Hualien residents help clean up ocean and beaches

Radio Taiwan International
Date: 14 October, 2019
By: Natalie Tso

While most people in Taiwan were enjoying a four-day break for the National Day holiday this past weekend, a group of people in the east-coast county of Hualien took the opportunity to clean up the beaches and coastal waters.

The ocean off the coast of Hualien is teeming with beautiful marine life. But the habitat is endangered, as you can see from this fishing net which is hampering the coral’s respiration. Both fish and coral are dying from the pollution. But just this past weekend, a group of people went down to the coastline to help clean things up.

The local Water Resources Agency hosted a cleanup event over the long National Day weekend. People made good use of the holiday by helping clean trash from the ocean and the beach.

The opening of the Port of Hualien has resulted in the loss of coastline, but officials say that anti-erosion efforts are making a difference.    [FULL  STORY]