Half of the inhabitants of the Penghu Islands are fishermen and half farmers. There are 1,990 motorized fishing boats and 1,339 sampans used for fishing. Sea products pile up in the stores of Makung, including decorative items made from shells, corals, hawksbill turtle shells and "sea trees" (a kind of sea weed). A mounted lobster is made as vivid as if alive.
澎湖居民半漁半農，漁撈事業很發達，現有機動漁船一九九○艘，舢板漁船一三三九艘，馬公街上，盡是海產漁鮮，而貝殼、珊瑚、玳瑁、海樹做的裝飾品，精緻美麗，龍蝦標本栩栩如生，都很受歡迎。