Taipei, April 21 (CNA) The minimum monthly wage of migrant fishermen working on Taiwan's distant-water fishing (DWF) fleets will be increased by US$100 (NT$2,919) with effect from July, the government said Thursday.
Fishers and environmentalists in a contentious deadlock over a proposed ban on harvesting egg-bearing crabs prompted the Fisheries Agency on Monday to suspend discussions until late next month.
A blanket prohibition on the capture or sale of female crabs carrying fertilized eggs, eliminating a nine-month window, was proposed last month by National Chengchi University professor Cheng Tung-liao (鄭同僚).
A petition seeking stricter rules has garnered more than 5,600 signatures since it was posted on the National Development Council’s Public Policy Network Participation Platform.
Taiwan Ocean Fisheries and Sustainability Foundation chief executive officer Lin Ai-lung (林愛龍) told the panel that the meeting was overdue,
A petition to ban the capture of female crabs carrying fertilized eggs has garnered more than 2,700 signatures after it was posted on the government’s public policy platform by National Chengchi University professor Cheng Tung-liao (鄭同僚) this week.
Cheng said that he was astonished to see a basketful of female crucifix crabs for sale at the Magong Fisheries Market in Penghu County while he was visiting the outlying island.
“Those crabs could give birth to many young crabs,” Cheng said.
When asked why they would take those crabs, which Cheng believes are not as tasty as other species, the fishers said that someone
Government to expand radiation testing of fish
Staff writer, with CNA
The government is to expand radiation testing of fish caught near Taiwan, it said on Wednesday, after Tokyo this week announced plans to release more than 1 million tonnes of treated water from the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant into the ocean.
At a cross-ministerial meeting, Fisheries Agency Director-General Chang Chih-sheng (張致盛) said that government agencies have worked to monitor food safety since the plant was crippled after going into meltdown following an earthquake and tsunami in 2011.
Since then, fish caught near Taiwan and in the northwestern Pacific Ocean have been tested for cesium-134 and cesium-137, he said.
Taiwan to expand tests after Tokyo decides to dump radioactive water
04/14/2021 09:24 PM
Council of Agriculture (COA) Minister Chen Chi-chung. CNA photo April 14, 2021
Taipei, April 14 (CNA) Taiwan s government on Wednesday said it will expand existing radiation-level tests on fish caught near the country, a day after Japan said it plans to release treated radioactive water from the disabled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean in two years time.
At a cross-ministerial meeting, Fisheries Agency Director-General Chang Chih-sheng (張致盛) said government agencies have worked together to monitor food safety since the nuclear disaster at Fukushima in March 2011.
Since then, the cesium-134 and cesium-137 levels in fish caught in waters near Taiwan and the northwestern Pacific Ocean have been randomly tested to determine their radiation-level, Chang said.