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Book (series)GFCM - Report of the thirty-first session of the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean. Rome, Italy, 9–12 January 2007. 2007
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The thirty-first session of the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) was attended by delegates from 19 Members of the Commission. The Commission reviewed the intersessional activities of its Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) and its Committee on Aquaculture (CAQ) and hold the first session of its Compliance Committee. Based on advice from SAC and proposals by Members, the GFCM adopted: three Resolutions, including two related to the GFCM statistical framework (on fishing e ffort and operational units data collection sets and on Geographical Sub-Areas [GSAs]), and one on the use of the 40 mm square mesh size in the codend of trawlnets. The Commission also adopted binding recommendations on fisheries management, including on diamond mesh size of trawlnets and on the Pelagos Sanctuary for the conservation of marine mammals, as well as three Recommendations emanating from the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) on bluefin tuna and o n transshipment at sea. The GFCM strengthened the mandate of CAQ and adopted a new set up and modus operandi for the subsidiary bodies of the Committee. The Commission decided to strengthen its activities in the Black Sea. It acknowledged the importance of the five regional projects supporting the activities of the Committees and endorsed a series of amendments to its Rules of Procedure. The Commission agreed on its programme of work and adopted its budget for 2007, including the establishment w ithin the Secretariat of a post of Aquaculture specialist. -
No Thumbnail AvailableBook (series)GFCM - Report of the twenty-fourth session of the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean. Alicante, Spain, 12-15 July 1999. 1999
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The twenty-fourth session of GFCM was attended by eight members of the Commission. The main issues discussed by the session were the conclusions of the Extraordinary Session of GFCM which took place from 7 to 9 July in the same venue and which discussed the scale of contributions for an autonomous budget and a tentative programme of work for the intersessional period. The Commission reviewed the intersessional activities and the recommendations of the two sessions of its Scientific Advisory Comm ittees (Rome, Italy, March and June 1999). The Commission could not reach an agreement on the scale of contributions but tentatively agreed on an "indicative annual budget" and adopted a programme of work for the interssessional period - year 2000. The session agreed on priorities for the Scientific Advisory Committee. -
Book (series)GFCM - Report of the thirtieth session of the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean. Istanbul, Turkey, 24–27 January 2006. 2006
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The thirtieth session of the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) was attended by delegates from 18 Members of the Commission. The Commission reviewed the intersessional activities of its Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) and its Committee on Aquaculture (CAQ). Based on the advice emanating from SAC and proposals by Members, the GFCM adopted respectively: three binding recommendations on fisheries management measures, including on fishing effort and on the protec tion of sensitive habitats; two recommendations on illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, including on the establishment of a black list of vessels and on data confidentiality procedure. It also endorsed three recommendations from the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), including on the establishment of a programme for transshipment by large-scale longliners. The GFCM reiterated its satisfaction with progress made in the implementation of the five regional projects executed by FAO in support of the Commission. The Commission ascertained its financial situation and agreed to use arrears to build a Working Capital Fund. In the Secretariat, it established a post of Statistician and a post of Programmer/System Analyst. Work progress related to the new headquarters of the Commission was reviewed. The Commission decided to postpone the adjustments to its Rules of Procedure to its next plenary. The Commission established a Compliance Committee. It formalized the Environment Aquaculture Mediterranean Network (EAM) and the Statistical Information System on Aquaculture (SIPAM) as subsidiary bodies of CAQ, and endorsed the guidelines prepared by the Joint GFCM/ICCAT Working Group on Sustainable Tuna Farming. The Commission agreed on its programme of work and adopted its autonomous budget for the year 2006. The GFCM elected its new Bureau.
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