Phu Yen’s communications work on IUU fishing proved effective
No cases of violation of foreign waters have been recorded by Phu Yen province’s fishing vessels since 2019, according to the provincial Department of Fisheries.
The south central province of Phu Yen now has 119 fishing groups with 926 vessels and nearly 8,000 crew members (Photo: VNA)
Phu Yen (VNA)🐎 – No cases of violation of foreign waters have been recorded by Phu Yen province’s fishing vessels since2019, according to the provincial Department of Fisheries.
Communications work on illegal, undeclared, andunregulated (IUU) fishing in the central coastal province in the last few years has proved effective in improving public awareness, particularly amongfishermen, about the issue, according to Dao Quang Minh, head of the department, who said that provincial authorities have been strictly handling violations of IUU fishing. Local fishing vessels are reported to commit such acts as late registration, failure to maintain signals whenoperating at sea, or removal of vessel monitoring devices. The department have punished 12 violating fishing vessels forsuch violations, collecting a total fine of 194.5 million VND (8,200USD). The province now has 119 fishing groups with 926 vessels and nearly 8,000 crew members. Up to now, 97% of the province’s fishing vessels havebeen installed with vessel monitoring devices following regulations. Theremaining ships have not yet installed the device mainly because they are nolonger in operation and currently waiting for deregistration procedures. In the coming time, the province will deregister nearly2,200 fishing vessels that are no longer operational. Phan Thuan, chairman of Ward 6 Fishing Association in TuyHoa Distric,t said that the association has about 120 fishing vessels and morethan 700 fishermen. Since 2018, all of its members are usually told aboutParty, State, and Government’s policies on marine resource exploitation andrelevant laws. They are asked to follow the laws and regulations, hesaid./.
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The south central province of Phu Yen now has 119 fishing groups with 926 vessels and nearly 8,000 crew members (Photo: VNA) 
