Museum Exhibitions

“Do you know that the mountains are not as high as the sea is deep? / Do you know that the land is not as broad as the sea is wide? / Do you know the volume of the ocean’s magnan­imity? / Do you know the capacity of its forbearance? / Or what kinds of secret treasures are the Sea God’s riches?” - 余光中 (Yu ­Kwang-Chung)
Taiwan, a tropical island, sits at a pivotal location with rich marine resources, which have played an important role in the country's development into a marine nation. Although Taiwan is lacking land resources, Taiwan has some of the world's richest marine resources and a tremendous diversity of marine life that call it home. Specifically, oceans around Taiwan host about one-tenth of the world’s marine species, which is 400 times the average number for other coastal countries. The reason is that Taiwan encompasses a wide range of different marine ecosystems, including sand shoals in the west and several-thousands-deep coasts in the east. Yet the sea is sounding a stark warning to Taiwan – Taiwan’s marine resources are being exhausted, and the wonderful marine habitats are gradually disappearing, becoming a victim of people’s ignorance, negligence, and greed. Garbage dumped along coastlines, overexploited shores, and untreated sewage water all contribute to rising silt levels that cover coral reefs and suffocate the living coral’s vulnerable polyps. This is, without doubt, the most pressing threat to the survival of coral reefs. Unscrupulous fish vendors illegally catch large numbers of colorful fish to sell as aquarium pets; little do they realize that it is an endless torture for coral fish to be kept in manmade environment.
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