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224 Taiwan Development Perspectives 2009 vious year, albeit the prices of tuna in the international market fell by 50 percent. Many tuna boats remained idle. Long-liner vessels came back from their overseas bases to dock at their home port of Kaohsiung in southern Taiwan. A 100-ton long-liner in operation burns one ton of diesel a day. A 300-ton otter trawler uses up to 2.4 tons of diesel daily. A 500-ton super-chilling long-liner consumes 3.5 tons. A 1,000-aton purse seine ship needs eight tons, while its 1,500-ton counterpart requires 10 tons of diesel oil for daily operation. Diesel oil prices for fishing vessels, on average, were US$590 per ton in 2005, US$710 in 2006, and US$810-830 in 2007. The prices hit US$1,250-1,300 in July, 2008. The government decided to increase its diesel oil subsidy to fishermen by 14 percent in August 2008. Despite the increase in subsidization, ocean fishing can find it hard to survive. According to the Kaohsiung Fishermen’s Association, only squid jigging, purse seine fishing for tuna and saury fishing are likely to survive. (See Table 6 for diesel consumption by fishing vessels and Table 7 for diesel prices for fishing vessels.) Table 6 Diesel Consumption by Fishing Vessels Vessel Tonnage Daily Consumption (tons) Types of Vessels 100 1 Long-liner 300 2.4 Super-chilling long-liner 500 3.5 Otter trawling 1000 8 Purse seine 1500 10 Purse seine Source: Kaohsiung Fishermen’s Association Table 7 Mean Diesel Oil Prices for Fishing Vessels 2005~2008 Year Mean Prices (US$/ton) 2005 590 2006 710 2007 810-830 2008 July 2. 1350-1400 2008 July 31. 1250-1300 Source: Kaohsiung Fishermen’s Association VI. Conclusion When crude oil prices were between US$20 and US$30 a barrel from 1980 to 2003, Taiwan’s agriculture, animal husbandry and fisheries made steady development. They were hit hard by the jump in prices to US$50 a barrel in April 2005. When the prices soared to US$70 in December 2007 and then to US$100 in February 2008, every industry in Taiwan suffered. Food prices went up and consumers seethed with discontent. Ocean fishing and the livestock industry found it hard to survive if the three-digit oil prices remained long. Agriculture fared slightly better than animal husbandry and fisheries. Fortunately, the oil prices started to fall after they
Impact of High Oil Prices on Taiwan’s Agriculture and Fisheries 225 peaked at US$147 a barrel. The prices at the end of 2008 were around US$60, which, however, is considered high enough to hurt the farmers, fishermen, livestock raisers, and consumers in general. Taiwan has to reform its agricultural, livestock and fishery production to cope with the problems arising from the rise in crude oil prices.
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