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Fishing vessels SARS Announcement

Fishing vessels SARS Announcement

In order to meet the epidemic SARS prevention requirement and to maintain domestic epidemic preventive safety, the Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan, R.O.C. sets the followings into action constructively that fishing ship captains should pay attention to their crew member's health condition anytime since April 1, 2003; All of them should fill out "the epidemic SARS prevention survey" when they harbor, and to disinfect operated fishing vessels and fishing vessels inhabited for Mainland China fish labor. Besides, to avoid SARS infection from Mainland China crewmembers, Council of Agriculture has announced that vessel owners have to suspend of hiring new Mainland China fish labors in April 29, 2003. And Council of Agriculture has announced "The epidemic prevention measurement of crew members against Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)" in May 1, 2003. They have also made some amendments of the announcements in May 2, 2003 and in May 6, 2003. Besides, Council of Agriculture announces fishing vessels or crew members who involve smuggling or illegal immigration will receive cumulative penalty and demand county and city governments to publicize the regulations that crew members can not get into the port of Mainland China, touch Mainland China fishing vessels and involve smuggling or illegal immigration since May 5, 2003.

County and city governments execute "The epidemic prevention measurement of crew members against Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)". According to the statistic data to June 24, 2003, zero oceangoing fishing vessels that entered the local transmission areas had been monitored in the past ten days. A total of 852,079 crewmembers whom entered and left the fishing port had been measured their body temperature and none of them are infected. The number of vessel lived for Mainland China fish labor had been disinfected is 610 fishing vessel-time. The number of fishing vessel and fishing port have been disinfected is 37,945 vessel-time and 1,279 port-time individually.