Gia Lai, July 15 -- The central province of Gia Lai has launched the digitisation of the local fishing fleet as part of efforts to strengthen the fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing and support Vietnam's push to have the European Commission's "yellow card" warning lifted. Under Directive No. 16/CT-UBND, recently issued by the provincial People's Committee, combating IUU fishing has been identified as an urgent political priority requiring concentrated resources to address shortcomings in fishing fleet management, while holding agency heads and local leaders accountable for the results achieved. Provincial departments and localities have been instructed to manage all fishing vessels that do not meet operating requ...