As of the end of February 2021, the whole province has installed cruise monitoring devices for 3,570/3,616 fishing vessels (excluding fishing vessels subject to de-registration) with the largest length of 15m or more, reaching 99%. In which, fishing vessels with the maximum length of 24m or more are 603 ships, he longest ones from the rest are from 15 m to less than 24m.
Mr. Tam said that in order to fulfill the determination to complete 100% of the operating fishing ships, it is necessary to install cruise monitoring equipment according to regulations. The fisheries industry has proposed measures such as: Send notices to all ship owners asking for early implementation of the installation of cruise monitoring equipment according to regulations, if not there will be legal remedies; Coordinate with the local authority (where the owner of the fishing vessel is registered) to review each specific case and find solutions if there is any problem.
The Provincial Steering Committee against illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU) requires functional agencies to strengthen inspection, control, and resolutely ban fishing vessels without monitoring equipment following the operating regulations
Kien Giang is one of the provinces with quite developed fishing profession. By the end of 2020, the whole province has had 9,884 fishing ships. Kien Giang is also the leading province in the country in terms of capture fisheries, with production accounting for over 15% of the country's total and over 40% of the Mekong Delta's catch.
The province's fishing output in 2020 reached over 572 thousand tons, an increase of 15.6% compared to the year plan, but decrease by 5% compared to the same period in 2019. To restore aquatic resources and limit fishing capacity, Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has included the content of not developing fishing vessels until 2025 in the Regulation on specific criteria for building, converting, and renting, buying fishing vessels in Kien Giang province, issued in early 2021; strengthening inspection, urging and guiding localities to improve management capacity for blocks of fishing vessels with the largest length of less than 12m operating in accordance with regulations on registration and licensing of fishing vessels.
Vietnam raked in over US$200 million from exporting tuna to 86 markets worldwide during the first quarter of the year, representing a rise of 19% against the same period from last year.
Vietnam’s pangasius export to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) reached more than 7 million USD in the first quarter of this year, a rise of 67% against the same period last year. UAE mainly imported frozen fillets from Vietnam.
(seafood.vasep.com.vn) According to data from General Department of Vietnam Customs, the UK imported nearly $3 million worth of pangasius from Vietnam in the first half of March 2024. Cumulative pangasius exports to this market reached $12 million as of March 15, 2024, down 3% from the same period last year.
Total export revenue from agro-forestry-fisheries products in the first three months of this year is estimated at 13.53 billion USD, up 21.8% over the same period last year; and this results in a trade surplus of 3.36 billion USD, a rise of 96.5%, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).
The southernmost locality is developing shrimp farming models that generate large outputs but are environment-friendly.
(seafood.vasep.com.vn) An Giang province's aquaculture output is predicted to reach 172.3 thousand tons in the first quarter of 2024, up 6.37% (+10.3 thousand tons) from the same time the previous year.
(seafood.vasep.com.vn) According to data from Vietnam Customs, as of March 15, 2024, Vietnam's cephalopod exports reached more than 109 million USD, a slight decrease of 3% compared to the same period in 2023. In the first quarter of this year, Vietnam's cephalopod exports are expected to reach about 136 million USD, down 2% over the same period last year.
(vasep.com.vn) According to statistics from the International Trade Centre (ITC), Portugal is the 6th largest tuna importer in the EU. In 2023, the country's tuna imports from other countries increased by 9% compared to 2022, reaching nearly 241 million USD.
(vasep.com.vn) Vinh Hoan Corporation has just announced supplementary documents for the 2024 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, scheduled to be held on April 17.
(seafood.vasep.com.vn) Sao Ta Food Joint Stock Company (FIMEX VN) has just announced that in March 2024, finished shrimp output reached 2,000 tons and finished shrimp consumption reached 1,693 tons, an increase of 74%, and 42% over the same period in 2023, respectively.
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