"Compared with an average price of NT $ 1500 a kilo, their costs are low. Long-line tuna fishing has become an important high-grade inshore and offshore fishery for Taiwan," says Wu. But with the increasing numbers of bluefin being caught, if the fishery is to be sustainable, there is a need for more surveys of tuna stocks.
「出海天數少，加上平均一公斤一千五百元的單價，相對勞力、成本都低，黑鮪漁業已成為台灣沿近海重要的精緻漁業，」吳繼倫認為，相對於黑鮪魚的捕捉量日增，欲使黑鮪漁業能永續發展，需要進行更多族群調查。