Government leader urges promoting solutions to combat IUU fishing
VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has proposed creating the optimal conditions for the European Commission (EC) inspection team, while chairing a teleconference on the promotion of solutions to illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing, as well as preparations for the fourth inspection of Vietnam’s related efforts by the team.
As part of his address at the event that brought together leaders of 28 centrally- run coastal localities, the Vietnamese Government chief stressed the Party’s and State’s significant attention to resolving the issue, as well as all-level agencies’ and localities’ drastic implementation of anti-IUU fishing measures.
These efforts primarily focus on intensifying inspections, monitoring, education, and communications, improving mechanisms, creating livelihoods for people involved, cooperating with relevant countries for checking, controlling, and addressing violations, promoting aquaculture and seafood processing, and limiting fishing.
As a result, notable progress has been made, with the number of violations gradually decreasing. However, the issue has yet to be completely solved, with limitations and challenges remaining, PM Chinh said.
The Government leader called for participants to comprehensively evaluate the implementation of the measures, analyze their results and limitations, draw lessons and experience, and propose ways in which to put an end to IUU fishing.
Whether the EC removes the “yellow card” warning for Vietnamese seafood or not, the nation must continue its efforts to ensure people’s livelihoods and protect the marine ecological environment, serving its sustainable development whilst upholding its international responsibilities and obligations, he emphasized.
