But difficulties lay ahead. Although the citizens of the town had indeed passed the bylaws that prohibited fishing, there was at the time no way to enforce them under ROC law. Outsiders were skeptical of the whole thing and from time to time caused trouble.
雖然山美村村民確實的執行自治公約，但對當時的國家法令而言，並未具有法律效令，是而不時受到外來人的阻難與質疑。