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Assessing on coastal fishing activities and marine resources in Tuy An district, Phu Yen province

Studying on fishing activities and marine resources protection in general, fishing in coastal area in particular play an important role in order to support fisheries authorities to proposing the reasonable solutions that based on scientific results. This study have implemented the case study of fishing activities on coastal of Tuy An district, Phu Yen province. | Journal of Fisheries science and Technology No. 4 - 2018 ASSESSING ON COASTAL FISHING ACTIVITIES AND MARINE RESOURCES IN TUY AN DISTRICT, PHU YEN PROVINCE Tran Duc Phu¹, To Van Phuong² Received: 5.Oct.2018; Revised: 21.Dec.2018; Accepted: 27.Dec.2018 ABSTRACTS Studying on fishing activities and marine resources protection in general, fishing in coastal area in particular play an important role in order to support fisheries authorities to proposing the reasonable solutions that based on scientific results. This study have implemented the case study of fishing activities on coastal of Tuy An district, Phu Yen province. The result showed that number of fishing boat was fluctuate from 1,172 in 2014 to 1,032 in 2018, mainly boats of range of less than 20 HP that account for around 51.4%, the range of 45 – 90 HP occupies about 7.6%. The mostly fishing gear is gill-net (56.8%). The fishing boats violated minimum mesh-size regulations are very popular, for example, mesh-size of lobster seed driftnet is smallest at 2 mm. Many fishing boats were IUU fishing such as trawl, driftnet etc. Also, fishermen’s awareness are low and limited in terms of fishing activities and resource protection that is cause of crucial decrease of marine resources. The solutions should be noted that alternatives, studing the marine resources stock, enhancing the fishermen awareness to sustainable fisheries. Key words: fishing activities, marine resources, Tuy An district, Phu Yen province I. INTRODUCTION Phu Yen is one of the 28 sea provinces with a long coast of 189 kilometers and sea zone of 6,900 square kilometers. The marine resources are abundant with over 500 species of fish, 39 species of shrimps, 15 species of squids and many other rare species (Huynh, 2018). Tuy An district is one of the four sea areas in Phu Yen province which have been developing for a long time and is the main source of income for many coastal households. Figure 1: The Map of Tuy An district, Phu Yen province ¹ Institute of Marine