Govt helps fishermen toovercome energy crunch - News article - Partly about subsidies and sea security

Sep 28, 2026

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Report outlines how the Taiwan government responds to an energy squeeze affecting fishermen. It cites fishery output statistics and describes temporary measures to subsidize fishermen’s fuel costs after oil price hikes, including specific funding amounts and per-kiloliter ranges. The coverage also addresses rising security issues at sea linked to expanded economic zones and details orders for naval and air patrols and assistance rules for threatened fishing boats.

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Govt helps fishermen toovercome energy crunch

Fuel cost subsidies

Maritime security and patrols

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Limits on American media coverage

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New,grim image of mainlandemerges

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0GVT VOL.XXI NO.25 # Govt helps fishermen toovercome energy crunch Because Taiwan s an island situated in fertile trophical seas,fish has always played an important role in the diets ofpeople in the Republic of China. Statistics released by the Taiwan Provincial Government show that output of fishery and marine products last year amounted to 930,000 tons worth USS1 billion. Growth in production since 1945,when the catch was only 16,000 tons,has been an average of B per cent a year. Since fish accounts for such a large proportion of the protein intake of the people of Taiwan,the government re- cently decided to subsidize fishermen's energy costs. Under temporary measares to help fishermen tide overdifficulties resulting from the recent oil price hikes,the goV- ernment will pay USS2 million to provide subsidies ranging between USSI7 and USS28 for each kiloliter of fuel oil pur- chased by fishing vessel owners. Oil prices currently range between USS100 to USS200 per kiloliter,depending on the type of fuel and boat. The government has also announced a plan to provide loans amounting to USS3 million for revolving funds for fish- ermen. Secuity at sea has recently become a problem for fisher- men in Taiwan,particularly since the Philippines governmentdeclared a 200-mile economic zone last year. Although the government of the Republic of China hasadopted a similar measure around its owa shores,it has provedinsufficient to protect local fishermen. The Ministry of National Defense has therefore orderedits Navy and Air Force units to strengthen their patrols overthe 200-mile economic zone stretching from the southern coasLof Taiwan,to protect Chinese fishing boats operating withinthe area. A military spokesman said these patrols will stretch as faras the half-way line batween Taiwan and neighboring countries. Any foreign vessels entering into the territorial water oreconomic zona of the Republic of China will be subject to theprovisions of international sea law. Warships and airplanes will come to the aid of any Chi-nese fishing boats threatened by foreign vessels attempting toplunder them or commit violence against their personnel. # After brief euphoria in the U.S.media By Richard L.Jen Central News Contributing Editor The era of euphoria between the Amer-ican media and Communist China,initiatedin 1971 by Peiping's"ping pong"diplomacyand "smiling face"propaganda after HenryKissinger's surreptious visit to mainland Chi-na,seems to have virtually ended,at leastas far as image projection is concerned. It may be recalled that in the early1970s,American media correspondents,suchas the 87 newsmen who accompanied Rich-ard Nixon on his Peiping visit in Feb.1972,and the equally large contingent of reportersthat covered President Ford's visit to main-land China in December 1975,appeared un-mistakably to be bending backwards,whether by design or by coincidence,toavoid painting ugly features on the main-land canvas.Practically every dispatch,article or news photo was uniformly lauda-tory and decorous on an inoffensive theme. The reason,indubitably,was that thepress from foreign countries was permittedto see only certain things or to visit certaincities.The result was predictable.By farthe most favorite topics for press write-upsin those days were acupuncture,the GreatWall,the commune.Peking duck,Chou En-lai,and his"suavity,"and,inevitably,theideological ballet. New Media Image Even before Nixon left Peiping.afumny story was circulating among Washing- RB 報週国中由自 TAIPEI.TAIWAN.REPUBLIC OF CHINA # New,grim image of mainlandemerges totn press circles about the strict limitationsplaced by the Chinese Communists onAmerican media coverage of the Nixon visit All the leading TV networks and majornewspapers sent their top-notch correspond-ents.The joke was that more than a fewof the commentators among the press corpsspent most of their time in thei

FAQs

What action did the Taiwan government take to help fishermen with rising energy costs?

The government decided to subsidize fishermen’s energy costs under temporary measures after oil price hikes, covering fuel oil purchased by fishing vessel owners.

Why did maritime security become a concern for Taiwanese fishermen?

Security at sea became a problem, especially after the Philippines declared a 200-mile economic zone, and similar local measures proved insufficient.

How did the government plan to assist against threats to Chinese fishing boats?

Taiwan ordered Navy and Air Force units to strengthen patrols over the 200-mile economic zone and said warships and airplanes would come to the aid of threatened fishing boats.

Sep 28, 2026

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