Each entrepreneur only had to pay a fixed NT $ 80,000 fee per hectare, bringing in NT $ 10 million. The other NT $ 90 million was provided by the government. This reduced the investment risk.
前年，宜蘭縣政府首先在頭城規劃「草蝦養殖專業區」，每戶養殖業者只須負擔一公頃八萬多元的土地重劃費用，總共繳納了一千萬元，其餘興建所需的九千萬元則全由政府補助，這無形中為養殖業者降低了投資風險。