It would be a great loss if the unique Yami culture were to vanish, with its rich knowledge of the ocean, including a lunar calendar based on the flow of the tides which is very different from the Chinese calendar.
而雅美人對海洋的知識相當豐富，如他們以海水潮汐現象編成「太陰曆」，與我們的大陸文化大不相同，如果這樣獨特海洋文化消失了，劉斌雄認為，這不只是蘭嶼人的不幸，更是我們的損失。