On March 4, the Border Guard Command of Quang Binh province organized an assessment of the results of the implementation of the task of combating IUU fishing in 2024 and set out the direction and tasks for 2025.
In recent times, although there have been many positive changes in combating illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, however, some fishing vessels in the province and from other localities still violated such as incomplete procedures and documents; fishing in the wrong area, crossing the route, crossing the border at sea; losing VMS connection... affecting sea security.
In 2024, the Quang Binh Border Guard organized 55 propaganda sessions for 3,087 people, distributed more than 4,000 leaflets, distributed 20 newsletters in newspapers and radio stations, mobilized 7,500 vehicle owners and fishermen to commit not to violate IUU; chaired and coordinated with forces to arrest and handle 52 cases/53 subjects, seized nearly 100kg of explosives, more than 100 meters of slow-burning fuses, and 54 detonation teams.
Quang Binh Border Guard has advised the Provincial People's Committee to sanction 11 cases of fishing vessels crossing the border allowing fishing in Vietnamese waters without written approval, not complying with regulations in cases where VMS equipment is damaged, or cannot transmit data from fishing vessels to the data center while operating at sea, with a total fine and payment to the state budget of over 1 billion VND.
Colonel Trinh Thanh Binh - Commander of the Provincial Border Guard - said: "In the coming time, the Quang Binh Provincial Border Guard will strengthen coordination with the Coast Guard, Navy, Fisheries Control, Fisheries Sub-Department, Border Guards of provinces and authorities of coastal localities to regularly grasp, exchange information, investigate, verify, and handle fishing vessels violating IUU fishing".
In addition, there will be periodic and ad hoc exchanges to draw experience and adjust solutions to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of combating IUU fishing, contributing to protecting Vietnam's sovereignty over the sea.
