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Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/03/21
By: Yang Su-min and Evelyn Kao

Taipei, March 21 (CNA) European Union (EU) officials concluded a visit to Taiwan on Wednesday to review the country’s efforts to curb illegal fishing and will report in a month’s time on whether a “yellow card” warning should be lifted, the Council of Agriculture (COA) said Wednesday.

It has been two and a half years since the EU issued a “yellow card” warning to Taiwan for insufficient cooperation on combating illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, according to the COA.

Over the past two years, the COA said, it has fulfilled the EU’s requirements on improving regulations, regulatory enforcement, and management of Taiwan’s distant water fishing industry and has maintained frequent contact with EU via video conferencing and document sharing.    [FULL  STORY]