The scientists, for their part, remained undaunted. They had already completed a phase of the project and continued experiments with artificial reefs and horsetail algae elsewhere.
去年十月，海洋牧場的實驗計畫暫告一段落，但各項實驗仍未中斷，只是「化整為零」：馬尾藻實驗移回台灣本島進行；人工漁礁則已在大果葉灣對面海底另起爐灶。