The Italian Presidency of the Council of the European Union, jointly with the GFCM, FAO, the European Commission, and partner organisations CIHEAM (International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies), EUROFISH and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), organised the Regional Aquaculture Conference “Blue Growth in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea: developing sustainable aquaculture for food security”. The main objective of the conference was to thoroughly examine the progress made by the aquaculture sector in the region and to address the main governance, economic, social and environmental challenges for its sustainable development.
The conference programme was structured into four expert panels that covered all topics affecting the aquaculture sector, and a concluding session. EUROFISH chaired and was a keynote speaker for the panel “Boosting markets for aquaculture”. It also contributed to the preparation of the conference conclusions and recommendations.
EUROFISH jointly with GFCM and FAO prepared an informative booklet “Aquaculture highlights from the Mediterranean and the Black Sea” which was distributed to participants. It consisted of an analysis of long-term production and trade data, qualitative assessment of data, technical layout and design, and editing.
