More drastic measures against illegal fishing

Two Vice Chairmen of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Minh Canh and Nguyen Thi Be Muoi chaired the meeting at the provincial bridge point.

At the Hanoi bridge, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang - Head of the Steering Committee chaired the meeting. At the provincial bridge, there were Vice Chairmen of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Minh Canh, Nguyen Thi Be Muoi and members of the Provincial Steering Committee 689.

The situation of combating IUU fishing after 5 years of being warned with the "Yellow Card" has had positive changes. However, there are still many shortcomings and limitations that are slow to be overcome in practice in the locality and have been recorded, evaluated and recommended by the EC Inspection Team in the 3rd inspection. There are 4 major remaining contents including: Organizing and implementing the legal framework; managing the fleet, inspecting and controlling fishing vessel activities; confirming and certifying the origin of exploited aquatic products; enforcing the law and handling violations.

It is expected that in early October 2023, the EC Inspection Delegation (for the 4th time) will return to Vietnam to inspect and consider the withdrawal of the "yellow card" for fisheries. According to the assessment of Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang, the possibility of withdrawing the "yellow card" for fisheries is very small, but the opportunity still exists, provided that central and local ministries and branches have positive changes in combating IUU fishing.

The Deputy Prime Minister assessed that in recent times, there has been a lack of synchronization in solutions between localities, and some localities have even been negligent. Equipment, materials and regulations still have many contents that do not meet requirements. At the same time, he suggested that there should be more determination and responsibility in the work of preventing IUU fishing.

Localities pay attention to the work of cadres in performing tasks, because if comrades are determined, the work will produce results; it is necessary to be stronger and more deterrent. Strictly handle cases of IUU fishing violations. Specialized sectors advise Steering Committees at all levels on the implementation content until October to increase the chance of removing the yellow card for Vietnam's fisheries.

Central ministries and branches are researching to help localities upgrade voyage monitoring equipment to ensure that fishing vessel communications are not lost. The Ministry of National Defense is strengthening inspection and supervision to promptly detect fishing vessels violating IUU fishing prevention.

News and photos: Phan Han

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