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Nam Dinh strives to fight IUU fishing

Vice Chairman of the northern coastal province of Nam Dinh Tran Anh Dung on July 26 requested the provincial Border Guard to strictly monitor the departure of fishing vessels and not to let those that fail to meet all requirements as prescribed go out to sea as an effort to prevent illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.
Nam Dinh strives to fight IUU fishing ảnh 1Fishing vessels in Nam Dinh (Photo: VNA)
Nam Dinh (VNA) – Vice Chairman of the northern coastal province of NamDinh Tran Anh Dung on July 26 requested the provincial Border Guard to strictlymonitor the departure of fishing vessels and not to let those that fail to meetall requirements as prescribed go out to sea as an effort to prevent illegal,unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.

Dung stressed the need to stop fishing vessels operatingwithout licences and cruise control devices, strictly punish anyviolations, and arrange personnel on duty around the clock at Ha Lan, Ninh Coand Day ports until the end of 2021 to promptly detect violations of IUU fishingregulations.

According to statistics of the local agricultural sector, asof July 22, only 86.22 percent of the province’s fishing vessels had beenequipped with cruise control devices.

Since the beginning of this year, border guards have imposedadministrative punishments related to fishing at a total fine of 247 millionVND (10,750 USD).

At the conference held by the Department of Agriculture andRural Development, participants pointed to the shortcomings and limitations ofthe local fishery industry in recent years and made proposals toremove difficulties to make the European Commission soon remove the yellow cardwarning against Vietnam’s seafood industry.

In late 2017, the European Commission issued the yellow cardwarning to Vietnam, after the country failed to demonstrate sufficient progressin the fight against IUU fishing.

Countries that fail to meet EC standards are given a"yellow card", followed by a "green card" if the problemsare resolved, or a "red card" if they are not. A red card can lead toa trade ban on aquatic products./.
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