100% of fishing vessels are registered on VNFishbase.

On the evening of December 9th, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired the 25th meeting of the National Steering Committee on combating illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing.

For nearly two months, the Government, the Prime Minister , and various ministries, sectors, and coastal localities have been very decisive and focused on implementing a month-long campaign against IUU fishing with the goal of "resolutely declaring war on IUU fishing and determined to lift the EC's 'yellow card' against Vietnam's fisheries by 2025."

The Ministry of Agriculture and Environment stated that the management of fishing vessels and monitoring of fishing activities continues to be strictly maintained, especially for vessels that do not meet the operating requirements. 100% of fishing vessels (79,360 vessels) have been registered and updated in the national fisheries database VNFishbase. The handling of violations of the law in IUU fishing continues to show positive progress…

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Speaking at the session, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh requested relevant ministries, sectors, and localities to pursue a dual objective: firstly, to explain and cease IUU fishing as recommended by the EC; and secondly, to restructure the fisheries sector for sustainable, legal, and legitimate development, restructuring the fishing fleet, fishermen, and workforce in the direction of: fishing must be legal, aquaculture and seafood processing must be strengthened, cooperation with neighboring countries for fishing and seafood processing must be enhanced, and risky offshore fishing must be reduced.

The Prime Minister instructed the Ministry of National Defence to continue maintaining patrols and control of the sea areas bordering countries in the region; to control fishing vessels entering and leaving ports, and to strictly handle fishing vessels that do not meet the requirements for operation; to guide ship owners and captains in carrying out procedures for declaring fishing vessels and fishermen entering and leaving ports; and to resolutely prevent unqualified or unregistered fishing vessels from participating in operations.

LAM NGUYEN

Source: https://www.sggp.org.vn/100-so-tau-ca-duoc-dang-ky-บน-vnfishbase-post827803.html