As their boats are equipped with all kinds of sophisticated equipment for measurement and communications, fishermen are able to operate at sea as well as inshore.
過去，捕魚純靠人力和風力，漁船小、走得不遠，而且危險大。現在捕魚的方式進步了，船較大，人力改成了動力馬達，加上氣象預測較過去準確，船上又裝有許多測量及通訊儀器，使得漁人作業推展到遠洋。