French Government supports Vietnamese fishermen
In the remaining months of this year, more than 100 boats in the province will be fitted with the equipment.
It is part of a 13.9 million USD project on monitoring fishing boats,
fishing grounds and aquaculture resources, known in short as Movibar,
funded by the French Government.
The project is
being implemented in 28 coastal provinces and cities in the 2011-2013
period to facilitate fishermen’s safe and productive operation at sea.
The satellite positioning system includes two main
parts: machines installed on the boats and the inshore monitoring
system.
The onboard equipment will automatically
transfer coordinates and time from the boats to the monitoring centre
every two hours. The received data will help the centre keep track of
the speed and direction of boats, thus providing timely support in case
of emergency and assisting boats’ fishing activities.
The Movibar project uses modern devices which can monitor fishing
boats, take weather and sea photos using remote sensing technology.
The system will deliver forecasts of the
weather and fishing fields, helping fishermen save costs, especially
fuel, resulting in more effective catching and reduced risks.
The project aims to perfect the sea fishing management information
system, meeting the industrialisation and modernisation requirements of
the aquatic sector, effectively and safely monitoring catches,
contributing to ensuring order, national security and sovereignty at
sea.-VNA