勃勃海洋 Living Seas Hong Kong introduced the Living Seas Marine Life Survey dives to raise awareness and also to ascertain and document what species were recorded at different dive locations across Hong Kong.
On the 17th December 2022, we published our initial survey results.
Overall to date we have a recording of 157 species observations, in 10 dive sites, and with a total of 16 dives. The range of species recorded was from 13 (at the Yacht Club in Causeway Bay), to 97 different species at Basalt Island.
These surveys point towards key sites that we believe need to be better protected. Along with other groups in Hong Kong and the international goal to protect 30% of seas from overexploitation and damage, we would like to see additional Marine Protected Areas setup in Hong Kong.
The following image shows the dive sites that we have surveyed. (click here to access directly : https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit?mid=19pBnfgCRq3X9DarA5Vsk2nKvaCk6j10&usp=sharing
A summary of our summary report can be downloaded from this link.