The "exclusive" EU believes that Taiwan's law enforcement is weak, and the results of its visit to Taiwan in March have been released to maintain the yellow card of offshore fishing.

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According to authoritative sources, Taiwan's expectation that the European Union will lift the yellow card for offshore fishing in March this year (2018) has certainly failed. After a visit to Taiwan in mid-March, EU Fisheries Administration officials believed that Taiwan had not yet actively demonstrated its determination to crack down on illegal fishing in IUU, and decided to maintain its yellow card status for the time being.

In this regard, the "upstream and downstream" sought confirmation from the European Economic and Trade Office, which did not deny it, but said it was "not convenient to comment." Chen Jizhong, vice chairman of the Council of Agriculture, who led a delegation to the EU Fisheries Administration last year, said: "at present, we are unable to respond specifically to the news. We are now doing our best to implement the EU's four orientation and 11 action plans. Then the time for the EU yellow card to be removed is not far away."

AFD amends regulations and hardware, hoping to remove the yellow card

Taiwan's offshore fishing industry was sentenced by the European Union to a yellow card in October 2015 because IUU was "illegal, unreported, and unregulated". If the situation continues to deteriorate, it is very likely to receive a "red card", that is, a total ban on the sale of Taiwan's offshore fish to the European Union. In addition to affecting the livelihood of industries with an output value of 40 billion, even the entry and exit of Taiwanese fishing vessels to foreign ports will be affected.

In order to remove the yellow card, agricultural administrative units have made a number of legal changes. In July 2016, the "three laws on Ocean Fisheries" were put on the road. It is stipulated that if operators commit "major violations," they will impose a maximum fine of NT $6 million to NT $30 million, demonstrating their determination to crack down on illegal fishing. The Fisheries Department also set up a "round-the-clock monitoring center" in 2017 to monitor the movements of about 1,200 ocean-going fishing vessels in Taiwan, and to cooperate with the actual observation and catch reporting system of observers, with a view to establishing a complete monitoring network. to minimize illegal fishing.

Council of Agriculture: do our best to implement the requirements of the EU

In response to the results of the EU's visit to Taiwan in March, Chen Jizhong, chairman of the Council of Agriculture, said: "at present, we are unable to respond specifically to the news, and we are now doing our best to implement the EU's four orientation and 11 action plans in place. Then the time for the EU yellow card to be removed will not be far away."

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