Kaohsiung’s Kezihliao Fishing Harbor (蚵仔寮) on Saturday unveiled a refrigerated truck that is to serve seafood to remote communities in the municipality’s Namasia (那瑪夏), Liouguei (六龜) and Neimen (內門) districts.
The cold-chain service is part of an NT$18 million (US$589,661) collaboration between the Kaohsiung City Government and the Tzukuan Fisheries Association to refurbish the harbor’s fish market, the Kaohsiung Marine Bureau said in a news release.
The truck, valued at NT$1.2 million, is to play an important role in providing the residents of Kaohsiung’s underserved districts with domestically produced seafood, it said.
Photo courtesy of the Kaohsiung Marine Bureau via CNA
Inhabitants of the city’s more remote districts, especially children and older people, are nutritionally disadvantaged by the unavailability of fish, the bureau said, adding that locals cannot afford online vendors’ prices.
The truck, which was chosen for its refrigeration capabilities and because it meets carbon emissions standards, would deliver fish to specific locations on a regular schedule, it said.
Thanks to the refurbishment project, the fish market’s frozen product processing facilities have been improved and its retail space has been increased to about 265m2, the bureau said, adding that it now offers 80 types of products.
Kezihliao fish market is a major distribution hub for the fishery industry in southern Taiwan and an estimated 4,000 tonnes of seafood is traded there every year, the bureau said.
The Council of Agriculture’s Fisheries Agency chose the port as one of the 10 most charming fishing ports for tourism in Taiwan, and it is locally renowned for its fresh-caught fish, it said.
Last year, the bureau secured central government funding for a project to refurbish the fish markey, with the aim of improving its frozen food manufacturing plant, diversifying its products and offering cold chain services, the bureau said.
These changes would help solve the overproduction problem affecting the fisheries industry, it said.
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