Xiao Zaiquan: From Cape Police Chief to Outlying Island Police Chief, Standing on the Side of the Sea

How many marine protected areas does Taiwan, China have?

According to statistics from the Fisheries Agency for the 104th year of the Republic of China, there are 36 in total, including 27 fishery resource protection areas, 3 national scenic areas, 2 nature reserves, 1 seabird protection area and 3 national parks (Taijiang, Kenting and the Marine National Park).

In reality, however, how many of these protected areas actually have staffed management? Probably only the national scenic areas and national parks; most of the remaining fishery resource protection areas and reserves have no one managing them, or are patrolled by local watch teams and volunteer teams themselves. National scenic areas are marine protected areas under "multifunctional zoning use," with recreation management as their main goal; marine protected areas that truly have resource management measures such as "banning harvesting," "banning entry or impact" exist only within national parks. The national park police corps (now under the Seventh Special Police Corps of the National Police Agency) is the frontline unit enforcing the protection of natural resources within national park protected areas.

Xiao Zaiquan, known as Xiao Xiao, can be called a maverick of the police world, but because he insists on enforcing the law and dares to clash head-on, he is also a headache for his superiors. In the 91st year of the Republic of China, Captain Xiao was assigned to the Kenting National Park police corps, sparking his passion for marine conservation enforcement.