Reuse of Idle Space of Low-Use-Rate Fishing Ports - A Case Study on Green Island, Taitung County

10.29822/JFST.202103_48(1).0003

Ching-Min Yang；Chi-Chang Lai；Jia-Sin He；Jinn-Shing Weng

Low-Use-Rate fishing ports ； Idle fishing ports ； Reuse ； Idle space ； Green Island

臺灣水產學會刊

48卷1期（2021 / 03 / 01）

19 - 31

英文

Taiwan now has 211 Type II fishing ports managed by local governments, among which 62 have been regarded as low-use-rate ones that are pending to be canceled and transformed (to be restored back to natural coasts) in order to continue to be used for fishery and no longer will be subsidized. Improper management of low-use-rate fishing ports may easily cause public security and health problems. Focusing on ＂reuse of idle space of low-use-rate fishing ports＂, this research carries out a questionnaire survey among 3 stakeholder groups (fishing port managers, fishermen, and marine leisure industries) in Green Island, Taitung County, based on geometric means and Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), to quantify their preference weights on this issue. According to the results, the 3 groups consider that, for idle space of fishing ports, resource conservation (D1) and ecological and cultural tour of fishing port (D4) are the most important in regional development orientation (D), while intermediate rearing farm (C5) is the most important in setting up space use mode for fishing ports (C). There is a consensus on these 3 factors. Under the situation that local governments lack manpower and budget, the research results herein provide a reference for understanding the actual expectations and demands of the local residents under different considerations of different groups. By finding the consensus factors, strategies appropriate for the local area may be identified, and the idle space of low-use-rate fishing ports may be used more effectively and flexibly.