Binh Thuan strives to complete the registration and temporary registration of "3 no" fishing vessels before March 15, 2024.

26/02/2024

(binhthuan.gov.vn) In order to strictly implement the Prime Minister's direction on combating IUU fishing, overcome the EC's recommendations in the management of fishing fleets to remove the EC's "Yellow Card" warning. At the same time, to ensure safety for people and fishing vessels operating at sea, the provincial specialized agencies will coordinate with localities to carry out the inspection plans to evaluate the current status and issue registration, temporarily registration for "03 no" fishing vessels in the province.

Accordingly, the provincial specialized agencies will coordinate with localities to inspect and evaluate the current status and issue registration and temporary registration for "03 no" fishing vessels in the province, and ensure the completion of registration and temporary registration for "3 no" fishing vessels before March 15, 2024. The Provincial Border Guard shall coordinate with the Sub-department of Fisheries and local authorities to organize the notification, propaganda, and guidance to ship owners and fishermen who have unregistered fishing vessels to immediately conduct the registration and temporary registration.

The subjects of inspection are fishing vessels that has been registered by the district People's Committee according to previous decentralization but has not yet been re-registered according to the provisions of the Law on Fisheries 2017; fishing vessels arising from new construction, conversion, purchase and sale with legal papers but have not been registered; fishing vessels that were registered but deleted are still operating; fishing vessels traded without origin documents; newly built or converted fishing vessels without permission from competent authorities; fishing vessels that have been registered for purchase and sale, have changed owners, have not yet carried out name transfer procedures but have converted; newly built or converted fishing vessels at facilities in the province, that do not have the certificate of eligibility for new building or conversion of fishing vessels, so they do not have the factory release certificate.

Fishing vessels purchased from outside the province have not been re-registered due to lack of written approval from the competent authorities; no document transferring the fishing license quota from the province selling the vessel or the province's offshore fishing license quota has expired (for fishing vessels with the length of 15 m or more); fishermen who buy a boat can convert the fishing boat themselves without transferring the name or re-registering the fishing boat; fishermen convert their own fishing vessels without transferring the name or re-registering the fishing vessel.

After inspecting and evaluating the current status of the "3 no" fishing vessels, the provincial specialized agencies will coordinate with localities to guide fishermen in carrying out procedures for granting temporary fishing vessel registration certificates and issuing the Certificates of temporary registration of fishing vessels for fishermen.