Although soft-shelled turtles were once popular with Taiwanese gourmands, the meat of other turtles has never been eaten much in Taiwan. Now only a few fishermen in such places as Hengchun in Pingtung County eat the turtles driven into their nets by the Dragon King (the Chinese Poseidon).
台灣雖曾有食用與龜同類的「鱉」的風氣，卻沒有普遍的食龜熱潮，只有沿海如屏東縣恆春漁民，偶有機會吃海龍王送來的海龜，稱為菜龜。