Vietnam: Fishing port management organizations shall issue specimens of fishing logbooks and reports to fishing vessel owners

According to Circular No. 21/2018/TT-BNNPTNT of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Vietnam, fishing port management organizations shall issue specimens of fishing logbooks and reports to fishing vessel owners; collect fishing logbooks and reports; compile a list of fishing vessels that have submitted fishing logbooks and reports and submit it to the provincial fishery authority before the 20th of every month.

Moreover, fishing port management organizations shall have the following responsibilities:

- Update and report seals and signatures of competent persons validating catch statements for raw materials to the Directorate of Fisheries so that they are posted on the website of the Directorate of Fisheries.

- Provide training or assign personnel to attend training courses on validation of catch statements for raw materials.

- Ensure food safety at fishing ports.

- Refuse handling of fishery products by fishing vessels that appear on the IUU vessel list and notify the competent authority thereof; refuse to validate catch statements for raw materials if the applicant for validation fails to sufficiently and accurately provide information as prescribed.

- On a daily basis, record and update production and components of aquatic species handled at ports according to the Form No. 02 in the Appendix VII hereof; update data on monitoring of production of fishery products handled at ports to the national fisheries database before the 15th of every month.

- Access the national database of fishing vessels licensed for fishing and fishing vessel monitoring database in order to validate catch statements for raw materials.

- Be subject to inspection by competent authorities in terms of validation of catch statements for raw materials, cooperate with competent authorities in inspection of fishing vessels at fishing ports.

- Before the 20th of every month, submit a report on the result of validation of catch statements for raw materials using the Form No. 03 in the Appendix VII hereof to the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development; retain documents about validation of catch statements for raw materials within 36 months from the date of validation.

Note: “Fishing logbook” means a physical or electronic book in which daily fishing activities of an aquatic resource catching vessel are recorded.

View more details at Circular No. 21/2018/TT-BNNPTNT of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Vietnam, effective from January 01, 2019.

Le Hai

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