The central coastal province of Quang Binh has been making efforts to combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing to have the European Commission (EC)’s “yellow card” warning against Vietnamese seafood removed soon.
Quang Binh (VNA) – The central coastal province of Quang Binhhas been making efforts to combat♕ illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU)fishing to have the European Commission (EC)’s “yellow carඣd” warning againstVietnamese seafood removed soon.
Hoang Viet Thong, head of the Fisheries Surveillance Divisionunder the provincial Fisheries Sub-Department, said his office is coordinating with coastal localities and competent agencies to patrol waters, inspect fishing activities,and strictly handle violations. They have established teams to verify and handle fishing vessels that violate foreign waters and those that are detected toviolate other regulations through the vessel monitoring system (VMS). The work helps improve the understanding, responsibility and awarenessof vessel owners, captains and people on the provisions of fisheries law onIUU fishing control. As soon as the division was establishedlate last year, it developed a scheme to tighten control over fishing vesselswith VMS being turned off for a long period. With a coastline of nearly 120 km, Quang Binh province has a lotof potential for fisheries. It now has nearly 6,800 fishing vessels, of that nearly 3,600 with a length of over 6 metres are operating in fisheriesexploitation and logistics services at sea./.
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