Safeguarding deep-sea habitats and reducing by-catch to support productive fisheries.
New fishing regulations aimed at safeguarding the fishery resources of the Mediterranean Sea have entered into force today.

The measures, jointly agreed upon by the 24 members (GFCM members include: Albania, Algeria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, EC, Egypt, France, Greece, Israel, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, Libya, Malta, Monaco, Morocco, Romania, Slovenia, Serbia and Montenegro, Spain, Syria, Tunisia and Turkey. Membership is open to both Mediterranean coastal states as well as to countries which fish in Mediterranean waters) of FAO's General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM), are now to be enforced at the national level by all GFCM members.