Cover photograph: Maltese fishing boat © FAO/Fabio Massa.

1 FAO. ISSN 2070-6103. FISHERIES AND. 39. AQUACULTURE. PROCEEDINGS. FAO FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE PROCEEDINGS 39. 39. First Regional Symposium on Sustainable Small-Scale First Regional Symposium on Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the Mediterranean and Black Sea Fisheries in the Mediterranean and Black Sea First Regional Symposium 27 30 November 2013. Saint Julian's, Malta on Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the Mediterranean The First Regional Symposium on Sustainable Small-Scale and Black Sea Fisheries in the Mediterranean and Black Sea was organized from 27 to 30 November 2013 by the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) in partnership with the International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM) Mediterranean Agronomic 27 30 November 2013.

2 Institute of Bari (MAIB), the FAO Fisheries Department and Saint Julian's, Malta FAO regional projects, the Network of Marine Protected Area Managers in the Mediterranean (MedPAN) and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Mediterranean Programme, and hosted by the Government of Malta. More than 170 participants gathered to share their experience and discuss the future of small-scale fisheries in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea. For the first time in the region, national administrations, international organizations, scientists, non-governmental organizations, fisher communities, stakeholders and civil society sat around the same table to address issues of common interest and challenges for building common strategies, synergies and cooperation to support the sustainable development of this sector.

3 The discussions enabled insights on the main issues at stake and laid the groundwork for a regional programme fostering knowledge on small-scale fisheries and involving all interested stakeholders. The event was also marked by the signature of a cooperation agreement at the regional and subregional level between fishers from the northern and southern shores of the Mediterranean. Finally, all participants concurred on the importance of organizing a second regional symposium in order to follow through on this momentum. ISBN 978-92-5-108846-3 ISSN 2070-6103. General Fisheries Commission for the 9 7 8 9 2 5 1 0 8 8 4 6 3 Mediterranean I4861E/1 FAO.

4 Cover photograph: Maltese fishing boat FAO/Fabio Massa. FAO. FISHERIES AND. AQUACULTURE. PROCEEDINGS. 39. First Regional Symposium on Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the Mediterranean and Black Sea 27 30 November 2013. Saint Julian's, Malta Edited by Abdellah Srour Executive Secretary Nicola Ferri Fishery Officer (institutional and legal matters). Dominique Bourdenet Scientific Editor/Translator Davide Fezzardi Aquaculture consultant Aurora Nastasi Consultant for environmental issues Secretariat of the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

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7 All requests for translation and adaptation rights, and for resale and other commercial use rights should be made via or addressed to FAO information products are available on the FAO website ( ). and can be purchased through iii Preparation of this document This document has been prepared by the Secretariat of the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) and the Fisheries and Aquaculture Department of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). It stems from the First Regional Symposium on Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the Mediterranean and Black Sea, held in Saint Julian's, Malta, from 27 to 30 November 2013, and organized by the GFCM in collaboration with the FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department and regional projects (AdriaMed, CopeMed, EastMed and MedSudMed), the International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM).

8 Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Bari (MAIB), the Network of Marine Protected Area Managers in the Mediterranean (MedPAN), the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Mediterranean Programme and the Government of Malta. This publication gathers the information and outcomes of the symposium, the background documents presented by the partners as well as papers and abstracts , in their original language, submitted for the thematic sessions. It is intended as a useful collection of information on small-scale fisheries, which should contribute to further the reflection on this sector and on its sustainable development in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea.

9 The symposium report has been edited by FAO. All other papers and abstracts have been reproduced as submitted by the authors. All the symposium material is available on the following website: iv Abstract The First Regional Symposium on Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the Mediterranean and Black Sea was organized from 27 to 30 November 2013 by the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) in partnership with the International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM) Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Bari (MAIB), the FAO Fisheries Department and FAO regional projects, the Network of Marine Protected Area Managers in the Mediterranean (MedPAN) and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)

10 Mediterranean Programme, and hosted by the Government of Malta. More than 170 participants gathered to share their experience and discuss the future of small-scale fisheries in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea. For the first time in the region, national administrations, international organizations, scientists, non- governmental organizations, fisher communities, stakeholders and civil society sat around the same table to address issues of common interest and challenges for building common strategies, synergies and cooperation to support the sustainable development of this sector.