Coast guard urged to further join fight against IUU fishing
Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Sen. Lt. Gen. Tran Quang Phuong has urged the coast guard force to actively consult ministries, agencies, and localities in coordinating in the fight against illegal, unreported and undocumented (IUU) fishing.
Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Sen. Lt. Gen. Tran Quang Phuong visits to the Coast Guard High Command on April 3. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) –Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Sen. Lt. Gen. Tran Quang Phuong has urged the coastguard force to actively consult ministries, agencies, and loꦅcalities incoordinating in the fight against illegal, unreported and undocumented (IUU)fﷺishing.
Their efforts are expectedto help speed up the removal of the EC’s “yellow card” warning against Vietnam's seafood exports, especially when an inspection team of the EC is scheduled to return toVietnam in April to examine the country's anti-IUU fishing moves. During his working visitto the Coast Guard high Command on April 3, Phuong said that in the coming time,National Assembly agencies will continue to study and propose amendments,supplements, and completion of a legal framework to create favourableconditions for the Coast Guard to fulfill its tasks.
The meeting between Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Sen. Lt. Gen. Tran Quang Phuong and coast guard officials (Photo: VNA)
Major General Le QuangDao, Commander of the Vietnam Coast Guard, reported the force's performance of its tasks in 2022 and the first months of 2023. Specifically, coast guardships detected and prevented thousands of foreign fishing vessels from enteringVietnam's territorial waters. In 2022 and the first quarter of 2023, the coast guard savedsix vehicles and 71 people in distress at sea and organised regular combat training as planned.
The force detected,arrested, and handled 1,256 violations with 1,548 involved people; of which 101cases with 108 violators were prosecuted. It handled 838administrative violations with 956 violators. The Vietnam Coast Guardcoordinated with other forces to detect, handle and hand over 110 cases with 176 involved people.
Fines for administrativeviolations and the estimated value of confiscated exhibits reached more than120 billion VND (𒐪5.1 million USD). The coast guard force inspected, controlled,made minutes, and sanctioned administrative violations relating to IUU fishing,collecting a total fine 🐼of over 2.9 billion VND./.
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The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development on March 24 sent a document to coastal communities, asking them to quickly establish their own fisheries surveillance teams to enforce legal regulations on the exploitation and protection of aquatic resources.
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Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Sen. Lt. Gen. Tran Quang Phuong visits to the Coast Guard High Command on April 3. (Photo: VNA) 
The meeting between Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Sen. Lt. Gen. Tran Quang Phuong and coast guard officials (Photo: VNA) 
