Accordingly, the province has prioritised the popularisation of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development’s Direction No.3727 on enhancing management over seafood exploitation and ensuring safety for fishermen and fishing vessels as well as the Government’s Direction No.45 on actions in response to the EC’s warning. Inspections have been increased to address IUU fishing. Permanent revocation of fishing license is the most severe punishment meted out for ship owners and captains who take their vessels to illegally fish in foreign waters.The local Department of Agriculture and Rural Development asks for the installation and operation of vessel monitoring system in fishing boats and orders captains to keep journals of seafood exploitation. It also carries out a database system which gathers information about fishing vessels, catching activities, fishermen, registration and licensing of fishing boats in the locality.According to Nguyen Duc Cuong, head of the provincial Bureau of Aquatic Resources Exploitation and Protection, the agency has joined hands with the Directorate of Fisheries, local border guards and the people’s committees of coastal districts to organise 15 training courses on seas and islands, safety for fishermen and fishing vessels, food safety and protection of aquatic resources.Also, it has delivered leaflets and hung banners to raise public awareness of aquatic resources safeguarding and food safety on fishing vessels.-
VietNamNet Bridge – After Viet Nam received a “yellow card” from the European Commission because of its failure to meet standards against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, stakeholders are preparing a national action plan to prevent, minimise and eliminate illegal, IUU fishing by 2025. Speaking at the a press conference held in Ha Noi on Wednesday, Acting Director General of Directorate of Fisheries Nguyen Ngoc Oai said the draft plan was submitted to the Prime Minister on October 10. It will be implemented as soon as it is approved. Oai said the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD)…... [read more]
Speaking at the a press conference held in Ha Noi on Wednesday, Acting Director General of Directorate of Fisheries Nguyen Ngoc Oai said the draft plan was submitted to the Prime Minister on October 10. It will be implemented as soon as it is approved.Oai said the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) had established an inter-sectoral working group to direct and co-ordinate actions to satisfy the EC’s strict regulations against IUU fishing.Oai said the “yellow card”, which is technically considered a warning applied to seafood products exploited at sea, not to aquaculture products, and offers Viet Nam the…... [read more]
Acting Director General of Directorate of Fisheries Nguyen Ngoc Oai said at a recent press conference that the draft plan was submitted to the Prime Minister on October 10th. It will be implemented as soon as it is approved.Oai said the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) had established an inter-sectoral working group to direct and co-ordinate actions to satisfy the EC’s strict regulations against IUU fishing.Oai said the “yellow card”, which is technically considered a warning applied to seafood products exploited at sea, not to aquaculture products, and offers Vietnam the opportunity to take measures to rectify the…... [read more]
Police in the northern province of Thanh Hoa have said they will stop casting fishing nets into the wheels of bikes driven by traffic violators because of the controversy it has raised, the VnExpress newswire reports. Tran Van Thuc, chief of staff at the Thanh Hoa City Police Department, said the department has reported to the National Traffic Safety Committee and relevant agencies the results achieved using this method to snag traffic violators, and will wait for feedback before deciding whether or not they can resume it. Thuc said Thanh Hoa City has arrested 100 illegal motor racers thanks to…... [read more]
In order to improve the efficiency of fisheries exploitation, Thanh Hoa has directed applying sound navigation and ranging technology, the global positioning system (GPS), and the use of polyurethane in preservation, as well as providing training for captains of offshore fishing vessels and building a database on active fishing vessels, thus making it easier for the State management. In compliance with the Government’s Decree 67, coastal localities have assisted fishermen in building and upgrading fishing vessels, and switching to the use of modern fishing equipment. As of this March, the province caught 27.515 tonnes of seafood. Tran Duc Cuong, deputy head of the…... [read more]
