Nghe An needs to make strong changes in preventing and combating illegal seafood exploitation.
(Baonghean.vn) - "Nghe An needs to continue focusing on issues that the EC will be interested in controlling in combating illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing" - Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phung Duc Tien suggested during a working session with the People's Committee of Nghe An province.
This morning, the working delegation of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development led by Deputy Minister Phung Duc Tien had a working session with the People's Committee of Nghe An province on the implementation of the projects.recommendationsEC on combating IUU fishing, animal husbandry and animal disease prevention.
Working with the delegation was comrade Hoang Nghia Hieu - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee.
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| The working group inspected Lach Quen fishing port. Photo: Phu Huong |
Previously, the working delegation inspected the implementation of EC recommendations on combating IUU fishing at Lach Quen fishing port - Quynh Luu district.
After 3 years of implementing Prime Minister's Directive 45 and implementing EC's recommendations on combating IUU fishing, Nghe An has focused on directing the implementation resolutely and achieved many positive results; basically overcoming the shortcomings pointed out in previous inspections.
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| Comrade Hoang Nghia Hieu affirmed that Nghe An will continue to make efforts to implement solutions. Photo: Phu Huong |
Fishermen have been proactive in notifying before arriving at or leaving fishing ports; complying with regulations on recording and submitting fishing logs; Most fishermen have proactively installed equipment to monitor fishing vessel journeys, complying with regulations on fishing as well as complying with inspections by competent authorities; Fishing vessel monitoring has been gradually improved; Nghe An has also actively implemented the Fisheries Law.
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| Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phung Duc Tien asked Nghe An to focus on issues that the EC would be interested in. Photo: Phu Huong |
However, through review, it shows that the compliance with legal regulations by fishermen is still not high, with 20-30% of ships leaving port without declaration, 30-50% of ships not submitting fishing logs...
At the same time, strengthen the control of fishing vessels, review the issue of granting fishing licenses; promptly update information into the fishing vessel database to facilitate management; strictly handle violations of IUU fishing activities...
“All of the EC’s recommendations basically revolve around the issue of fishing vessel management and exploitation. Nghe An needs to make stronger changes, focusing on the issues that the EC will focus on controlling,” Mr. Phung Duc Tien emphasized.
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| Nghe An will still have to overcome many problems in preventing and combating IUU fishing. Photo: Phu Huong |
Representatives of the Agriculture and Rural Development sector also briefly reported on some of the results achieved by the sector in 2020. The growth rate of agricultural, forestry and fishery production value of Nghe An reached 4.96%. The total export value of agricultural, forestry and fishery products in the year is estimated at over 315 million USD. By the end of 2020, Nghe An had a total herd of 766,000 buffaloes and cows, nearly 1 million pigs, and 27 million poultry. Veterinary work was given strong attention and direction, and livestock diseases were basically well controlled; However, the African swine fever situation still had many complicated developments. At the meeting, Nghe An proposed that the central government continue to support vaccines and chemicals inepidemic prevention./.
