The Taipei Mortuary Services Office explains that burials at sea have only been carried out once a year due to the high cost and the fact that there are not enough people opting for such burials to justify more frequent trips.
直到最近兩年，在台北縣政府的積極宣導下，參與「聯合海葬」的人數在去（2009）年突破 53 位，今年（預訂 5 月 14 日辦理）活動報名數更上看 90 位。