According to a report from TRAFFIC Taipei, in 1985 a 3000-kilogram whale shark would fetch only NT $ 5000-8000, but by the late 1980s, the price of whale shark had rocketed to NT $ 150 a kilo, and a single shark could sell for the sky-high price of NT $ 2 million.
根據台北野生物貿易調查委員會的報告，一九八五年，一尾三千公斤的豆腐鯊，價格不過五千到八千台幣之間；八○年代後期，豆腐鯊一公斤飛漲到一百五十元，同樣的豆腐鯊一尾可以賣到台幣兩百萬天價。