As the price of bluefin tuna has risen, the numbers caught have also increased. According to figures from the Taiwan Fisheries Research Institute, in 1990 Tungkang fishermen caught less than 200 bluefin, but by 2000 this figure had surpassed 10,000.
隨著黑鮪魚價格水漲船高，根據農委會水產試驗所公布的數字顯示，一九九○年東港黑鮪魚的捕捉量還不到兩百尾，到二○○○年已經超過一萬隻。