Vietnamese fishing vessels. (Photo: VNA) The information was unveiled by DoF Deputy General Director Nguyen Quang Hungon the sidelines of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Develop’s onlineconference with coastal localities on October 22.
Hung said that the EC assessed that Vietnam is on the right track and seeing positive results in the fight against IUU fishing.
According to the official, the EC is likely not to impose a "redcard" but will maintain its "yellow card" warning until there isno Vietnamese fishing vessel violating foreign waters and overcome the EC’sfour groups of recommendations.
The Directorate of Fisheries said that localities haveactively installed vessel monitoring devices on fishing vessels and marked themin accordance with the provisions of the Fisheries Law.
Up to now, 27,716 vessels, or 90.5 percent of the targeted boats, have installed vesselmonitoring systems (VMS), and 90.53 percent of fishing vessels have been marked. QuangNinh, Quang Tri and Tra Vinh provinces have less than 75 percent of theirfishing vessels installing these devices.
Authorised forces from central to local levels haveimplemented many measures to prevent and stop Vietnamese fishing vessels fromviolating foreign waters. The situation tends to decrease gradually, but isstill developing complicatedly. CaMau, Binh Dinh, Ba Ria - Vung Tau, Ben Tre, and Kien Giang provinces have still seen fishing vessels violating the regulations.
Administrative sanctions against violations related to IUUfishing have led to positive changes in some localities. However, the sanctionsare not really strict and inconsistent among localities, and the rate of penalties imposed on violations in foreign waters are still low compared to the reality./.
VNA
