The Vietnam Directorate of Fisheries and the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers jointly launched a training course on protecting dolphins during fishing tuna in Phu Yen province on December 13.
PhuYen (VNA) – The Vietnam Directorate of Fisheries and the VietnamAssociation of Seafood Exporters and Producers jointly launched a trainingcourse on protecting dolphins during fishing tuna in Phu Yen province onDecember 13.
Thecourse in Tuy Hoa city looks to equip the fishermen with regulations on tunafishing and export issued by the US National Oceanic and AtmosphericAdministration (NOAA) and Earth Island Institute (ELI).
In1990, the ELI established the Dolphin Safe tuna program,setting the worldwide standards to stop the setting of nets on dolphins. Itensures that tuna is caught without chasing or netting of dolphins.
According the regulations, tuna exporters must sign papers confirming that nodolphins are caught, harmed or killed in tuna nets.
More than 90 percent of the world’s tuna companies are now committed to DolphinSafe fishing practices, and the Dolphin Safe label is now on canned tuna inmarkets throughout the world.
Dolphin deaths in tuna nets have declined by 99 percent.
Participantsalso learned about the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea(1982 UNCLOS) as well as Vietnam’s regulations and fines related to violationsin the fisheries sector.
Similarcourses were previously held in Binh Dinh, Khanh Hoa, Tien Giang and Binh Thuanprovinces.
The authority expects to open more classes on safe tuna fishing practices todisseminate the knowledge wider among local fishermen, processors and traders.
Phu Yen’s fishermen catch between 4,700 and 6,000 tonnes of tuna each year./.
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Transporting a tuna fish to shore (Photo: VNA) 
