Tra Vinh province sees no more vessels violating foreign waters
The Mekong delta province of Tra Vinh hasn’t recorded any of its fishing vessels violating foreign waters in the recent past thanks to many solutions to illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.
Nguyen Trung Hoang (standing), Vice Chairman of the Tra Vinh provincial People’s Committee, speaks at the meeting with the MARD delegation on August 23. (Photo: VNA)
TraVinh (VNA) – The Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh hasn’t recorded any of its fishing vesselsviolating foreign waters in the recent past thanks to many solutions toillegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.
A delegationfrom the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) examined its implementation of the European Commission (EC)’srecommendations about IUU fishing prevention on August 23.
Speakingat the meeting with local officials, Deputy Minister Phung Duc Tien highlyvalued Tra Vinh’s efforts in carry out different solutions to weaknesses andshortcomings related to IUU fishing.
Theprovince now records no fishing vessels or fishermen infringing foreign waters,local authorities said.
About95% of the 1,141 local fishing vessels have been licensed. Up to 234 of the 264vessels that are 15 metres long and over subject to vessel monitoring systeminstallation have been equipped with the system, while the remaining 30 stoppedoperations.
TraVinh has stepped up inspection and examination of the exploitation andprotection of fishery resources. Since the year’s beginning, authoritiesexamined 179 vessels and fined 16 cases nearly 190 million VND (8,100 USD) for administrativeviolations.
Fishingports’ management boards have also complied with regulations on material certification,seafood loading, fishing-related documents, and ship arrival and departure examination.
TheMARD delegation said granting fishing licenses is crucial, so local authoritiesneed to step up licensing the remaining 58 fishing vessels. The province shouldalso work to repair or eliminate the 30 ships that have stopped working.
NguyenTrung Hoang, Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee, proposedministries and central agencies open training courses to help the cadresworking on IUU fishing prevention improve their capacity.
Healso called on the MARD to assist Tra Vinh to carry out a project on upgradingthe Dinh An fishing port in Tra Cu district and another on industrial shrimpfarming in Duyen Hai district. The two projects are part of a project ondeveloping essential infrastructure facilities for climate adaptation inagriculture in the Mekong Delta.
Hometo a 65km coastline, Tra Vinh posted 222,527 tonnes of fishery output in 2021,including 151,442 tonnes from aquaculture and another 71,085 tonnes fromfishing. It looks to raise the output to 235,115 tonnes this year, including 63,545tonnes from fishing./.
Vietnam is ready to work with countries in the region and the international community to strengthen cooperation and share experiences in combating illegal fishing, stated Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang.
The Navy Region 2 Command, in cooperation with the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu, are adopting an array of measures to raise local fishermen’s awareness about legal fishing at sea.
Four coastal provinces have completed the installation of vessel monitoring systems (VMS) equipment on all fishing boats with a length of 15m and more, according to the Directorate of Fisheries under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of the north-central province of Thanh Hoa has taken a series of measures to strictly handle organisations and individuals that broker and bring fishing vessels to illegally exploit seafood in foreign waters as part of its efforts to combat combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.
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Nguyen Trung Hoang (standing), Vice Chairman of the Tra Vinh provincial People’s Committee, speaks at the meeting with the MARD delegation on August 23. (Photo: VNA) 
