An officer of the Song Doc border guard station in Ca Mau province checks documents of a ship owner. (Photo: VNA) Since the beginning of this year, the force has maintained strictmanagement, inspection, and control of fishing vessels entering and leaving thesea ports. They have ensured that 100% of the vessels pass through the border guardcontrol station in accordance with regulations. Patrols and inspections at seaand in waters without border guard control stations have been conductedregularly.
The force is determined to prevent fishing vessels fromoperating without proper paper and procedures or the installation of trackingdevices in line with regulations.
Currently, all ship owners and captains in the province havesigned commitments not to violate foreign waters and engage in illegal fishing.All fishing vessels have installed monitoring systems as required byregulations.
Senior Lieutenant Colonel Phung Duc Hung, the commander ofthe Ca Mau Border Guard Command, stated that the unit is dedicated to combatingIUU fishing and considers it an important task. Therefore, comprehensive and cohesivemeasures have been launched to have the EC ‘yellow card’ soon removed.
Ca Mau has a coastline of 254km, bordering the sea on threesides, with a sea area of approximately 80,000 s.q.km. It shares maritimeborders with Thailand and Malaysia. Among the over 4,000 local fishing vesselsengaging in seafood exploitation at sea, more than 1,500 operate offshore, notto mention thousands of ships from neighbouring provinces fishing in theprovince's waters./.
VNA
