Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) Quang Tri (VNA) – The central province of Quang Tri has beendeveloping fisheries in a modern and sustainable manner and fighting illegal,unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU).
This is in accordance with the Politburo’sresolution on socio-economic development and ensuring national defence and securityin the north central and coastal central regions till 2030 with a vision to2045.
With a75km coastline and traditional fishing groundsaround Con Co island, the south of the Gulf of Tonkin, and Hoang Sa fishinggrounds with abundant and high-value seafood resources, Quang Tri iswell-positioned to develop fisheries.
Lastyear, the province caught nearly 27,000 tonnes of seafood, which is expected to increase this year. The seafood is used as materials for processingfactories and for export. The sector generated direct jobs for 16,000 workersin 16 coastal communes and townships.
Fishermenhave received assistance in the form of preferential loans to build and upgrade their fishingvessels and equip them with effective global positioning system (GPS).
Arepresentative from the provincial Department of Agriculture and RuralDevelopment said in order to encourage fishermen to set sail, the departmenthas increased training for them, and developed production co-working teams at sea tosafeguard the nation’s sovereignty over seas and islands. It has also instructed farmers tohow develop logistics services at sea and provided them with diesel andnecessities to save their fuel costs.
Duringcrackdowns on IUU, no fishing vessels or fishermen were found to have violated regulations in foreignwaters. Up to 99.8% of fishing boats with a length of 24m and above showedfishing logbooks when being asked. All fishing vessels were notified before enteringor leaving ports. While docking at designated ports, they had their catchesmonitored.
However,there is still a delay in the repair and upgrade of Nam Cua Viet and Cua Tung fishing ports, as part ofa 300 billion VND (13 million USD) project on building and upgrading fishinglogistics facilities in Quang Tri.
The provincialIUU steering committee suggested ministries and agencies allocate capital tospeed up the works./.
