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Kien Giang records no IUU violations for consecutive quarters

The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang reported no illegal, unreported or unregulated (IUU) fishing cases in the last quarter of 2021 and the first quarter of 2022 thanks to drastic crackdowns.
Kien Giang records no IUU violations for consecutive quarters ảnh 1Illustrative photo (Source: VNA)
Kien Giang (VNA) – The Mekong Delta province ofKien Giang reported no illegal, unreported or unregulated (IUU) fishing cases in thelast quarter of 2021 and the first quarter of 2022 thanks to drastic crackdowns.

According to Nguyen Quoc Truong, deputy head of theprovincial fisheries sub-department, a series of anti-IUU measures have beenimplemented.

They include communication campaigns to raise awareness;intensified handling of suspicious fishing vessels; and coordinated investigationsto tackle illegal fishing in foreign waters and illegal entries into Vietnam bysea, among others.  

The province plans to further tighten its cooperation withcentral and local agencies to investigate, verify and strictly handle fishingvessels that violate foreign waters. Increasing communication is a vital partof the country’s efforts to remove of the “yellow card” imposed by the EuropeanCommission on Vietnamese seafood products.

At a teleconference with 28 coastal provinces and citiesin July 2021, the national steering committee for anti-IUU fishing set thetarget of putting an end to violations of anti-IUU fishing rules in 2022./.

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