Illustrative image (Source: VNA) Competent forces in coastal areas such as Hau Loc,Hoang Hoa, Quang Xuong, Sam Son city and Nghi Son town have regularly organisedmeetings with boat owners and captains, asking them not to operate in foreignwaters but maintain contacts while going offshore fishing.
Apart from the communications work, Thanh Hoa alsourged owners of big fishing boats to sign commitments, and keep a close watchon fishing trips of their boats.
Since 2022, local competent forces distributed 25,000leaflets and 6,000 handbooks, and organised 10 training courses for nearly1,050 fishermen on legal regulations on the exploitation and protection ofmaritime resources, and the fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU)fishing.
The fishery bureau under the provincial Department ofAgriculture and Rural Development is coordinating with localities in reviewingall fishing boats in Thanh Hoa in order to accelerate the registration and theinstallation of the vessel monitoring system (VMS).
Le Van Sang, deputy head of the bureau, saidin the first three months of this year, the forces handled 33 cases ofviolation of fishing regulations, and the department unveiled the list of 183fishing boats that are likely to commit the violations.
Up to 1,121 out of the 1,151 fishing boats in Thanh Hoahave been equipped with the monitoring systems, and 1,796 out of the 1,980 vessels havebeen granted with fishing licences./.
VNA
