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Overfishing in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea has dropped to its lowest level in 10 years, according to a new biennial report released Friday by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Anadolu reports. “Although fisheries sustainability in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea remains a source of concern, the percentage of overfished stocks has dropped to its lowest level in a decade, a milestone that coincides with aquaculture’s rapid expansion as a major source of aquatic foods in the region,” said the report, issued by FAO’s General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM). The 2025 State of Mediterranean and Black Sea Fisheries (SoMFi) report assessed 120 stocks from 2013 to 2023 and found that fishing mortality has fallen […]
