Conference to promote solutions to combat IUU fishing

On October 7, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired an online conference to promote solutions to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing with 28 coastal provinces and cities; preparing to welcome and work with the 4th European Commission (EC) Inspection Delegation.

Attending the conference were Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang, Head of the National Steering Committee on Combating IUU Fishing. At the provincial bridge, there was Mr. Le Huyen, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; leaders of relevant departments, branches, localities and units.

According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development , to combat IUU fishing and remove the EC's "yellow card", the Prime Minister and the National Steering Committee on Combating IUU Fishing have assigned specific contents, tasks, completion time, and results to each relevant ministry, branch, and locality for implementation. After 3 inspections by the EC, the results of the implementation of combating IUU fishing have changed; however, there are still tasks that are slow to be completed according to the Prime Minister's direction.

Comrade Le Huyen, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee attended the conference at our province's bridge.

Through assessing the situation, analyzing the causes, pointing out lessons learned, setting out goals and tasks for the coming time, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh requested localities as well as relevant ministries and branches to carefully and correctly assess the situation, continue to make efforts to drastically implement the synchronous solutions that have been and are being implemented; at the same time, prepare to create conditions and serve the EC Inspection Delegation well in the spirit of modesty, openness, listening, reporting objectively, honestly and constructively.

The Prime Minister said that whether the EC has removed the IUU “yellow card” or not, we still have to do it out of responsibility to the people, the country, the environment, and international obligations. We have to create livelihoods for people, change jobs, protect the marine environment, increase aquaculture and seafood processing, reduce fishing, raise people’s awareness in law enforcement as well as environmental protection, strengthen inspection and supervision by functional forces and comply with the law according to the regulations of our country as well as international ones.

Xuan Nguyen

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