However, despite the odor, no health hazard exists as long as the condition of fish has not deteriorated and begun to rot. Recently experts have pointed out that the sea contains vibrio-V parahemolypicus, harmful to the human intestine, but Ch'en Hsing-ch'en, professor of marine biology, says the problem is of minor significance.
最近有人提出海水中有腸炎弧菌，引起大家對海鮮汙染情形的關切。海洋學院水產食品科學系教授陳幸臣認為，實際狀況並不嚴重。