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Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development

DIRECTORATE OF FISHERIES

Ben Tre Province: Overcoming limitations in IUU fishing01-12-2022

On September 7, 2022, the Chairman of the People's Committee of Ben Tre province sent an official dispatch directing the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, the Department of Information and Communications, the Provincial Border Guard Command, the Provincial Police, The People's Committees of the districts of Ba Tri, Binh Dai, Chau Thanh, Giong Trom, Mo Cay Bac, Mo Cay Nam, Thanh Phu and Ben Tre city on urgently overcoming shortcomings and limitations in IUU fishing.

Thanh Hoa: Determining the efforts in combating IUU fishing01-12-2022

On October 14, 2022, the People's Committee of Thanh Hoa province issued Plan No. 245/KH-UBND on working with The European Commission's General Department of Marine and Fisheries Affairs on combating illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing in the province.

Thua Thien Hue: Deploying key measures against IUU fishing to prepare for the EC's Inspection Delegation01-12-2022

Recently, the People's Committee of Thua Thien Hue province has sent a document to the Departments, Boards and branches; People's Committees of districts and cities on the implementation of key measures against IUU fishing to prepare for the inspection team of the European Commission (EC).

Regional Workshop on Gender Integration in Fisheries (21-23 January 2020 in Bangkok, Thailand)13-02-2020

The Oceans and Fisheries Partnership (USAID Oceans) has been supporting the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) and member countries to enhance their capacity to include gender considerations in fisheries planning and management. With the recent approval of SEAFDEC’s gender policy and strategy, there is a need to build SEAFDEC and member countries’ capacity to effectively implement gender-sensitive approaches. Each SEAFDEC Technical Department has identified a fisheries technologist to be a “Gender Focal Person.” Similarly, each member country has a gender focal person, the majority of whom are also members of USAID Oceans technical working group for human welfare and gender equity.

National Workshop on Building an Action Plan to Reduce Ocean Plastic Waste for the Fisheries Sector28-11-2019

On October 20, 2019 in Da Nang City, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in collaboration with the Directorate of Fisheries (D-Fish-MARD organized a national workshop on building an action plan on fisheries sector to reduce ocean plastic waste under the project “Conservation of marine turtle breeding areas with community participation in Vietnam” with financial support from the US Fisheries and Wildlife Service Agency (U.S FWS). The main content of the workshop was a discussion on the orientation to build an action plan to reduce ocean plastic waste for the fisheries sector in the period of 2020 - 2025.

Shrimp industry contributes 40% among US$ 9 billion seafood export turnover20-06-2019

Shrimp is one of the most powerful export products of Vietnam nowadays. It has been exported to 65 markets, of which the EU is Vietnam's largest shrimp market. Export of shrimp of all kinds in 2018 reached more than 300 thousand tons, bringing export value of over US$ 3.35 billion.

Ha Noi City: Aquaculture towards safety ways19-06-2019

According to a review of the Hanoi Sub- Department of Agriculture and Rural Development that total production of aquaculture in the whole city reached 51 thousand tons in the first months of this year. It increased by 4.08 percent compared to that in the same period of 2018; the productivity was from 10 to 15 tons per hectare.

“Let’s clean the sea” – campaign to collect marine debris with fishing vessels13-06-2019

The 2019 “Let's clean the sea” campaign with the theme “Kindness to the ocean” will take place from June until August 31. The campaign aims to build hundreds of loci to regularly maintain coastal cleanup; organizing many social security activities to encourage fishermen, especially, calling for fishermen's vessels to collect waste, particularly plastic waste on the sea surface.

Forum on Science and technology: "Application of solutions to reduce brackish shrimp production costs"03-06-2019

On May 24, 2019 in Soc Trang City, the Directorate of Fisheries coordinated with the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Soc Trang Province and Vietnam Fisheries Association organizing the Forum on Science and technology named: "Application of solutions to reduce brackish shrimp production costs".

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