Back in 1963, a "research team for the artificial propagation of grey mullet" was organized by the Taiwan Fisheries Research Institute, the Institute of Fishery Biology and the Fishery Bureau. The first experiments were made at Sanwei, Kaohsiung. The project was moved further south in 1968 to the Tungkang Marine Laboratory, Pingtung.
從民國五十二年開始，由台灣省水產試驗所、台大漁業生物試驗所及省漁業局共同組成「烏魚人工繁殖研究隊」，先在高雄汕尾實施人工繁殖試驗，到五十七年以後改在屏東縣東港試驗分所繼續養殖試驗工作。