80% of Taiwan tuna is exported to Japan, and the auction price is cold. AFD: subsidies encourage fishermen to go to sea.

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Domestic fishing for tuna is an important income for fishermen, 80% of which are exported to Japan. Affected by the epidemic this year, the Japanese market freezes sharply, and tuna prices continue to fall. Among them, the prices of bigeye tuna and yellowfin tuna caught throughout the year have dropped by nearly 30%. Rare bluefin tuna has just entered the fishing season. A few days ago, Donggang and Su Macao auctioned the first bluefin tuna successively, which made the average auction price of bluefin tuna grow against the trend. But whether it can continue to buy gas remains to be seen.

The market is deserted and the willingness of fishermen to go out to sea is low. Donggang and Suao fishing associations both said that if fish prices continue to fall, fishermen will give up fishing at sea. In order to stabilize the domestic supply of aquatic products, the Fisheries Department proposes wage subsidies and subsistence allowances for fishermen, as well as subsidies for tuna auction prices, so as to maintain the normal operation of the domestic fishing industry.