Ha Tinh, Oct. 26 -- The central coastal province of Ha Tinh has tightened fishing fleet management, electronic catch traceability and vessel monitoring to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, treating the task as an urgent political priority in efforts to have the European Commission (EC)'s "yellow card" against Vietnam's seafood exports lifted.

According to the provincial Department of Agriculture and Environment, all fishing vessels have been registered, and their data synchronised with the National Fisheries Database (Vnfishbase). Vessels that fail to meet operating requirements are monitored and barred from going to sea.

All operating offshore fishing vessels measuring 15 metres or longer have installed vessel m...