NTHU hosts the Ministry of Education's “113-114 Food and Agriculture Education Demonstration Schools and Regional Support Network Program”, in which the promotion of marine food culture is one of the year's priorities. We invited local officials, high school teachers, ocean-related NGOs, the Hsinchu District Fisheries Association, and Ming Fa Set-net Fishery, a fishing company, to form a core planning team.

Ming Fa Set-net Fishery is located in the northernmost part of Taiwan's west coast and adopts a passive fishing method that utilizes a graded design with different mesh sizes to achieve selective fishing and avoid overfishing. Only the fish that enter the last box net will be captured, while the uncaptured fish can still move freely in the net before the net is pulled. This fishing method mainly targets migratory fish in the surface layer, and is more sustainable for marine resources than benthic trawling or sonar fishing, which is in line with the goal of marine conservation and education.

Our Food and Agriculture Project team is responsible for organizing the core planning and in-depth study of the marine food culture curriculum, as well as collaborating with demonstration schools (primary and secondary schools) to assist in the planning of the fish education curriculum, so that students can understand the process of fish from the ocean to the dinner table. Through these programs, we hope to arouse children's reflection on fish consumption and cultivate their deep understanding of ecological sustainability.