Taiwan listed for second time in U.S. 2023 illegal fishing report

Taiwan listed for second time in U.S. 2023 illegal fishing report

By Lu Ying-tzu, Yang Shu-min and Evelyn Yang

Source: focustaiwan

9/8/2023

Lu Ying-tzu, Yang Shu-min and Evelyn Yang

Credit: CNA

Washington/Taipei, Sept. 8 (CNA) Companies from Taiwan and six other nations were identified as engaging in illegal fishing by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) of the United States in its latest 2023 report, the second time Taiwan has been listed.

Taiwan was first listed by NOAA as having vessels engaged in illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing activities, and as lacking a regulatory program comparable in effectiveness to that of the U.S. to reduce the bycatch of protected marine life in fishing operations in its 2021 report.

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