In 1961, Taiwan had no more then 1000 or so motorized fishing vessels, and the annual seafood take was only about 300,000 metric tons. By 1984, the catch had surpassed one million metric tons.
民國五十年時，台灣的動力漁船不過近六千艘，年產漁獲三十多萬公噸，民國七十三年漁獲突破百萬公噸。