To drastically prevent and stop Vietnamese fishing vessels from illegally exploiting seafood in foreign waters

Implementing the peak period to prevent and stop the situation of Vietnamese fishing vessels illegally exploiting seafood in foreign waters, the Border Guard Command has directed marine units to continue to grasp the contents of the directives. resolutions, plans and guiding documents of superiors on the task of combating illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing; synchronously deploying anti-IUU measures to all units on the sea and island routes; coordinate with Provincial Party Committees and Party Committees of provinces and cities along the sea route to strengthen leadership and direct the implementation of urgent tasks to prevent Vietnamese fishing vessels from violating IUU fishing...

At the same time, the Party Committee and High Command of the Border Guard Command led and directed marine units to actively advise the Party committees and local authorities and coordinate with forces to promote propaganda, dissemination, educate the law, mobilize the people to strictly observe the provisions of the law, raise awareness and sense of compliance with the provisions of the Fisheries Law and regulations on combating IUU fishing; coordinate with local authorities and forces to mobilize ship owners and captains to sign commitments not to illegally catch seafood in foreign waters and install equipment to monitor fishing vessels.

In addition, the Border Guard Command has directed and guided the Coast Guard units along the sea route to actively coordinate with functional forces to advise the Provincial Party Committee, City Party Committee, People's Committee of the province and city to well organize the implementation of their tasks. against IUU fishing. At the same time, the Border Guard Squadrons worked closely with the Commands of the Naval Regions, the Coast Guard, the Fisheries Control and other forces in the area to coordinate in checking information and grasping the situation at sea; strictly manage activities in maritime border areas and in sea areas; coordinate the use of forces, effectively handle and handle situations and incidents occurring at sea in accordance with policies, countermeasures and laws...

Through inspection and control work at checkpoints and patrols at sea, Border Guard units have propagated 16,480 turns of fishing boats/98,575 crew members, distributed 7,000 leaflets propagandizing of anti-compromise regulations. IUU fishing; coordinate with branches, functional forces, local authorities to propagate 240 sessions/25,020 listeners; require 100% of captains of fishing vessels with a length of 15m or more to sign a commitment not to illegally exploit seafood in foreign waters.

During the peak period, the Border Guard units organized 3,341 groups of 10,318 officers and soldiers/431 patrol and control vehicles on the sea, rivers, bays, and flats; carry out procedures for entry and exit, inspection and control for 75,610 turns of fishing vessels. Thereby, detecting and handling 185 cases/217 vehicles and advising localities to handle administrative violations of more than 5.3 billion VND. The units also presided over, detected and handled 182 cases/213 vehicles that failed to comply with paperwork, failed to maintain the operation of cruise monitoring equipment, and used electric jacks for illegal fishing. ... Administrative sanction, more than 2.3 billion dong paid to the State Treasury, confiscated 40kg of explosives, 12 electric stimulators, stripped of captain's license in 14 cases.

According to statistics of the Border Guard Command, from October 15 to November 15, the number of violations has decreased significantly compared to previous months, with only 1 case with 3 fishermen, being caught by Malaysian authorities. arrest and handle. Although the number of violations has decreased compared to the time before the peak period, but has not been completely resolved, this has affected production, fishermen's lives and the image of Vietnam and trade. Vietnamese seafood brand in the international arena.

The presentations at the conference pointed out the causes leading to the status of Vietnamese fishing vessels violating IUU, mainly because the awareness of law observance of a part of fishermen is still limited, for the sake of economic interests. immediate economic situation that intentionally violates to exploit aquatic products and uses many sophisticated methods and tricks to bypass the eyes of the functional forces and send fishing boats to foreign waters for illegal fishing. In addition, the handling of violations among localities is still not consistent. Some Border Guard units only focus on inspecting, controlling and managing at estuaries, checkpoints and fixed stations, not focusing on management, inspection and control of fishing boats anchored in areas. transversal flats, bays; have not done well the basic investigation and classification of fishing vessels with "high risk" of violating foreign waters in order to take measures to strictly manage and control,

Speaking at the conference, Major General Nguyen Van Thien, Deputy Commander of the Coast Guard requested, in order to be effective in the fight against IUU fishing, determined to remove the "yellow card" of the European Commission in the near future according to Under the direction of the Prime Minister, agencies and units should continue to thoroughly understand and effectively implement the Plan 3663/KH-BTL dated August 28, 2021 of the Border Guard Command on preventing and ending the situation. Vietnamese fishing vessels illegally exploit seafood in foreign waters. At the same time, the units promptly corrected the methods, working styles, responsibilities, and professional qualifications of the Party committees, commanders of units and officers directly in charge of management and inspection. , control fishing boats and fishermen before entering and leaving port. In addition, actively coordinate closely with forces to grasp the situation at sea; timely sharing, coordinate and control information on the activities of fishing vessels and fishermen to improve the efficiency of management, inspection and control of fishing vessels and promptly handle violations; coordinate with local authorities and functional forces to closely manage other local fishing vessels to operate; promoting propaganda and mobilizing people to strictly observe the provisions of the law with a variety of contents, appropriate, practical and effective forms...

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