Chen Jizhong (left), chairman of the Council of Agriculture, presented an award to the owner of Jintaixing 6 who won the individual award for promoting fish unloading declaration.

(Photo by reporter Yang Yuanting)

[Reporter Yang Yuanting/Taipei Report] The Fisheries Department has implemented fish unloading declarations since 7 years ago. Originally, paper-based operations were used. In recent years, electronic scales and APPs have been added to operations at ports to increase fishermen’s willingness to declare. The Fisheries Department today (7th) ) held an award ceremony for the first time to commend fishing boats with a high rate of fulfillment of fish unloading declarations. Chen Jizhong, chairman of the Council of Agriculture, said that fish unloading declarations are not only for environmental sustainability, but more importantly, through accurate data, water testing institutes can be accurate Release fish fry to make the fishery sustainable.

Catch data is the basis for fishery resource assessment and management, and it depends on fishermen’s implementation of unloading declarations in order to have accurate first-hand catch data. There are individuals and fishing associations that promote fish unloading declaration, and the winners have a 100% declaration rate. Chen Jizhong said that fish unloading declaration can also enable aquatic products to be traced and more accurately grasp marine resources along the coast, especially international organizations. He believed that the fishery resources along the coastal waters must also be transparent. He thanked the fishermen for their cooperation and also said that incentives would be offered to fishing boats that fulfilled the declaration of unloading fish.

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Zhang Zhisheng, director of the Fisheries Department, said that in the future, there is a plan to give priority to the auction of the catches of fishing vessels that have implemented the declaration of unloading fish. He said that if the catches can be auctioned in the wholesale market first, the price will definitely be better, and the income of fishermen will also increase. It also said that APP can be used for fish unloading declaration, which has been greatly optimized before, making it more convenient for fishermen to use when working at sea.

The owner of the award-winning Jin Taixing No. 6 is also actively teaching fishermen to use the mobile app to declare in Nanfangao Fishing Port. He said that it only takes 2 minutes to complete the application after switching to the mobile app.

It only takes 2 minutes to complete the declaration process after the fish unloading declaration APP is optimized.

(Photo by reporter Yang Yuanting)