"Banning all imports of groupers simply because a few didn't meet the regulationsseems like making a big fuss," said Ian Tsung-yen Chen, an associate professor atNational Sun Yat-sen University. He said it was possible there was an element of"political intimidation" from Beijing.
"Groupers aren't overwhelmingly important for Taiwan's agricultural exports, but... [thesuspension] has a great impact on specific farmers and fishermen," Chen told NikkeiAsia.