Sustainability of marine environment and involvement of the private sector have been the major policies in APEC. In response to these policies and promoting the concept of marine resource conservation, this project obtained the designated results as follows: (1) Participation in the 16th Meeting of APEC Marine Resource Conservation Working Group in Hanoi, Vietnam and the Steering Committee Meeting of AMETEC in Korea; (2) Editing and publishing four issues of APEC Bulleting on Marine Resource Conservation and Fisheries; (3) Establishment of a web on the activities of marine resource conservation initiated by APEC and other international organizations; and (4) Organization of APEC Roundtable Meeting on the Involvement of the Business/Private Sector in the Sustainability of the Marine Environment in Taipei and the domestic experts meeting on developing the framework of the future projects to seek APEC funding.

APEC,marine resource conservation,private sector,sustainable development