Border guards of Ba Ria - Vung Tau province disseminate anti-IUU fishing regulations to a fisherman. (Photo: VNA)Hoan madethe statement in a report on some issues to be discussed at the coming 25th session of the National Assembly Standing Committee.
Highlightingministries, sectors, and localities’ moves taken so far, he perceived that itis necessary to ramp up crackdowns on violations of anti-IUU fishingregulations.
In addition, fishery associations and exporters of aquatic products must adamantlydeny buying, processing, or exporting of seafood coming from IUU fishingactivities. They also need to provide information for authorities to strictlydeal with companies that lend a hand to IUU fishing, Hoan added.
Accordingto the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, 84.4% of the existingfishing vessels have been registered and had their information updated on thenational database of the fisheries sector to serve monitoring and management. Theremaining 15.6%, which are ineligible for registration, have been put under themanagement of localities.
As manyas 28,797 fishing vessels, equivalent to 97.65% of the total, have beenequipped with vessel monitoring systems. However, the violation of the rule on maintainingthose systems’ operations is still popular, it noted.
After the third inspection in October 2022, the EC delegation continued torecommend Vietnam improve four groups of issues, namely the legal framework;fleet management, vessel monitoring and examination; origin tracing; and law enforcement.
The EC issued a “yellow card” warning against Vietnam's seafood due to IUU fishing in2017. The "yellow card" is followed by a "green card" ifthe problem is resolved or a "red card" if it is not. A “red card”may lead to a ban on seafood exports to the EU.
An EC delegation is scheduled to return to Vietnam for the fourthfact-finding trip this October./.
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