COORDINATION AMONG MINISTRIES AND 28 COASTAL PROVINCES TO WARD OFF VIOLATIONS AGAINST ILLEGAL FISHING
The Prime Minister issues the Directive No. 17/CT-TTg on June 24, 2021 on mechanism of interdisciplinary coordination among committees, ministries, sectors and the People’s Committees of 28 coastal provinces and centrally run cities in information exchange and processing in order to ward off, then stop the violations of regulations against illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU) in foreign territorial waters.
Accordingly, in order to resolutely prevent and put an end to the violation of regulations against IUU fishing in foreign territorial waters by Vietnamese fishing ships and fishermen, the Prime Minister requests the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to coordinate and exchange information related to the management of fishing ships and fishermen exploiting marine products on sea; results of fishery cooperation against IUU fishing with other countries, international and regional organizations.
Besides, the People’s Committees of 28 coastal provinces and centrally-run cities shall coordinate and exchange information of local fishing ships already registered and inspected; installed with journey supervising equipment, marked; granting, extension, renewal, withdrawal of marine product exploitation licenses as well as the situation and results of handling local fishing ships and fishermen encroaching upon foreign seas as well as local cases with signs of brokering and connecting the dispatches of Vietnamese fishermen and fishing ships for illegal fishing in foreign sea areas.
In addition, the information exchange, reception and processing shall comply with the assigned tasks of units and not be interrupted 24 hours/day (in unexpected or emergency cases), by appropriate modes prescribed by law (written documents, telephone calls, fax, email, etc.).
