Micronesia: Taiwan concluded its first fisheries 

 access agreement with Micronesia in 1979. This 

 private agreement granted access to 30 small Taiwan 

 longliners which paid access fees in a lump-sum 

 payment. The access agreement expired in 1990 and 

 was not renewed for unknown reasons. Tlirough a 

 special arrangement between a foreign company and 

 the Micronesian State of Pohnpei, 9 Taiwan longliners 

 based in Pohnpei were liceiLsed in 1991.'"' Tlie State of 

 Chunk allows Taiwan tuna vessels to fish in Chunk 

 coastal waters and in Weno Harbor. Chunk collects 

 fees and hopes to accommodate larger operations when 

 new shore facilities are built. ^' 



The Ting Hong Oceanic Enterprise Company, 

 Limited, reportedly operates 104 China-flag and 

 Taiwan-flag tuna vessels out of Yap, Micronesia, and 

 plans to increase this number to 150 units by the end of 

 1993, and 200 vessels by the end of 1994. Local 

 Micronesian officials, however, have indicated such a 

 large increase would depend on the ability of Yap's 

 infrastructure to keep pace.^- 



Patau: Taiwan vessels are fishing in Palau waters 

 through two joint venture companies. Most operate via 

 the Palau Marine Industries Corporation (PMIC), a 

 private venture with Chinese/Taiwan ownership in 

 partnership with Palauans. A total of 75 longliners (64 

 from Taiwan) are registered through the PMIC which 

 pays an annual lump-sum access fee of $ 1 26,000. The 

 other joint venture company, Palau International 

 Traders Inc. (PlTl) is a private venture with Japanese 

 and Micronesian ownership in partnership with 

 Palauans. A total of 54 longliners, 4 of which are 

 from Taiwan, are registered with PlTl which pays an 

 aiuiual lump-sum access fee of $130,500.'" 



Papua New Guinea: Taiwan was reportedly on the 

 verge of signing a private fisheries agreement with 

 Papua New Guinea (PNG) in 1992. The agreement 

 would allow an unspecified number of Taiwan vessels 

 access to PNG waters in exchange for a six percent tax 

 on the cost, insurance and freight (CIF) value of fish 

 caught ill PNG waters. Taiwan has also agreed to 

 provide $1.2 million in assistance to the Kavieng 

 Fisheries College. ^^ 



Vanuatu: The Kaohsiung Fishennan's Association 

 signed a tisiieries cooperation agreement with Vanuatu 

 in 1989. Taiwan longliners are each required to pay a 

 $5,000 license fee for access to Vanuatu waters. There 



were 36 Taiwan longliners licensed in Vanuatu waters 

 in 1990, witli 23 licensed in 1991 and 19 licensed in 

 1992/'' It is unclear why the number of vessels has 

 decreased. 



E. Africa/Middle East 



Oman: A small number of Taiwan longliners fish 

 in Oman. Taiwan-registered longliners began fishing 

 in Omani waters in 1989. As many as 19 Taiwan 

 longliners fished tliere in 1989-90, but that number 

 decreased to 8 in 1990-91 and 11 in 1991-92. The 

 longliners target yellowfin tuna, but also catch billfi.sh 

 and shark. ''^ One possible reason for the reduction of 

 effort in Oman was the pressure from tlie Japanese tuna 

 industry which felt that Taiwan was dumping low- 

 quality Oman-origin yellowfin tuna on the Japanese 

 market.'" 



Seychelles: A limited number of Taiwan tuna 

 longliners has been licen.sed to fish in Seychelles 

 waters. The most recent data available indicates that 

 16 Taiwan longliners were registered there in 1990."" 



South Africa: Taiwan and South Africa initially 

 concluded a fisheries agreement in 1978 under which 

 the Taiwan tuna and trawler fleets received catch 

 allocations in South African waters. Taiwan distant- 

 water trawlers received allocations for hake (1,350 t) 

 and horse mackerel (3,500 t) in 1990. It is not known 

 how many vessels were autiiorized to fish.''" With 

 foreign allocations in South African waters being 

 phased out in 1993, Taiwan vessels will no longer have 

 direct access to this fishery. 



F. Latin America 



Argentina: Argentina aimounced in early 1993 that 

 it would allow 13 Taiwan jiggers access to its FEZ for 

 a licensing fee of $260,000 per vessel. The 

 arrangement ended 7 years of negotiations between 

 Taiwan and Argentina over illegal Taiwan jigging in 

 Argentine waters. '"' 



Central America: Taiwan has provided 

 considerable fisheries technical assistance to developing 

 countries in Central America. Most of this assistance 

 is related to the Taiwan official policy of encouraging 

 domestic shrimp fanning operations to relocate 

 overseas to avoid high production costs and 

 environmental degradation.^' Four fishery missions 



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