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On 5/11, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development sent a dispatch to provinces and cities on the notice of temporary cessation of fishing in China.
Consequently, the Chinese Fisheries Administration suspended fishing for a 12-hour period from May 1, 2020 to 12 o’clock on August 16, 2020 in the waters, including areas under sovereignty. from Vietnam in the East Sea.
China’s fishing suspension order is invalid in Vietnamese waters. (Illustrations: Bao Tien phong newspaper)
Faced with the above situation, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development announces and requests the Popular Committees of the provinces and coastal cities to coordinate the direction for the immediate implementation of a series of contents.
First, provinces and cities should inform fishermen of the Chinese nation’s limited-time suspension of fishing and confirm that China suspends fishing in areas under the sovereignty of Vietnam over the South China Sea. It’s not valid
The towns encouraged fishermen to stay at sea for normal production within Vietnam’s territorial waters and to guide the organization of groups and teams when they go to production to support each other at sea. Please note that, for fishing vessels licensed to fish in the Gulf of Tonkin Common Fishing Area in 2019-2020, they do not come to exploit in the marine area east of the Gulf of Tonkin boundary line.
Direct functional bodies to strengthen the management and supervision of fishing activities of fishing vessels in maritime areas, especially closely coordinating the management of the departure of fishing vessels operating during this time.
The Ministry of Agriculture requested units to immediately report unexpected incidents at sea to fishing vessels and fishermen on the Department of Fisheries hotline, telephone number 02462737323.
Earlier on 4/4/2020, the Vietnam Fisheries Association sent a document to the Government Office, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Central Committee on Foreign Relations, expressed its opposition to China unilaterally promulgating the regulations. Ban fishing in the South China Sea.
Nguyen Duong
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