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
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Living 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”
Read moreHainanese fishermen catch a 12 metre whale shark
On the 6th February, six Hainanese fishermen caught a 12 metre, 5 tonne whale shark. Article (in Chinese) can be found HERE Horrible scenes of the dead whale shark A study by Living Seas Hong Kong is showing
Read moreLegco Panel discusses commercial fishing ban
The Legco panel on environmental affairs met on the 21st January 2009 to discuss the proposed ban on commercial fishing in marine parks (amongst other items) This is an important step towards the implementation of this vital legislation. The agenda
Read moreBush sets-up huge National Marine Monuments
Finally, some good news from President G.W. Bush. On January 6th 2009 the White House announced that 195,000 mile2 of the Pacific Ocean will be designated as National Marine Monuments. The provisions in this declaration include the banning of
Read moreNo ban on Marine Park fishing until 2010
The Chief Executives policy direction to ban commercial fishing in Hong Kong’s few marine parks will not be implemented until 2010 at the earliest. This is disappointing and is the result of a need to make changes to legislation. These
Read moreHorseshoe crabs at Sai Kung restaurants
Judy L-Eastham from Explore SaiKung has informed Living Seas of a horrific event in Sai Kung regarding Horseshoe crabs, a species listed on government websites as needed preservation, highly endangered locally but unfortunately there is no actual protection under Hong Kong legislation. This illustrates the lack of protection for locally endangered marine species in Hong Kong and the lip service paid by the Hong Kong government to locally important marine species.Â
Read moreSharkwater video showing 19th Nov 2008
There will be a special showing of the globally acclaimed documentary, Sharkwater, to highlight the critical issues that the ocean ecosystem faces, partly due to the shark finning industry. When: Wednesday, November 19th, 8:30pm (the movie is about 80min)
Read moreCommercial fishing to be banned in marine parks
(fishing boats such as these will not be able to operate in the park)
Some great news announced as part of the Chief Executive’s policy address for 2008-09.
Read moreContinued opposition to Tai Po beach project
There is continued opposition to the proposed artificial beach project at Lung Mei in Tai Po. Living Seas has reported on this previously. The major objections are: Waste of tax payers money, the waters in this area are highly
Read moreUN report on fisheries cost and the growing trend of “rights based management” of fisheries
An article in the SCMP on Friday 10th October pointed out that according to a report released from the World Bank and the FAO there are $50B of potential economic benefit lost each year in the fisheries industry through poor management, overfishing and inefficiencies.
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