Border guards in Quang Binh province examine a fishing boat and disseminate legal regulations to fishermen. (Photo: VNA)HCM City (VNA) – Over the past four years,the Vietnamese Government, associations and businesses in the fishery sector havemade efforts to carry out recommendations of the European Commission (EC) and have its "yellow card" warning against illegal, unreported andunregulated (IUU) fishing lifted, heard a conference on October 23.
Nguyen Thi Thu Sac, Vice President of the VietnamAssociation of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) and head of the VASEPMarine Product Committee, said Vietnam’s aquatic product exports reach nearly 9billion USD a year.
She, however, pointed out limitations in themanagement and exploitation of aquatic resources, which have yet to fully meet relevantlegal regulations.
Vietnam's fishing boats (Photo: VNA)Violations in fishing regulations should be quicklyhandled to remove the “yellow card” issued by the EC in 2017, Sac said, addingthat such violations would be threats to the fishery sector’s sustainable and responsibledevelopment.
She also warned that once the EC imposes a “red card”,Vietnamese seafood will not be allowed to enter the EU market, and the sector wouldloose around 387 million USD each year.
VASEP Deputy Secretary General Nguyen Hoai Nam said VASEP's IUU control board will work to maintain resultsrecorded over the past four years, and deal with the limitations.
The communication work will be stepped up to raisepublic awareness of fishing regulations, he said, stressing the aim of ending violations in foreign waters at the end of this year, and have the “yellow card” removed in2022./.
Nguyen Thi Thu Sac, Vice President of the VietnamAssociation of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) and head of the VASEPMarine Product Committee, said Vietnam’s aquatic product exports reach nearly 9billion USD a year.
She, however, pointed out limitations in themanagement and exploitation of aquatic resources, which have yet to fully meet relevantlegal regulations.
Vietnam's fishing boats (Photo: VNA)She also warned that once the EC imposes a “red card”,Vietnamese seafood will not be allowed to enter the EU market, and the sector wouldloose around 387 million USD each year.
VASEP Deputy Secretary General Nguyen Hoai Nam said VASEP's IUU control board will work to maintain resultsrecorded over the past four years, and deal with the limitations.
The communication work will be stepped up to raisepublic awareness of fishing regulations, he said, stressing the aim of ending violations in foreign waters at the end of this year, and have the “yellow card” removed in2022./.
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