So why don't they report these? After a visit to the islands, Yang Shih-chu, one of Dr. Chou's research assistants in the Department of Zoology at NTU, says that the fishermen want to cooperate, but they are "afraid of getting involved." They don't want to have to go through a dockside investigation and do all the follow-up procedures.
根據台大動物系周蓮香研究室研究助理楊世主在當地的訪談，漁民是有合作的意願，但是他們很怕「上衙門」﹘﹘面對岸邊檢查哨的盤查，以及後續的報備程序。