May 15, 2024 — Vietnam is aiming to have a modern, sustainable fishing industry, in line with those countries who already have a developed fishing sector across the region and to make it align with world fishing operations by 2050.
It is one of the targets set in a plan for aquatic resources protection and exploitation for the period 2021-30, which has been approved by Deputy Prime Minister Trần Lưu Quang.
Under that plan, marine biodiversity and inland waterways will be preserved and developed to safeguard all material and spiritual improvements; ensure social security; protect sovereignty, security and to protect the national interests across Vietnam’s rivers and seas.
The target is a sustainable and responsible fishery sector in keeping with international integration requirements.
Fisheries exploitation will unite to protect the environment, adapting to climate change and proactively prevent and combat natural disasters.
The goal is for 27 marine protected areas to be set and operated over a total area of about 463,587ha, accounting for about 0.463 per cent of the nation’s waterways.
As many as 149 sea areas and 19 inland areas will be zoned to protect aquatic resources and young aquatic animals, while Vietnam aims to set a maximum total number of fishing vessels to about 83,600.
There will also be a strong focus on recovering aquatic resources, especially economically valuable species; endangered, precious and rare ones.