Project Name：Aquaculture Project (Phase II)

Project status：Projects in Operation

Cooperating Country：Asia-Pacific, Palau

Project Description：

In alignment with Palau’s national food security and blue economy policies, this project focuses on the sustainable management of marine resources. It aims to expand aquaculture scale and species diversity to reduce reliance on coastal fishing, supporting the goal of 100% sustainable management of Palau’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).

The project will assist the Palau National Aquaculture Center (PNAC) and Palau Community College (PCC) in increasing the production of rabbitfish, milkfish, and sea cucumber seedlings for local cage culture. It will also develop technologies for high-potential emerging species (sea urchins) and introduce smart farming systems to enhance efficiency.

Key Focus Areas:

• Diversifying seedling supply: stabilizing the supply of rabbitfish, milkfish, and sea cucumber, and developing sea urchin breeding techniques.
• Expanding production scale: promoting sustainable, integrated aquaculture models for rabbitfish and sea cucumbers.
• Establishing community demonstration sites: empowering communities by linking aquaculture to local economic activities.

Project No：TT-310-2026-019

Implementation Start Date：2026-01-01

Implementation End Date：2030-12-31

Project Objectives：

1. Enhancing autonomous supply: reduce dependence on external sources by establishing a stable, diversified local seedling production system and implementing water quality monitoring.

2. Scaling and efficiency: help fishers expand production through cage culture and systematic data collection to boost management efficiency and household income.

3. Community-led management: create community-centric demonstration sites to foster responsibility for sustainable fisheries and fulfill blue economy goals.

Executing Agency：

Bureau of Fisheries (Palau), Taiwan Technical Mission in the Republic of Palau.

Project Contact：YEH, CHEN-CHUN

Phone：+886 2 2888 6141

E-mail：ccyeh@icdf.org.tw

Projected Benefits：

By the project's end, the output value of supported aquaculture products is expected to reach US$723,548, a 165% growth compared to Phase I.

Mission：Taiwan Technical Mission in the Republic of Palau