Fishermen remove IUU "yellow card".
Thanh Khe District People's Committee (Da Nang City) said that it coordinated with the City Fisheries Department to propagate IUU training in 3 wards with fishing activities in the district on August 15. In particular, this locality has awarded Registration Certificates, Fishery Exploitation Licenses, and issued fishing vessel crew books to 33 ship owners before participating in fishing activities to ensure regulations and has reissued 1 Fishery exploitation license for qualified fishing vessels .
Currently, the total number of boats with registration numbers operating in Thanh Khe district is 108, of which 33 cases (100%) of fishing boats with Lmax under 12 meters in the district have completed issuance of Certificates. Registration certificate, Fishery exploitation license.
Mr. Nguyen Van Den, a fisherman residing in Thanh Khe district, said that his boat is a small boat with low capacity and only fishes near shore, but more than 20 years ago he fully registered the registration certificate. Ship and boat registration, fishing license...
Declare the number of fishing vessels before August 30
The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of the city said that it has coordinated with the People's Committees of districts to inspect, control and manage fishing vessels that are not eligible for fishing activities (3-zero vessels) and create a list of 775 vessels. Fish are not eligible for fishing activities (461 registered vessels have not been licensed or registered and 314 vessels have not been registered).
At the same time, organize an actual inspection of the current status of fishing vessels' operations and work directly with each ship owner to support and guide procedures for issuing documents to fishing vessels according to regulations.
Through the review and handling of 622 fishing vessels (fishing vessels were granted fishing vessel registration, fishing license, fishing vessel registration removed, removed from the list due to being eligible for a fishing vessel registration certificate). ...).
Up to now, the whole city still has 153 fishing boats that do not meet the conditions for fishing activities. Of these, 6 fishing boats are between 6 meters and under 12 meters in length; 147 fishing boats are 12 meters or longer.
Mr. Tran Chi Cuong - Vice Chairman of Da Nang City People's Committee - said that he has asked the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development to coordinate with the Department of Information and Communications to promote propaganda and develop leaflets on regulations and handling levels. penalties for IUU fishing. At the same time, combine propaganda on digital platforms so that people can clearly understand the information. Urge the People's Committees of districts to quickly declare the full number of fishing vessels in the locality and report the results to the City People's Committee before August 30.
In the coming time, the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development will organize an interdisciplinary inspection team to inspect and supervise agencies, functional forces and localities in the city on the implementation of anti-corruption tasks. IUU mining. Promote information, propaganda, and guidance on legal regulations for fishermen and relevant organizations and individuals to raise awareness of law compliance and not violate IUU fishing.
