Strengthening control of people and vehicles participating in seafood exploitation

(Baonghean.vn) - On the afternoon of February 27, the Steering Committee for the East Sea and Islands of Nghe An province held a conference to review the work on the East Sea and Islands in 2016 and deploy tasks for 2017.

Comrade Le Ngoc Hoa - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, Head of the Provincial Steering Committee for East Sea - Islands attended and chaired the conference. Photo: CN

In 2016, the situation in the East Sea in general remained quite complicated, with many unpredictable problems. However, the work of protecting national sovereignty and security at sea and order and safety in the Nghe An island area has seen many changes. Typical examples include the fight against foreign fishing vessels that violate the law; the building and strengthening of social security teams at sea; the handling of many violations of the purchase, storage, and use of explosives for seafood exploitation, and the theft of fishing gear; and the development of the marine economy in the fields of fisheries, tourism, and transportation has seen new steps forward.

At the conference, the Steering Committee also frankly acknowledged the remaining shortcomings and inadequacies. Specifically: The use of explosives and exploitation affecting aquatic resources has decreased but is not really sustainable; the progress of implementing Decree 67 of the Government is still slow; the coordination between departments and branches under the Steering Committee on propaganda and patrolling at sea is not really proactive...

In addition, there are also suggestions such as: The Steering Committee, departments and branches should step up propaganda for fishermen not to use AIS identification devices originating from China. Because if people use this device, the coastal radar system of the force can easily misidentify, causing difficulties in patrolling and controlling; local authorities at all levels and departments and branches need to step up consulting and capital support for fishermen to build modern, high-capacity ships...

Dien Chau fishermen have a good herring season. Photo: CN

To successfully implement the work in 2017, comrade Le Ngoc Hoa - Vice Chairman of Nghe An Provincial People's Committee suggested: In the coming time, the Steering Committee needs to continue to promote propaganda work on protecting sovereignty, developing the economy, ensuring security and order of the sea and islands. Effectively handle the situation of using illegal exploitation methods to protect aquatic resources.

Nghe An Border Guard propagates laws and sovereignty over seas and islands to fishermen. Photo: Le Thach

Along with that, promote the development of the marine economy through synchronous infrastructure investment projects; increase the number of ships and boats from the capital source of Decree 67; link socio-economic development planning with natural disaster prevention, climate change response, rescue and relief. To do so, the coordination between members of the Steering Committee to carry out the assigned tasks needs to be closer. In addition, strengthen the management of vehicles and workers when going to sea, thereby facilitating information gathering; incident handling; search and rescue; handling violations at sea if any...

Awarding Certificates of Merit to collectives and individuals with outstanding achievements in sea and island activities. Photo: CN

On this occasion, the Provincial People's Committee awarded Certificates of Merit to 4 collectives and 9 individuals with outstanding achievements in sea and island activities from 2015 to 2016./.

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