Yang Hong-chia was the earliest in post-WWII Taiwan to study cetaceans. He speculates that perhaps the first immigrants to Taiwan brought the habit of eating dolphin with them when they crossed over from Fujian 400 years ago.
日據時代後首先從事台灣鯨類研究的楊鴻嘉推測，可能是四百年前，漢人在唐山過台灣時從福建帶過來的飲食習慣。