The south-central province of Ninh Thuan, endowed with a 105-km coastline and abundant fishery resources, has taken drastic measures to clamp down on illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing. Along with tightening the control over the fishing activities at sea and the fishing fleet, local authorities have promoted communications work to raise public awareness of the fisheries law, joining the nation’s efforts to have the European Commission (EC)’s ‘yellow card’ warning removed soon. According to the provincial Department of Fisheries, Ninh Thuan is now home to 2,309 fishing boats with a length of six metres and above, all of which get fishing licenses and 99.6% have food safety certificates. Meanwhile, the installation of VMS device has been made on almost all of the vessels. To date, the province has recorded no boats infringing foreign waters.

Source: Vietnam News Agency