Authorization and Management of Overseas Employment of Foreign Crew Members is US$550, which remains significantly below international standards. It is recommended that Taiwan progressively align wages with the international labor market by referencing the minimum wage standards set by the ILO’s Joint Maritime Commission, thereby narrowing the wage gap in a tangible and systematic manner. (3) Strengthen civil society group involvement in broker evaluations and promote cooperation with unions in the workers’ countries of origin As migrant fisher recruitment and introduction is almost entirely done through agencies, they need to be strictly regulated to prevent fishers' exploitation. While the Fisheries Agency has already revised many regulations to strengthen the recruitment agency licensing system, it has no power to apply them to foreign agencies charging high deposits. Managing pre-employment training for fishers and overseeing recruitment agencies in origin countries is being addressed through negotiations between governments to improve management practices. Subsequent oversight of domestic recruitment agencies relies on evaluation mechanisms. The Fisheries Agency has established the Taiwan Cross-Strait Fisheries Cooperation Development Foundation (CFCD) to carry out evaluations, holding regular evaluation meetings to assess 55 distant water fisheries recruitment agencies. Since 2023, the evaluation committee, which consists of 19 members, includes 4 representatives from civil society groups. Civil society groups believe that the evaluation of recruitment agencies tends to focus on document verification. Representatives from civil society groups involved in evaluations 104 have mentioned that the evaluation process is superficial, relying only on document reviews Refer to the NHRC, “Actions and Dialogues of Stakeholders on Foreign Fishermen's Human Rights Issues,” NGO Session Meeting Records, November 21, 2022, Taoyuan Workers’ Service Association presentation by Director Wang Ying-da. 104 129