"You couldn't even recover your investment over the past two or three years. Many cultivators could not repay the loans that had been taken out from the fishing association," says Chen. In the heyday period, land rented for NT $ 40-50,000 per unit per month.
「連著兩、三年血本無歸，不少養殖戶跟漁會借的貸款都交不出來」，陳玉坤說，想當年一分地月租四、五萬，大家搶著要，現在四千元一個月，都乏人問津。