Overfishing has decreased by 20% in the Mediterranean between 2017 and 2023

Published 2023년 10월 6일

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A meeting held in Malta by the UN Organization for Agriculture and Food (FAO) revealed that overfishing in the Mediterranean has decreased by 20% since 2017, but there is still much work to be done to ensure sustainable fishing practices and eliminate illegal fishing. The meeting assessed the progress made since the signing of the MedFish4Ever declaration in 2017, which aimed to achieve sustainability in the fishing and aquaculture sector. Challenges facing the Mediterranean fishing industry include an aging population of fishermen, overexploitation of resources, and the lack of acceptability for aquaculture products.

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Overfishing has been reduced by 20% since 2017 in the Mediterranean, but countries have a lot to do to make fishing sustainable in all fishing grounds, as confirmed in Malta at a meeting of the UN Organization for Agriculture and Food (FAO). “We have made progress, but on the contrary we still have a lot to do to ensure that fishing is sustainable - for all species - and to ensure that illegal fishing is eradicated from our waters,” according to the secretary general of the General Commission of Mediterranean Fisheries (GFCM) of the FAO, Miguel Bernal. The head of the CGPM analyzed, in a telephone interview with Efeagro, the results of the Malta meeting in which representatives from 20 countries, sector experts and NGOs analyzed the state of Mediterranean fishing and aquaculture. Bernal explained that at that meeting, which ended on Wednesday, they reviewed the progress of the “MedFish4ever” declaration signed in 2017 and that it is “fundamental to progress towards the objectives ...

Source: PEefeagro