Continue to closely monitor high-risk vessels

In recent times, sectors and localities in the province have continued to promote the dissemination of laws on fisheries and combating IUU fishing, focusing on measures to sanction violations in the fisheries sector according to Decree No. 38/2024/ND-CP and Resolution No. 04/NQ-HDTA dated June 12, 2024 of the Supreme People's Court's Judicial Council.

In particular, agencies, units and localities continue to strengthen management, closely monitor and supervise high-risk fishing vessels, update the current status of operations and anchorage locations of each fishing vessel weekly. The Fisheries Sub-Department organizes 24/7 duty at the Provincial Fishing Vessel Monitoring Center to closely monitor and supervise fishing vessels operating at sea, especially fishing vessels operating in border areas, to promptly warn, prevent and prevent fishing vessels from illegally crossing the border and violating foreign waters. In addition, the Provincial Border Guard Command strictly maintains 6 fishing vessel monitoring points, coordinates with functional forces, through the journey monitoring system and the work of closely monitoring the means of transport operating at sea, promptly detects fishing vessels operating in border, overlapping and undefined areas. Thereby, coordinates with localities and the families of the vehicle owners to notify the captains to return to Vietnamese waters, not allowing foreign functional forces to arrest them. So far, no fishing boats of the province have been found violating foreign waters.

So far, no fishing boats of the province have been found violating foreign waters.

At the same time, the Provincial Police directed local police forces to continue to grasp information and monitor the activities of captains and fishermen arrested and released by foreign countries (including 19 cases/24 ships/172 fishermen), with the result that so far there has been no re-offending. In December 2024, Tuy Phong District Police verified and investigated 8 Binh Thuan fishermen arrested by Cambodia in November 2023 and returned to their locality on November 20, 2024. Through verification, the fishermen's illegal fishing in Cambodian waters was directed by the captain, the fishermen were not informed. At the same time, continue to direct local police to proactively grasp the situation, detect, verify, investigate, consolidate records, and strictly handle criminal cases according to the law according to their authority and the acts guided in Resolution 04 of the Supreme People's Court Judicial Council. To date, there have been no cases related to the dismantling and transportation of VMS equipment or fishing vessels illegally exploiting foreign waters or committing crimes in the fisheries sector.

No incidents related to dismantling and transporting VMS equipment have been detected.

Since the beginning of the year, fishing vessels have crossed the border: 1 time/1 vessel (timely called to return to Vietnamese waters). 163/163 vessels lost connection for more than 10 days, 21 notices issued, 24 vessels were fined, 103/103 vessels have been verified, 36/36 vessels have not been verified. After verification, the vessel lost connection at sea but the vessel returned to anchor at the port, then turned off the VMS device, but the system still reported that the fishing vessel lost connection at sea because the last updated location before turning off the vessel was at sea, so there was no basis for fine. 1,150/640 vessels lost connection for more than 6 hours, 329 notices issued, 828/511 vessels have been verified, 322/129 vessels have not been verified. Through verification, the error is not due to the ship owner or captain. Most types of VMS devices, when losing connection, do not have warning devices or display screens for the captain to identify and have timely solutions.

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