An Giang, Oct. 29 -- The southern province of An Giang has rolled out a series of coordinated measures to strictly manage and control around 880 fishing vessels that have yet to met licensing conditions, in an effort to prevent illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing. According to local authorities, these unqualified vessels include those that are inactive, docked ashore, unregistered, or self-modified and thus unable to undergo certification, as well as vehicles without identifiable owners, or lacking vessel monitoring systems (VMS). Others have sunk, are damaged, fail to meet safety standards, are under court orders, bank mortgage, or have been detained overseas. Those transferred without proper ownership procedures are also a...
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