Installing vessel monitoring systems (VMS) is one of the important measures the European Commission (EC) recommended for Vietnam to remove the EC’s “yellow card” warning against illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing.
The south central province of Binh Dinh has completed the installation of Movimar device – a system to monitor fishing vessels and aquatic resources by satellite technology - for all vessels with a length of 15m or more, becoming the first locality nationwide to finish this work.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has urged authorities in Vietnam’s coastal localities to speed up the installation of satellite-positioning Movimar devices to monitor fishing boats.
The satellite-positioning Movimar system proved effective in monitoring fishing boats in Vietnam in 2016-2017, according to the Fisheries Resources Surveillance agency.
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong has issued directions guiding coastal localities in intensifying measures to stop illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.
The Prime Minister has issued a public dispatch ordering ministries and People’s Committees of 28 coastal provinces and centrally-run cities to further intensify measures to stop IUU fishing.
Vietnam has made sustained efforts to prevent illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing in order to persuade the European Commission (EC) to withdraw its “yellow-card” warning soon.
The southernmost province of Ca Mau is tightening control of local fishing vessels operating at sea in line with national efforts to fight illegal, unreported and uncontrolled (IUU) fishing.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has decided to allocate 200 satellite-positioning devices to the central coastal province of Ninh Thuan as part of measures to prevent IUU fishing.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has sent a document to People’s Committees of coastal provinces and cities, requesting ship owners and captains to turn on satellite-positioning devices (Movimar) round the clock when going fishing offshore.
The central coastal province of Quang Tri has enhanced surveillance of offshore fishing vessels as part of efforts to prevent illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, especially after the European Commission (EC) issued a “yellow card” warning to the country’s fishery sector.
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