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Appendix 2: Key domestic legislation relating to destructive fi shing in Vietnam<br />

Law/Ordinance/Decree<br />

/Decision<br />

Ordinance 18-HDNN<br />

Directive 01/1998/CT-TTg<br />

Decision 1971/1999/QD-<br />

BCNMT<br />

7/2003/QH11<br />

Decree 109/2003/ND-CP<br />

Decree 121/2004/ND-CP<br />

Title Detail<br />

Ordinance on <strong>the</strong> protection<br />

and development <strong>of</strong> aquatic<br />

resources<br />

Promulgator: Government<br />

council, signed by VN<br />

president<br />

Directive strictly banning <strong>the</strong><br />

use <strong>of</strong> explosives, electric<br />

impulses and toxic to exploit<br />

aquatic resources<br />

Promulgator: The<br />

Government<br />

Decision promulgating<br />

technology process to<br />

demolish or re-use cyanide<br />

Promulgator: Ministry <strong>of</strong><br />

Science, Technology and<br />

Environment<br />

Fishery Law<br />

Promulgator: National<br />

Assembly<br />

Conservation and<br />

sustainable development<br />

<strong>of</strong> wetlands<br />

Promulgator: The<br />

Government<br />

Providing for sanctioning <strong>of</strong><br />

administrative violations in<br />

<strong>the</strong> environment protection<br />

domain<br />

Promulgator: The<br />

Government<br />

133<br />

Chapter II, Article 8 (1) Bans<br />

<strong>the</strong> use <strong>of</strong> poison, dynamite,<br />

electro which destroy, kill aquatic<br />

resource for aquatic resource<br />

exploitation<br />

Prime Minister’s instruction on<br />

prohibiting <strong>the</strong> use <strong>of</strong> dynamite,<br />

electric shock and poisons to<br />

extract fi shery resources<br />

Technology process <strong>of</strong> cyanide<br />

demolishment or re-use. The<br />

Decision declares that cyanhydric<br />

acid and its cyanide salts are<br />

critically powerful poisons, one<br />

person can be killed with only<br />

about 50 mg.<br />

Article 6 (6) Prohibits fi shing<br />

activities include <strong>the</strong> production,<br />

circulation and use <strong>of</strong> prohibited<br />

fi shing gear; <strong>the</strong> use <strong>of</strong> prohibited<br />

fi shery activities and methods;<br />

<strong>the</strong> use <strong>of</strong> explosives, poisons,<br />

electric and o<strong>the</strong>r destructive<br />

fi shing methods.<br />

Article 7 (4) Prohibits activities<br />

including <strong>the</strong> use <strong>of</strong> serially<br />

destructive catching methods<br />

such as electricity shock, blast,<br />

chemical, toxic matters, various<br />

nets with mesh size against<br />

regulation to fi shing in wetlands.<br />

Article 21 (3) Fines <strong>of</strong> 20 to<br />

30 million VND are applied<br />

to activities letting out and<br />

excrete into environment<br />

pollutants excessive to allowable<br />

environment standard. <strong>Cyanide</strong><br />

is not mentioned specifi cally but<br />

pollutants generally.<br />

Date<br />

Signed<br />

1989<br />

1998<br />

1999<br />

2003<br />

2003<br />

2004

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