The policies devised to help adjust the fishing capacity of Taiwan’s distant water tuna fisheries are based on strategies including the ‘‘Restriction on the Construction of Vessels ’’,‘‘Vessel Elimination Mechanism’’ ,and avessel buyback program or fishing moratorium. In addition to the ad-hoc ‘‘Restriction on the Construction of Vessels ’’and‘‘ Vessel Elimination Mechanism’’
implemented at different stages of the period as described above, the government announced, in 1991, the general implementation of the policy ‘‘Restriction on the Construction of Vessels’’
for all fishing vessels including tuna fishing vessels.