Strong measures needed to resolutely eradicate illegal fishing: Minister
Strong measures must be taken to resolutely eradicate illegal fishing in foreign waters in order to address the European Commission (EC)’s warning against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, stressed Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Minh Hoan.
Border guards of Ba Ria - Vung Tau province disseminate anti-IUU fishing regulations to a fisherman. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Strong measures must be taken to resolutely eradicate illegalfishing in foreign waters in order to address the European Commission (EC)’swarning against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, stressedMinister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Minh Hoan.
Hoan madethe statement in a report on some issues to be discussed at the coming 25th session of the National Assembly Standing Committee.
Highlightingministries, sectors, and localities’ moves taken so far, he perceived that itis necessary to ramp up crackdowns on violations of anti-IUU fishingregulations.
In addition, fishery associations and exporters of aquatic products must adamantlydeny buying, processing, or exporting of seafood coming from IUU fishingactivities. They also need to provide information for authorities to strictlydeal with companies that lend a hand to IUU fishing, Hoan added.
Accordingto the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, 84.4% of the existingfishing vessels have been registered and had their information updated on thenational database of the fisheries sector to serve monitoring and management. Theremaining 15.6%, which are ineligible for registration, have been put under themanagement of localities.
As manyas 28,797 fishing vessels, equivalent to 97.65% of the total, have beenequipped with vessel monitoring systems. However, the violation of the rule on maintainingthose systems’ operations is still popular, it noted.
After the third inspection in October 2022, the EC delegation continued torecommend Vietnam improve four groups of issues, namely the legal framework;fleet management, vessel monitoring and examination; origin tracing; and law enforcement.
The EC issued a “yellow card” warning against Vietnam's seafood due to IUU fishing in2017. The "yellow card" is followed by a "green card" ifthe problem is resolved or a "red card" if it is not. A “red card”may lead to a ban on seafood exports to the EU.
An EC delegation is scheduled to return to Vietnam for the fourthfact-finding trip this October./.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has asked localities to take strong measures to fight against illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing and prepare for the visit by the European Commission’s inspection team in October to assess Vietnam’s progress in combating IUU fishing.
The steering committee for combating illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing of the Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang held a conference on August 10 to review the fight against IUU in seven months of this year and launch future tasks.
Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phung Duc Tien has asked localities to closely control the entry and exit of fishing vessels at ports, and prevent unqualified fishing vessels from exploitation activities, thus making thorough preparations for the fourth on-site inspection by the European Commission (EC) in this October.
The southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau has so far this year imposed fines worth 3.6 billion VND (151,674 USD) for ship owners violating regulations on installing and operating vessel monitoring systems (VMS), a key work in Vietnam’s efforts combating Illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.
Fishermen and fishing vessel owners in the coastal province of Quang Ninh will have their products and vessels seized by authorities from September if they don’t follow regulations on vessel registration, inspection, and reporting.
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Border guards of Ba Ria - Vung Tau province disseminate anti-IUU fishing regulations to a fisherman. (Photo: VNA) 
