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Vietnamese vessels to fish overseas under open registry
  • | nguoilaodong, dtinews.vn | November 20, 2019 03:53 PM
Officials from the Solomon Islands have arrived in Quang Ngai Province to inspect the vessels before granting them access to their waters.


  

Officials from the Solomon Islands have arrived in Quang Ngai Province to inspect the vessels

Countries with open registry mean they allow foreign vessels to register and fly their flags, so long as the vessel owner pays the fee and meets the registration requirements.

On November 19, Phung Dinh Toan, head of Quang Ngai Fisheries Department said the officials from Solomon had arrived in Quang Ngai to inspect the vessels. They will inspect six vessels from Quang Ngai, two vessels from Bac Lieu and one from HCM City.

"Quang Ngai Province has the most number of vessels because we have a huge fleet and seasoned fishermen. Our productivity is the best in Vietnam," Toan said.

According to Toan, this is a new direction for the local fishing industry. Their vessels will be sent to the South Pacific countries like the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. According to the officials from the Solomon Islands, all nine vessels met 90% of the requirements. They still have to do some more paperwork in order to go to the Solomon Islands.

Vo Minh Hung, director of Hoang Kim Viet Company, said, "Each vessel will have 15-17 fishermen to work for two years. Everything is expected to complete in late 2019. Previously, we had sent 30 fishermen to the Solomon Islands and imported nearly 30 tonnes of sea cucumbers. We'll continue to apply to three other countries."

Vo Van Luu, a fisherman in Binh Son District, said they had to face many difficulties in the past. When he heard about the programme, he registered immediately.

According to Toan, two of their vessels were granted permission to fish in Indonesia in 2009 but the results were not good enough so the programme was halted. Quang Ngai is one of three provinces that had been allowed to send fishermen to Brunei, Papua New Guinea and Micronesia.

"I think it's a meaningful move that firm has stepped out to send fishermen to work overseas. It will reduce the illegal fishing problem," he said.

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