Illustrative image (Source: VNA) Departments, agencies and coastal localities in BinhThuan have drastically rolled out tasks and solutions to materialise the EC’srecommendations, aiming to have its “yellow card” warning against Vietnameseseafood lifted, heard the meeting.
According to Nguyen Van Chien, Deputy Director of the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, the department has coordinatedwith relevant agencies in deploying six inspection delegations to monitor theperformance of units, localities and businesses so far this year.
Besides, the steering committee has also sent aworking group to the five southern provinces where Binh Thuan fishing boats areoperating to encourage fishermen to observe relevant regulations and hold meetingswith local authorities in this regard.
The fishery sub-department and border guards alsocoordinated in organising more than 200 meetings with over 22,000 fishermen toraise their awareness of IUU fishing combat.
As of July 28, up to 99.7% of fishing boats in BinhThuan were equipped with the vessel monitoring system (VMS).
The steering committee expressed its resolve to preventlocal fishing boats and fishermen from infringing upon foreign waters, and makepreparations for the fourth inspection by the EC, slated for October.
Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s CommitteeNguyen Hong Hai asked agencies and localities to complete the VMS installationfor fishing boats measuring from above 15 metres in length, and facilitate their registration withinAugust./.
VNA
