Illustrative image (Source: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The Ministry ofAgriculture and Rural Development (MARD)’s Directorate of Fisheries held apress conference in Hanoi on October 25 regarding the European Union (EU)’s issuanceof yellow card warning to Vietnam over its fisheries exploitation.
Accordingly, a delegation of the EuropeanCommission’s Directorate General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries arrived inVietnam from May 13-19 to inspect the country’s compliance with the EU’sregulations on illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.
As a result, the delegation asked Vietnamto fulfil five recommendations before September 30, including completinginstitutions, managing fishing vessels, refining the system of monitoringfishing vessels at sea and ports, certifying origin of fisheries materials, andpreventing and ending illegal fishing at overseas waters.
Over the past time, the EC side saidVietnam is yet to fully fulfil the above recommendations so that the EU decidedto hand yellow card warning to the country on October 23.
Only fisheries tapped at sea are subject tothe yellow card valid from October 23, 2017 – April 23, 2018.
In the near future, the MARD will urge thePrime Minister to adopt a national action plan to prevent, mitigate and endillegal, unreported and unregulated fishing until 2025, establish aninter-sectoral working group to direct work in response to the warning, andpromptly complete procedures to join the United Nations Fish Stocks Agreementand the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)’s Agreement on Port StateMeasures.
After the revised Law on Fisheries isadopted by the National Assembly, sub-law documents will be issued and takeinto effect to create a legal framework for fisheries management as requestedby the EU.
According to the Directorate of Fisheries,the EU issued red card to Cambodia, Comoros, Saint Vincent & Grenadines, handedyellow card to Kiribati, Liberia, Saint Kitts & Nevis, Sierra Leone,Taiwan, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu and Vietnam.
Almost countries and territories have theiryellow card withdrawn within one – two years.
Last year, Vietnam earned 1.219 billion USDfrom exporting aquatic products to the EU, 357.8 million USD of which was fromseafood shipments. The figure hit 1.047 billion USD in the first nine monthsthis year.-VNA
Accordingly, a delegation of the EuropeanCommission’s Directorate General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries arrived inVietnam from May 13-19 to inspect the country’s compliance with the EU’sregulations on illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.
As a result, the delegation asked Vietnamto fulfil five recommendations before September 30, including completinginstitutions, managing fishing vessels, refining the system of monitoringfishing vessels at sea and ports, certifying origin of fisheries materials, andpreventing and ending illegal fishing at overseas waters.
Over the past time, the EC side saidVietnam is yet to fully fulfil the above recommendations so that the EU decidedto hand yellow card warning to the country on October 23.
Only fisheries tapped at sea are subject tothe yellow card valid from October 23, 2017 – April 23, 2018.
In the near future, the MARD will urge thePrime Minister to adopt a national action plan to prevent, mitigate and endillegal, unreported and unregulated fishing until 2025, establish aninter-sectoral working group to direct work in response to the warning, andpromptly complete procedures to join the United Nations Fish Stocks Agreementand the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)’s Agreement on Port StateMeasures.
After the revised Law on Fisheries isadopted by the National Assembly, sub-law documents will be issued and takeinto effect to create a legal framework for fisheries management as requestedby the EU.
According to the Directorate of Fisheries,the EU issued red card to Cambodia, Comoros, Saint Vincent & Grenadines, handedyellow card to Kiribati, Liberia, Saint Kitts & Nevis, Sierra Leone,Taiwan, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu and Vietnam.
Almost countries and territories have theiryellow card withdrawn within one – two years.
Last year, Vietnam earned 1.219 billion USDfrom exporting aquatic products to the EU, 357.8 million USD of which was fromseafood shipments. The figure hit 1.047 billion USD in the first nine monthsthis year.-VNA
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