South-central coastal provinces work hard to combat illegal fishing
The south-central coastal provinces of Ninh Thuan and Binh Thuan have taken a wide range of measures to prevent illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing in a bid to have the European Commission (EC)'s “yellow card” warning against Vietnam's seafood exports removed.
Binh Thuan (VNA) – The south-central coastalprovinces of Ninh Thuan and Binh Thuan have taken a wide range of measures to prevent illegal, unreported, andunregulated (IUU) fishing in a bid to have the European Commission (EC)'s“yellow card” warning against Vietnam's seafood exports removed.
According to the Binh Thuan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development,the locality's total catch in the first quarter of 2023 reached 47,600tonnes, equivalent to 22.7% of the year plan and up 7% from the same period last year.
Since early this year, local competent agencies have coordinated with authorities in coastal localities in educating localresidents on legal regulations regarding IUU fishing prevention and control;managing fishing boasts in ports and at sea through vessel monitoring systems (VMS).
The department said as of March 9, as many as 1,930fishing boats in Binh Thuan were equipped with VMS, or 99.4% of thetotal.
The provincial authorities have focused on planning thefishing industry, increasing the fleet of offshore fishing vessels, and graduallyreducing inshore fishing in order to protect aquatic resources associated with preventingillegal fishing in foreign waters, contributing to promoting the sector's sustainable development.
InNinh Thuan, the inspection and supervision of fishing vessels, law enforcement, and traceability of seafood have also been strictly performed, contributing to preventing illegal fishing in foreign waters by local fishing vessels.
Theprovincial authorities have so far organised 110 training courses for over 6,000 local officials and fishermen to providethem with legal knowledge, helping them understand more about issues related to IUU fishing.
Many fishing boat owners signed commitments not to violate foreign waters duringtheir long-range fishing trips.
Accordingto the provincial Sub-Department of Fisheries, 100% of offshore fishing vessels have been granted fishing licenses,while the rate of fishing boats granted food safety certificates, and equipped withVMS reached 99.5% and 99.7%, respectively. All localfishing vessels were registered and relevant data was synchronized with theVietnam Fisheries database system (VNFishbase).
In2023, Ninh Thuan set to catch over 124,000 tonnes of seafood, with offshorefishing output accounting for about 70% of the total./.
The Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu is determined to join the entire Vietnam in combating illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing and sustainably developing the fisheries sector for the sake of people and the country, Chairman of its People’s Committee Pham Van Thieu has said.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development on March 24 sent a document to coastal communities, asking them to quickly establish their own fisheries surveillance teams to enforce legal regulations on the exploitation and protection of aquatic resources.
Installing Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) equipment and supervising their operations play an important role in removing the European Commission (EC)’s “yellow card” warning on Vietnamese seafood.
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