All illegal fishing activities to be punished strictly: deputy minister
Vietnam will investigate and handle all cases of the country’s fishing vessels being arrested by foreign countries, strictly punish all acts related to illegal fishing in the foreign waters and name them on the mass media, according to Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phung Duc Tien.
Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnam will investigate and handle all cases of thecountry’s fishing vessels being arrested by foreign countries, strictly punishall acts related to illegal fishing in the foreign waters and name them on themass media, according to Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural DevelopmentPhung Duc Tien.
In a recent interview granted to the Vietnam News Agency,Tien admitted the fact that there remain a small number of Vietnamese-flaggedfishing vessels still illegally fishing in foreign waters.
To put an end to this phenomenon, the heads of local Partycommittees and authorities at all levels should uphold the sense ofresponsibility in leading and directing the combat against illegal, unreportedand unregulated (IUU) fishing.
Localities should quickly calculate the number of fishingvessels, complete the issuance of licenses as well as the installationof monitoring equipment, and the update of vessel data into theNational Fisheries Database (Vnfishbase) as regulated to meet the requirementof information search and boat management.
Meanwhile, fishing ports should make statistics of all dockingplaces; monitor and supervise all catches to ensure traceability; strictlyhandle vessels that do not dock at designated ports, said Tien.
He also stressed the importance of stepping upcommunications to raise public awareness of respecting law, and request seafoodenterprises to resolutely refuse to purchase, process and export products coming from IUU fishing.
Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phung Duc Tien (Photo: VNA)
Regarding the fourth inspection of the European Commission(EC) to assess Vietnam’s efforts to fight IUU fishing, slated for April 2023,the deputy minister said that his ministry will coordinate with otherministries and sectors to launch patrols and inspections, and strictly sanctionall acts of IUU fishing according to regulations.
At the same time, efforts will be made to investigate andprosecute any cases of brokering and luring fishermen to conduct illegalfishing in the foreign waters.
In October 2017, the EC issued a "yellow card"warning against Vietnamese seafood exports after Vietnamese fishermen violatedIUU regulations.
Since then, it has sent delegations to Vietnam thrice toassess Vietnam’s implementation of the commission’s recommendations to have thecard removed./.
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Vietnam's fishing vessels (Photo: VNA) 
Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phung Duc Tien (Photo: VNA) 
