Border guards of Ca Mau province examine a fishing vessel. (Photo: VNA)In Soc Trang province, the Sub-departmentof Fisheries said it has coordinated with the provincial Department ofInformation and Communications to step up checking vessel monitoring systems (VMS)installed on fishing boats and asked VMS suppliers to make timely repair ifthere are any breakdowns.
So far, all fishing vessels over 15mlong in Soc Trang have been equipped with smoothly operating VMS.
The province’s Border Guard Commandhas also ordered local border guard posts to intensify the dissemination of the 2017Law on Fisheries and others to fishermen. As a result, 368 vessels operating indeep-sea areas have signed commitments not to violating foreign waters as wellas anti-IUU fishing regulations. Vessels departing from or arriving at fishingports have also properly complied with the declaration and logbook-related rules.
Meanwhile, to join hands withall-level authorities and sectors to curb and put an end to IUU fishing, theinformation and education board of the Kien Giang provincial Party Committeehas coordinated with the Naval Region 4 Command to boost law communications tolocal officials, Party members, and fishermen.
In Phu Quoc city of Kien Giang, the localadministration issued a plan on coordination with other district-levellocalities in this province and the provincial fisheries sub-department toconduct patrols, examination, and settlement of violating vessels.
Doan Van Tien, Vice Chairman of themunicipal People’s Committee, said Phu Quoc will press on with popularisinglegal regulations, including the Law on Fisheries and related issues, in thepublic, especially vessel owners, captains, and fishermen, so as to stronglyfight IUU fishing.
The administration will continue to require forces, organisations, Party committees, and authorities to carry outstrong and concerted actions to prevent fishing vessels and fishermen frominfringing foreign waters, including ramping up patrols, stringently dealingwith violations, and enhancing management of vessels, particularly those operating in deep-sea areas.
In Ca Mau, the chairperson of theprovincial People’s Committee also requested departments, sectors, andlocalities to promote communications about anti-IUU fishing rules while increasingpatrol and examination to detect and handle violations, especially thoserelated to VMS installation and foreign waters.
Relevant parties were told to dealwith the cadres failing to fulfill their duties in this regard and thoroughlyprepare statistics and documents as well as personnel to serve coming meetingswith the EC inspection delegation.
Performing duties on the southwesternwaters of Vietnam, Naval Region 5 has worked closely with the border guard,fisheries resources surveillance, coast guard forces, fisheries sub-departmentsof localities, along with communal-level People’s Committees to encourage vessel owners seriously adhere to legal regulations onfisheries.
Rear Admiral Nguyen Dang Tien,Political Commissar of Naval Region 5, said the naval region will maintainclose coordination with relevant localities to boost law dissemination in thecommunity, especially fishermen, adding that its officers and soldiers willmake the most practical contributions to the combat against IUU fishing in thesouthwestern waters./.
VNA
