Dong Thap intensifies IUU fishing prevention, ready for EC inspection
(VOVWORLD) - Dong Thap province has finished licensing all of its 1,326 active fishing vessels, as an inter-agency inspection team on illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing visited Dong Thap ahead of an upcoming inspection by the European Commission in Vietnam.
 A fishing vessel docks at My Tho fishing port. (Photo: Chu Trinh/VOV) |
All fishing vessels have been equipped with vessel monitoring systems (VMS) and maintained 24/7 connection, in compliance with regulations. Vessels that fail meet these requirements have been handed over to commune-level police.
 A meeting of the inter-agency inspection team on IUU fishing preventing in Dong Thap province (Photo: Chu Trinh/VOV) |
During its visit to Dong Thap, the inter-agency inspection team looked into how IUU prevention tasks and the EC's recommendations are being implemented at My Tho fishing port. It also worked with provincial Department of Agriculture and Environment on managing fishing fleets, monitoring catch volume, and seafood traceability.
Director of the Fisheries Resources Surveillance Department Nguyen Quang Hung highly praised Dong Thap's work on IUU prevention but said there are still rooms for improvements before the EC's inspection.