They said we shouldn't catch fish within three nautical miles of the coast, "says Kueishan Islander Huang Chen-yu, who moved to Toucheng 31 years ago. Other volunteers sitting inside the community center opposite the fishing port agree. Fishing is a family affair in this community where more than 90 % of those whose fathers or grandfathers were Kueishan Island fishermen still continue in the business.
「前兩天，我們的漁船才被『保七ㄟ』取締，說不可以在 3 海浬內捕魚，」坐在位於大溪漁港的社區辦公室內，遷村到此岸頭城已經 31 年的龜山人黃陳裕和在場的義工媽媽們忿忿不平地說著。