The whale shark--the largest fish species alive on our planet today -- is an example. Taiwan's inshore and offshore waters were home to the world's largest stocks of whale sharks. But then whale shark meat was developed as a new fashionable seafood. Today, less than a decade later, fishermen are hard put to catch a single whale shark, and researchers too can only look at mounted specimens and sigh with regret.
現今地球上最大型的魚類豆腐鯊就是一例，台灣沿、近海是全世界豆腐鯊最大產地，自從漁民稱為「憨仔鯊」的豆腐鯊肉被開發為海鮮新星，不到十年，今天漁民已很難再抓到豆腐鯊。