When the coastal highway was opened to traffic in 1986, there was a sudden fad for abalone farming here. Excavators were driven right on to the northeastern coastline and dug a whole line of abalone ponds stretching across the sea-eroded flatlands.
民國六十八年濱海公路通車後，此地正興起九孔養殖熱，怪手隨著開進東北角海岸，在沿岸海蝕平台上打出一畦畦的九孔池。