On October 16, the Quang Ngai Border Guard Command said that it had just established an interdisciplinary working group to inspect and combat IUU fishing (Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing) to deploy solutions to comprehensively overcome limitations and shortcomings in the fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing in the province.
The Quang Ngai Province Interdisciplinary Working Group against IUU fishing was established with the participation of the Border Guard, the Department of Agriculture and Environment, the Provincial Police and leaders of coastal localities, pointing out major problems that make it difficult to remove the EC "yellow card".
Although the management of fishing vessels and handling of violations have been tightened, the situation of vessels crossing the border and losing connection to monitoring the journey is still high, while the verification and handling rate is still low. In particular, the lack of documents for ships, ships in operation and logistics service ships assisting in violations are issues that need to be thoroughly handled.
To resolve these problems, the Provincial People's Committee has assigned a specific task to the Working Group to coordinate in inspecting, sealing and strictly handling fishing vessels that are not qualified to operate, violating vessels, and long-time vessels that do not return to their localities. Strictly manage the group of vessels that are enforcing the judgment and strictly handle collectives and individuals who lack a sense of responsibility.
The working group requested units to coordinate closely, focus on verifying and thoroughly handling ships that cross the border and lose connection. Review, count, and strictly handle groups of unqualified ships, as well as groups of service ships assisting violators.
The highest goal is to comprehensively overcome these shortcomings and limitations before the EC inspection team is welcomed. The units will report the implementation results weekly to the Department of Agriculture and Environment to synthesize reports to the Government's IUU fishing coordination working group.
The whole province currently has 4,904 fishing vessels from 6m or more, of which 4,693 vessels have been granted fishing licenses, an increase of 977 vessels compared to the end of 2024, reaching nearly 96%.
