Central region joins hands with the whole country to remove the "yellow card"

Along with the whole country, localities in the Central region have been implementing many solutions to combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing and achieved many results...

In order to carry out the task of removing the "yellow card" warning of the European Commission (EC), the Central Party Secretariat issued Directive No. 32-CT/TW dated April 10, 2024 on strengthening the Party's leadership in combating IUU fishing and sustainable development of the fisheries sector; The Government also approved Resolution No. 52/NQ-CP on promulgating the Government's action program and plan to implement Directive No. 32-CT/TW...

Along with the whole country, localities in the Central region have been making efforts to seriously implement fleet management, thoroughly handle "3 no" fishing vessels (no registration, no inspection, no license)... with more drastic levels and frequencies. Along with that, continue to resolutely implement the work of tracing the origin of aquatic products; strengthen inspection and supervision of activities to combat IUU fishing...

In Quang Nam, strengthening management and strict control of fishing vessels; focusing on tracing the origin of seafood are urgent solutions for Quang Nam and the whole country to remove the "yellow card" on seafood. Mr. Vo Van Long, Head of the Quang Nam Fisheries Sub-Department, said that in recent times, the local fisheries sector has closely coordinated with border guards, fisheries control forces, and local authorities with fishing industries to propagate and mobilize fishermen to comply with regulations on combating illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing.

Localities in the Central region have been implementing many solutions to remove the "yellow card".

Up to now, the captains of Quang Nam fishing boats have notified 1 hour before docking. When receiving the fishermen's fishing logs, the Fisheries Control Office has fully checked and compared the data to ensure the scientific and honest content of the fishing logs. Quang Nam also strictly imposes penalties if fishing boats dock at the port to load fish without a fishing log or if the fishing logs are recorded incorrectly or insufficiently according to regulations.

In the neighboring province of Quang Ngai, according to the report of the Provincial Steering Committee on Combating IUU Fishing, the total number of fishing vessels registered in the province by June 2024 was 4,212. Currently, 3,659 fishing vessels have been granted fishing licenses, reaching a rate of 86.87%. To date, the whole province has 2,950 fishing vessels with a length of 15m or more installed with voyage monitoring equipment (VMS), reaching a rate of 99.46% of the total number of vessels in operation.

However, as of June 2024, the locality has also detected 42 fishing vessels of 24m or more that have been disconnected for more than 10 days at sea. There are 624 fishing vessels that have been disconnected for more than 6 hours to less than 10 days. Through the fishing vessel monitoring system (for fishing vessels of 15m or more managed by the locality), 558 fishing vessels have been detected that have been disconnected for more than 10 days. 256 cases have been handled, 15 cases have been penalized. 6 fishing vessels have been detected that have exceeded the permitted boundary...

Faced with the current situation of fishing vessels losing connection in Quang Ngai, recently at a working session with local authorities, Mr. Phung Duc Tien, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, said that the monitoring of Quang Ngai's fleet is still weak, the number of vessels losing connection is still high but the handling rate is low. Therefore, Quang Ngai needs to review the number of vessels in the province, ensure the installation of fishing vessel monitoring equipment. Strengthen the inspection of fishing vessels, monitor seafood output at ports, monitor fishing logs and confirm and certify seafood from exploitation to soon remove the "yellow card".

Strictly handle fishing vessels that dock at port without a fishing log or a fishing log that is not properly or fully recorded according to regulations.

Meanwhile, in Binh Dinh, the Provincial People's Committee has recently issued a Plan to implement Resolution No. 52/NQ-CP of the Government promulgating the Action Program and Plan to implement Directive No. 32-CT/TW of the Secretariat on combating illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing and sustainable development of Binh Dinh's fisheries industry.

Accordingly, the plan sets out a number of goals for 2024, such as: Improving the effectiveness of information, communication, propaganda, training, mobilization, raising awareness and sense of responsibility for combating IUU fishing; synchronously and drastically implementing laws on fisheries in fleet management, controlling fishing vessel activities at sea, investigating, verifying and thoroughly handling IUU fishing acts, without exception; resolutely preventing and ending the situation of fishing vessels and fishermen illegally exploiting in foreign waters; allocating resources and inspecting, checking and supervising...

In Binh Dinh, as of June 15, 2024, the whole province has 5,297 registered fishing vessels of 6 meters or longer. Of which, 3,744/4,075 fishing vessels with valid registration (accounting for 91.88%) are updated on the Vnfishbase system; 4,987/5,297 fishing vessels are licensed to exploit; 3,213 operating vessels (100%) are equipped with voyage monitoring devices.

Since the beginning of 2024, the province has detected 2 cases of ships crossing the permitted sea boundary (a 30% decrease compared to the same period) and requested all 2 ships to return safely to Vietnam's free fishing zone. At the same time, 7 cases of disconnection for more than 10 days were detected (a 49-case decrease compared to 2023), 6/7 cases were administratively fined with a total amount of 145 million VND; the remaining case was due to fishing vessels operating and returning to port outside the province, so the province has issued a document requesting the locality where the vessels returned to port to coordinate in handling...

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