DIRECTIVE No. 1/1998/CT-TTg OF JANUARY 2, 1998 TO STRICTLY BAN THEUSE OF EXPLOSIVES, ELECTRIC IMPULSES AND TOXICS TO EXPLOIT AQUATIC RESOURCESTlie use of explosives, electric impulses andtoxics to exploit aquatic resources is an act of exterminating the resources,damaging the ecology and polluting the habitat of aquatic resources, thusseriously violating the Ordinance on Protection and Development of AquaticResources.In went years, the Prime Minister, theMinistry of Aquatic Resources and concerned ministries, branches and provincialPeoples Committees have issued many documents strictly banning theabove-mentioned acts, Nevertheless, the use of electric impulses, explosivesand toxics to exploit aquatic resources has still occuned feirly often invarious provinces, particularly Central X^etnam provinces.In order to ensure a strict enforcement ofthe Ordinance on Protection and Development of Aquatic Resources, toeffectively prevent then put an end to tlie use of electric impulses,explosives...