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Hong Kong's multi-million-dollar fishing industry seems destined for an even more productive future. During 1977, the Agri- culture and Fisheries Department research ship, Cape St Mary, discovered what promises to be a considerable new marine resource - schools of juvenile anchovies. in the northern part of the continental" shelf off the South China Coast. The find was made during the latest series of surveys, undertaken to determine the distribution of unexploited midwater or pelagic, fish stocks in the traditional fishing grounds of the Hong Kong fleet. Information. gained from the surveys, coupled with the results of other wide-ranging research***** projects, will enable government experts to evaluate ways of keeping up with Hong- Kong's appetite for fresh fish. Each of the territory's 4.5 million people eats an aver- age of 32 kilograms of fresh fish a year. Modern fishing techniques, introduced by the department over the past 15 years, enable the local fleet of 5,500 vessels to supply nine out of every 10 fresh marine fish consumed. In addition, mariculture the raising of marine fish in nets or cages suspended from rafts anchored in sheltered bays and fresh water pond fish farming are playing an increasing role in meeting the demand for fresh fish.

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Previous page: A worker on a marine fish culture raft nets a mature fish raised from fry. Left (from top): Some of the sophis- ticated fish-finding gear on board the Agri- culture and Fisheries DepartmentTM research ship, Cape St Mary; the Cape St Mary leaves its moorings alongside the Aberdeen Fisheries Research Station; a research offi- cer examines one of more than 1,000 species of marine fish preserved at the Aberdeen

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