Every third person in Tungkang is a fisherman, while another third of the population is engaged in associated activities such as shipbuilding, cold storage, making ice, seafood and fishing equipment manufacturing and others.
東港的居民除了三分之一是漁民外，有另三分之一的人亦從事著和漁業有關的行業，如造船廠、冷凍廠、制冰廠、食品廠、漁具製造工廠… … 等大小工廠八十餘家。