says an old captain who has been fishing commercially for almost 40 years. Looking out across the Pacific Ocean from Wushih Harbor in Toucheng, Ilan County, the old sailor speaks frankly as he draws on his cigarette: "Fishermen net everything, even the young fish, so how can we expect them to sustain their numbers?"
一位跑船近 40 年的老船長站在宜蘭頭城烏石港邊，望著眼前的太平洋邊抽煙邊嘆氣，「連吃奶嘴的（指海洋生態食物鏈中的飼料──吻仔魚）都不放過，哪有機會結婚生子（小魚）？」