Page 46 - 2018 Annual Report Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan

Collective Innovation Sustainable Management Unit 2: Building Agricultural Models The COA gave approval in 2018 to soil and water conservation plans (including simplified soil and water conservation statements) in 4,987 cases of development and use of slopeland, and inspected ongoing work 2,939 times. We had 4,229 cases of land surface changes monitored by satellite, and we conducted investigation, reporting, and a crackdown on illegal use of slopeland in 2,283 cases, with fines totaling NT$95.16 million and 130 cases sent for prosecution in the legal system. We also strengthened knowledge among citizens of ways to maintain safety in the development and use of slopeland. A local meeting to explain the demarcation of a “designated soil and water conservation area” in Chishang Township, Taitung County. Inspection of ongoing work for the soil and water conservation plan for the expansion of the Central Taiwan Science Park. (4) Promoting sustainable fisheries with habitat protection A. Cultivation and protection of marine industry On October 1, 2015, the European Union (EU), acting on the basis of Council Regulation 1005/2008 on illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing, placed Taiwan on the list of “Yellow Card” countries that are not cooperating in combating IUU. The reasons they gave for doing this were that: (i) Taiwan’s fisheries legal framework had loopholes; (ii) punishment mechanisms were unable to deter IUU fishing; and (iii) Taiwan was unable to exert effective management of its distant-water fishing fleet. Taiwan has, with respect to the 11 action plans recommended by the EU, adopted a variety of improvement measures under the four facets of “legal framework,” “monitoring, control, and surveillance” (MCS), “traceability,” and “international cooperation.” We will follow up by enforcing these various measures, in order to combat IUU shing and cultivate and protect marine resources. The COA has gathered information about fishing vessel operations through the Fisheries Monitoring Center. In 2018, we increased monitoring manpower and upgraded the functions of the whole 44