The photoelectricity industry attacks fishermen and threatens the use of agricultural land. Seven residents complain that "competition in fishing and electricity, not symbiosis in fishing and electricity."

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In response to the government's development of green energy, the Council of Agriculture promotes "symbiosis of fishing and electricity" and plans to install solar panels in fish ponds, which stipulates that the shielding rate shall not exceed 40%, and the remaining 60% will be reserved for aquaculture purposes. As soon as the news came out, a number of energy operators moved into Chiku in Tainan last year and leased land from landlords at ten times the price. 1/5 of the new section of Chiku Haipu, a total of about 1200 hectares, has been leased and bought by the operators, allowing local residents to directly grant consortia to seize land from vulnerable fishermen, affecting the livelihood of the whole family of fishermen.

Yang Huiqin, chairman of the Chiku Coastal Land Resources Conservation Association, Huang Xianli, the director of Sangu, and Zhang Shuijin, the head of Shifen, led 80 local residents to the Executive Yuan on the 9th to present their complaints, and in the afternoon they also attended a public hearing in the Legislative Yuan to persist in defending the work rights and interests of local fishermen.

Residents of Qigu attended a public hearing on symbiosis of fishing and power generation to defend the work rights and interests of local fishermen. Legislator Chen Manli (in the middle of the front row) attended and presided over. (photo / Lin Xiejun)

Appendix: six demands of local residents

1. In order to protect the endangered black-faced spoonbill, the green energy facility should exclude the feeding area of the black-faced spoonbill.

two。 Appeal to the Council of Agriculture to focus on land conservation and that green energy facilities should exclude excellent aquaculture areas without pumping groundwater.

3. Appeal to the Council of Agriculture to plan to increase incentive policies for over-pumped groundwater cultivation areas to vigorously promote breeding and planting electricity in strata subsidence areas in order to facilitate land restoration.

4. To reiterate that the seven coastal farmed fish ponds areas of the Marine Administration Law belong to non-urban land and also belong to the scope of "coastal road land". They shall not apply for "land use change" and send a letter to the relevant departments under a specific area or any name. lest the optoelectronic industry take a fluke.

5. The planned field of fishery and power symbiosis must obtain the consent of the adjacent landowners in order to comply with the provision of Article 27 ter of Green Energy which shall not affect the agricultural use and production environment of the adjacent land.

6. With regard to the fields where optoelectronic operators apply for the project, the local government shall hold a briefing meeting for the residents of the administrative region to allow local residents to participate in the mechanism.

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