GlobalandTaiwan’sFisheriesFactSheet

StatusofWorldFishStocks

• 31.4%Overfishedstocks• 58.1%Fullyfishedstocks• 10.5%Underfished stocks• ItisfarfromthegoalassetforthinthePlanofImplementationonSustainableDevelopmentpara.31(a)“maintainorrestorestockstolevelsthatcanproducetheMSYwiththeaimofachievingthesegoalsfordepletedstocksonanurgentbasisandwherepossiblenotlaterthan2015”.

InternationalTrade• Fishandfisheryproductsarethemost-tradedsegmentoftheworldfoodsector

• 78%ofseafoodproductsareexposedtointernationaltradecompetition

VolumeofTaiwan’sFisheriesProduction

ValueofTaiwan’sFisheriesProduction

Taiwan’sDistantWaterFisheries

• Involume,in2015DWFaccountsfor63.47%ofthetotalproduction

• Invalue,DWFaccountsfor42.44%ofthetotalvalue

• Tuna,squidandPacificsaury

DistantWaterFisheries

• TunaPS:194,515MTNT$5,398million• TunaLL:195,440MTNT$21,204million• Saury:152,271MTNT$3,994million• Squid:266,912MTNT$6,710million• Total.809,138MTNT$37,306million

Taiwan’sFishTrade(2015)

• Importofediblefisheryproducts• 312,249MTNT$1,083million• Exportofediblefisheryproducts• 787,188MTNT$1,614million

ContributionofFisheriesinEconomy

• In2015,thevalueoffisherieswasNT$92,294million

• InthesameyearTaiwan’sgrossdomesticproductionwasNT$16,759,016million

• Fisheriescontributed0.55%inTaiwan’sgrossdomesticproduction

Taiwan‘sparticipationinRFMO

• MemberofWCPFC(2004),IATTC(2003),SPRFMO(2013),NPFC(2015)

• MemberofExtendedCommissionofCCSBT(2001)

• Cooperatingnon-ContractingPartyofICCAT(1997)

• InvitedExpertinIOTC(2001)