A video spotlighting Taiwan’s ongoing problems with illegal fishing and human rights abuses aboard its offshore vessels could not have come at a worse time.
The News Lens
Date: 2018/03/15
By: David Green
Taiwan’s Fishing Agency (FA) faces potential embarrassment and the possible imposition
of a “red card” from visiting European Commission (EC) fisheries inspectors amid the release of an eye-opening video on illegal fishing by Taiwanese vessels and the abuse of migrant workers employed on board.
EC officials are in Taiwan for a week to review measures to curb illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing activities following the imposition of a “yellow card” warning for Taiwan in October 2015.
The warning does not affect fisheries trade between Taiwan and the European Union but obliges Taiwan to report on its progress improving illegal fishing monitoring and prevention activities every six months. [FULL STORY]