Lam Dong, Oct. 30 -- As part of its intensified campaign against illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing, Lam Dong province has successfully resolved all cases involving fishing vessels losing connection to the Vessel Monitoring System (VMS), demonstrating a firm and thorough approach to enforcing anti-IUU regulations.

According to the Lam Dong provincial Steering Committee on combating IUU fishing, as of October 27, all 787 cases of VMS disconnection during offshore operations had been fully addressed. Of these, 659 vessels (83.7%) were subject to administrative fines, while the remainder were deemed disconnected due to objective causes such as satellite signal loss, transmission errors, or equipment malfunctions, and were cl...