Mr. Nguyen Van Chien, Deputy Director of the Department of Agriculture and Environment of Lam Dong province speaks at the meeting. )Photo: Doan Si/VOV)

The province currently has more than 8,400 fishing vessels of six meters or longer, over 5,000 basket boats, and around 50,000 workers, with annual exploitation output exceeding 230,000 tons. As of November 14, the province had 8,222 registered fishing vessels, including 7,470 licensed vessels, accounting for 90.85% of the boats updated on VNFishbase.

The province is managing 752 vessels with expired or non-renewable licenses and has strictly prohibited them from departing ports.

Border guards patrol and control the sea. (Photo: Doan Si/VOV-HCMC)

Regarding vessels with disconnected Vessel Monitoring Systems (VMS), the province has processed 789 out of 789 cases from 2024 to date, achieving a 100% completion rate.

The remaining two tasks of finalizing support policies for vessel decommissioning and occupational transition, and developing the occupational transition project for 2026–2030 are currently being expedited by relevant departments.