Phu Yen province has carved out achievements in the fight against IUU fishing. (Photo: VNA) Established in 2012, the fisheries society ofward No.6, Tuy Hoa city, with 175 members with 121 offshore fishing vessels,has joined hands with local authority and competent sides to carry out hundredsof communications campaigns, helping raise awareness of local fishermen of theconsequences of the illegal practice.
According to chairman of the fisheriessociety Phan Thuan, the society handed out more than 1,250 leaflets, and mobilisedlocal fishermen to strictly comply with regulations on IUU fishing and fishingtools.
Besides, the “safe production group” model has been carried out by the localborder guards, with the engagement of 926 fishing vessels and nearly 8,000workers across the provine. The model has encouraged fishing vessels’ safe andlegal operation while helping protect national sovereignty over sea andislands.
Dong Hoa township, with a coastline of 36 kilometres, has paid due attention tothe communications work to help local people get a deeper insight into theParty and State sea and island regulations through organising conferences andcultural and art programmes, among others.
Colonel Nguyen Ngoc Minh, political commissar of the province border guardforce, said that the local armed forces have joined hands with sectors,townships and districts to improve the quality of the communications work,mobilising all people to join efforts to safeguard the sea and islandsovereignty and ensure order and security in the sea border areas./.
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