Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh reaffirmed the determination to lift the European Commission (EC)’s "yellow card" warning over illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing in 2025 while chairing the 23rd online meeting of the National Steering Committee on combating (IUU) fishing in Ho Chi Minh City on November 25.
He demanded problems and shortcomings, especially those of the EC's special concern, be completely handled, with the positive results built on and effective solutions to underperformed tasks devised.
PM Chinh also assigned specific tasks to ministries, coastal localities, as well as industry associations and businesses to help with nationwide efforts for the benefit of people and the whole nation.
The PM assigned the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment to lead a comprehensive evaluation of the implementation results of the IUU peak month; and inspect and guide all coastal localities to take stronger measures against IUU fishing.
According to participants, progress has been made in the fight against IUU fishing. Vessel management and fishing monitoring have continued to improve considerably as all the 79,360 vessels were registered and updated on the national fisheries database (Vnfishbase).
Over the past week, no vessels have been reported infringing or being seized in foreign waters. The settlement of IUU fishing cases has seen further improvement while law enforcement been seriously conducted, particularly when it comes to illegal fishing in foreign waters.
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