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Greenpeace calls for marine protected areas in Taiwan. Credit - Getty Images
March 4, 2021
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Greenpeace Taiwan is urging an expedited legislative review of the proposed Ocean Protection Act and the creation of a marine protected area (MPA) for sustainable fishing. In a press conference on Thursday (Feb. 25), the environmental organization sounded the alarm of increasingly poor fishing hauls over the years and the threat facing the country’s endangered marine life. One example was the illegal fishing of a rare giant humphead wrasse by Orchid Islanders earlier this month...

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