In 1972, the Joint Commission on Rural Reconstruction appropriated a sum of money to convert one fishing boat into a squid-catching craft to go into the Sea of Japan. The experiment was a great success, with the ship bringing back an incredible 60-plus metric tons in one go.
民國六十一年，農復會補助了一筆錢，將一艘漁船改裝為魷釣船，到日本海釣魷魚，沒想到一下就釣了六、七十噸，非常成功。