Ba Ria - Vung Tau Border Guard established a specialized working group to combat IUU fishing

According to the Border Guard Command of Ba Ria - Vung Tau province, despite the drastic and synchronous implementation of key and urgent tasks and solutions to combat IUU fishing, there are still some cases of disconnection; the handling of records of fishing vessels that have lost connection or are moored is not strict; propaganda work has not been highly effective; the handling of violations has not been thorough, and has not met the requirements to combat IUU fishing...

To address this situation, the Border Guard Command recently directed the Border Guards of 28 provinces and cities to establish a specialized team to combat IUU fishing; the Provincial People's Committee has also completed the Steering Committee to combat IUU fishing and established 4 verification teams to handle fishing vessels that have lost connection for more than 6 hours to less than 10 days.

Border guards will verify and handle fishing boats that lose connection for more than 6 hours to 10 days.

Colonel Dang Cao Dat, Commander of the Border Guard of Ba Ria - Vung Tau province, said that the European Commission (EC) is expected to conduct the fifth inspection around September or October 2024 on combating illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing. This is the final stage for Vietnam to overcome the EC's warnings to remove the "yellow card" on fisheries.

Faced with the above situation, the Standing Committee and Party Committee of the Provincial Border Guard Command decided to establish a specialized team to combat IUU fishing, with the Commander as Team Leader and the Political Commissar as Permanent Deputy Team Leader, to decisively direct and promptly handle situations.

Specialized working group led by Colonel Dang Cao Dat

As of September 20, the whole province had 4,345 fishing boats, of which units in the Provincial Border Guard had updated the software "managing, controlling fishing boats and sending communication messages to boat owners" for 3,519 boats, reaching 81%.

There are currently 826 fishing vessels that have not been updated because some have been sold outside the province, sunk or rotted. Regarding the "3 no" fishing vessels: no registration, no inspection, no license, there are 1,140 vessels in the province, of which 15 have had their documents updated, 575 vessels are undergoing procedures for obtaining documents.

The Border Guard of Ba Ria - Vung Tau province has mobilized 3 boat crews, 3 canoes and 25 officers to focus on reviewing, verifying, consolidating, supplementing complete documents, and thoroughly resolving cases of IUU fishing vessels, resolutely not allowing fishing vessels to leave port without complete documents.

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