本計畫主要目的在於檢視我國經濟海域內，尚未充分開發利用的漁業資源，盼能紓解沿岸漁業無魚可捕的困境。本計畫將調查東部海域大陸斜坡底棲及近底性深海漁業資源之生物相，並以鬚蝦類、櫻蝦類及金眼鯛類等魚蝦為重點，評估其資源並研發相關之漁撈技術。
The main purpose is to establish basic information for the species identification,ecological conservations, exploitation of the deep-sea macruran decapods,fishes,andcephalopods resources on the continental slope off eastern Taiwan.