Fishery of the Republic of China(Taiwan)

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES & FISHERY ORGANIZATIONS

I. Government Agencies

The Council of Agriculture is the highest fishery policy making body in the Republic of China, and under which it established the Fishery Administration, the highest fishery administrative agency. The Fishery Administration was established on 1st August 1998, by upgrading the Department of Fishery in the Council of Agriculture. The Administrator is the officer responsible for the day-to-day business of this agency, who is assisted by two deputy administrators and a secretary general. In the Administration there are the planning and programming department, the fishery regulation department, the deep sea fishery department, the aquaculture and coastal fishery department, the deep sea fishery research and development center, the secretary office, the accountant office, the personnel office, and the ethic office, for providing governmental services in fishery. Fishery Broadcast Station is also under the supervision of the Fishery Administration. In addition, South Office of the Fishery Adminstration was established on 1st August 2000 in Kaohsiung City, in the form of a task force.

 
With respect to the fishery affairs of the municipalities under the direct supervision of the Central Government and prefectural governments, such as the case of Kaohsiung City, under the supervision of Bureau of Reconstruction of the Kaohsoung City Government is the Fishery Department, the business of which is handled by five divisions. In various prefectures, Fishery Section or Fishery and Livestock Section is usually formed under the Agriculture Bureau or the Reconstruction Bureau.
 
(From JAN. 1,2003, "Under the supervision of Bureau of Reconstruction of the Kaohsoung City Government is the Fishery Department"elevated as "Kaohsiung city Maritime and Harbor Bureau".)
Picture: Organization Chart of Fisheries Administration
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Organization Chart of Fishery Administration--text file