Allowance was made in the original budget for compensation payments, but claimants remained dissatisfied, and repeated negotiation failed to break the deadlock. Some of the fish breeders were illegal in the first place, but they entered the hunt for compensation too, further complicating matters.
雖然工程預算本來就編列了補償費用，但因雙方對補償金額看法歧異，致多次協調未果；加上有些養殖業原本就是違法佔用海岸，開挖塭床，受取締後也堂而皇之地加入索賠行列，使得情況更加複雜。