Overfishing is a danger our Chinese ancestors warned against thousands of years ago. Looking around us today, pollution of the sea around Taiwan, and land subsidence caused by overextraction of groundwater for fish arming, are pressing problems. The fishing catch from Taiwan's inshore and offshore waters today is little more than half what we import.
四面網罟、竭澤而漁，數千年前的中國人便已殷殷告誡以為不可，而今環顧四周，台灣近海的污染、超抽地下水養殖造成的地層下陷，已是迫在眉睫的危機，現在沿岸和近海的漁獲量不過是進口海鮮的一半左右，這還不是警訊嗎？