Chiehting Village, which is a drive of about an hour and a half from Kaohsiung, is Taiwan's largest mullet market, last year accounting for some 60 percent of the island's total catch and for sales of over NT $ 100 million.
海龍王時時會要人命不說；漁獲量也有限得很，因此「跳烏」就逐漸式微了。距高雄市區一個半小時車程的茄萣鄉興達漁港，是國內最大的烏魚拍賣市場。去年台灣地區烏魚捕獲量近八十萬尾，在興達港捕獲的約佔百分之六十，拍賣金額達一億元左右。