Kien Giang publicizes names of fishing vessels engaged in IUU
The southern coastal province of Kien Giang has announced a list of eight vessels and their owners, which engaged in illegal fishing in foreign waters from the beginning of 2018 to date.
Kien Giang (VNA) – The southern coastal province ofKien Giang has announced a list of eight vessels and their owners, which engagedin illegal fishing in foreign waters from the beginning of 2018 to date.
Quang Trong Thao, Vice Director of the provincial Departmentof Agriculture and Rural Development, said the list was announced among localcommunities and published in local media.
According to him, the violators are from the districts ofChau Thanh, Kien Hai and Phu Quoc, and Rach Gia City. They were detained in Malaysia,Thailand and Cambodia.
The list will be updated on the 25th day of everynew month.
The move is part of Kien Giang’s efforts in implementing theGovernment’s Direction No.45 on actions in response to the EC’s yellow-cardwarning over illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, which wasissued for Vietnam on October 23 last year.
Chairman of the Kien Giang People’s Committee Pham Vu Honghas directed relevant agencies to inspect needed papers, fishing instrument,and safety equipment of all vessels before sailing, while checking fishingdiaries of all vessels arriving at local ports.
The province will not give permission to build new ships orcarry out fishing activities for owners of ships which are caught of illegalfishing for the second time. Violated ships are also excluded from Government’ssupport policy.
Captains of offshore fishing vessels must sign a commitment tosay no to fishing on other countries’ waters. They also have to keep diary ontheir fishing activities at sea and install and keep tracking devices running aroundthe clock.
To address IUU fishing activities, the EC evaluates seafood exportingcountries, and those which fail to meet the EC’s standards are issued a warning("yellow card"), followed by a "green card" if issues areresolved or a "red card" if they aren’t. A red card can lead to atrade ban on fishery products.
According to EC’s requirement, the Vietnamese seafood sectorhad to implement nine recommendations in six months from October 23, 2017, toApril 23, 2018.-VNA
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