Raising oysters, catching fish, promoting tourism - Magical Waisanding Sandbar

Formed from alluvial sediment deposits coming off the Zhuoshui River,
Waisanding Sand Bar is the largest sandbar on the outlying coastal islands of
Taiwan. Under the influence of waves, coastal currents and the northeast monsoon,
the sandbar literally moves, on average drifting 60 to 70 meters southwest each
year, which is why it is also called, “the moving land”.

In the last few years, industrious local fishermen have been conducting tours
of the rich ecological surroundings and sharing their knowledge about the customs
and traditions of the local people with tourists, slowly forging out a tourism
industry. Led by the captain, visitors can take a ‘tourist’ fishing boat out onto
the ocean, and step foot on ‘the moving land’ - Waisanding Sand Bar. Dongshih in
Chiayi is renowned for its oyster farming, and with the pristine water allowing
oysters to grow plump and sweat it is no surprise that the vast majority of Taiwanese
oysters are raised in the area. An absence of human disturbance has helped transform
Waisanding Sandbar into a bird paradise, which attracts hundreds of species of migratory
birds each year, and allows visitors to enjoy the beauty of such an abundant ecological
environment.

以下為中英文對照

養蚵蟹、捕漁獲、拼觀光　神奇的外傘頂洲

外傘頂洲是台灣沿海最大的離島沙洲，外傘頂洲是一座移動的國土，由濁水溪的泥沙沖積而成，
但受到波浪、沿岸流及東北季風影響，平均每年往西南方向漂移60至70公尺，因此被稱為是「移動的國土」。

近年來在當地漁民的積極經營下，發展出了觀光漁筏，帶領遊客出海去探訪豐富的生態與漁村風情。
在船長的帶領下，遊客可以搭上觀光漁筏，乘風出海，登上外傘頂洲。嘉義東石最出名的就是養蚵，而許多
蚵的養殖都是在外傘頂洲。潔淨不受汙染的水質，讓東石的蚵仔肥美鮮甜。加上沒有人為的干擾，外傘頂洲
也成為鳥類的天堂，每年會有上百種的候鳥在此棲息，讓遊客來此，看到了豐富的生態。

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