Recommendation GFCM/44/2021/7 on management measures for sustainable trawl fisheries targeting giant red shrimp and blue and red shrimp in the Strait of Sicily (geographical subareas 12 to 16), amending Recommendation GFCM/43/2019/6.

This Recommendation extends precautionary management measures until 2022 and amends Paragraph 23 of Recommendation GFCM/43/2019/6 by adopting long-term management measures to achieve the objectives set out in paragraph 1, in complement to or in replacement of the measures referred to in Part III. This Recommendation considers the socio-economic importance of fisheries and the need to ensure their sustainability.