Huang Jianyong, a councilor from Zhuangwei Township, Yilan County, proposed to ask the county government to study and ban non-Yi County fishing boats from catching fish.

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[Reporter Cai Yunrong/Yilan Report] There are about 30,000 fishermen in Yilan County. Zhuangwei County Councilor Huang Jianyong proposed that in order to protect the livelihood of local fishermen, he hopes that the county government will formulate a regulation that prohibits fishing boats that are not registered in Yilan County from entering the waters of Yilan County to fish. .

The county government stated that it is difficult to completely ban it, but it can first strengthen the control of fishing boats based on the current regulations, such as implementing the registration management of eel fry fishing boats.

Huang Jianyong received reports from fishermen in Zhuangwei that they were hindered from fishing in the surrounding waters of other counties and cities. Therefore, he suggested that the county government should know whether the local autonomy regulations of other counties and cities prohibit fishing boats from other counties and cities from approaching fishing. Yes, please ask the Yi County government to also amend the law to prohibit non-county fishing boats from catching fish.

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In addition, Huang Jianyong pointed out that it is the eel fishing season, and many fishermen from other counties and cities go to the coast of Yilan to fish.

The Yilan County Ocean and Fishery Development Institute stated that it is difficult to completely ban fishing from other counties and cities, but the county government can control fishing boats based on the current regulations.

For example, the Institute of Oceanography, according to the regulations of the Central Agricultural Committee, fishing boats must catch eel fry, and their fishery license must indicate the business items of fishing fry, and register with the Fisherman’s Association, but it has not been implemented for a long time; Oceanographic Institute, Toucheng, Suao The district fisherman's association and the sea patrol unit will hold a meeting to discuss how to implement the registration system for the next eel fry season (November next year to February next year), and the discussion is currently headed towards the direction of total quantity control.

"Sea areas are public property, and fishing (fishing boats from other counties and cities) cannot be prohibited." Chen Xiunuan, director-general of the Toucheng District Fishery Association, said that there are many possible reasons why fishermen are blocked from fishing. Fishing can only be done with a specific license. So far, it has not been heard that the county or city government prohibits fishing by fishing boats from other counties and cities.

Chen Xiunuan said that Yilan fishermen will also go to other sea areas to work. If they encounter difficulties in other counties and cities, for example, they want to enter the port to replenish fuel and water for the boats, but they are blocked, they can contact the fishing association. As long as the contact with fishing associations in other counties and cities is legal and reasonable, the local fishing associations will take care of each other; if fishermen need fishing associations to intervene in coordination, the Toucheng District Fishing Association will definitely provide full assistance.