More drastic measures needed to erase yellow card on fisheries
More drastic measures needed to erase yellow card on fisheries: Deputy PM
Twenty-eight coastal cities and provinces nationwide must mobilise resources in IUU fishing, a move that helps convince the European Commission to remove a yellow card warning on Vietnamese seafood.
Hanoi (VNA) – Twenty-eight coastal cities and provinces nationwidemust mobilise resources in the fight against illegal, unreported andunregulated (IUU) fishing, a move that helps convince the European Commissionto remove a yellow card warning on Vietnamese seafood, Deputy Prime MinisterTrinh Dinh Dung said on June 21.
“If we are not able to have the yellow card lifted or even red carded, ourseafood industry will face critical losses, thus affecting the economy andlocal livelihoods”, he said at the National Committee on IUU fishing’s meetingin Hanoi.
Dung ordered localities to closely work with the Ministry of Defence to preventVietnamese fishermen illegally fishing in foreign waters, and hand out severepunishment to any violating individuals and organisations.
He urged the installation of cruise monitoring equipment on offshore fishingvessels in line with the set progress, while laying stress on the necessity toimprove capacity of relevant authorities in controlling fish quantity at ports,and tracing origins of seafood products.
The Ministry of Finance should arrange capital for the equipment installation,and infrastructure rent to supervise fishing vessels in accordance with theGovernment’s Decree No.26/2018/ND-CP, he said, adding that the Ministry ofDefence is in charge of ending illegal fishing of Vietnamese fishing boats inother countries’ waters.
The EC’s Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries delegation willvisit Vietnam in October to inspect the country’s implementation of itsrecommendations related to the fight against IUU fishing.
According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development’s Directorate ofFisheries, the ministry has enhance cooperation with the defence ministry topromote law enforcement in overlapping and disputed waters, and give timelysupport to fishing vessels which are illegally captured.
Movimar satellite technology has been applied to monitor fishing boats’ cruise;however installation of the equipment has lagged behind the set plan, saidDirector General of the Directorate of Fisheries Nguyen Ngoc Oai.
In addition, as localities do not see the fight against IUU fishing as anurgent task, they have not updated information about registered fishing vesselsto the boat management database.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that the number of fishingviolation cases is on the rise, with most of them taking pace in the waters ofIndonesia and Malaysia.-VNA
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has asked the central coastal provinces of Nghe An, Ha Tinh and Phu Yen to take urgent actions and find solutions in response to the EU’s warning about illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.
Localities need to take stronger actions to counter the European Commission’s illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing (IUU) yellow card warning, said Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phung Duc Tien.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved the establishment of the National Steering Committee on Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing Prevention and Control.
The central coastal province of Quang Tri has enhanced surveillance and inspection of fishing vessels docking at and setting sail from local ports as part of the efforts to prevent illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.
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Illustrative photo (Source: VNA) 
