Radio Taiwan International
Date: 2018-01-26
The Fisheries Agency says it has confidence in Taiwan being removed from the
Huang says it has confidence in Taiwan being removed from the European Union’s “yellow card” watch list in March. (CNA photo)
European Union’s “yellow card” watch list in March.
The EU gave Taiwan a yellow card in October 2015 over Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing. A ban on Taiwan’s seafood could follow if the country fails to curb illegal fishing and is identified as a “non-cooperating country” by the EU.
To comply with the EU’s demands, the government has revised its deep sea fishing law and introduced heavier penalties for violations. Since the revision became effective a year ago, the fisheries authorities have also meted out more than 60 punishments. Violators were fined at least NT$500,000 (US$16,000) with many cases doubling that amount. [FULL STORY]