List of Informants

Note: In Taiwan it is culturally incorrect for a young man to ask an older woman her name. Most of the elderly fishers felt offended when I asked to interview their wives. This is why all the names of the older fishers’ wives are unknown.

Cai Bian (and his wife and female relatives)

Cai Bian (70+ yrs.) is a retired offshore fisher. He used to work in the aquaculture and coastal fishing industry in Cijin District, but he started to fish in the waters off Southeast Asia after the fishing port was built in Cijin. He is semi-illiterate, but his daughter is a university lecturer.

Cai Dingbang

Cai Dingbang (60+ yrs.) is Cai Wun'yu's nephew. He was elected as a supplementary National Assembly delegate by Kaohsiung's fishing communities. His fishing company still plays a leading role in Taiwan's distant-water fishing industry. He has worked as an honorary Consul-General for Papua New Guinea in Kaohsiung since 2003. He is active and well-known in Kaohsiung's political circles and fishing industry.

Cai Minghuei (and his wife)

Cai Minghuei (65+ yrs.) is a retired offshore fisher. He used to work in aquaculture and in the coastal fishing industry in Cijin District, but he started to fish in the waters of Southeast Asia after the fishing port was built in Cijin.

Cai Wun'yu

Cai Wun'yu (80+ yrs.) is a Kaohsiung business tycoon. He graduated from Keio University, one of Japan's best post-secondary institutions, in the colonial era. He was very active in both political circles and the fishing industry in postwar Taiwan. He served as the Head of the Kaohsiung Fishermen's Association and on the City Council. He was also invited to join the Taiwan Fisheries Production Committee. He was awarded an honorary doctorate of Marine Science and Resources by Nihon University in Japan, and was elected to the Taiwan Provincial Assembly.

Chang Dejing

Chang (60+ yrs.) is a retired fishing master in Cianjhen. An indigenous Taiwanese, he worked in Kaohsiung's trawling industry for decades and used to fish in the waters off northern Australia.

Chen Cai

Chen Cai (75+ yrs.) was a successful fish wholesaler in the Kaohsiung Fish Market, but he switched careers and ran a successful fishing company.

Chen Jinjiao

Chen Jinjiao (75+ yrs.) is a retired fishing master who used to fish in the waters of Southeast China.