The resourceful residents of Hsiyu have found that tourists are willing to pay for the pleasure of feeding the cobia and fishing for them in their box nets at sea. While the men go out to make their living at sea, the women of Hsiyu make do on the wind-swept island, planting peanuts, sorghum, and the like.
西嶼人腦筋動得快，搭配觀光旅遊，還推出海鱺餵食秀、海上箱網垂釣，希望能挽留觀光客在西嶼停留的腳步，增加鄉民收入。