Three years ago, Chen Tien-hsi, a research student at National Taiwan Ocean University's College of Marine Biology, on a whim proposed the notion of researching the green turtle to Cheng I-jiunn, an associate professor who had just returned to Taiwan. Their endeavor has made Taiwan the first area in the West Pacific region to research the rehabilitation of the green turtle.
三年前，海洋大學海洋生物研究所研究生陳添喜，心血來潮對剛回國不久的副教授程一駿提出研究「綠蠵龜」的想法，卻因此使台灣成為西太平洋海域第一個研究綠蠵龜洄遊性的地區。