Fisheries sector’s 65th traditional day marked in Hanoi
A ceremony was held in Hanoi on March 29, marking the 65th traditional day of the fishery sector (April 1, 1959 – 2024) and the 10th debut anniversary of the Vietnam Fisheries Resources Surveillance (April 15, 2014 – 2024).
The fisheries production structure has undergone positive changes, with the proportion of aquaculture productivity increasing to nearly 57% in 2023 from 31% in 1995. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – A ceremony was held in Hanoi onMarch 29, marking the 65th traditional day of the fishery sector (April 1, 1959– 2024) and the 10th debut anniversary of the Vietnam Fisheries Resources Surveillance (April 15, 2014 – 2024).
In his remarks, Minister of Agriculture and RuralDevelopment Le Minh Hoan stressed the importance of developing the sector towards transparency, responsibility, sustainability, and integration, with a focus onthe three strategic fishery economic pillars of exploitation reduction,increased aquaculture, and marine conservation.
It is also necessary to restructure the sector based on thefishing industry, fishermen, and fishing grounds and work together in combatingillegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing and having the European Commission's “yellow card”warning against Vietnamese seafood lifted as soon as possible, the minister stressed.
Looking back on the past 65 years, Tran Dinh Luan,Director of the ministry’s Directorate of Fisheries, stated that the sectorhas made progress in development and integration.
The fisheries production structure has undergone positive changes, with the proportion of aquaculture productivity increasing to nearly57% in 2023 from 31% in 1995. With its products exported to over 170 markets, Vietnamhas been placed third among the world's biggest seafood exporting countries.
According to Nguyen Quang Hung, Director of theministry’s Vietnam Fisheries Surveillance Department, the surveillance force has alwayssupported and accompanied fishermen in offshore fishing, promoted maritimeeconomic development, enforced laws, protected fisheries resources, and combated IUU fishing for a sustainable, green sector that progresses toward global integration./.
Southern coastal provinces have launched a crackdown on fighting illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing activities, in a bid to carry out recommendations made by the European Commission (EC) during its fourth inspection, with the ultimate goal of having the "yellow card" warning lifted.
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Total export revenue from agro-forestry-fisheries products in the first three months of this year is estimated at 13.53 billion USD, up 21.8% over the same period last year; and this results in a trade surplus of 3.36 billion USD, a rise of 96.5%, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).
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The fisheries production structure has undergone positive changes, with the proportion of aquaculture productivity increasing to nearly 57% in 2023 from 31% in 1995. (Photo: VNA) 
