Marine Pollution Control Act Article 8

The central competent authority shall consider marine conditions in the determination of marine environment categories and marine environment quality standards.To protect the marine environment or meet the needs of the industry competent authority for special marine environments, the central competent authority may, in accordance with marine environment categories, marine environment quality standards and the characteristics of the marine environment, delineate marine control zones, determine marine environment control standards, issue official announcements and perform implementation after the determination of zone implementation plans and pollution control measures based on these zones and standards.The pollution control measures in the foregoing paragraph shall cover the discharge of pollution, the use of toxicants or chemicals to catch or kill aquatic organisms and other acts that cause marine pollution that the central competent authority has officially announced and prohibited.