Stay updated with breaking news from Lin Kuo Ping. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
Taipei, Sept. 5 (CNA) The Fisheries Agency on Monday said it had updated the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) on its efforts to eliminate forced labor on Taiwanese fishing vessels, during a Sept. 2 meeting in Washington.
Taiwan’s lucrative grouper industry is bracing for heavy losses after China’s recent ban on imports of the fish from the island.
Two fish farms in Pingtung County are being examined after Chinese authorities announced that they had found residue of illegal veterinary drugs in imported Taiwanese live groupers, Council of Agriculture (COA) officials said on Thursday. The Chinese General Administration of Customs on Thursday last week issued a notice saying that it had found malachite green and crystal violet, which are banned for use in aquaculture in China, in live groupers imported from two fish farms owned by Wang Chih-yi (王志義) and Tai Chao-chung (戴兆鐘). Chinese authorities said that they had suspended impor...