Phu Yen’s Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD) has recently approved the decision to set up the provincial tuna association, a 16 members group led by Mr. Bien Minh Tam, deputy-director of DARD.

According to Tam, the management board is inviting owners of fishing fleets at the locality to join the association, and to prepare for the first congress of the first term (2008-2013). The association plans to improve the fishing capacity of members, to establish sub-units in communes and districts, to provide members updated information on national and international legal regulations for tuna fishing, and to widen cooperation with tuna association in other provinces for experience and knowledge exchange in order to develop the local tuna fishing as a sustainable industry.