Fifth meeting of the GFCM ad hoc Working Group of the Black Sea, hosted by the State Agency of Fisheries in Kiev,Ukraine, from 5 to 7 April 2016
The representatives of five countries
bordering the Black Sea (Bulgaria, Georgia, Romania, Turkey and Ukraine)
as well as the European Union, ACCOBAMS and the Commission on the
Protection of the Black Sea Against Pollution (“Black Sea Commission”) met
to discuss important issues related to the management of fisheries in the
Black Sea. In particular, the meeting validated scientific advice
regarding the status of priority fisheries stocks. Significant progress
was made to identify elements towards management plans for turbot and
anchovy. Moreover, guidelines were formulated for a recovery plan for
piked dogfish, the stock of which is currently depleted. The meeting was
also an occasion to discuss new initiatives aimed at promoting cooperation
among riparian countries for the conservation and management of marine
living resources in the Black Sea. In particular, the organization of a
high-level conference for the Black Sea (Romania, October 2016) as well as
the first GFCM Forum on Fisheries Science at the end of 2017 were
welcomed. In addition, participants discussed the launching of a new
technical cooperation project, the “BlackSea4Fish project”, for which
Bulgaria kindly offered to provide logistical support.
