Illustrative image (Photo: VNA)This act aims to join national efforts towards the EuropeanCommission (EC)’s removal of its ‘yellow card’ warning on Vietnamese seafood.
Accordingly, the Department of Agriculture and RuralDevelopment is required to allocate personnel on duty around the clock to operatethe system of tracking and monitoring fishing vessels operating at sea; andcoordinate with the provincial Border Guard Command, and People's Committees ofcoastal districts and towns to verify and handle ships that cross the seaborder and stay unconnected to the monitoring system.
The management boards of fishing ports and interdisciplinaryworking groups are asked to seriously perform the task of inspecting andcontrolling vessels entering and leaving the ports and strictly punish ownersof violating ones.
The provincial Department of Public Security is assigned todirect units to keep a close watch on the situation, investigate, promptlydetect and strictly handle organisations and individuals that help fishingboats and fishermen conduct illegal fishing in foreign waters.
With a coastline of over 82 km, Nghe An boasts greatpotential for seafood exploitation. The locality’s annual exploitation outputreaches approximately 200,000 tonnes. At peak times, the province has nearly17,000 workers engaged in fishing.
At present, 23 out of the over 1,150 fishing vessels in Nghe Anhave not been equipped with vessel monitoring systems (VMS) yet./.
VNA
