Going back through the history of Taiwan's coastal development, one sees that more than three centuries ago, during the rule of Ming loyalist Zheng Chenggong (Koxinga), Han Chinese settlers were already building dikes in the shallows to collect salt and to raise milkfish and other kinds of fish. Through the Qing dynasty and Japanese colonial rule, the shore was continually being developed.
翻開台灣海岸開發的歷程，可追溯到三百多年前，從明鄭時代的移民墾殖，就已利用沿海的淺灘築堤養殖虱目魚、開闢魚塭、鹽田。