Illustrative photo (Source: VNA) 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./.
VNA
