A Chinese ban on grouper imports from Taiwan is both retaliation for a closer Taiwan-US relationship and an attempt to sway the elections at the end of the year, a government official familiar with cross-strait affairs said on Monday.
China on Monday banned Taiwanese grouper fish for allegedly containing banned chemicals and excessive levels of oxytetracycline.
Chinese authorities in January announced that they had found residues of illegal veterinary drugs in two batches of grouper imported from Taiwan.
The two batches were from three fish farms and were shipped to China on two vessels, Fisheries Agency Deputy Director-General Lin Kuo-ping (林國平) said yesterday,
By Chen Yu-fu and Liu Tzu-hsuan / Staff reporter, with staff writerA Chinese ban on grouper imports from Taiwan is both retaliation for a closer Taiwan-US relationship and an attempt to sway the elections at the end of the year, a government official familiar with cross-strait affairs said on Monday.
Greenpeace yesterday accused the Fisheries Agency of dragging its feet with regards to revoking the operation rights of a Taiwanese-owned fishing vessel determined by the US to have used forced labor.
US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on Jan. 28 announced it had determined that the Da Wang had used forced labor after investigations found evidence aboard the vessel of all 11 indicators developed by the International Labor Organization to assess forced labor conditions.
The 11 indicators are abuse of vulnerability, deception, restriction of movement, isolation, physical or sexual violence, intimidation or threats, retention of identity documents, withholding of wages, debt bondage,
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) lawmakers have called for government action on the issue of polystyrene foam waste littering the nation’s beaches.
Floaters made of polystyrene foam utilized by aquafarms, especially those cultivating oysters, are a major source of plastic pollution on the beach and coastal areas, DPP Legislator Wang Mei-hui (王美惠) told a meeting of the legislature’s Internal Administration Committee on Thursday.
The eco-friendly alternatives being promoted by the Council of Agriculture (COA) are expensive and farms that have adopted the new types of floaters were not offered assistance to dispose of old ones, leading to more plastic being dumped into the
Family of missing fishing boat captain appeal to President Tsai for help
01/07/2021 04:51 PM
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Family members of a missing Taiwanese fishing boat captain at a press conference on Thursday / CNA photo Jan. 7, 2021
Taipei, Jan. 7 (CNA) The family of a Taiwanese fishing boat captain who went missing along with nine crew members off Midway Atoll last week urged President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) on Thursday to request that the American authorities step up search-and-rescue efforts in the vicinity of the remote U.S. territory.
During a press conference at the Su ao Fishermen s Association, the wife of the missing captain, who has been identified by the surname Li (李), accused the U.S. of adopting a passive approach to locating her husband and the ship s Indonesian crew members, and urged Tsai to seek assistance through diplomatic channels.