Fishery Officer; Data Coordination

Position: Fishery Officer (Data Coordination)
Job Description - Fishery Officer (Data Coordination) (2602121)

Job Description
2602121
Fishery Officer (Data Coordination)
Job Posting  13/Oct/2026
Closure Date  03/Nov/2026, 10:59:00 PM
Organizational Unit : NFI
Job Type  Staff position
Type of

Requisition :
Professional Project
Primary Location  Italy-Rome
Duration :
Fixed-term: one year with possibility of extension
Post Number : 2003454
CCOG Code : 1H05
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FAO’s commitment to environmental sustainability is integral to our strategic objectives and operations.
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) contributes to the achievement of the 2030 Agenda through the FAO Strategic Framework by supporting the transformation to MORE efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable agrifood systems, for better production , better nutrition , a better environment, and a better life , leaving no one behind.
Organizational Setting  FAO's commitment to environmental sustainability is integral to our strategic objectives and operations. The Fisheries and Aquaculture Division (NFI) works with Members and partners to transform aquatic systems and promote the responsible and sustainable management of aquatic food systems. The General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) is a regional fisheries management organization (RFMO) established under the provisions of Article XIV of the FAO Constitution.

Its main objective is to promote the development, conservation, rational management and best use of living marine resources, as well as the sustainable development of aquaculture in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea.
To this end, the GFCM formulates and recommends appropriate measures and ensures these recommendations are implemented; coordinates efforts by countries to effectively manage fisheries and aquaculture; monitors the status of fishery resources and carries out scientific work to support advice and decision-making; coordinates and benefits from the support of projects and programmes at the regional and subregional levels to enhance scientific cooperation and capacity-building among its contracting parties and cooperating non-contracting parties.
Data and information are at the core of the GFCM's mandate to support the conservation, management and sustainable use of marine living resources and the sustainable development of aquaculture in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea. Reliable, timely and harmonized data underpin scientific assessments, management advice, monitoring of fisheries and aquaculture activities, and…