From many years of research, Lee has determined that El Nino in combination with the earth being at the high point in its cycle of absorbing the sun's radiation has caused ocean temperatures to rise, which has in turn caused fish to disperse that previously would gather and wait for a suitably high temperature before producing eggs.
李國添多年來的觀察研究，他發現由於「聖嬰現象」，加上地球正處於接受太陽熱的高溫週期，使得海水溫度跟著提昇，等不到適當溫度產卵的魚群，於是四處分散。