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Coastal communities to fight illegal fishing with own surveillance forces

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development on March 24 sent a document to coastal communities, asking them to quickly establish their own fisheries surveillance teams to enforce legal regulations on the exploitation and protection of aquatic resources.
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Hanoi (VNA) – The Ministry of Agricultureand Rural Development on March 24 sent a document to coastal communities, askingthem to quickly establish their own fisheries surveillance teams to enforce legalregulations on the exploitation and protection of aquatic resources.

In a document sent to Chairpersons of the municipaland provincial People’s Committees, the ministry pointed to the fact that aquaticresources, biodiversity and marine ecosystems are declining rapidly, along withhuge and unsustainable exploitation.

Meanwhile, the apparatus organisation for lawenforcement in the localities has yet to be strengthened, and there are shortagesof both workforce and equipment to carry out patrols, inspections and thesettlement of wrongdoings at sea, leading to the high rate of violations ofrelevant legal regulations.

According to the ministry, about 20% of the inspectedvessels have committed violations.

After three inspections on Vietnam’s actions against illegal,unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, the European Commission (EC)concluded that law enforcement in the country remains inefficient, asynchronous and inconsistent between localities, and is not strong enough to ensure deterrence.

This is a serious problem, according to the commission, askingVietnam to step up inspections, supervisions and the handling of the fishingboats that violate legal regulations on the exploitation and protection ofaquatic resources, especially those illegally operating in foreign waters.

In an effort to remove the EC’s “yellow card” thisyear, the ministry has asked the communities to quickly form fisheriessurveillance forces in line with the Fisheries Law and the Law on Organisationof Local Administration.  

The ministry said only nine out of the 28 coastalcities and provinces have established such teams so far./.
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