INTERVIEW: Algal reef vote could save endangered speciesCome August, a campaign to protect algal reefs off the coast of Taoyuan is poised to become the nation’s first ecological issue to be put to a vote. Pan: The algal reef is like the “nourishing room of maritime life,” providing a similar function to that of corals. Taoyuan has two fishing ports, Chuwei (竹圍) and Yunan (永安), whose fishing industries are made possible because of the algal reefs. They had grown to about 70cm, evidence that the algal reef is a healthy ecosystem, where the fish eggs incubated... TT: You describe the Datan algal reefs as a world-class ecological asset.

Source: Taipei Times March 14, 2021 15:56 UTC