The directorate reported that the country now has 86 fishery unions in 16 out of 28 coastal provinces and cities, with nearly 17,700members and over 6,200 fishing ships of 15m in length and above.
Regarding preservation work, thereare 354 ice production facilities, 640 cold storages with a total capacity of78,700 tonnes, and nine establishments that can classify 240 tonnes of productsper day.
Localities nationwide have been urged to focus on restructuring fishing fleets and their fisheries, managing and tracing originof products, monitoring fishing boats, and building plans on protecting and restoring aquatic resources.
They have been also requested to strictly handle violationsrelating to illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU)./.