According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development , through the 4th field inspection, the European Commission (EC) Inspection Delegation acknowledged and highly appreciated Vietnam's progress in combating IUU fishing in recent times. However, the results of the actual implementation in localities are still limited, especially the monitoring, control, supervision of fishing vessel activities and the punishment of IUU fishing violations are not strict; there is no consensus in the coordination mechanism, confirming the origin of exploited aquatic products. The loss of connection to monitor the journey often occurs, the fishing log information still has many errors, and does not ensure the reliability for tracing the origin...
Comrade Phan Tan Canh, member of the Provincial Party Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee attended at the provincial bridge point.
The meeting heard leaders of several central and local ministries and branches report on the results of coordination in collecting and providing information on fishing vessels seized and handled by foreign countries; the process of investigating and handling brokerage lines and connections that bring Vietnamese fishing vessels to illegally exploit foreign waters; and the handling of cases of disconnection of monitoring equipment at sea. At the same time, solutions to combat IUU fishing in the coming time were proposed.
Concluding the meeting, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang said that the fight against IUU fishing still exists, with limitations that do not meet the EC's criteria. If this situation continues, the risk of being raised to a "Red Card" warning is very high. The Deputy Prime Minister requested that heads of central and local agencies continue to uphold their sense of responsibility, consider this a priority and urgent task, and be resolute in their leadership and direction. In particular, strengthen propaganda work, review and grasp the situation, promptly prevent and strictly handle violations in the process of implementing the EC's recommendations; organize exploitation and effectively use the vessel monitoring system to prevent and end illegal fishing at sea. Strictly control the activities of fishing vessels entering and leaving ports, trace the origin of exploited aquatic products and the output of aquatic products unloaded through ports. Resolutely do not allow fishing boats that have not installed journey monitoring equipment, have not marked fishing boats and have not been granted a license to participate in fishing...
Hong Lam
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