Combat IUU Fishing: Vietnam Coast Guard Region 2 intensifies efforts to help remove “yellow card”: Officers of the Vietnam Coast Guard Region 2 Command step up communications efforts to encourage fishermen to comply with anti-IUU fishing regulations. (Photo: VNA)

Colonel Truong Ba Long, Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff of the Vietnam Coast Guard Region 2 Command, said the unit has strengthened round-the-clock monitoring and surveillance to track fishing vessels operating in waters bordering those of Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia and Cambodia. The objective is to prevent Vietnamese vessels from illegally entering foreign waters for fishing or unauthorised trading of aquatic products.

According to Long, the close integration of efforts to combat IUU fishing with routine patrol and control activities to safeguard maritime sovereignty, prevent smuggling and trade fraud, fight drug-related crimes, and conduct search and rescue operations constitutes a regular task of the unit.

These activities are carried out alongside enhanced monitoring and situational awareness to enable early detection and timely forecasting of any potential attempts by Vietnamese fishermen or fishing vessels to violate IUU fishing regulations.