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The Kaohsiung Museum of Fisheries Civilization () is a museum in Cianjhen District,
Kaohsiung Kaohsiung City (Mandarin Chinese: ; Wade–Giles: ''Kao¹-hsiung²;'' Pinyin: ''Gāoxióng'') is a special municipality located in southern Taiwan. It ranges from the coastal urban center to the rural Yushan Range with an area of . Kaohsi ...
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History

The origin of the museum can be traced to the establishment of a cultural museum of squid fishery in April 2002 by the Taiwan Squid Association and a cultural museum of tuna fishery in November 2003 by the Taiwan Tuna Association. Later on, the Kaohsiung City Government combined the two museums to form the Kaohsiung Museum of Fisheries Civilization after obtaining a fund of NT$20 million from the
Fisheries Agency The Fisheries Agency (FA; ) is the agency of the Council of Agriculture of the Taiwan (ROC) responsible for all matters relating to fisheries. History In May 1998, the amendment of the Regulation for the Organization of the Council of Agricultu ...
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Exhibitions

The museum is divided into four exhibition areas, which are: * Area A, for the far sea trawl fisheries zone, coastal and offshore fisheries zone, aquaculture zone * Area B, tuna exhibition zone * Area C, for the fisheries products processing zone, fisheries conservation and utilization zone * Area D, squid exhibition zone


Transportation

The museum is accessible within walking distance southwest of Caoya Station of Kaohsiung MRT.


See also

* List of museums in Taiwan


References

2002 establishments in Taiwan Fishing museums Museums established in 2002 Museums in Kaohsiung {{Taiwan-museum-stub