Fishery and electricity symbiosis advance zone announced at the end of the month, fishermen had different opinions, and the group hurriedly hit the road, refusing to review the endorsement.

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In order to achieve the goal of green energy, the government will vigorously promote the symbiosis of fishing and electricity, and will announce the implementation of the "advance zone" on October 31, which is located in Xuejia and Chiayi cloth bags in Tainan, covering an area of 2500 hectares. However, the opinions of the local fishermen are divided, and the ring delegation which is concerned about the development of green energy also criticizes that the legalization and arbitration mechanism for the symbiosis of fishing and power is insufficient, and the inspection procedures for the ring society are unclear, so they oppose the rush to hit the road.

It is learned that fishery and power symbiosis is already in the Tainan Xuejia and Chiayi Bubuou and Yizhu planning demonstration areas, and is currently conducting the issue identification stage of the "ring society review," which was originally scheduled to submit a "ring society review" report by the end of the year. However, photovoltaic operators can't wait to visit the Executive Yuan and urge the Executive Yuan to issue instructions to speed up the release. Therefore, the Ministry of Economic Affairs has drawn a "advance area" from the less controversial land in the demonstration zone to give priority to development.

In addition to holding two advance zone briefings on October 22, the Ministry of Economic Affairs, through workshops and local interviews, wants to complete the environmental review within the Energy Bureau before the announcement at the end of the month. It is understood that because the ring tour is worried that the establishment of the advance zone is too hasty, for fear of completing the ring society inspection procedure under a compressed schedule, which will endanger the credibility of the ring society inspection, the ring tour has refused to participate in the review of the advance zone by the Energy Bureau and is unwilling to endorse the hasty development of fishing and electricity symbiosis.

On the one hand, the Council of Agriculture and the Ministry of Economic Affairs declared to promote the symbiosis of fishing and electricity, on the other hand, they continued to open up a large area of land for fish ponds to be converted into photopower plants, which was questioned by the ring delegation. The picture shows the photopower plant under construction around Xuejia, which is invested by Daya Cable Company. (photo / breeze) the tenants in Tainan are worried, but the landlords in Chiayi welcome them.

On October 22, the Energy Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs held seminars on the pilot zone of symbiosis of fishing and power in Tainan and Chiayi, which were rarely attended by Zeng Wensheng, vice minister of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Chen Tianshou, vice chairman of the Council of Agriculture, and Hua Jingqun, vice minister of the Ministry of the Interior. It was announced at the meeting that 1750 hectares of land were selected around Xuejia in Tainan and 876 hectares in the cloth bag area of Chiayi, totaling more than 2500 hectares, attracting many photovoltaic operators and fishermen to attend.

At the Tainan farm in the morning, most fishermen expressed their misgivings. In particular, nearly half of the farmers in Tainan were renting land, and they were worried that they would not be able to rent fish fish smoothly in the future.

In the afternoon, there was a great contrast. Since most of the farmed fishermen in Chiayi are their own landowners, they can directly benefit from the rent paid by photovoltaic operators, ranging from 30 to 400000 per hectare per year, so it is almost one-sided to welcome the symbiosis policy of fishing and electricity. and several times asked the Ministry of Economic Affairs and the Council of Agriculture to designate the "aquaculture specialized area" as a whole into the advance area.

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Yang Huiqin, the 11th monitor of the Chiku aquaculture production and marketing class, said that 40% of the farmers in Tainan's aquaculture structure are tenants. After the government promoted the symbiosis of fishing and electricity, the landlords adopted the expected mentality and have terminated their contracts or leased them without a contract. Party B of the future fishing and electricity symbiosis contract will be under the tripartite relationship between the photovoltaic operators, the landowners, the photovoltaic operators and the lessee fishermen, the fishermen will not have a say, and the government will not see the panic of the lessee fishermen.

Yang Huiqin also questioned whether it was too rash to push forward hastily because the current photoelectric test report on the aquatic product test showed that the test of Meretrix was not repeatable.

Tainan City Councillor Chen Kun-ho, who is concerned about coastal fishers, said that operators have grabbed land on a large scale in coastal areas, and the lessee fishermen are very weak, and the government should formulate a stereotyped contract. We cannot wait for a tripartite dispute among landlords, photovoltaics, and fishermen to talk about the dispute mechanism.

Chen Kunhe also advocated that "the symbiosis of fishing and power is related to the sustainable management of the land, and the Ministry of the Interior should coordinate the formulation of policies and legislation." It should not be limited to the goal of energy transformation in 2025, but endanger the sustainable operation of the land. He believes that although the Ministry of Economic Affairs emphasizes the recoverability of green energy facilities, in fact, "the moment the foundation piles are driven down, it has already determined the fate of coastal fishermen."

Distribution map of fishery and electricity symbiosis leading area in Tainan Xuejia

Wang Huisheng, a representative of the Tainan City Fisheries Rights Association, also pointed out that optoelectronics will change the ecology of the aquaculture industry and the development of coastal areas, including the impact of maintaining 70% of the co-production of fishing and electricity on the overall fishery production, the waste water monitoring mechanism, and how to give back to the locals. these discussions are absent.

Zheng Ankang, head of the aquaculture department at Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, points out that the symbiosis system of fishing and electricity may lead to "real electric fake fish farming." if both sides want to make a profit, it will eventually lead to a vain increase in costs for both sides.

There are also fishermen who worry about the uncertainty that the land will be tied up by the symbiotic contract of fishing and electricity for 20 years. If the contract is sold or loans are set up, leading to disputes in the future, the photoelectricity industry has already made money and left, and the farmers do not know who to look for. Another fisherman questioned that the symbiosis of fishing and electricity is a large-scale development, the shielding effect on the surrounding environmental landscape, and the resulting externalities also affect the surrounding residents and sightseeing rest, which should be included in the discussion.

Fishermen in Chiayi: they are worried that if they do not go to the fishery and electricity symbiosis zone in the future, they may affect the competitiveness of aquaculture.

In contrast to the worries of the fishermen in Tainan in the morning, the fishermen who arrived at Chiayi Farm in the afternoon almost unilaterally called for the expansion of the advance area, and even proposed that all the aquaculture special areas should be included in the advance area.

Huang Jinshi, chairman of the Development Association of aquaculture and fishery production areas in Chiayi County, said that more than 20 years ago, the Council of Agriculture declared that marine resources had been reduced, and that the future would be dominated by aquaculture fisheries, coaxing fishermen to put fishing land in special farming areas. Unexpectedly, fish prices were low, and fishermen not only did not make money, but the land was tied up by the aquaculture area (note) and could not be changed and developed. Therefore, special areas for aquaculture should be designated as advance areas, so as to allow fishermen to develop optoelectronics and take into account the fishing industry and increase their income.

Wang Kunhe, supervisor of the Yunlin County Aquaculture Fisheries Development Association, believes that it is very difficult for general surface optoelectronics to change the landscape, while the symbiotic type of fishing and electricity allows fishermen in aquaculture areas to share photovoltaic development, and usually every fisherman has a number of fishermen. If the rent for a first-class land is NT $30,000 to NT $400000, fishermen will have basic income security. Huang Ajia, head of Yizhu Township, said that the government should relax restrictions on the symbiotic development of fishing and electricity. If there is no ecological doubt, the priority area can be expanded with the consent of fishermen, and priority should be given to the expansion of feeder lines in the aquaculture area.

Wang Kunhe, who came to the cloth bag from Yunlin to attend the meeting, believes that the aquaculture area as a whole should be given priority in the advance area of symbiosis of fishing and electricity. (photography / Lin Jiyang)

Zhang Zongdian, a farmer, said that we should not only give priority to environment and ecology, but also to the common people. he observed that over the past 20 years, the population of cloth bags has halved from 48000 to 26000, mainly because the development of land is limited, and the symbiosis of fish and electricity in the aquaculture zone can make cloth bags prosperous again.

Zhang Zongdian said privately, "if it is not included in the fishery and electricity symbiosis zone in the future, I am afraid we will give up farming." The reason is that "the symbiosis of fish and electricity is tantamount to subsidizing farmers with rent. If there is an imbalance between production and marketing and the fish price is low, at least there is rental income to support, and farmers without symbiotic income from fish and electricity may not be able to hold up in the market first and will be eliminated." So in any case, I want to squeeze into the narrow gate of the fishing and power symbiosis zone.

Ring delegation: the arbitration mechanism is unclear, the inspection of the ring society is unclear, and the government hastily pushes forward the priority area.

Li Hanlin, director of the Earth Citizen Foundation, who attended the meeting, criticized the announcement of the advance area as too hasty and inadequate communication. Moreover, this involves the right of fishermen to live. We cannot rely solely on contracts. We should establish a dispute mediation mechanism through a complete legislative process before the symbiosis of fishing and electricity is on the road, so as to protect the rights and interests of fishermen.

He also pointed out that since the symbiotic photovoltaics of fishing and electricity have been introduced, the land conversion of other fish ponds should be suspended instead of being opened. He also believes that many communities are promoting tourism highlights or tour guides, and once the establishment of optoelectronic factories may affect community development, these should be included in the discussion.

Huang Xinwen, a lawyer for the Environmental Rights Protection Foundation, also stressed the need for legalization. "if it is not legalized, it will be difficult to regulate the obligations of the industry." if there is a dispute, it will be very disadvantageous to the fishermen. On the other hand, the operators should put forward "countermeasures" for the inspection of the environment, but they were simplified to "environment-friendly measures" in the briefing of the Energy Bureau. what is the difference?. What is the legal rank of the review of the Ring Society? The Ministry of Economic Affairs still did not specify.

She also questioned the necessity of establishing an advance zone, and worried that before the system had been established and the stakeholders had not been clarified, rashly on the road might harm the rights and interests of fishermen.