Taiwan is a maritime nation. Over the past six decades, the center of Taiwan’s fishery industry has shifted from small-scale coastal fisheries to aquaculture and deep-sea fisheries. Aquaculture has grown steadily due to Taiwan’s varied climate and advances in technology and breeding techniques.
These factors have ensured that Taiwan remains one of the world’s major suppliers of grouper and tilapia. Its other important aquaculture products include eel, milkfish, oyster and clams. As the world’s 21st largest country of fishery products, Taiwan is rich in fishery resources.
The fishery industry is not only important to the nation’s agricultural industry but also has driven the development of storage, processing, distribution, marketing and other related sectors. In this special edition of your informative SPOTLIGHT Newsletter, we will explore factors that influenced Taiwan’s success in Aquaculture and related booming fishery industry.
