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| The provincial fisheries surveillance force coordinated with the coast guard to patrol and record administrative violations of fishing vessels operating in the wrong fishing area. |
Handling fishing vessels that are not qualified for exploitation
Through review up to May 19, the total number of fishing vessels that are not qualified to exploit aquatic products in the province is 1,305, including vessels that have not been granted a fishing license, a certificate of technical safety, food safety, have not installed a voyage monitoring device, have not registered vessels and vessels that do not have the owner's citizen identification card to identify the fishing vessel on the National Population Database and electronic authentication platform.
To overcome the shortcomings and limitations, determined to work with the whole country to remove the EC's "yellow card" in the 5th inspection (expected at the end of 2025), the Provincial People's Committee requested departments, branches, functional forces and localities to urgently review, verify, manage fishing vessels that do not meet the conditions, and handle fishing vessels that violate IUU fishing.
Mr. Huynh Duc Tuong, Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Phuoc Hoi Commune, Long Dat District, said that the commune has 376 fishing boats of 6m or more, of which 8 are not qualified to leave port. These boats are currently on shore due to poor business and lack of expenses for going to sea.
“These boats have been on shore for 6 months to 1-2 years, and their fishing licenses and registrations have expired. The commune People's Committee has sent officials to propagate and persuade the 8 fishing boat owners to commit to completing all paperwork if they go to sea again. We have also arranged a separate anchorage area and coordinated with the fishing port and border guards to closely monitor,” said Mr. Tuong.
Long Dat district has 3,302 fishing vessels. Of which, 554 fishing vessels with a length of 6m or more are not qualified to operate, and 143 fishing vessels have not updated their ID cards and phone numbers. According to Mr. Hong Nhu Vang, Vice Chairman of Long Dat district People's Committee, the district has completed and consolidated the management team for fishing vessels that are not qualified to operate in coastal communes, including: commune-level leaders, officers in charge of fisheries, representatives of commune-level police, representatives of border guards, fishing ports, and representative offices for inspection and control of fisheries located in the area.
The management team coordinates to review, verify, and clarify information on each case of fishing vessels that do not meet the conditions for operation in the management area, and dismantle fishing vessels that do not need to be registered or inspected to participate in activities according to regulations; update the CCCD information and phone number of the fishing vessel owner to identify the fishing vessel on the national population database and electronic authentication.
Vigorously handle fishing vessels that violate the law
Other coastal localities such as Xuyen Moc district and Vung Tau city are also actively handling fishing vessels that are not qualified to operate in the area, thoroughly handling violations, and trying to complete the local fisheries database before June 30 to transfer to the new communes and wards after the merger to continue the work of combating IUU fishing smoothly and conveniently.
According to the provincial Department of Fisheries and Fisheries Surveillance, as of June 12, the province had 4,877 fishing vessels, of which nearly 50% were vessels over 15m for offshore fishing. The number of fishing vessels over 15m that were not qualified for exploitation was 474. Of these, 301 fishing vessels were on shore due to rot, damage, sinking, being liquidated by banks, having no sea travel expenses (157 vessels) and recently expired documents (144 vessels).
Mr. Dang Van Luong, Deputy Head of the Department of Fisheries and Fisheries Control, said: “For damaged, rotten, and sunken vessels, the industry officials will mobilize people to complete procedures to deregister and cancel their registration. For vessels that have not been registered or have expired licenses, people will be supported to register, check, and reissue licenses according to regulations and coordinate with the police to update information and identify 711 fishing vessels that do not have CCCD information on the National Database on Population and Electronic Authentication (VNeID)”.
In addition, the Department also coordinates with border guards, navy, and coast guard units to organize peak periods of patrolling at sea, inspecting, controlling, and sanctioning administrative violations in the field of fisheries, especially for vessels that do not meet the conditions for fishing activities at sea and at fishing ports when bringing vessels in to unload seafood.
Similarly, the Provincial Border Guard also arranged 2 boat crews and reinforced 12 officers for key units to organize patrols and control at sea, block at Loc An estuary, Hung Thai - Co May bridge area, Sao Mai - Ben Dinh and resolutely and effectively carry out the task of combating IUU fishing in the province.
NGOC MINH
Source: https://baobariavungtau.com.vn/kinh-te/202506/cao-diem-giai-quyet-ton-tai-chong-khai-thac-iuu-1045623/
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