Marine protected areas help preserve Hong Kong’s rich biodiversity, but action is urgently needed to meet international standards to safeguard them.
The report Sink or Swim: The future of fisheries in the East and South China Sea shows that growing demand for fish-based feed in the aquaculture industry is an emerging driver of fisheries overexploitation in the East and South China Seas.
Seafood is a favorite food of many people, but some studies have pointed out that climate change and excessive fishing activities have the opportunity to greatly reduce the marine life of the South China Sea. The research conducted by environmental organizations and universities has calculated that the high carbon emissions.
海鮮是不少人喜愛的食物，不過有研究指，氣候變化加上過度捕魚活動，有機會令南海海洋生洋大減。有環保組織及大學合作進行的研究推算，在高碳排放量及捕撈活動惡化五成的模擬情景下，預計南海生物總量將大跌93%，屆時蝦、紅衫魚等物種最受影響，而本港海鮮市場常見的石斑和鯛魚等，更有機會面對絕種危機。
The report Sink or Swim: The future of fisheries in the East and South China Sea shows that growing demand for fish-based feed in the aquaculture industry is an emerging driver of fisheries overexploitation in the East and South China Seas.
Overfishing in East and South China Sea and worsening impacts of climate change are driving Asia’s fisheries to the brink of collapse in the coming decades, according to new research released by the University of British Columbia (UBC) fisheries scientists and ADM Capital Foundation.
