WWF Vietnam Supports to Remove Pangasius Fish from Red List
The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) – Vietnam has supported the requirement of Vietnam’s Fisheries General Department to remove the country’s pangasius fish from the “Red List” pending reassessment.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) said the Vietnamese office of the wildlife watchdog has made public its support for the claim but added that it is not sure whether its viewpoint would receive approval from the WWF global.
By putting pangasius or tra fish raised in Vietnam on the red list of its consumer guide-2010, a compendium of various seafood guides published in several European countries, WWF has received strong protests across Vietnam.
Deputy Head of the Fisheries General Department Pham Anh Tuan said his agency would hold dialogues with WWF on the reason why it put Vietnam’s pangasius fish on its red list and work to the last grasp to reach a common conclusion.
MARD has also asked the WWF-Vietnam, a member of the WWF community, to provide concrete criteria on which the WWF was based to put Vietnam’s pangasius fish on the red list of its seafood consumer guide as soon as possible.
Mark Powell, head of the global seafood program, will arrive in Vietnam this week to answer questions on technical measures and process that led to the action of putting Vietnam’s pangasius fish on the red list. (Vietnamplus)
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