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Ba Ria-Vung Tau to get tougher on illegal fishing in foreign waters

The southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau has ordered its Department of Agriculture and Rural Development to get tougher on illegal fishing in foreign waters by local fishing ships and their owners.
Ba Ria-Vung Tau to get tougher on illegal fishing in foreign waters ảnh 1Illustrative photo. (Source: VNA)
Ba Ria – Vung Tau (VNA) – The southern provinceof Ba Ria-Vung Tau has ordered its Department of Agriculture and Rural Developmentto get tougher on illegal fishing in foreign waters by local fishing ships and their owners.

The order was made by Vice Chairman of the provincial People’sCommittee Le Ngoc Khanh during a February 23 conference to review local measuresagainst the illegal practice underResolution 12-NQ/TU issued by the provincial Party Committee’s Standing Boardover the last two years.

Khanh requested to be provided with a list ofships involved in illegal fishing in foreign waters during 2019 – 2020 and tasked the Department of Agriculture and RuralDevelopment and relevant units with adopting stronger actions and sanctions forviolators.

Awareness campaigns should be accelerated to educate fishermenand vessel owners that fishing in foreign waters without permission is againstthe law, he said.

Director of the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Tran Van Cuong reported that the number of local ships caught by foreign countries for illegally entering their foreign waters has declined sharply in recent time, with almost no case reported during August 2019 to March 2020.

Since 2019, provincial authorities have inspected and verified morethan 129,620 vessel arrivals at and departures from local ports, he said.

According to the official, Ba Ria-Vung Tau has traced origins of catch products andstrictly punished those committed to illegal fishing and trading and processingof these products. He added that the province has also cracked down ona number of gangs arranging illegal encroachment of fishing ships into foreignwaters.

However, it remained common for ships catching fish in areas along the sea border and in overlapping areas, he continued. Only 86 percent of fishing boatshave been installed with cruise monitoring devices, and the percentage is lowerthan the goal set by the government’s Decree 26/2019/ND-CP on measures toenforce the Law on Fisheries./.

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