The ban on recreational fishing boats and berthing ports in some parts of Taiwan's fishing industry has been lifted, and the fishing port of Green Island Mansion will become a hot spot for leisure fishing.

As summer is approaching, the opportunities for people to engage in water recreation activities are also increasing. Sea fishing, whale watching, snorkeling and other activities all fall within the category of "recreational fishing" managed by the Fisheries Department. The Fisheries Department announced on the 8th that schedule 1 to Article 7 of the measures for the Management of Entertainment Fisheries will be amended to adjust the quota of recreational fishing vessels and berthing fishing ports in Ilan County, Tainan City, and Taitung County. The fishing port of Green Island Mansion is expected to become a new leisure fishing and tourist attraction in the second half of the year at the Qingshan fishing Port in Tainan.

The content of this amendment is that the number of fishing raft sampans concurrently engaged in recreational fishing is not restricted at Tainan Castle Peak fishing Port, and the Taitung County Government has added a new mansion fishing port into a dedicated (and part-time) fishing port, and adjusted the number of concurrently operating fishing vessels with less than 20 tons in the Green Island fishing port to 25.

Chen Wen-tai, head of the Fisheries Section of the Agriculture Department of the Taitung County Government, explained that in order to transform the low-utilization fishing port and ease the density of the Green Island fishing port (Nanliao fishing port), this year, the Gongkuan fishing port has been specially increased as an entertainment fishing port, and the port does not limit the registration quota for part-time recreational fishing vessels. At present, at Green Island fishing Port, in addition to traffic vessels and fishing boats, there are also entertainment fishing vessels entering and leaving the port area. "it is really too crowded, and too high saturation will also affect the service quality of entertainment fishing vessels." therefore, it is hoped that the operating area of entertainment fishing vessels can be dispersed, and the low-utilization mansion fishing port can be transformed into a port for leisure use.

In addition, in addition to the new Gongguan fishing port, the quota of part-time recreational fishing vessels in the Green Island fishing port has also been increased from the current 15 to 25. Chen Wen-tai said that in the past, the number of open registration places was in short supply. and the county government has also found that some passenger boats will conduct recreational fishing practices, hoping that by increasing the quota, operators in need will not have to travel in grey areas. In June at the earliest, the Taitung county government will send a document to the fishing association, opening up fishing boats to register.

Shi Junyi, head of the Fisheries Administration Section of the Fisheries Department, said that the county and municipal governments would adjust the number of fishing vessels according to the demand for recreational fisheries and the number of piers in the area, which would be assessed and announced by the Fisheries Department. The increase or decrease in the number varies from year to year. For example, in recent years, the demand for whale watching in Ilan Tou City and sea fishing in New Taipei City is relatively high, and the number of fishing boats will be relatively large. If the demand in other places is not high, the number of ships will be repaired, which is easy to manage.