Quang Tri conducts peak crackdown on IUU fishing

The central province of Quang Tri is conducting a peak crackdown on illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing from now to May, in Vietnam’s common efforts to get the “yellow card” warning issued by the European Commission (EC) removed.
Quang Tri conducts peak crackdown on IUU fishing ảnh 1Some fishing vessels of Quang Tri province (Photo: VNA)
Quang Tri (VNA) – The centralprovince of Quang Tri is conducting a peak crackdown on illegal, unreported andunregulated (IUU) fishing from now to May, in Vietnam’s common efforts to get the “yellow card” warning issued by the European Commission (EC) removed.

To implement the Prime Minister’sDirective 45/CT-TTg on some urgent tasks and solutions in this regard, QuangTri will continue disseminating the 2017 Law on Fisheries and regulations relatedto IUU fishing among fishermen, providing training to improve the capacity ofthe cadres working at fishing ports and those specialised in this issue, instructingowners of fishing boasts that are 6 - 12m long to apply for fishing licences,and guiding owners of the vessels at least 15m long in the installation ofvessel monitoring systems, according to the provincial steering committee forIUU fishing combat.

Authorities will keep a watch on theoperations of vessel monitoring systems around the clock to early detect andprevent fishing vessels from infringing foreign waters, give guidance on how tohandle incidents at sea to fishermen, and strictly deal with owners ofviolating vessels.

The province will also increasepatrols and examination of vessels’ adherence to regulations against IUU fishing.

Over the recent past, thanks to thestrong implementation of anti-IUU fishing rules, Quang Tri has no longerrecorded local fishing vessels or fishermen’ infringement of foreign waters,the steering committee said./. 
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