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Wuqi Fishing Harbor is Taichung’s first mechanized fishing-boat port. Built to develop central Taiwan’s fishing industry and to complement the planning of Taichung Port, it covers a total of 60 hectares of water and land. The harbor’s designated fishing zone can accommodate 300 vessels of up to 50 tons. Located on Taiwan’s west coast, roughly in the middle of the Taiwan Strait, the harbor’s tides are strongly influenced by Pacific currents. At flood tide, seawater enters the strait from both north and south, converging in the central section and raising the water level; at ebb tide the water retreats toward both ends, producing an average tidal range of about 4.5 m. The seabed slopes gently, exposing a sandy beach 3–4 km long at low tide and creating ever-changing scenery and rich marine life. Local fishermen mainly use inshore drift nets and shallow-sea aquaculture. Thanks to effective promotion of recreational fishing policies, Wuqi has transformed into a multipurpose leisure harbor combining production, marketing, tourism, and entertainment. Building on government guidance, the harbor’s primary goal is to modernize its fish-market automation, aspiring to become an Oriental-style, world-class Wuqi Fisherman’s Wharf that will carry the harbor to new heights.