Vietnam takes more efforts to eradicate illegal fishing: Thai news site
Thailand’s news site Thaipublica.org on October 5 ran an article highlighting Vietnam’s efforts to address illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing and remove the European Commission (EC)’s “yellow card” warning on Vietnamese seafood exports, issued in 2017, with its recent issuance of a plan on IUU fishing prevention and control by 2025.
Bangkok (VNA) - Thailand’s news site Thaipublica.org on October 5ran an article highlighting Vietnam’s efforts to address illegal, unreported, andunregulated (IUU) fishing and remove the European Commission (EC)’s “yellowcard” warning on Vietnamese seafood exports, issued in 2017, with its recent issuanceof a plan on IUU fishing prevention and control by 2025.
The site wrote that almost five years after the EC’s warning,Vietnam has been actively focusing on drastic actions following the commission’srecommendations and regulations on IUU fishing in order to remove the warningas soon as possible.
The country has reviewed and supplemented legal documentsand enhancing sanctions in the revised Fisheries Law, documents, and actionplans of the government. In the last online meeting between Vietnam and the EC inNovember 2021, EC officials appreciated the changes in terms of legalmatters, one of the four key recommendations made by the EC to Vietnam to solveIUU fishing.
Besides, Vietnam has applied information technology anddigital transformation in traceability, towards ensuring digitalisation ofprofessional procedures for monitoring and supervising aquatic productsthroughout value chain in a manner suitable with domestic and internationalconsumption demands.
The site, however, noted that Vietnam is facing manydifficulties to be delisted from the group of “warned countries”. Among of themare the monitoring of fishing vessels in the recent years due to the resurgenceof COVID-19, and the number of fishing vessels still remained high.
Vietnam should learn experience of its neighbour, Thailand,which had a “yellow card” removed in 2019 after four years, it wrote, addingthat the nation can carry out reform in the legal system, invest in theMonitoring, Control and Surveillance (MCS) system, and further cooperate withRegional Fisheries Management Organisations and neighbouring countries./.
Vietnam is striving to prevent, reduce and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing in an effort to remove the European Commission (EC)’s ‘yellow card’ warning as part of a scheme on IUU fishing prevention and control by 2025.
A delegation of agriculture, defence, and public security officials visited Khanh Hoa on September 30 - October 1 to inspect the south central province’s efforts against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.
The south-central province of Binh Thuan has made progress in fighting illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, and protecting aquatic resources, with fishing activities maintained stably.
The Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu has seen effective implementation of measures against the illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, as part of the efforts to remove the European Union (EU)’s “yellow card” on Vietnamese seafood.
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A Vietnamese fishing vessel (Photo: VNA) 
