Keelung fish market revives traditional spearfishing culture
Keelung fish market revives traditional spearfishing culture
2025-10-27
Keelung’s Badouzi community recently held a bustling market where people could try free seafood samples, and even set up a traditional spearfishing “stage” for people to try for themselves. Organizers created the stage for people to experience thrill of spearfishing in the hopes of reviving this dying art of hand-to-hand combat with the sea.
People line up according to their order number, patiently waiting for their food. Badouzi in Keelung recently held a huge market with delicious seafood to try, including fish wontons and pickled squid.
Visitor
The squid is unique. It doesn’t taste like I imagined it would. It’s a little sweet. A little salty and sweet. It’s not bad.
Visitor
It’s the first time I’ve had something like this. Very unique. It’s a very traditional way of making it in the fishing village. Seems like it would pair well with alcohol.
The organizers also set up a spearfishing activity, complete with a mural of a swordfish. They held the activity, because spearfishers are in short supply these days, and therefore fewer boats are out catching swordfish. By letting people experience spearfishing for themselves, they can better understand life in the fishing village.
Tu Chien-chiu
Badouzi Village chief
Spearfishing was done like this. But if you hold it like this when you’re looking for fish, it won’t feel as heavy.
Tsai Fu-ning
Keelung economic affairs director
It shows people close-up and personal how fishers used to do battle with the sea, how they speared swordfish. They can actually feel firsthand how the heroic fishers of old braved the raging oceans.
Although there are still plenty of fishing boats that have spears, most aren’t used anymore. The community hopes that through their reenactment, people can understand the thrill and peril of traditional spearfishing.
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基隆八斗子海味市集! 復刻"鏢旗魚台"提供大海體驗
2025-10-27
基隆八斗子社區日前有一場熱鬧的市集活動，不只有免費的海味可以吃，他們還復刻了一比一的鏢旗魚台，開放大家挑戰。之所以這這麼做，是有感於如今旗魚鏢手日漸凋零、人才欠缺，希望藉由，讓民眾體驗過去漁夫鏢旗魚的驚險與刺激，以及與大海搏鬥的過程。
民眾大排長龍，按照手上的單子，有秩序的領取美食。基隆八斗子社區，舉辦市集活動超大方，現場美食，包含鮮魚餛飩、醃漬小卷，隨你吃。
[[民眾]]
“魷魚很特別啊，它不是我想像中的味道，它有一個甜甜的味道，鹹鹹甜甜的，味道還不錯”
[[民眾]]
“第一次吃到這種味道，很特別，原來就是漁村傳統的料理方式，感覺很下酒”
現場還設置了一個鏢旗魚台，前方地上更畫了一隻旗魚，讓民眾試著鏢。之所以有這樣的活動設計，是有感於當年的旗魚鏢手日漸凋零，人才欠缺，旗魚船跟著越來越少，因此想讓遊客體驗以前的捕魚方式，更了解當地漁村生活。
[[八斗里里長 杜劍秋]]
“在鏢魚的時候是這樣，但如果在找魚的時候，夾這樣，這樣比較不會那麼重”
[[基隆市產發處處長 蔡馥嚀]]
“跟民眾比較近距離去介紹，體驗漁夫怎麼樣去大海裡面跟魚搏鬥，怎麼樣去射鏢旗魚的鏢槍，讓他們實際感受以前漁夫，在海上波濤洶湧的英姿”
儘管現在不少漁船，仍保有鏢旗魚台，但大多已經失去功能。因此八斗子社區，希望藉由他們的還原，讓民眾知道，過去漁夫鏢旗魚的過程，有多驚險刺激。
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