Hanoi, April 23 -- The southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau has launched several specific tasks and measures to combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing.

Accordingly, the province will raise public awareness of the importance of urgency of the fight against IUU fishing and sustainable fisheries development, implement policies to improve effectiveness of the state management in the IUU fishing combat; facilitate relevant forces' inspection, examination and handling of violations at sea; synchronously amd effectively realise fisheries regulations; fix shortcomings and limitations as recommended by the European Commission (EC) in an effort to have its "yellow card" warning lifted in 2024.

It will effectively implement the ...