Raising one hectare of eel in one year, for example, can yield an income of NT $ 200,000 (US $ 5,000). Production is exported to Japan and Hong Kong as well as being sold locally, and experts estimate that up to twothirds of the farmland is now devoted to fish farming.
「養殖高經濟價值的紅尾蝦、虱目魚、文蛤、蚵、鰻魚……，比起種田好賺多了」，伸豐農魚場的盧福傳說。據漁民估計，以養鰻來說，一甲魚塭，平均一年可淨收新台幣廿萬元左右，除了內銷，還外銷到德、日、香港等地，如今台西有三分之二農地闢為魚塭。