Fishing vessels of Vietnam (Photo: VNA)The emulation movement comprises twophases, from January to May and from June to December 2023. It targets collectivesand individuals of authorised forces based in Kien Giang, including NavalRegion 5, Coast Guard Region 4, Maritime Border Guard Unit 28, and Fisheries ResourcesSurveillance Region 5, along with districts and cities across the province.
The campaign focuses on promoting all-levelParty committees and administrations’ sense of responsibility towards combatting IUUfishing, and increasing the dissemination of the Party’s viewpoints andguidelines, along with the State’s policies and laws on sustainable fisheriesdevelopment and anti-IUU fishing among cadres and local residents. They must also focus on ramping uplaw enforcement, the settlement of violations, and the prevention of localfishing vessels from infringing foreign waters; properly conductingexaminations and monitoring; and implementing the certification of seafoodorigins in line with rules.
Le Quoc Anh, Vice Chairman of the KienGiang People’s Committee and standing deputy head of the province’s steering committeefor anti-IUU fishing, said the emulation movement aims to effectively carry outlegal regulations on fisheries so as to reduce and eradicate IUU fishing, thuscontributing to Vietnam’s common efforts to remove the European Commission’s “yellowcard” warning.
Kien Giang is applying itself toimplementing the Government’s 180-day plan of action against IUU fishing. In thisaction plan, the Prime Minister demanded that by the end of May, localities musthave put an end to illegal fishing in foreign waters, investigated and dealtwith all cases of Vietnamese fishing vessels seized abroad, and imposedpenalties on all IUU fishing cases.
The province is home to a sea areaof more than 63,000sq.km, part of the historical waters between Vietnam andCambodia, as well as part of the overlapping waters between Vietnam, Malaysia and Thailand. It also boasts about 200km ofcoastline, a large number of river mouths and canals leading to the sea, and morethan 140 islands and islets./.
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