The results reveales that there areAcanthopagrus schlegelii ,Acanthopagrus latus ,Rhabdosargus sarba ,Pagrus major ,Lutjanus argentimaculatus ,Mugil cephalus ,Epinephelus coioidesandTrachinotus blochiiin coastal waters off Penghu, but the numbers and catch rate were low. The proportion of the catch weight of releasing species is only 3.17% in the catch weight of all species. By calculating index of relative importance, it found that the most dominant in Penghu wereRhabdosargus sarba(186.04).The mean length ofP. majorshowed second and third season more than first and fourth season. And the others species had no trend variation of mean length obviously. In cousion, we suggested thatR. sarbamore suitable for releasing in the coastal waters off Penghu. Till now a total number of 9,118 voyage data were recorded in the waters off southwestern Taiwan. The results of top three fisheries were angling (39.36%), gillnet (35.02%), and longline (12.89%). The fishing vessels totally caught 101.47 tons fish. The target released species contributed 3.40% of the total catch in the coastal waters of southwestern Taiwan. Among them, the dominant species wereLutjanus argentimaculatus(2.13%),Rhabdosargus sarba(0.57%), andAcanthopagrus schlegelii(0.37%). By calculating index of relative importance, it found that the common species in the waters off southwester Taiwan wasLutjanus argentimaculatus , followed byRhabdosargus sarba, Eleutheronema rhadinumandAcanthopagrus schlegelii.Eleutheronema rhadinumwas observed in the coastal waters of Ziguan.Acanthopagrus schlegeliiwas distribution in the coastal waters from Ziguan to Qieding and Linyuan offshore waters.Trachinotus blochiiwas distributed in coastal waters of Linyuan.Acanthopagrus latuswas distributed in coastal waters of Ziguan.Rhabdosargus sarbain waters off Tungkang and coastal waters of Qieding.Lutjanus argentimaculatuswas distributed in the coastal waters of Mituo and Dapeng Bay. Among the ten major releasing species in the eastern waters of Taiwan, onlyLutjanus argentimaculatusandEpinephelus coioidesreach a little economic scale. It is not recommended to release before determining its benefits.