In a brief time, tilapia had been transformed from a foreign species into the "national treasure fish" in the words of fish farmers. Total production reached 80,000 metric tons last year, while production value hit NT $ 2.7 billion.
時光倏乎一甲子，吳郭魚已由外來種蛻變為養殖業者口中的「國寶魚」，這尾國寶魚去年總產量達到八萬公噸，產值則高達二十七億新台幣。