Many Hong Kong people might not be surprised to learn that 60% of Hong Kong’s area is covered by water, but ask anyone in the street and they might assume that Hong Kong underwater is simply a murky pile of
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Shark rescue : challenging the status quo
Hong Kong is the centre of the trade in shark fins. A trade and industry that is not sustainable with upto 100 million sharks killed each year. Shark rescue a Hong Kong based conservation group have launched, with a bang,
Read moreHong Kong restaurants to stop serving Bluefin tuna
The SCMP reported that the Yacht Club, the Marco Polo Hotel and Pret a Manger (??) are banning the sale of Bluefin Tuna in their outlets. This is a good step. More is needed. Living Seas Hong Kong is
Read moreLessons from the recent humpback whale visit
The visit in early/mid March of a humpback whale was an amazing event, the first time that this internationally protected species has been reported in Hong Kong waters.  The whale was first spotted on the 16th March 2009, off his normal migratory route he traversed up and down the lamma channel for almost two weeks.  Hong Kongers were enthralled by this sudden visitor and many people took the opportunity to try to see the whale via a flotilla of boats. Â
                
The visitor provoked a lot of interest with the Hong Kong public, photos OPCF
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Presentation at Asia Asset Management Awards
On the 13th March 2009, Living Seas was invited to do a presentation at the Asia Asset Management “Best of the Best Awards 2008” Our presentation, conducted by Eric Sampson, a founding member of Living Seas
Read moreHiking event to Yan Chau Tong
On the 21st March, 2009, Living Seas Hong Kong organized a one-day hiking event and hiked along the Wu Kau Tang Hiking Trails (Double Haven, Plover Cove Country Park). We had a fairly large group on that day – sixteen
Read moreStrong appeal to leave whale in peace
The Agriculture and Fisheries Department has urged people not to set sail to try to see the whale and to avoid the humpback whale that is still in Hong Kong waters. Government Whale watching advisory notice. Photo:EPA There
Read moreHumpback whale found in the Lamma channel
Photo from wikipedia Exciting news is the discovery in the Lamma channel of a humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) cruising the lamma channel. News reports indicate that the whale, a ten metre specimen was probably heading up the coast towards
Read moreOuting to Yan Chau Tong
Some of the members and friends of Living Seas Hong Kong are heading off to Double Haven (Yan Chau Tong Marine Park) on Saturday 21st March 2009. Why don’t you join us…? The scenic Yan Chau Tong Marine Park,
Read moreSinking of a Jumbo in Hong Kong waters
Living Seas Hong Kong has learnt about the plans of a Hong Kong based scuba diving group Sandy Bottom Divers to sink an abandoned Jumbo in Hong Kong’s waters. Sinking a large object like this will be attractive to marine
Read moreLiving Seas HK Local Winter Diving Trip
On 22 February 2009, Living Seas Hong Kong members Dod O’Dwyer and Jeffrey Lee joined fellow member Ken Chan on a dive trip with Diving Express to Shelter Island (牛尾洲) to brave the 18-19C water to take a look at
Read moreCommercial Fishing Is Barred in Parts of Arctic
In light of rapid changes due to climate change commercial fishing has been banned in US waters north of the Bering Strait and east to the Canadian border. This is to enable proper assessment of the effects on the region of global warming.
“The Marine Conservation Alliance — an association representing fishermen and processors who harvest groundfish and crab off Alaska’s coast — endorsed the council’s decision to close an area spanning nearly 200,000 square miles, an area nearly twice as large as the U.S. national park system”
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