Ly Son Special Zone seals 7 fishing boats that do not meet seafood exploitation conditions

The People's Committee of Ly Son Special Economic Zone (Quang Ngai province) said that local authorities have just sealed seven fishing vessels that are not qualified for fishing activities, as part of the peak period of the Action Month against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.

The sealed fishing vessels include: QNg 6153TS; QNg 6627 TS; QNg 66051 TS; QNg 66087 TS; QNg 66144 TS; QNg 06460 TS; QNg 96103 TS. All owners reside in Ly Son special zone.

The above vessels are in the group at high risk of violating regulations on fishing, have not fully ensured registration and inspection documents and do not meet technical requirements to be qualified to go to sea.

Local authorities said that inspecting and strictly handling violations is one of the measures to tightly control seafood exploitation activities and implement the European Commission's (EC) commitment to remove the IUU yellow card.

Authorities propagate to fishermen about combating IUU fishing

Ly Son currently has more than 500 fishing vessels, of which more than 100 vessels regularly operate offshore. Vessels at high risk of violations have been put on a watch list and the vessel owners have been forced to sign a commitment not to violate IUU fishing.

NGUYEN TRANG

Source: https://www.sggp.org.vn/dac-khu-ly-son-niem-phong-7-tau-ca-khong-du-dieu-kien-khai-thac-hai-san-post823022.html