The purpose of the trip is to develop fisheries in areas that have no problems of territorial claims and no ocean pollution, and to do research on processing techniques of fisheries in Antarctic waters. Hopefully it will open a new field for expanding our deep-sea fisheries.
「海功」號這次前往南極，是在開發無領海限制及海洋汙染問題的漁場，並研究南極蝦漁業技術及加工利用，以充裕我國內魚類食品及提供飼料用的魚粉來源，也為我國遠洋漁業開闢一條新的路徑。