Two Vice Chairman of Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Minh Canh and Nguyen Thi Be Muoi chaired the meeting at the provincial bridge.
At the Hanoi Bridge, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang - Head of the Steering Committee chaired the meeting. At the provincial meeting point, there were Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Minh Canh, Nguyen Thi Be Muoi and members of the 689 Provincial Steering Committee.
The anti-IUU fishing situation after 5 years of being warned "Yellow card" has made positive changes. However, at present, there are still many shortcomings, limitations and delays in overcoming in practice in the locality and have been recognized, evaluated and recommended by the EC's Inspection Team at the 3rd inspection. There are 4 contents. Major remaining issues include: Organization and implementation of the legal framework; fleet management, inspection and control of fishing vessel activities; certify and certify the origin of exploited aquatic products; enforce the law and handle violations.
It is expected that, in early October, the EC's inspection team (10th time) will re-enter Vietnam to inspect and consider the withdrawal of the "yellow card" of seafood. According to the assessment of Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang, the possibility of withdrawing the "yellow card" of seafood is very small, but the opportunity is still available provided that central and local ministries and sectors have positive changes in combating exploitation of fishery products. IUU waterfall.
The Deputy Prime Minister assessed that in the past time, there has been no synchronization of solutions, between localities, and even some localities have neglected. Equipment, materials and regulations still have many contents that do not meet the requirements. At the same time, it is recommended to be more drastic and responsible in the prevention of IUU fishing.
The localities are interested in the work of cadres in the performance of their tasks, because if the comrades are fierce, the work will produce products; need to be made stronger and more deterrent. Strictly prosecute cases of IUU fishing violations. The professional sector advises the Steering Committee at all levels to implement until October to increase the opportunity to remove the yellow card of Vietnamese seafood.
Ministries and central agencies will research and help localities upgrade cruise monitoring equipment to ensure that fishing vessel communication is not lost. Particularly, the Ministry of National Defense strengthens inspection, supervision and timely detection of fishing vessels violating IUU fishing prevention and control.
News, photos: Phan Han
