In 2026, New Taipei City will complete the intelligentization of fishing ports, setting up smart street lights, AI monitors or shore hydropower facilities.

(Photo courtesy of Fisheries Department)

[Reporter Lai Xiaotong/New Taipei Report] The coastline of New Taipei City is 120 kilometers long. In response to the aging of some fishing ports and the decline of fishing functions, the Bureau of Agriculture has promoted the "Happy Fishing Port" project to improve hardware and software facilities. At present, 14 fishing ports have been reversed. The Fuji Fishing Port Fisherman's Recreation Center in Shimen District will be completed this year. It is estimated that by 2026, 28 fishing ports in the city will be improved.

Coco Lee, director of the Agriculture Bureau of New Taipei City, gave a special report on "Sustainable City, Agriculture for All" at the municipal meeting today, proposing the "Agricultural Health Model/City" policy, from the four aspects of personal health, mental health, environmental health, and sustainable agriculture. Protect public health.

For example, in order to improve the quality and hygiene safety of fruits and vegetables, and reduce transportation losses, it is planned to set up a low-temperature cold-chain logistics center for fruits and vegetables in Banqiao Fruit and Vegetable Market, so that fruits and vegetables can be cold-chained from harvesting to the trading place to maintain quality and nutrition. It is expected to start trial operation by the end of 2024 , can increase the purchase volume of cold chain fruits and vegetables by 130 metric tons per day.

Please read on...

Coco Lee said that in recent years, the "Happy Fishing Port" project has been promoted, based on the characteristics of the fishing port, the needs of fishermen and surrounding attractions, starting from the needs of users, improving software and hardware facilities, and at the same time creating local themes and features to provide citizens with sightseeing and leisure places. It has now been reversed. 14 fishing ports, such as the recently opened Balixiaguzi Fishing Port, newly built 26 fishing gear warehouses and set up 11 floating docks, benefiting 204 fishing boats, solving the problem of storage and inconvenient boarding and boarding, and at the same time, people-oriented, taking into account the needs of foreign migrant workers Religious beliefs, prayer rooms are set up for fishermen, and it is estimated that by 2026, 28 fishing ports in New Taipei City will be overturned.

According to the Fisheries Department, the Fuji Fishing Port Fishermen Rest Center under construction will be completed this year, providing a space for fishermen to socialize and rest, and planning a prayer room to be friendly to foreign fishermen; in addition, the fishing port will be intelligentized in 2026, with smart street lights, AI monitors or Onshore hydropower facilities, improve the fishing environment and recreational space in the port area, and implement energy conservation and carbon reduction.

In addition, the ship flow detection system has already been set up in one Shen-ao fishing port. This year, the second fishing port of Tamsui (Fisherman's Wharf), Yehliu, Fuji, and Aodi fishing ports have been added to detect the entry and exit of fishing boats, so that when a disaster occurs, it can be immediately grasped Mooring of fishing boats.

New Taipei City promotes the "Happy Fishing Port" project to improve the software and hardware facilities of the fishing port. By 2026, 28 fishing ports in the city will be improved.

(Photo courtesy of Fisheries Department)