The “Marine Resource Conservation Working Group” (MRC WG) is one of the major working groups of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC). Since 1995, APEC has been actively discussing the issue of sustainable development. The members of APEC also agree that the promotion of public-private partnership should be one of the central tools to achieve the goal of the regional sustainable development. This has been reconfirmed in the 2002 Seoul Declaration and 2005 Bali Plan of Action of APEC. In response to this fundamental policy of APEC, Chinese Taipei has held a conference and six roundtable meetings since 1998 on the involvement of the business/private sector in the sustainability of the marine environment. Its published “APEC Bulletin on Marine Resource Conservation and Fisheries” were recognized as the common bulletin of MRC WG and Fishery Working Group. In the year of 2006, the major tasks of this project includes: (1) to compile the related information and to publish “APEC Bulletin on Marine Resource Conservation and Fisheries” as well as to update the website information; (2) to participate in the 20th annual meeting of APEC MRCWG held in Brisbane, Australia: (3) to organize an international conference on the involvement of the business/private sector; and (4) to continuously conduct the APEC project entitled “Assessment of Environmental Capacity and Development of Risk Assessment Methodologies and Guidelines for Use in Sustainable Marine Aquaculture in APEC Region”.

APEC,Marine Resource Conservation,Fisheries