Wind power robbed the fishing ground, Dade company unexpectedly sent someone with a knife to threaten! Fishermen in Taizi Village roared, "if there are six light lights and cables in the north, where else can you go fishing in the future?"

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There are frequent conflicts between offshore wind power and fishing grounds. A few days ago, Desang Dade Company carried out wind farm drilling (HDD) operations outside Yunlin four lakes. Yunlin coastal fishermen said that the company did not inform in advance that the construction process destroyed fishing gear and fishing ground ecology, and there were four maritime conflicts between the two sides, and fishermen reflected to manufacturers and local governments many times. However, while Dade negotiated with fishermen, it discredited and divided fishermen. In order to express their determination to defend the traditional fishing grounds, fishermen went north to the Legislative Yuan today (13) to hold a press conference with environmental protection groups to ask the fans to withdraw from the fishing grounds.

Including Li Pingshun, chairman of Yunlin County Coastal Operation fishing vessel Association, Lin Quanfa, vice president of Kouhu Township United self-Rescue Association, Huang Zhengzhen, a fisherman from Taizi Village, Kouhu Township, and Xu Qinyuan, a young fisherman, and other fishermen went northward today to show the white Pomfret and midday larvae caught at four o'clock this morning, and put forward five major demands: wind farms are required to withdraw from fishing grounds, and manufacturers are not allowed to set up fans within 3 nautical miles offshore or within 30 meters of water depth. Do not use large machines and tools to destroy the seabed and so on.

Huang Zhengzhen, a fisherman from Taizi Village, Kouhu Township, Yunlin County (Photo _ Lin Yijun): "if the wind field is really built, the fish market will certainly be affected this winter!"

De Shang Dade Company plans to build 80 large offshore fans in the coastal waters of Yunlin County, but the wind farms are highly overlapping with the traditional fishing grounds of local fishermen. Li Pingshun, chairman of Yunlin County Coastal Operation fishing vessel Association, said that the so-called communication and coordination of fishermen in the company is only limited to the head of the fishing association and a small number of representatives, and fishermen in the main sea areas of the EIA process are unable to participate. No local fishermen even attended the pre-construction briefing.

"when I saw the manufacturer's construction for the first time, the other side told me that he was just exploring the topography of the sea floor, but in fact he was destroying the seabed." Li Pingshun said angrily, "people say that fishermen overcatch, but we neither use bottom trawls nor electric fish." Although the majority of Yunlin fishermen are farmers, the number of mullet and white Pomfret caught by fishing boats near the coast should not be underestimated. "if the wind farm is really built, the fish market will certainly be affected this winter!"

Li Pingshun, chairman of Yunlin County Coastal Operation fishing vessel Association (Photo _ Lin Yijun) fishermen from Taizi Village went to the county government to negotiate with Dade Company, and unexpectedly encountered people with unknown weapons.

"the manufacturer asked us fishermen to negotiate at the county government, but unexpectedly, an unknown person got in, still carrying knives and weapons." Lin Quanfa, vice president of the United self-help Association of Kouhu Township, Yunlin County, is also a fisherman in Taizi Village. Lin Quanfa says that there are more than 300 households and nearly 100 fishing boats in Taizi Village. Fishermen are straightforward and simple, and they hope to negotiate with manufacturers in a fair, just and open manner. So far, there have been three negotiations, but the third consultation process is still lingering fear in retrospect.

Lin Quanfa recalls that the three negotiations were all held in the county government, and Dade asked the fishermen not to broadcast live and not to outflow information. when the third negotiation arrived, he found that there were four more unidentified people at the scene. "they are still sitting on the side of our fishermen, but everyone in the fishing village knows each other, and no one has seen them at all." Later, the fisherman felt that something was wrong and promptly called the police to deal with it. It was only after the search that the four unidentified persons not only had criminal records, but also found folding knives on their bodies.

Lin Quanfa said that after questioning, the four people revealed that it was the contractor company commissioned by Dade Company to handle fishermen's negotiations, and then Dade Company was forced to terminate the contract with the contractor under the pressure of public opinion. "how can we believe that wind turbine manufacturers will treat fishermen well?"

Lin Quanfa, vice president of the United self-help Association of Taizi Village, Kouhu Township, Yunlin County (Photo _ Lin Yijun) fishermen of Taizi Village: there are six light in the north, there are cables, and the wind farm is covered, where else can we go for fishing?

Huang Cheng-Chen and Hsu Qinyuan, two other fishermen from Taizi Village, also said that most of the local fishermen have been fighting for a living from the sea for generations.In the past, the setting of the Liuqing Industrial Zone has made it impossible for the northern sea to fish, and the setting of the wind farm has to take away the remaining fishing area. "where else can we go fishing? Who can tell me? "

Some people think that overfishing by fishermen leads to a lack of marine resources. Huang Zhengzhen says that fishermen depend on the sea for a living. These fishing grounds are also handed down by their ancestors, and fishermen will also leave fish for the next generation. But now there are six light in the north and cables. There are not many fishing grounds left near Yunlin. "after the Dade Company came, our catch was very poor. What should we do about our fishermen?"

Young fisherman: we don't want a short-term subsidy or compensation. Please give us back the fishing ground.

Xu Qinyuan, who is in his twenties, graduated from the aquaculture department of Ocean University. as soon as he graduated, he built his own boat and invested the working savings saved from high school to college. "I grew up at sea and was raised by this sea. When I grow up and go home, in addition to giving full play to what I have learned, being a fisherman also earns a lot of money." Xu Qinyuan said that Yunlin is rich in fishing along the coastal waters, and there are different fish species to swim back all the year round, especially during the mullet season in winter, and every winter, the sea is prone to fog, and this is the best time to go to sea, but once a wind field is set up, the maritime safety of fishermen will be affected.

"We don't want a short-term subsidy or compensation. Please give us back the fishing ground." Xu Qinyuan showed the fishermen's sales list at the scene, and said that manufacturers can set up wind farms, but please withdraw from traditional fishing grounds. "before the emergence of wind farms, fishermen earned tens of thousands of yuan a day, but after they began to build wind farms, my income in July was only NT $70,000 to NT $80,000." What fishermen want is a sustainable and safe fishing ground to support their families.

The Dade Company claimed that fishermen and fishermen deliberately destroyed their fishing gear in order to get compensation. Four fishermen shook their heads on the spot and solemnly stated: "our fishing gear has to be specially made, unlike stationery, which is easy to buy. How can we fishermen make fun of our diners?"