The central province of Quang Nam has made many positive and remarkable changes in the fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, but there is still much work to do to implement the European Commission (EC) ‘s relevant recommendations. Quang Nam currently has 2,116 registered fishing vessels, and the province has not had any fishing vessels violating foreign waters in the past few years, but the risk still exists. In order to soon remove the EC’s “yellow card”, Quang Nam province continues to make fishermen aware of the need to strictly comply with legal regulations on fishing and purchasing seafood, strictly inspect and resolutely handle any cases of loss of VMS connection. The province has requested VMS providers must be responsible for directly verifying the status of the equipment at the fishing vessel to serve as a basis for the authorities to handle violations.
Source: Vietnam News Agency
