In 2000 the county council designated eight uninhabited islets as protected areas for terns. Visitors are not allowed to set foot on these islets, but they can approach by boat, cut the engine, and observe the birds through binoculars.
民國八十九年縣政府已將八個無人島劃為燕鷗保護區，遊客不能登上島去，但可遠遠地請遊艇熄火，以望遠鏡觀察。