Vi?t Nam has implemented many solutions according to the European Commission (EC)’s nine recommendations to remove the yellow card warning on the country’s fishing industry. In November, the EC will come to Vi?t Nam for the second time to check and re-evaluate the implementation of these recommendations.
Nguy?n Quang Hùng, deputy director of the Directorate of Fisheries under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, speaks to the Vietnam News Agency about this issue.
What has Vi?t Nam achieved recently to meet the EC’s requirements?
Vi?t Nam has implemented groups of solutions according to the EC’s nine recommendations in abolishing the yellow card warning the EC imposed on Vietnamese seafood for failing to make progress in fighting illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.
Vi?t Nam has set up a National Steering Committee on Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing Prevention and Control to facilitate direction on this issue from central to local levels.
In addition, 28 coastal provinces and cities have also set up offices of inspection and control at fishing ports and implemented circulars and decrees under the Fisheries Law 2017, especially solutions against illegal exploitation.
Thereby, control of fishing vessel operations and seafood output at ports is implemented well to serve traceability and collection of fishing records.
After the first meeting of the National Steering Committee on IUU Fishing Prevention and Control, Deputy Prime Minister Tr?nh ?ình D?ng assigned the Ministry of Defence to coordinate with relevant offices to prevent illegal fishing from Vietnamese vessels.
To solve this problem, the National Steering Committee will work with the Ministry of Defence to develop a comprehensive solution to stop illegal fishing by local vessels.
With the drastic participation of the Ministry of Defence and localities, illegal fishing will be solved.
2012 Viet Nam News