Phu Yen ramps up efforts to combat IUU fishing
The People's Committee of the south-central province of Phu Yen has required relevant authorities and coastal localities to implement various solutions to eliminate “three no's” vessels (no registrations, no checks, no licenses), contributing to the country’s efforts to have the European Commission (EC)’s “yellow card” warning against Vietnamese seafood lifted soon.
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For the rest of this year in Phu Yen, localities will establish working groups to support and guide owners of unregistered fishing vessels and those with expired fishing licenses and technical safety certificates, in completing registration procedures in line with regulations.
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| A fishing ship owner and a Phu Yen Provincial Border Guard Command officer inspect a fishing boat's vessel monitoring system (VMS). (Source: VNA) |
To ensure strict management of fishing vessels that do not meet requirements for seafood exploitation, the committee has directed authorities of coastal districts, towns, and Tuy Hoa city to coordinate with border guards and relevant agencies to closely monitor and identify the specific locations of anchored boats.
The province has also coordinated with Region 3 Marine Police to enhance patrols, inspections, and control of fishing vessels and fishermen to promptly detect and address boats violating foreign waters while also promoting campaigns to raise public awareness of fighting illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing activities.
The committee has also suggested that the Government and relevant ministries and sectors allocate budget sources to invest in several fishing ports to meet conditions for fishing vessels to unload aquatic products, making monitoring fishing vessels and aquatic product output easier.
According to Dao Quang Minh, Director of the provincial Department of Fisheries, with the determination to combat IUU fishing, authorities of the province and coastal localities have coordinated in closely monitoring and controlling the activities of fishing vessels at sea through the vessel monitoring systems (VMS).
As a result, since 2019, Phu Yen has recorded no fishing vessels violating foreign waters, Minh said.
Phu Yen province has 2,847 fishing vessels, with 1,967 of them having their data updated on the national fisheries database (Vnfishbase).
(Source: VNA)
