A Study on the Ownership of Fisheries Production in the Ocean between Kinmen and Xiamen / 金廈海域漁產養殖權屬問題之研究

碩士 / 國立金門大學 / 國際暨大陸事務學系碩士班 / 107 / The problem of fish activity ownership in the sea area between Kinmen and Xiamen has existed for a long time. Due to the special historical background and political factors of cross-strait relations, it is difficult to address the issue by simply referring to the regulations and the system. Under such circumstances, illegal fishing trespass and other issues have emerged endlessly. According to the statistics of the Coast Guard Administration, Ocean Affairs Council, the number of fishing trespass in the Kinmen & Lienchiang Area in the past five years accounted for 47.77% of the total number of cases. In the Kinmen & Lienchiang Area, the number of illegal cases in Kinmen County accounted for 74.57% of the total number of all cases.
The situation of illegal fishing trespass is most serious in the Kinmen & Lienchiang Area, especially in Kinmen County, and most of them are Chinese Fishing Boats. This study aimed to conduct in-depth interviews with fishermen, Coast Guard, relevant technical personnel and government officials in the Kinmen area to understand the historical background, particularities and differences in the development of Kinmen-Xiamen maritime management and explore the practical way of enforcing law in the sea of Kinmen and Xiamen area so the boundaries and standards of law enforcement can be clarified. After the analysis on the interviews, we will learn about the various new aspects, results of and restrictions on the ownership of fishery activity in the sea area between Kinmen and Xiamen, and propose policy recommendations for the the ownership of fishery activity in Kinmen.
The study found that the fishery history of the sea areas of Kinmen and Xiamen have been closely linked, and it is inseparable from personnel interaction and technical exchanges. In the area of law enforcement, there is a tacit understanding between the law enforcement units on the two sides across the Taiwan Strait. The two sides across the Taiwan Strait have informal channels to exchange information and coordinate law enforcement. The delineation of the sea area is meant to respect and recognize the scope of ROC’s law enforcement, and because of such clarification, the fishery activity rights in the Kinmen area are allocated accordingly. Kinmen’s fishermen should thereby be the owners of fishery activity rights in the specified sea area. As there is a subtle co-opetitive relationship between the fishermen on the two sides across the Taiwan Strait, fishery business transactions are typically completed in the midline sea area between Kinmen and Xiamen.
The conclusions of the study suggest: First, a relevant negotiation channel should be established between Kinmen and Xiamen and the sea area should be co-managed by Kinmen and Xiamen. Secondly, both sides should seek to increase their fishery exchanges and cooperation to jointly safeguard the sustainable development of sea area between Kinmen and Xiamen. In addition, there should be transformation and upgrading for the Rocky Oyster industry. Such transition is likely to increase the Rocky Oyster’s output value. Finally, there should a plan for setting up marine pastures to transform traditional fishery development into recreational fisheries.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:TW/107KMIT0025002
Date January 2019
CreatorsCHEN, CHUN-YUAN, 陳俊源
ContributorsCHOU, YANG-SUN, 周陽山
Source SetsNational Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations in Taiwan
Languagezh-TW
Detected LanguageEnglish
Type學位論文 ; thesis
Format137

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