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Annual Report 2018 Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan system, including the following: We completed (i) an alert mechanism for fishing vessels whose “Vessel Monitoring Systems” (VMS) have not reported back or which have not installed E-logbooks or whose E-logbooks have not reported back, (ii) an alert mechanism for fishing vessels in potentially problematic ports, Exclusive Economic Zones, and ocean regions, and (iii) an alert mechanism for catch quotas. We also developed new functions including alerts for when fishing vessels enter designated ports without prior notification of transshipment or landing of catch, monitoring potential unauthorized transshipments of catch at sea, and alerts when the time limits for Transshipment Notification or Landing Declaration are reached. These have effectively upgraded the effectiveness of the management of Taiwan’s shing vessels. We also guided fishing vessels engaged in coastal shing to install “Voyage Data Recorders” (VDRs), in order to collect information about the movements of shing vessels. We use this data as reference for calculating fuel subsidies, assisting in fisheries administration, clarification of responsibility for at-sea incidents, and scientic research. B. The mechanism for retiring harmful use In 2018 the COA continued to promote demarcation of areas where gill-net shing is banned and to guide operators in the gill-net shing industry to shift over to other kinds of shing methods, as well as assisted municipal, city, and county governments to demarcate areas where gill-net fishing is banned based on the special features of The next generation oceanic information system. 45