The State of Mediterranean and Black Sea Fisheries 2016. SoMFi

The State of Mediterranean and Black Sea Fisheries 2016. SoMFi

The State of Mediterranean and Black Sea Fisheries 2016 (SoMFi). GFCM. FAO. Roma. 145 pp.

Abstract: This first issue of The State of Mediterranean and Black Sea Fisheries is a comprehensive review of the status and trends of fisheries in the Mediterranean and Black Sea. It includes eight chapters, separated in two parts: a first part on the status and trends of Mediterranean and Black Sea fisheries under different aspects such as fleet, catches, socio-economic variables, bycatch, small-scale fisheries and stock status, and a second part describing management measures adopted by the GFCM towards the sustainability of fisheries in its area of application. The report is based to a large extent on the most up-to-date data available submitted by GFCM contracting and cooperating non-contracting parties, including information on stock status, national catches, fleet and socio-economic information up to 2014. It is also complemented with information from other sources, including literature review and, for small-scale fisheries, the outcomes of the First Regional Symposium on Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the Mediterranean and Black Sea, organized in 2013 in Malta.