Quang Ngai province currently has more than 4,930 registered fishing vessels, of which more than 3,440 have been inspected and have an expiration date. To date, more than 4,600 vessels have been licensed to exploit aquatic products under the new quota. 3,020 fishing vessels with a length of 15m or more have completed the installation of voyage monitoring devices (VMS), reaching a rate of 97.62%.
In recent times, along with propaganda work to help fishermen and fishing vessel owners grasp and comply with regulations on combating IUU fishing (illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing), the provincial authorities have also taken strong action to handle violations in the fisheries sector.
In the first 6 months of the year, the authorities have fined 25 cases of administrative violations in the fisheries sector with a total amount of VND565 million. The results of handling IUU fishing activities are fully updated into the software system for monitoring and managing administrative violations in the fisheries sector.
To prevent and handle cases of fishing vessels violating foreign waters, the Provincial People's Committee has directed coastal localities to make a list of vessels at high risk of violations. Request the commune-level police to preside over and coordinate with the Border Guard, local authorities and telecommunications service providers to apply professional measures to closely monitor, promptly detect and prevent violations in the community.
Currently, border control stations have focused on implementing solutions and resolutely handling violations. Assign staff to be on duty 24/7 to monitor and control fishing vessels entering and leaving the port, ensuring that all vessels departing from the port have full documents in accordance with regulations.
According to Ms. Ta Ngoc Thi - Deputy Head of the Department of Fisheries - Sea and Islands of Quang Ngai province, for the number of registered vessels but whose registration has expired, have not been granted a fishing license, and have not installed VMS equipment, every week the Department makes a list and sends it to localities to assign grassroots authorities to monitor, manage, and supervise anchorage locations and operating conditions, ensuring that unqualified fishing vessels are not allowed to participate in fishing at sea.
At the same time, the Department also reviewed and compiled statistics on fishing vessels to remove registration and notify missing fishing vessels that no longer exist in reality such as sunken and sold outside the province for many years without the ship owner identifying the buyer...
