An article from the scmp in the Post Magazine 2nd March 2008, talks about the terminal decline of the fishing industry in Hong Kong. It is worth a read, some of the key quotes:
- “most fish landed within local waters these days are only a few centimeters long and the majority are destined to be ground up for food for aquaculture”
- “powerful vested interests, further complicated by the Legislative Councils “rotten borough” functional constituency system helps ensure that unsustainable industrial scale fishing continues in Hong Kong waters”
- “Commercial fishing is even allowed in Marine Parks – surely the ultimate no catch zones”
The full article can be found here