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Partners of European project FISHN’CO met this week in a hybrid event hosted at Fundación Centro Tecnológico del Mar-Fundación CETMAR with the aim of advancing the development of the Regional Work Plans (RWP), the main objective of the project. The workshop, held from 18th to 20th October, lasted over three days in which the participants first addressed the progress made within each work package, detailing… Read More »FISHN’CO partners and experts workshop at Vigo

The annual report of RCG LDF technical meeting 2022 is now available under the Reports section. The document was compiled after the RCG LDF annual technical meeting (TM) that was held in a hybrid format, with a group of participants attending the meeting physically (Funchal, Madeira, Portugal from July 13th to 15th) and others connecting to the meeting through the online ZOOM communication platform. The… Read More »RCG Long Distance Fisheries Annual Technical Meeting report – 2022 is now available

The annual report of RCG NANSEA & RCG Baltic technical meeting 2022 is now available under the Reports section. The document is composed of three parts: Part I report compiled after the annual technical meeting (TM ),  Part II Decisions and Recommendations, Part III, Intersessional Subgroups (ISSG) 2021-2022 Reports. RCG RCG NANSEA and RCG Baltic 2022 TM was held from 7th to 10th June in… Read More »Now available RCG NANSEA & RCG Baltic Annual Technical Meeting report – 2022

It is now available online the interactive infographic of Level of Ambition for the different Thematic Focus Areas. This is an output of  Fishn’Co project -Work Package 1 (WP1) in collaboration with RCGs. FISHN’CO addresses the need to develop Regional Work Plans (RWPs) for the RCGs North Atlantic, North Sea and Eastern Arctic; Baltic; Large Pelagics and Economics Issues, delivering support to these RCGs and… Read More »Interactive infographic of Level of Ambition available online

The annual report of RCG ECON technical meeting 2022 is now available under  Report sections. The report   is composed of seven main sections and it was compiled after the annual technical meeting (TM).  Section 3 is dedicated to the list of recommendations, followed by summary of work plan for 2022-2024 (section 4) and an overview of the work done under each ToR (section 6). Details… Read More »Now available RCG ECON Annual Technical Meeting report – 2022

On the 27th April 2022, it was held the Joint Workshop on Recreational Fisheries organized by the Regional Coordination Group for the Mediterranean and Black Sea (RCG Med&BS) and the STREAMLINE regional grant in the context of the Recommendation n. 3 of the RCG Med&BS meeting 2021 and the Task 2.2 of STREAMLINE. The workshop was attended by 32 national experts from the ten Med&BS EU Member States (MS),… Read More »Workshop on Recreational Fisheries

The Joint Workshop on data needed to assess the impact of fisheries on the marine ecosystem was held on the 28th April 2022, and organized by the Regional Coordination Group for the Mediterranean and Black Sea (RCG Med&BS) and the STREAMLINE regional grant in the context of the Recommendation n. 4 of the RCG Med&BS meeting 2021 and the Task 2.2 of STREAMLINE. 41 national… Read More »Workshop on data needed to assess the impact of fisheries on the marine ecosystem

Before starting, a brief introduction of the protagonist of this interview. I am Alessandro Ligas, fisheries scientist at CIBM, located in Livorno (Italy) and coordinator of the STREAMLINE project. In my career, I have been working in fisheries data collection and stock assessment to support the work of the EU Commission and GFCM, and provide advice on the status of Mediterranean stocks. From 2012 to… Read More »Interview with Alessandro Ligas

The 2nd Workshop on a fisheries-based fleet segmentation approach was held on March 2022 and organized by RCG ECON, in the context of the Intersessional subgroup – Novel approach to the segmentation of fishing fleets and the EU Data Collection Framework. The training course involved 38 scientists from 17 Member States (MS) and representatives from ICES and the EU Commission. During two days, 28-30th March… Read More »2nd Workshop on a fisheries-based fleet segmentation approach

The latest edition of the training course, which held five training sessions in February 2022, involved more than 1500 participants, coming from more than 35 Countries, 14 of which were EU Member States. The training course was co-organized by the GFCM and RCG Med&BS, in the context of the Medbycatch Project and the EU Data Collection Framework. Moreover, four regional organizations working on marine mammals, sea… Read More »Virtual training course on the identification and handling of vulnerable species incidentally caught during fishing operations