To date, 510 out of the total 541 fishing vessels with the length from 15m of Nam Dinh have installed the VMS, reaching 94.27%. (Photo: VNA) With 72km coastline, Nam Dinh is home to over 17,000hectares of aquatic farming. The annual growth of the local fisheries sector isover 4.5%. Last year, its total aquatic output exceeded 187,300 tonnes, withexport revenue of 11.12 trillion VND (473.79 million USD).
Hoang Thi To Nga, Vice Director of the provincial Departmentof Agriculture and Rural Development, said the province has still seen violations infisheries exploitation and protection.
Therefore, the province has focused on popularising fisheries law among localfishermen with different methods, while applying strict punishments to vesselsviolating fishing regulations.
As of the end of April, local authorities had detected andhandled five violation cases, collecting fines of 85.5 million VND.
The department has revoked the fishing licences of 74individuals and organisations committing fisheries violations and failing toshow necessary documents and install the vessel monitoring system (VMS), saidNga.
To date, 510 out of the total 541 fishing vessels with thelength from 15m of Nam Dinh have installed the VMS, reaching 94.27%.
Nguyen Thanh Chung, Director of Nam Dinh fishing port’s Management Board saidthat the board has tightened control over vessels in the port, preventing thosethat fail to meet necessary IUU prevention requirements to leave the port.
The province has also strengthened supervision and management over fishingvessels’ operations to ensure they do not violate fisheries regulations.
Standing Vice Chairman of the People’s Committee of Nam Dinh Tran Anh Dung saidthat in the time to come, the locality will continue to intensify measures to effectivelyprevent and combat IUU and control the movement of local fishing vessels,aiming to contribute to removing the “yellow card”./.
VNA
