For local residents, the worst part of the aftermath was that there were dead fish everywhere-calculated at the rate of 12,000 kilograms of fish per hectare, and given Jiadong's 500 hectares of fishponds (two thirds of which were stocked with grouper), there were 6 million kilos of dead fish, spreading a foul odor everywhere and creating a massive mosquito and fly breeding ground.
災後最令鄉民心痛的是到處是死魚，以 1 公頃最少 2 萬斤魚（1 斤為 0.6 公斤）計算，佳冬 500 公頃魚塭（石斑占 2/3），總共有 1,000 萬斤死魚，到處腐臭四溢、蟲蠅滋生。