Thus far nearly NT $ 100 million has been invested in efforts by more than a dozen agencies to breed the species, which exists in the wild only in the upstream portion of the Tachia River. Sadly, not only have its numbers not increased, none of the seven people who have earned PhDs or MAs through the breeding program hold out very optimistic hopes for the fate of the brook masu salmon.
可惜，在投入近億經費、十幾個單位共同進行人工繁殖、復育後，今天，不只魚的數量並未增加，在復育計畫下培養出的七個博、碩士，幾乎都對櫻花鉤吻鮭未來命運，不抱樂觀。