Provincial-Level Fishing Vessel and Aquatic Product Management
Intelligent management and monitoring system for all fishing vessels, equipped with modern technology to ensure transparency in aquatic exploitation activities
General Introduction
Solution
The solution is deployed in coastal communes of Thanh Hoa province to build an intelligent management and monitoring system for all fishing vessels, including active and inactive vessels. The system upgrades voyage monitoring equipment to standards according to Decree 37/2024/ND-CP, equips real-time surveillance cameras, and provides early warnings for violations such as border crossing, signal loss, or insufficient operating time. Additionally, it invests in information infrastructure and QR code applications for product traceability, supply chain transparency, analysis support, resource forecasting, and aquatic product management. The project also organizes training for operating personnel to ensure effective implementation during the 2025-2029 period.
Practical Needs
Currently, fishing vessel management in coastal communes of Thanh Hoa faces difficulties due to the large number of vessels, unsynchronized monitoring equipment, and scattered data. Voyage control, port entry-exit, and violation handling are mainly manual, causing inefficiency, and coordination between forces remains limited. Meanwhile, the requirements for origin traceability and compliance with Decree 37/2024/ND-CP demand a synchronized digital system to monitor, manage, and ensure transparency in aquatic exploitation activities.
Legal Basis
The solution is built on the basis of compliance with current legal regulations on managing aquatic exploitation activities. Specifically, Decree 37/2024/ND-CP amending and supplementing Decree 26/2019/ND-CP details the implementation of the Fisheries Law, requiring fishing vessels to be equipped with voyage monitoring devices, cameras, and real-time data transmission. Decree 42/2019/ND-CP clearly stipulates penalties for violations in the fisheries sector, serving as a legal basis for warning and handling violations through the system. Additionally, Circular 21/2018/TT-BNNPTNT guides the recording, reporting, verification, and certification of aquatic product origins, forming the basis for deploying digital traceability technology in the solution.
System Diagram
Software Interface
System Model
System Components
Website serving management at all levels.
Mobile App equipped for sea operations
Server database for storage, updates, sharing, and linking
SYSTEM BENEFITS
Benefits for local port management units
Benefits for fishermen and vessels operating at sea
Benefits for fishing vessel inspection units
Benefits for Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, Provincial Fisheries Sub-departments
Benefits for Border Guard, Fisheries Surveillance, and Search and Rescue units
Benefits for Local Port Management Units
Issue port administrator accounts, create technical accounts.
Authenticate and create vessel profiles according to documents & VNeID.
Link equipment with accounts and actual vessels.
Track vessel positions in real-time on the map.
Manage vessel status: in port, requesting entry/exit, violations.
VN2000 base map with information layers and measurement tools.
Approve port entry/exit requests and handle violations.
Automatically check voyage and exploitation data.
Send notifications and information to fishermen.
Manage technical information and port status.
Extract data and generate reports as required.
Benefits for Fishermen and Vessels Operating at Sea
No need to invest in new equipment, just bring VNeID once to register the vessel at the port to activate the App on personal device.
Link App with vessel profile account, single representative device to connect to port; allow installation of 1 backup device without connection.
Display inspection information, managing port, remind when inspection is about to expire.
Receive latest notifications from port: regulations, policies, directives.
Send remote port entry/exit requests, receive approval or rejection feedback with reasons.
Electronic port departure declaration: Captain, phone number, crew count, operating area, days at sea.
Submit data upon port entry: voyage monitoring and exploitation log, can only be sent once.
View surrounding vessels within 100 nautical miles, with detailed information if they also have the App open.
Detailed nautical chart with ports, islands, boundaries, route tracking, route creation, online/offline operation.
Determine and measure coordinates, depth, direction, speed, boundaries, sea weather.
Generate QR code for net catch traceability: yield, coordinates, depth, exploitation time.
Alert for prohibited sea areas/restricted zones and monitor vessel length and power.
Create and share group anchor points, help vessels in the group find the same location at sea.
Search, save, manage marked points, support flexible coordinate input, view waves and wind at saved locations.
Main Features
Management of Recording and Submitting Voyage Monitoring Data
Voyage Monitoring
Uses built-in GNSS global positioning chip on mobile devices, always receives over 20 satellites at sea, stable positioning error of 3m level, data recording frequency based on movement distance.
Sovereignty map of the East Sea, Truong Sa, Hoang Sa. Each position is recorded with information on time, coordinates, depth, and sea area.
Mark positions where vessels enter prohibited sea areas. When the vessel receives permission to enter port, it automatically sends recorded voyage monitoring data to the database.
GeoJson format data is easy to display on map background and check detailed vessel voyage at sea, contributing to removing the IUU yellow card.
Management of Recording and Submitting Exploitation Log Data
Exploitation Log
App automatically records information on coordinates, time, depth, exploitation sea area and allows inputting information on quantity and type of seafood exploited.
Generate QR-Code for net catch origin traceability to save with exploitation log.
Easy management, lookup, search, and extract report tables, calculations as required.
Warning When Vessels Have Unusual Behavior
Violation Warning
Real-time data, mark violation positions in voyage monitoring data records. Update changes of sea areas in the database on the server.
Automatically send SMS warnings and allow two-way calling from the Center to fishing vessels and vice versa even when phone signal is lost.
Fishing Trend Analysis, Forecasting
Analysis and Forecasting
Based on data from exploitation logs, the system analyzes and provides warnings for areas/species with increasing/decreasing exploitation trends.
Resource yield forecasting: Forecast potential exploitation yield by area, season. Support fishermen in choosing effective time and location to go to sea.
Resource depletion risk warning: When exploitation yield in a sea area/with a certain seafood species exceeds the sustainable threshold, the system automatically warns competent authorities.
Resource data storage and management: The system stores data on catch volume, estimated reserves, spawning season, distribution area... by time and region to serve lookup, reporting, and analysis.
Analysis of Fishing Vessel Behavior at Fishing Ports and Anchorage Points
Fishing Port Management
Traffic flow management and port operation optimization: Monitor port/dock entry and exit; Detect congestion; Optimize mooring/loading positions; Track vessel turnaround time.
Support security and safety assurance work: Detect unauthorized intrusion; Monitor unusual vessel behavior; Detect people falling overboard; Monitor cargo loading and unloading; Identify fire/smoke; Monitor worker/public safety.
Compliance and Regulation Management: Identify and classify vessels; Monitor compliance with environmental regulations; Control fishing activities; Check load/size.
Asset and Infrastructure Management: Monitor condition of port/dock facilities; Track status of moored vessels.
Results After Digital Transformation
| No. | Feature | Before Digital Transformation | After Digital Transformation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Policy communication | Via radio, newspapers, social networks | Send directly to fishermen's devices via App |
| 2 | Inspection expiration reminder | Depends on vessel owner's awareness | Automatically remind when inspection is about to expire |
| 3 | Declaration and licensing to go to sea | Manual, in-person, paper/Excel storage | Remote, digital data, history check, automatic licensing, VNeID management |
| 4 | Record and submit voyage data | Outdated equipment, incorrect maps, scattered data, easy to edit | GeoJson digital data, high accuracy, automatic updates, violation warnings, easy lookup, transparent |
| 5 | Exploitation log | Handwritten, error-prone, time-consuming, difficult to manage | App records automatically, creates QR traceability, sends data upon docking, supports reporting and export |
| 6 | Prohibited zone warning | None or delayed, no violation marking | Real-time warning, record violations in voyage data, contribute to penalties & removing IUU yellow card |
| 7 | Support for fishermen at sea | Imported equipment, expensive, inaccurate, energy-consuming | App on personal phone, easy to use, many practical support features, determine weather, sea areas |
| 8 | Support for authorities, border guard, fisheries surveillance | Very little support | Digital data connectivity by identification code, serve monitoring, patrolling, reporting |
ACHIEVEMENTS
Widespread digital application adoption by fishermen
Nearly 30,000 fishermen in 28 coastal provinces and cities nationwide have proactively downloaded and used the sea support application on mobile devices.
High effectiveness and user satisfaction
The application has received over 1,000 positive feedback comments, evaluated as effective, useful, and superior to other technologies in the fisheries sector.
Breakthrough technology solution
Considered advanced technology, fundamental and breakthrough, helping fishermen safely and legally stay at sea, contributing to modernizing the fishing profession.
Contribution to national policy
The application is concrete evidence of implementing Central Resolutions 36 and 57, associated with the goal of sustainable marine economic development.
Support for removing EU's IUU "yellow card"
The digital solution contributes significantly to management, monitoring, and transparency of exploitation activities, aiming to remove the IUU "yellow card" for Vietnam's fisheries sector.
Affirming the spirit of proactivity and self-reliance
Demonstrates Vietnam's will and capacity for self-reliance in protecting aquatic resources and national maritime sovereignty.
Certificates & Awards
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