These large development projects have had a much greater impact on the environment than the agriculture and fish farming that predominated along the coast in earlier years.
最近的雲林離島、台南安順科技、桃園觀音等 7 大工業區也都是開發海埔地而來，面積高達 35,000 公頃以上。種種龐大的開發計畫，對環境造成的破壞，相對地也遠大於早年濱海農漁業墾殖帶來的衝擊。