1. The 15 ^th special meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) reverted Taiwan’s catch quota for big-eye tuna to the original 14,900 tons.

2. The cooking contests to promote innovative cuisine using domestically-produced pork took place.

3. "The regulations for the Executive Yuan’s Financial Restructuring Fund to handle the utilization and management of compensation fund incurred by the credit departments of farmers’ and fishermen’s associations” was promulgated.

4. An exhibition on Taiwan’s leisure farming 2006 was organized for the public to appreciate the recent development of recreational agriculture.

5. A theme hall on Taiwan’s leisure farming was set up in Taipei International Travel Fair 2006 to market Taiwan’s agro-tourism. The industry has attracted more than 20,000 tourists from Singapore, Hong Kong and Macao.

6. The milk fish gastronomy contest and sales promotion activity were conducted.

7. Taiwan won 90 tons of rice quotas to export to Japan in the third simultaneous buy and sell (SBS) tendering organized by the Japanese government.

8. The certifying ceremony for 2006 CAS (certified agriculture standards) high quality agri-products of Taiwan took place.

9. The seminar on the recent trend and opportunity of agricultural biotechnology industry was conducted.

10. Premier Tseng-chang Su directed during an agriculture forum that the 2007 agricultural project loan quota will be increased from NT$30 billion to NT$45 billion to meet the demand from farmers and fishermen.

11. The 2006 APEC symposium on agricultural finance policy and development took place.

12. The ninth meeting on bilateral agricultural cooperation between Taiwan and the Netherlands was held.