The fish farmers slept in the shelters, and as soon as they heard the fish coming up to the surface and trying to breathe air, they immediately agitated the water to aerate it.
時常來此勘查的許獻平推測，由於台塑六輕、台南工業區，一北一南的工業區不斷抽沙填土，再加上台南縣境內水庫攔截上游砂土的沖積，使得七股的海岸線在一個夏天過後，居然內縮二十多公尺，情況仍在惡化中。