In today's news, with Paz and Trevor:

Taiwan's fishing industry is affected by global warming, a 9-year old senior high school student, and more money for Taiwanese workers.

You'll hear more on these stories, coming up next.

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一個不良的循環正在危及台灣的海洋生態

A Negative Cycle Endangers the Ocean Ecosystem off the Shore of Taiwan

Mackerel are an excellent source of nutrients for our bodies.

鯖魚是我們身體營養的極好來源。

Many fishing harbors in Yilan rely on mackerel as their source of income (收入來源).

For example, Nan-fang-ao used to have over 50 fishing boats catching over 800 tons (公噸) of mackerel a day.

However, due to global warming (全球暖化), mackerel no longer need to migrate into warmer waters in order to reproduce.

And ocean currents now bring less food for mackerels.

Since 2019, mackerel catches have been getting smaller and smaller.

There have been more and more reports of fishing boats bringing back less than one ton of mackerel.

It's an issue that has been causing a lot of concern for the fishing industry (漁業) in Yilan.

The Taiwan Fisheries Association has implemented some regulations to make sure that Taiwan's fisheries are able to stay in business and provide for the families that depend on the income from mackerel catches.

台灣水產工業同業公會實施了一些規定，確保台灣漁業能夠繼續經營，並為依賴鯖魚捕撈收入的家庭提供生活所需。

Some of these rules include banning fishing (禁止捕魚) in June to give the fish time to grow, releasing small fish, and having fishers report their catches when they return to the harbor.

The government and fisheries might be able to improve Taiwan's fishing industry soon if they work together.

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天才衝衝衝! 韓國天才兒童準備就讀首爾的第一志願高中

9-Year-Old Korean Child Genius Goes to Top High School in Seoul

Child prodigy (天才神童) Baek Kang-hyun recently posted a picture on Instagram, of him holding an enrollment certificate to Seoul Science High School.

Kang-hyun, who was born in 2012, was already famous when he was only a little over 3 years old.

Kang-hyun became famous when he appeared on a TV show called "Gift Group", after he took an IQ test and got a score of 163.

This means that he wasn't just gifted, he was a gifted person in the top 0.0001 percentile with that level of IQ.

這表示他不僅有天賦，他還是IQ智商水平在前 0.0001 個百分位的人。

Kang-hyun started elementary school in 2019, and was immediately recommended that he jump (跳級) to fifth grade after one year.

Then he entered middle school in 2021 and then, on the 27th of August, 2022, Kang-hyun made his now-famous post on Instagram in front of the Seoul Science High School.

He captioned the post (為照片加上標題) saying, "Baek Kang-hyun, I'm 9 years old. See you guys next year. Take care of me."

Kang-hyun will start his senior high school education in 2023.

Everyone is looking forward to (期待) what amazing things the child prodigy will be able to achieve!

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台灣工人的一道屬光

A Ray of Hope for Wage Workers in Taiwan

Taiwan's government has increased full-time and part-time salaries for workers.

台灣政府提高了工人的全職和兼職的工資。

It's the 7th increase in the last seven years, and it's a big deal for everyone (是一件大事) because a lot needs to be considered before the government could make this decision.

The biggest factors that go into evaluating whether or not base-level pay should increase, as well as by how much, are the Consumer Price Index and the overall growth of the economy.

評估基本工資是否應該增加以及增加多少的最大因素是消費者價格指數和經濟的整體增長。

The Consumer Price Index, or CPI is a tool used to measure inflation (通貨膨脹).

Inflation is when a currency (貨幣) loses some of its value, so the price of some things might go up.

After careful consideration and discussion, it was finally agreed that from January 1st, 2023, the base-level pay for both full-time and part-time employees will increase by 4.8-percent.

This means that the original base-level monthly salary of 25,250 NT will increase to 26,462 NT.

And the base-level hourly wage will go up from 168 NT to 176 NT.

This marks the 7th consecutive (連續的) base-level pay increase by President Tsai Ing-Wen's administration.

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So, in today's News Bites:

Global warming is causing fewer mackerel to reproduce around Taiwan.

It has affected the country's fishing industries.

The government and fisheries might be able to improve Taiwan's fishing industry soon if they work together.

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9-year-old child prodigy Baek Kang-hyun will be a high school student next year.

He has an IQ level of 163.

He will study at the prestigious Seoul Science High School.

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Taiwan's government has increased full-time and part-time salaries for workers starting next year.

It's the 7th consecutive base-level pay increase in the last seven years.

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And that's today's episode of News Bites!