Fisheries Agency,Ministry of Agriculture

Chongli District Fishermen’s Association Exclusive Fishing Right

Holder of Fishing Right: Chongli District Fishermen’s Association

Approval No.: Nong-Yu-Zhuan No. 4

1. Approved position, area and range:
Areas extending 3 nautical miles seaward from the mean low tide line along the coast of Xinwu and Guanyin Villages, Taoyuan County (Base Point A87: 24^o58.19’N, 120^o56.227’E; Base Point A88: 24^o56.48’N, 120^o59.01’E; Base Point A89: 25^o4.53’N, 121^o0.53’E; Base Point A90: 25^o4.97’N, 121^o7.04’E), but not including Guantang Industrial Park, Inlet and outlet vents of Datan Power Plant, and port areas and their navigational passages. (Attachment 1 chart of fishing ground, Attachment 2 Coordinates in Longitudes and Latitudes of Guantang Industrial Park and Datan LNG Power Plant.)

2. Approved area: 124.46 square kilometers

3. Approved Duration: 5 June 1999 to 4 June 2019

4. Approved types of fisheries: longline fishery, gill-net fishery, hook and line fishery, fish fry fishery, and fisheries of other gears and methods

5. Restrictions or affiliated conditions:

(1) Under the principle of taken from the public and used by the public, holder of the fishing right shall allocate 100% access fee, for full input to the management and building of fishing ground, and implemented in accordance with the conditions set forth in Attachment 3.

(2) Holder of fishing right shall carry out conservation of resources and preservation of the marine environment in accordance with the rules prescribed in the business plan, and provide annual report in writing on every 31 January. Upon review of the Council of Agriculture (in principle, performed bi-annually), in case the approved conditions prescribed in the Attachment have not been performed, the exclusive fishing right license shall be subject to revocation in whole or in part in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, article 123, and the holder shall have no right to request for recourse.

(3) Approved scope of exclusive fishing right fishery, precluding the use of the following sea areas which have been duly publicized:

i. Port areas and their navigational passage of naval ports, commercial ports, ports for exclusive use, fishing ports, and marinas.

ii. Areas of national parks.

iii. Areas which have been occupied but have completed exclusive fishing right compensation.

iv. Mining rights approved in accordance with the Mining Act, and are still effective.

v. Any areas for exclusive use which have been publicized by the central or local government in accordance with the applicable law.

(4) In areas prescribed as follows, for joint use, the operations of exclusive fishing right fishery are to be conducted under restrictions or the conditions as set forth in the Attachment, and the holder of the exclusive fishing right shall have no right of recourse:

i. Marine protected areas, coral reef protected areas, natural reserves, fisheries resources conservation areas and wetlands, which have been publicized by the government according to law.

ii. Areas where facilities are already in existence: such as fuel oil offloading buoys at sea, water inlet and outlet vents of power plants, including water inlet area of Taoyuan Seawater Desalination Plant.

iii. Areas publicized by the government according to law, for specific uses, while not prohibiting fishing activities.

6. Types and names of fisheries, types of fishing gears, catches, and fishing periods:

7. Chart of fishing ground:

8. Areas precluded, in longitudes and latitudes: Attachment 2, Areas precluded, in longitudes and latitudes (Chongli)