Binh Thuan province has asked localities to promptly complete the installation of Vessel Monitoring Systems (VMS) on all fishing vessels and acquire the necessary data as part of efforts to combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing (IUU) .
Vietnam fishing vessels on the sea trips (for illusion)
The province of Binh Thuan has asked localities to promptly complete the installation of Vessel Monitoring Systems (VMS) on all fishing vessels and acquire the necessary data as part of efforts to combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing (IUU fishing).
The province asked its Fisheries Sub-Department to coordinate closely with the border guard force and fisheries surveillance forces to strengthen patrols and inspections to strictly manage the activities of fishing vessels with target that no vessel is to head offshore without a VMS.
The sub-department has also coordinated with the border guard force and neighbouring localities to stop fishing vessels from other provinces operating illegally in foreign waters.
According to the Binh Thuan Department of Agriculture and Rural Department, no fishing vessels or fishermen from the province have violated foreign waters since July 2019. As of February 2, nearly 93 percent of local fishing vessels had installed a VMS.
The European Commission (EC) gave a yellow card warning to Vietnam’s fisheries and marine product exports to EU market in October 2017 due to IUU fishing problems. Vietnamese government and localities have introduced and applied strong measures to improve the situation and recorded significant improvement highly appreciated by EC.
Source: VNA