Deputy Prime Minister Bùi Thanh Sơn has signed a decision approving a plan for implementing the Protocol Amending the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies.
Việt Nam is implementing a set of comprehensive measures to combat IUU fishing and develop sustainable fisheries, including managing registration and licensing fishing activities based on the national VNFishbase database monitoring fishing vessel movements and establishing electronic traceability strictly penalising...
Authorities in HCM City and the former Bà Rịa – Vũng Tàu areas are taking coordinated and proactive steps to apply advanced technologies in vessel monitoring and catch management.
Industry insiders pointed to stable raw material prices and a strategic shift towards higher-value processed products as key factors underpinning the strong performance of the two top earners -shrimp and tra fish.
The inspection delegation will have to report inspection results to the EC’s Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries before a conclusion on the removal of the “yellow card” warning for Việt Nam is issued.
Việt Nam''s seafood export could suffer over half a billion dollars loss in the event the European Union issued a 2-3 year red card as a measure against the Southeast Asian country''s fishing practices, according to industry insiders and policymakers.
In late May, a MARD delegation will have in-person working sessions with EC representatives to them on Viet Nam''s achievements in IUU fishing prevention and control, hoping to narrow the EC’s recommendations to Viet Nam.
Authorities, localities, fishermen, and businesses have kept taking measures to fight illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing, striving to get the European Commission (EC)''s “yellow card” warning to be removed soon.
Viet Nam has been making all-out efforts to handle the EC’s recommendations in the best possible manner to develop a sustainable, responsible, and well-controlled seafood industry.
The Mekong Delta province of Ca Mau is working hard to deal with shortcomings and limitations as recommended by the European Commission (EC), relating to the fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong has urged 28 coastal provinces to promote further actions against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.