Strict management is required to ensure that 100% of fishing vessels are updated in the national database.
Over the past period, An Giang province has made efforts to implement the directives and conclusions of the Government, the Prime Minister, and the National Steering Committee on preventing and combating illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing. This work has seen positive changes and is gradually becoming more systematic.
Báo Tin Tức•08/12/2025
Small fishing boats are anchored in the An Thoi fishing port area.
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The province has implemented a comprehensive set of solutions to combat IUU (Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated) fishing, especially focusing on handling violations of fishing in foreign waters. Many cases of violations have been prosecuted and tried, creating a deterrent effect. The province has mobilized various resources and implemented numerous measures to manage unqualified fishing vessels, resolutely preventing unqualified fishing vessels from operating at sea.
Provincial authorities are strictly managing fishing vessels operating in fishing grounds, ensuring that 100% of fishing vessels are updated to the national Vnfishbase database; and 100% of fishing vessels are equipped with VMS devices as required. Authorities are coordinating with communes, wards, and special coastal zones to strengthen propaganda and advise fishermen to raise awareness and voluntarily comply with legal regulations during fishing operations; and fully implement the recommendations of the European Commission to jointly protect sovereignty and develop the marine economy...
The An Giang Provincial Police have initiated criminal proceedings in 51 cases related to illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing; of which, 43 cases were transferred to the Provincial People's Procuracy, 4 cases were temporarily suspended, 1 case was dismissed, and 3 cases are under investigation. According to the Provincial Police report, among these cases, 17 involved 29 defendants violating foreign waters; 5 cases/5 defendants involved illegal cross-border transportation of seafood and property misappropriation… The Provincial People's Court has tried 29 criminal cases concerning these violations.
The Steering Committee on the Prevention and Control of Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing in An Giang province announced that the public trials of criminal cases related to IUU violations, with strict and deterrent sentences, serve as a strong educational tool to help fishermen understand the legal consequences. This will help reduce deliberate violations of fishing regulations in foreign waters, organizing illegal emigration, and violating VMS regulations. This also contributes to the prevention and control of illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing; strengthens the management of fishing vessels to ensure compliance with the law in fishing activities at sea; protects natural fishery resources; protects the marine ecosystem; and restores and maintains fishery resources in fishing grounds for fishermen.
In 2024-2025, provincial authorities handled violations and imposed administrative fines on 20 fishing vessels, totaling over 18 billion VND.
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