According to a study by the Formosa Cetus Research and Conservation Group, the isolated native population of Chinese white dolphin that lives within five kilometers of Taiwan's southwest coast today numbers less than 200. The situation is dire.
據「福爾摩沙鯨保育研究小組」的調查，在台灣西南沿海 5 公里內海岸出沒的中華白海豚（漁民暱稱「媽祖魚」，是台灣特有種），目前族群量估計已不到 200 隻，情況十分危急。