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT).
The General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean
The GFCM was established in 1949 under the auspices of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The GFCM’s area of application, covering the Mediterranean, the Black Sea and their connecting waters, is subdivided into 30 geographical sub-areas (see Figure 1). The organisation has the authority to adopt compulsory decisions (‘recommendations’) in its area of competence.
1: Northern Alboran Sea
2: Alboran Island
3: Southern Alboran Sea
4: Algeria
5: Balearic Islands
6: Northern Spain
7: Gulf of Lion
8: Corsica
9: Ligurian Sea and North Tyrrhenian Sea
10: Southern and Central Tyrrhenian Sea
11.1: Western Sardinia
11.2: Eastern Sardinia
12: Northern Tunisia
13: Gulf of Hammamet
14: Gulf of Gabes
15: Malta16: Southern Sicily
17: Northern Adriatic Sea
18: Southern Adriatic Sea
19: Western Ionian Sea
20: Eastern Ionian Sea
21: Southern Ionian Sea
22: Aegean Sea
23: Crete
24: Northern Levant Sea
25: Cyprus
26: Southern Levant Sea
27: Eastern Levant Sea
28: Marmara Sea
29: Black Sea
30: Sea of Azov
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