Hanoi, Nov. 18 -- Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha has emphasised the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment (MAE)'s primary role in overseeing the fisheries sector. He urged relevant ministries and agencies to closely supervise and inspect the execution of their assigned tasks to address delays in combating illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing.

Presiding over the 22nd meeting of the national steering committee on IUU fishing prevention on November 18, the Deputy PM, who is also deputy head of the committee, requested the MAE to revise regulations on the decentralised management of fishing vessels measuring 24 m or more, from central to local levels, particularly in terms of administrative sanctioning authority and data ...