Quang Binh intensifies measures against IUU fishing

Together with the Government, ministries, branches, agencies, and other localities in the effort to have the European Commission's “yellow card” warning against Vietnamese seafood removed, Quang Binh has implemented the directives of the Government, issued guiding documents, and organised inspections on the fight.

In the first nine months of this year, nearly 70 conferences with about 4,700 participants were held in the province. Nearly 5,000 ship owners and captains signed a commitment not to violate fishing regulations. The province also distributed about 14,000 leaflets and materials on the issue.

Doan Ngoc Lam, standing vice chairman of the provincial People's Committee, said departments, agencies and localities in the province keep paying attention to deploying measures to prevent and combat illegal fishing.

At the same time, units allocate resources to reorganise fisheries exploitation activities in a sustainable and effective direction, improving people's lives.

The locality focuses on promoting offshore fishing associated with strict implementation of regulations against IUU fishing.

The province also requests fishermen to strictly comply with legal regulations in fisheries exploitation.

Leaders of localities, units and agencies are urged to raise their roles and responsibility in the fight. Those who fail to fulfil their assignment will be strictly disciplined and punished while those with good performance will get proper compliments.

Quang Binh province is one of the localities with a strongly developed fishing fleet in Vietnam. More than 3,600 fishing vessels, each with a length of 6 metres or more, have installed vessel monitoring system (VMS) equipment, accounting for 96% of its total.

In 2022, the province’s seafood production reached nearly 93,000 tonnes. It’s expected to increase to nearly 97,700 tonnes this year.