Phạm Hồng Hạnh

TS, Phó Trưởng bộ môn Công pháp quốc tế, Khoa Pháp luật quốc tế, Trường Đại học Luật Hà Nội; Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.; 

Hà Thanh Hoà

Ths, Khoa Pháp luật quốc tế, Trường Đại học Luật Hà Nội, Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.; 

Trần Thuý Hằng

TS, Khoa Pháp luật quốc tế, Trường Đại học Luật Hà Nội, Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.; 

In comparable with other coastal countries, Vietnam is reaching the acceptance for conserving marine biodiversity. Unsustainable fishing practices for fisheries is accounted for the mentioned difficulties. The increasing of overfishing leads to the decline of fish species and forcefully affect the physiological characteristics of fish species such as the loss of total weight that lead to certain changes in the reproductive cycles and the ability to recover the fish population, food chains and marine ecosystems. Environmental issues, including biodiversity, has been regulated in the new generation FTAs to which Vietnam is a member. Typical examples can be recorded such as the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership and the Vietnam - European Union Free Trade Agreement. In addition to the general regulations on biodiversity, the issue of marine biodiversity conservation is directly regulated by regulations on marine biological resources management with provisions related to conservation and sustainable exploitation of marine biological resources. The article will analyze the implementation of Vietnam's commitments in new generation FTAs on the conservation of marine biodiversity for fish resources. Its aim is to point out the positive results as well as limitations in the implementation of commitments. From that basis, it proposes some solutions to enhance the effectiveness of Vietnam's implementation in accordance with international commitments.

Key words: Fish resources conservation; Fishing vessel monitoring; Illegal, unreported, unregulated fishing.