To save on foreign exchange, local fishery specialists have been trying to spawn milkfish to reach the goal of self-sufficiency.
台灣省水產試驗所東港分所曾花了六年的功夫，好不容易培育種魚成功，卻在去年交配時功虧一簣而告失敗。但漁業界人士一致認為，國內培育虱目魚種魚的技術已臻成熟，在近期內必定有所突破。