According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the European Commission (EC) inspection team will visit Vietnam for the fourth time in October 2023 to tackle unreported and unregulated illegal fishing (IUU), instead of May as originally planned.

The European Commission also proposed online meetings in May, June and October before traveling to Vietnam for review.

In fact, the City’s Anti-Illegal Fishing Steering Committee has been continuously conducting inspections and monitoring of fishing ports and wharfs in Hai Phong in recent times. Evaluation of the implementation of the seafood exploitation control regulations in the region according to the regulations to consistently prevent illegal fishing.

From March 1, 2023, the Hai Phong City People’s Committee has issued a plan to set up three regular and irregular inspection teams for IUU prevention and control in the city, until the EC inspection team completes the inspection work.

According to the report, as of the end of April 2023, 887 fishing vessels were registered in the VNFishbase system in Hai Phong city, including: 314 vessels ranging in length from 6m to under 12m; 239 vessels from 12 m to under 15 m in length; 334 ships over 15 m in length. There are 202 trawlers, 256 gillnets, 11 fishing boats, 191 trawl boats and 102 logistic vessels with a crew of nearly 5000 people.

Currently 100% of fishing vessels are tagged and tagged; obtain a food safety certificate of suitability; License to catch fish stocks and install cruise monitoring equipment.

The Hai Phong City People’s Committee assigned the Border Patrol Command and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to coordinate with relevant departments, branches, locations and units to ensure and maintain the cleanliness of the wharf area. , fishing port; Publicity and transparent information at fishing wharves and ports. strengthening management of fisheries resources; ready to proactively welcome, receive and work with the EC inspection delegation in the fight against IUU fishing.

Metropolitan Police are asking the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development to coordinate with relevant agencies and municipalities to further strengthen management of vehicles with cruise surveillance equipment installed. Promoting and mobilizing vehicle owners to strictly implement seafood exploitation without violating the boundary line, and consistently crack down on illegal fishing violations.

In the fishing ports of Hai Phong, the mobile inspection teams of the border posts are regularly on the spot every day to coordinate forces with the fisheries sub-department, the fishing port board, the fishing port, etc. to patrol and control. Fishing boats in and out of the harbour.

Every vessel entering and leaving the berth is thoroughly inspected for permits, technical safety equipment, particularly the operational status of cruise surveillance equipment and the collection of fishing logs. Vessels that leave port but do not have adequate documentation and equipment and do not meet the prescribed requirements for fishing activity are not allowed to go to sea.

According to Le Trung Kien, director of the Hai Phong Fisheries Sub-department, the unit conducted verification and statistics during the peak period to ensure that 100% of the fishermen’s fishing boats were registered, registered and tagged with cruise surveillance equipment in accordance with regulations. At the same time, create a list of fishing vessels that are not involved in the fishery and have a high risk of violating IUU fishing, and submit to the relevant authorities for supervision, monitoring, management, inspection and control of 100% of fishing vessels. Import and export.