Kien Giang appeals for residents' support for IUU fishing combat
The Kien Giang provincial Party Committee and People’s Committee have issued a letter appealing to locals to strongly support the fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.
A border guard officer examines papers of a fishing vessel off the coast of Tay Bien commune, An Bien district, Kien Giang province. (Photo: VNA)
KienGiang (VNA) – The Kien Giang provincial Party Committee and People’sCommittee have issued a letter appealing to locals to strongly support thefight against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.
Theletter particularly targets fishing vessel owners, executives of fishing, seafoodpurchasing and processing companies, captains, and fishermen in the MekongDelta province.
The targeted groups are urged to promptly carry out the Government’s180-day action plan against IUU fishing, implement the European Commission (EC)’srecommendations, and not to take fishing vessels to foreign waters for fishing. They are also urged to carryout all necessary administrative procedures before vessels leave for fishingtrips, keep their vessel monitoring systems constantly operating during fishing trips, and adhere to regulations on vessels’ arrival at ports.
Aninspection team of the EC is scheduled to return to Vietnam in April to examineVietnam’s anti-IUU fishing moves. The country is striving to have the EC’s “yellowcard” warning against this issue removed right in 2023, which depends much onfishermen’s cooperation.
Onlyone fishing vessel infringing foreign waters can also ruin efforts to persuadethe EC to lift the “yellow card”, the letter emphasised./.
Besides strict administrative measures to fight illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing, authorities in coastal provinces and cities in Vietnam have begun communication programmes to raise awareness for fishermen to curb the issue.
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A border guard officer examines papers of a fishing vessel off the coast of Tay Bien commune, An Bien district, Kien Giang province. (Photo: VNA) 
