THE PRIME MINISTER

Decision No. 1445/QD-TTg of August 16, 2013, approving the master plan on fisheries development through 2020 with a vision toward 2030

Pursuant to the December 25, 2001 Law on Organization of the Government;

Pursuant to the November 26, 2003 Law on Fisheries;

At the proposal of the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development;

DECIDES:

Article 1: To approve the master plan on fisheries development through 2020 with a vision toward 2030, with the following principal contents:

I. VIEWPOINTS OF THE MASTER

1.   The fisheries development master plan must conform to the national socio-economic development strategy and the master plan on development of the agricultural sector toward higher added value and sustainable development, continue turning fisheries into a highly competitive, large commodity production sector.

2.   The fisheries development master plan is based on the exploitation and effective use of advantages and potentials, continues restructuring the fisheries sector along with the process of modernizing fishing trades. To form large fishing centers associated with major fishing grounds, concentrated material production zones, processing industrial parks and consumption markets.

3.   The fisheries development master plan is placed in the relationship of harmonious combination of interests of other economic sectors and regional and local socio-economic development; concurrently ensures adaptation to climate change and protection of the eco- environment and fishery resources together with safeguarding national sovereignty and security and national defense at sea and on islands.

4.   The fisheries development master plan is associated with the renovation and development of the relations of production, focuses on forms of cooperation between material production, processing and consumption; increases the role of the community’s participation in management and the business line associations and union in fisheries production; concurrently heightens the State’s management role and continuously carries out administrative-reform.

5.   The fisheries development master plan aims to improve the living standards and raise incomes for fishermen, continue training and retraining human resources to meet the requirements of commodity fisheries production using updated technical knowledge and advanced technologies along with building a new countryside and developing and building rich and civilized fishing villages.

II.      DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES

1. Overall objectives

The fisheries sector will be basically industrialized by 2020 and modernized by 2030 and continue its comprehensive, effective and sustainable development and become a large commodity production sector with a rational structure and forms of organization of production and high productivity, quality, efficiency and competitiveness, firmly integrate into the international economy, step-by-step increased income and living standards of farmers and fishermen; while protecting the eco-environment and fishery resources and contributing to safeguarding national defense and security at sea and on islands.

2. A number of specific targets to 2020

a/ Total fisheries output will be around 7 million tons, of which fishing output will make up around 35% and aquaculture output will account for around 65%;

b/ Seafood export value will reach around USD 11 billion, with an annual average growth rate of 7-8% (during 2011-2020);

c/The proportion of exported value-added products will reach 50%;

d/ About 50% of fisheries workers will be trained;

dd/ Workers’ average per-capita income will triple the current amount;

e/ Post-harvest losses in marine catch will be reduced from more than 20% at present to below 10%.

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