IUU

The growth of seafood exports depends on removing the "yellow card"

09:42 | 31/10/2021 Import-Export

VCN- At the conference, giving a picture of seafood exports from 2016 to 2021, Le Hang, Deputy Director of VASEP.PRO, said that seafood export growth in 2017 was nearly 18%, but gradually decreased in the following years.

EC recognises Vietnam’s efforts to fight IUU, to conduct inspection in Q1, 2022

17:19 | 30/10/2021 Headlines

The European Commission (EC) continued to recognise Vietnam's efforts to fight illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, according to Deputy General Director of the Directorate of Fisheries (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development) Nguyen Quang Hung.

Vietnam’s border guards take tougher actions against IUU fishing

17:59 | 16/10/2021 Headlines

Vietnam’s Border Guard force has undertaken strong measures to combat Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing and prevent Vietnamese fishing boats from encroaching foreign waters over the last four years.

Ensuring IUU "yellow card" does not become "red card"

19:48 | 13/10/2021 Import-Export

VCN- “Vietnam is making great efforts from the central to the local level. Up to now, we think Vietnam cannot be raised from "yellow card" to "red Card” by the EC," the leader of the Directorate of Fisheries said.

Seafood exports could lose half a billion USD per year if given a "red card"

09:43 | 15/08/2021 Import-Export

VCN - In the case of a "red card" penalty, the most immediate and direct impact on Vietnamese seafood will be the EC's trade ban. At that time, it is estimated that Vietnam's seafood industry would lose about US$480 million per year if it lost the EU mark

Report on impact of IUU yellow card on Vietnam’s seafood industry released

17:58 | 10/08/2021 Import-Export

The Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) and the World Bank (WB) in Vietnam on August 10 released “A Trade-Based Analysis of the Economic Impact of Non-Compliance with Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing: The Case of Viet

“Clear out” the violating fishing vessel in October 2022 to soon get the IUU “yellow card” removed

08:53 | 17/07/2021 Import-Export

VCN - To get the "yellow card" removed, one of the important tasks is to completely stop Vietnamese fishing vessels violating foreign waters.

Kien Giang making every effort to fight IUU fishing

20:16 | 08/04/2021 Headlines

The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang has completed 98.6 percent of its plan to equip fishing vessels with cruise control devices as part of measures to fight illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.

Stronger measures needed to combat IUU fishing: Deputy PM

20:28 | 09/09/2020 Headlines

Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung urged stronger and more drastic and appropriate measures to early complete all recommendations by the European Commission (EC) so as to remove its yellow card warning over illegal and unregulated fishing (IUU).

Facing difficulties to remove seafood "yellow card"

07:56 | 15/03/2020 Import-Export

VCN- Recently, despite many efforts to overcome the recommendations of the EC to remove the "yellow card" for seafood exports, the achieved results are not as expected because of many limitations.

Fishery sector works to remove IUU yellow card warning

20:19 | 28/02/2020 Import-Export

The fishery sector has been working to implement recommendations by the European Commission EC for the past two years to remove its illegal unreported and unregulated fishing IUU yellow card warning

EC recognises Vietnam"s improvements in combating IUU fishing

14:48 | 27/12/2019 Headlines

The European Commission EC inspection delegation has acknowledged recent improvements made by Vietnam in the fight against illegal unreported and unregulated fishing IUU

IUU fishing must be eradicated: Deputy PM

15:48 | 24/10/2019 Headlines

Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung inspected the fight against illegal unreported and unregulated IUU fishing in the southern province of Kien Giang on October 23 requesting ministries sectors and localities to make stronger efforts to swiftly put an e

Fishery enterprises are in trouble because of IUU “yellow card"

17:48 | 10/10/2019 Import-Export

VCN - The burden of seafood exports is accumulating in the last months of the year because exports to the EU market are affected by the IUU yellow card.

Aquatic yellow cards greatly affect the export of businesses

09:34 | 28/09/2019 Import-Export

VCN- The EU is Vietnam's second largest seafood import market, bringing about US$350-400 million annually.