Foreign Waters News Today

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has praised the Indian Navys operations in foreign waters, highlighting its ability to assist merchant ships threatened by pirates. He also mentioned the governments readiness to consider the Navys proposal for a second aircraft carrier, the IAC-II, with a displacement of 45,000 tonnes and estimated cost of around Rs 40,000 crore. Singh emphasized the importance of India becoming self-reliant in the defence sector and set a target of increasing defence exports to R...

The Mekong Delta province of Ca Mau reported no fishing boats and fishermen violating foreign waters in the first five months of 2023.

Without stronger actions to lift the “yellow card” warning, Vietnam may face the “red card” from the European Commission (EC), which means it will be banned from exporting seafood to Europe, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang told a meeting in Hanoi on June 1.

Vice Chairman of the People’s Committee of Binh Thuan province Nguyen Hong Hai on May 17 requested departments, sectors, and local authorities to take every measure to put an end to fishing violations in foreign waters.

The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang has intensified concerted measures to fight illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, as the fourth working session with the European Commission’s inspection team is nearing.

The Kien Giang provincial Party Committee and People’s Committee have issued a letter appealing to locals to strongly support the fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.

Vietnam will investigate and handle all cases of the country’s fishing vessels being arrested by foreign countries, strictly punish all acts related to illegal fishing in the foreign waters and name them on the mass media, according to Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phung Duc Tien.

The central coastal province of Thanh Hoa has made public a list of 344 fishing vessels showing high risks of violating regulations against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, according to the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) will work with relevant ministries, agencies and localities to strengthen patrols, inspections and control at sea to prevent vessels from infringing foreign waters, and take thorough solutions to violations.

The Mekong delta province of Tra Vinh hasn’t recorded any of its fishing vessels violating foreign waters in the recent past thanks to many solutions to illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.