Fishing vessels dock at an estuary (Picture: VNA)

Ba Ria – Vung Tau (VNA) – The variety of vessels from Ba Ria – Vung Tau committing
unlawful, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing has fallen sharply,
particularly since this southern province signed a coordination cope with legislation enforcement
forces at sea in 2022, reported the provincial Division of Agriculture and
Rural Improvement.

Because of elevated communications,
fishermen’s consciousness of and compliance with authorized rules have improved,
the division stated, noting that authorities’ verify and management of
fishing vessels, significantly within the waters adjoining to different nations’, have
been tightened and proven higher outcomes.

Fishermen in Lengthy Dien district have
change into conscious that IUU fishing might trigger critical impacts on their lives and
property, so that they have modified their plans.

Huynh Tan Nhat, a fisherman from
Phuoc Tinh commune of Lengthy Dien district, stated that as a result of the catch isn’t any
longer as massive as up to now, to concurrently guarantee a big quantity of fish
and cling to authorized rules, their fishing journeys have been lengthened, from
one – two months every to a few – 4 months at current.

Nevertheless, to try this, fishermen want
authorities to increase car examination deadlines, enable vessels to maintain
working at sea when their monitoring programs break down, and let legislation
enforcement forces like coast guards, navy, fisheries assets surveillance,
or border guards close by to return to certify vessels’ standing.

Col. Nguyen Van Thong, Deputy
Political Commissar of the Ba Ria – Vung Tau Border Guard Command, stated this proposal
is possible, including after certifying the standing of vessels, the forces can set up
a short lived monitoring system to maintain monitor of the autos. Bills will likely be
lined by the maritime environmental safety fund in order that fishermen might
really feel safe about their actions.

This answer may help each strictly
handle fishing vessels and create beneficial circumstances for fishing actions,
he added.

Numerous measures from central to
native ranges, even from fishermen, are aiding nationwide efforts to hold
out the European Fee’s suggestions about IUU fishing prevention and
management, in direction of the objective of getting the EC’s “yellow card” warning lifted.

Such efforts have been
extremely valued by Ambassador Julien Guerrier, head of the EU Delegation to
Vietnam, at a gathering with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Improvement on
April 4, throughout which he voiced excessive expectations for Vietnam’s progress in fishing vessel
administration in order to take away the “yellow card” quickly.

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Improvement Le Minh Hoan
thought-about this as an opportunity for the nation to modify from a small-scaled
fisheries sector to a accountable one. He stated having the “yellow card” warning
lifted isn’t solely an pressing requirement for Vietnam to develop a sustainable fishery
sector but additionally an illustration of its sense of accountability and status in
the worldwide area.

The
EC issued a “yellow card” warning for Vietnam on this regard in 2017. The
“yellow card” is adopted by a “inexperienced card” if the issue
is resolved or a “pink card” if it’s not. A “pink card” might result in a
ban on aquatic exports to the EU./.