The department has recruited the services of 20 or so boat-owners who will take bereaved relatives out to sea, at no charge to the relatives, and allow them to drop the ashes of their loved ones into the deep in biodegradeable containers.
高雄殯葬管理所僱請二十人左右的船隻，免費讓至親家屬帶著骨灰，放入會溶解的器皿內，長眠於大海之中，與魚蝦為侶。