The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang has been advised to combine fishing activities with the protection of aquatic resources, said Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Vu Van Tam.
Local authorities in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap will ban fishing in the breeding season from May to June to protect aquatic resources in the locality.
Vietnam and China on May 8 jointly released aquatic resources into the Tonkin Gulf at the border gate of the cross-border Bac Luan (Beilun) River in Dongxing city, the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of China.
More than three tonnes of material fish were released to the wild at Ninh Kieu port of the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on April 1 to honour the traditional day of Vietnam’s fishery sector.
After Vietnam received a “yellow-card” from the European Commission, Thanh Hoa province is rushing off its feet to minimise illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing activities in the locality.
Regulations on co-management of aquatic resource protection and management of marine protected areas in Vietnam were discussed at a workshop in Hanoi on November 22.
Ha Long city in the northern coastal province of Quang Ninh has issued a plan on intensifying measures to protect aquatic resources in Ha Long Bay during the 2017-2020 period.
A great deal of young shrimps and fish were released into sea and river on March 31 in different provinces across Vietnam to regenerate aquatic resources.
Sustainable use and development of aquatic resources in Asia-Pacific was one of the priorities in APEC fisheries cooperation highlighted at the APEC Oceans and Fisheries Working Groups (OFWG) meeting.
The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of the southernmost province of Ca Mau has taken measures to effectively protect coastal protective forests.
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Cao Duc Phat and US Secretary of Agriculture Thomas J.Vilsack held talks in Hanoi on April 25 to enhance collaboration in agro-forestry-fisheries.
Seven projects worth 641 billion VND (29.4 million USD) have been identified as key to restructure aquaculture and conserve aquatic resources between 2015 and 2020 in central Thua Thien-Hue province.
Opportunities for Vietnamese aquatic resources preservation and
development will be broadened following the signing of an MoU between
the Directorate of Fisheries under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural
Development (MARD) and the International Union for Conservation of
Nature (IUCN) on May 22.
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