COA to take action to deter illicit grouper exports
The Council of Agriculture (COA) is to establish a system to improve the management of grouper fish exports to prevent fish farmers from using licenses that are not theirs to facilitate exports to China, COA Minister Chen Chi-chung (陳吉仲) said on Wednesday. Beijing on Monday last week implemented a ban on grouper imports from Taiwan, saying that it had detected prohibited chemicals in some shipments. Since the cross-strait Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement came into effect in 2010, China has required Taiwan-based grouper farmers to provide documents every year to be allowed to expo...