Urgent fight against IUU fishing

In addition to leaders and members of the Steering Committee for Combating IUU Fishing in Thanh Hoa province, the conference also had the participation of representatives from coastal districts and communes in the province.

According to the Steering Committee for Combating IUU Fishing in Thanh Hoa Province, as of March 12, the province had 6,052 fishing vessels. Of these, 4,245 vessels operated in coastal areas, 713 vessels operated in offshore areas, and 1,094 vessels operated in offshore areas.

The fight against IUU fishing in Thanh Hoa province is being promoted, contributing to the whole country removing the EC's "yellow card".

Recently, relevant sectors and units have taken many measures to resolve existing problems, working together with the whole country to remove the "yellow card" of the European Commission (EC) in fisheries exploitation.

Despite many efforts, as of March 12, in Thanh Hoa province, there are still some "3 no" fishing boats (no registration, no inspection, no seafood exploitation license), boats with expired inspection, and the handling of boats that have lost connection to the GPS device still exists...

The Steering Committee for combating IUU fishing in Thanh Hoa province discussed implementing urgent solutions to combat IUU fishing.

The reason, according to the Steering Committee for Combating IUU Fishing in Thanh Hoa province, is that the locality has a large number of fishing vessels, a large sea area, many estuaries and beaches, so the border guards, management boards of fishing ports, and localities have not been able to control 100% of fishing vessels going for exploitation...

Strict control, timely handling of violations

The Steering Committee for Combating IUU Fishing in Thanh Hoa province has requested relevant departments, sectors and localities to strengthen propaganda, education and raise fishermen's awareness of combating IUU fishing.

Request the Thanh Hoa Fisheries Department to compile a list of fishing vessels at risk of violations and send it to 27 coastal provinces and cities for control and timely detection and handling of violations.

The Thanh Hoa Provincial Border Guard Command organized a peak period of patrolling and controlling, resolutely not allowing fishing boats to operate at sea without sufficient procedures and documents, without license plates, and without equipment as prescribed.

Require fishing vessels of 15 m or more not to unload aquatic products at fishing ports, spontaneous fish landing points, and fishing wharves other than designated fishing ports.

Speaking at the conference, Mr. Cao Van Cuong, Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Thanh Hoa, Deputy Head of the Steering Committee for Combating IUU Fishing in Thanh Hoa province, said that the EC Inspection Delegation is expected to conduct the 5th inspection in June to consider removing the "yellow card" warning for Vietnamese seafood; and Thanh Hoa province is one of the key localities of the inspection.

Therefore, the Thanh Hoa Steering Committee for Combating IUU Fishing has requested relevant departments, localities and units to disseminate information to ship owners and households with ships to clearly understand the regulations on combating IUU fishing.

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