Editing Taiwan Strait (section)

== Economy ==
Fishermen have used the strait as a fishing resource since time immemorial. In the modern world, it is the gateway used by ships of almost every kind on passage to and from nearly all the important ports in [[Northeast Asia]].<ref>{{Citation|last1=Chen|first1=Jinhai|title=Optimization on Arrangement of Precaution Areas Serving for Ships' Routeing in the Taiwan Strait Based on Massive AIS Data|date=2016|url=http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-319-40973-3_12|work=Data Mining and Big Data|volume=9714|pages=123–133|editor-last=Tan|editor-first=Ying|place=Cham|publisher=Springer International Publishing|doi=10.1007/978-3-319-40973-3_12|isbn=978-3-319-40972-6|access-date=2021-11-20|last2=Lu|first2=Feng|last3=Li|first3=Mingxiao|last4=Huang|first4=Pengfei|last5=Liu|first5=Xiliang|last6=Mei|first6=Qiang|series=Lecture Notes in Computer Science |editor2-last=Shi|editor2-first=Yuhui}}</ref> Chinese vessels often trespass into Taiwanese territorial waters to fish or dredge sand, leading to interceptions by the [[Coast Guard Administration (Taiwan)|Coast Guard Administration]] as well as seizures, confiscations, and fines.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hsin-po |first1=Huang |last2=Xie |first2=Dennis |title=Coast guard should benefit from fines on intruders: lawmakers |url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2020/11/09/2003746621 |website=www.taipeitimes.com |date=9 November 2020 |publisher=Taipei Times |access-date=10 November 2020}}</ref>

Taiwan is building major [[wind farms]] in the strait.<ref>{{cite web |title=Greater Changhua Offshore Wind Farms |url=https://www.power-technology.com/projects/greater-changhua-offshore-wind-farms/ |website=www.power-technology.com |publisher=Power Technology |access-date=10 November 2020}}</ref>