The Taipei County government, which at that time was in charge of the area, didn't even realize that people were putting up fish ponds in this largest stretch of sea-eroded flatland in all of Southeast Asia. When the authorities found out a year later, they adopted a firm attitude and banned the pisciculture, but the area has been left pocked with holes.
當時管理東北角的台北縣政府卻不知漁民們是在東南亞最大的海蝕平台上開鑿魚塭，等到隔年政府發現事態嚴重加以禁止，平台上已經千瘡百孔。