Coast Guard Region 3 briefs fishermen on fishing regulations

During the event, functional forces explained rules on fishing vessel registration and inspection, fishing licenses, keeping vessel monitoring systems operational, maintaining fishing logbooks and tracing the origin of catches, while asking the vessel owners and fishermen to refrain from fishing illegally in foreign waters and from removing or disabling monitoring devices or deliberately interrupting their signals.

Officers explain fishing regulations to fishermen.

Officers and soldiers also took the occasion to show fishermen how to check the condition of their vessels and make sure they had the necessary safety equipment before putting to sea. They also reminded fishermen to check weather forecasts regularly and contact authorities for help if an incident occurred.

In addition, the small traders at the port were briefed upon their obligations when buying and selling seafood and required to avoid products that were illegally sourced, had no clear origin or lacked the required documents. The troops also encouraged local small traders to share information and help detect violations.

Representatives of the Coast Guard Region 3 Command and partner units present national flags to fishermen.

The participating units distributed 300 copies of materials explaining the fishing regulations and presented 100 national flags to fishermen.

A representative of the Coast Guard Region 3 Command said the briefing helped fishermen, buyers and traders better understand their legal obligations. The representative said it also encouraged the community to help combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, protect fisheries resources and promote responsible fishing.

Translated by Minh Anh