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Quang Ngai Province Faces EU Inspection, Urges Drastic Measures to Overcome IUU Shortcomings

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The province of Quang Ngai has taken significant steps to address issues related to Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) fishing, but still faces challenges in ensuring the eligibility of its fishing vessels and fisheries management. Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Environment, Phung Duc Tien, emphasized the need for drastic measures to overcome these shortcomings and seize the opportunity to remove the European Union's "yellow card" on Vietnam's seafood.

Key Takeaways:

  • The province has made significant progress in licensing and registering fishing vessels, with over 95% of vessels 6m or more in length licensed to operate.
  • The registration, registration, and marking of fishing vessels has reached 100%, and all vessels operating have installed cruise monitoring equipment (VMS).
  • The province has also deployed a system of traceability of electronic catch documentation (ECDT) for 100% of fishing vessels and has collected over 13,500 exploitation diaries.
  • However, despite these efforts, the province still faces issues related to VMS connection loss and fishing boundary violations.
  • The Department of Agriculture and Environment has handled many IUU-related violations in 2024-2025, but still faces difficulties due to inadequate human resources.
  • The provincial authorities have proposed the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment to approve the adjustment of the total investment for the Tinh Hoa fishing port project and to supplement compensation and site clearance.

Statistics:

  • As of August 2025, the province had issued 99 certificates of raw materials with over 2,500 tons of seafood and 62 certificates of fisheries exploited with over 800 tons of products.
  • The province has implemented a project to upgrade and expand the storm shelter area combined with Tinh Hoa fishing port with a total investment of VND 400 billion.
  • By the beginning of September 2025, the new construction volume had reached 16.8%, and the compensation cost increased by over 39 billion VND compared to the initial estimate.
  • The province has a plan to ensure that Tinh Hoa fishing port becomes a modern and safe fishing center, contributing to improving the lives of the Quang Ngai fishermen community.

Sources:

  • VGP/Fisher vessels
  • VGP/LH
  • VGP/Film Festival Truong Truong

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