
受到青壯人口外流、漁電共生及台積電建廠搶人等因素影響,全台虱目魚養殖面積腰斬,從高峰期逾萬公頃縮減至約5000公頃,產業鏈面臨嚴重缺工與存亡危機。
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全台虱目魚養殖面積因人口外流與漁電共生等因素,從高峰期1萬0378頃縮減至5000.2公頃。
受到漁村青壯人口外流、漁電共生等多重因素影響,全台虱目魚養殖面積已從高峰期1萬0378頃逐步縮減至今年的5000.2公頃,加上人力匱乏,從飼養端到捕魚、殺魚與加工都出現缺工窘境,整個產業鏈正面臨嚴重存亡危機,加上台積電也來搶人,漁民自嘲為黃昏產業。
嘉義縣布袋鎮新塭是台灣最重要的虱目魚加工重鎮,西部濱海公路新塭段虱目魚加工廠一家接一家,產量占全國半數以上,被譽為虱目魚的故鄉。但每家加工廠員工平均年齡高達60歲,只靠退而不休的資深人員並非長久之計,不過,若要雇用移工代替,必須要有工廠登記證,許多業者資格不符,只能硬撐。
7、80歲老漁民還在硬撐!
虱目魚養殖漁民指出,現在60歲以下的漁民愈來愈少,很多7、80歲老漁民還在硬撐,也由於年輕人不接棒,最終魚塭只能租給光電業。而且專業捕魚團隊也是青黃不接,人力減少5成以上,但因為養殖面積銳減,目前還不至於缺工,但沒有新血加入,老了就無法牽網捕撈,搶捕魚工的惡夢恐即將上演。
南科擴廠與嘉科設廠徵才搶人
業者表示,台積電在南科擴廠與嘉科設廠徵才,由於入職門檻沒有想像的高,薪水又好,最重要的是在台積電上班走路有風,也讓年輕人一去不回頭,人力老化可說雪上加霜。
60多歲的兼職婦人表示,虱目魚取肚去刺都是駕輕就熟的動作,並不會太累,而且時間可彈性調配,遇到要祭拜祖先或照顧孫子都可以放下工作,只要做得動就繼續做下去。但沒有新人加入行列,行業前景令人憂心。

The 2026 China International Agricultural Machinery Exhibition opened on October 26 at the Tianjin National Convention and Exhibition Center. The exhibition covers an area of nearly 300,000 square meters, attracting more than 3,000 companies to participate in the exhibition, focusing on displaying new agricultural mechanization, intelligence and green technologies. It is expected that the number of visitors will exceed 200,000.

Taiwan's aquatic product processing industry is facing severe labor shortages and aging employees. Most of the employees are women over 60 years old. Due to the low temperature in the environment and the need for manual removal of spines, the willingness of young people is low, and the spineless milkfish may be in danger of disappearing. The Fisheries Department is planning training courses to fill the manpower gap.

Typhoon Qiangpit, with strong winds and no rain, severely damaged agriculture in Yunlin County, with losses of more than 100 million yuan in crops and greenhouses. After Agriculture Minister Chen Junji went south to investigate the disaster on the 26th, the Ministry of Agriculture immediately announced Yunlin as an agricultural natural disaster cash assistance area, covering grains, vegetables, sugarcane and greenhouse facilities. Disaster-stricken farmers can apply from October 27th to November 9th.

Typhoon Qiangbi's strong winds severely damaged Taichung's agricultural industry, with an area of 339.42 hectares damaged and losses exceeding NT$20 million. Legislator Yang Qiongying, together with the Agricultural and Food Administration and other units, surveyed the damage caused by bamboo shoots in Tanzi, hard corn and potatoes in Houli, and called on the Ministry of Agriculture to announce cash assistance for all items as soon as possible.

The 33rd China Yangling Agricultural High-tech Achievement Expo and the 2026 SCO Agricultural Expo opened in Yangling, Shaanxi on the 25th. More than 2,000 units from 51 countries and regions around the world participated in the exhibition, focusing on new productivity and SCO agricultural cooperation.

Executive Director Zhuo Rongtai went to Yilan on the 25th to investigate the agricultural damage caused by Typhoon Qiangbi. He instructed the Ministry of Agriculture to adopt the principles of priority, speed and leniency in providing agricultural damage relief. The county and city governments will complete the allocation within 3 days after submission, and promote the intelligent and resilient facility agriculture plan to help farmers resume farming.