However, the monitoring rate of seafood catches at ports remains low. In 2024, only just over 23% of caught seafood was monitored through ports, due to inadequate infrastructure for unloading and handling them.
The south-central province of Khanh Hoa has gained encouraging results from the pilot application of the eCDT software to track fishing vessels, including their locations and operations, helping prevent illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing.
The central coastal province of Quang Binh has ordered the on-time and effective implementation of measures against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing as well as careful agenda preparation for the upcoming working session with the European Commission (EC)’s inspection team.
