FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 1983
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NEW AREAS DESIGNATED FOR FISH CULTURE
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TWO NEW AREAS HAVE BEEN DESIGNATED AS FISH CULTURE ZONES UNDER THE MARINE FISH CULTURE ORDINANCE.
ANOTHER ZONE ALREADY DESIGNATED WILL BE EXTENDED TO ACCOMMODATE MORE OPERATORS.
ANNOUNCING THIS TODAY (FRIDAY), A SPOKESMAN FOR THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT SAID THE TWO NEW ZONES ARE SITUATED AT YIM TIN TSAI IN TAI PO AND CHEUNG SHA WAN ON LANTAU.
THE EXTENDED ZONE IS AT MA WAN.
THE TWO NEW ZONES BRING TO 26 THE TOTAL NUMBER OF ZONES GAZETTED FOR MARINE FISH CULTURE UNDER THE MARINE FISH CULTURE ORDINANCE WHICH WAS BROUGHT INTO FORCE IN JULY LAST YEAR.
THE ORDINANCE MAKES IT ILLEGAL FOR MARICULTURISTS TO OPERATE OUTSIDE DESIGNATED ZONES.
PLANS OF THE TWO NEW ZONES AND THE MA WAN EXTENSION MAY BE INSPECTED AT THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT IN CANTON ROAD GOVERNMENT OFFICES AND ITS FISHERIES OFFICES AT TAI PO KAU, SAI KUNG, ABERDEEN AND AU TAU, AND ALL DISTRICT OFFICES.
MARICULTURISTS HOLDING LAST YEAR'S SURVEY CHITS WHO WISH TO APPLY FOR LICENCES TO PRACTISE MARINE FISH CULTURE IN THESE NEW ZONES SHOULD OBTAIN APPLICATION FORMS FROM THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT, ITS FISHERIES OFFICES OR THE FISH MARKETING ORGANIZATION OFFICES AT TAI PO, CHEUNG CHAU, CHEUNG SHA WAN IN KOWLOON AND CASTLE PEAK.
EARLIER APPLICANTS FOR LICENCES IN OTHER ZONES MAY ALSO AMEND THEIR ORIGINAL APPLICATIONS TO INCLUDE YIM TIN TSAI, CHEUNG SHA WAN OR MA WAN AS ONE OF THE CHOSEN ZONES.
COMPLETED APPLICATION FORMS FOR THE NEW ZONES SHOULD REACH THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES NO LATER THAN MONDAY, MARCH 21. AMENDMENTS TO ORIGINAL APPLICATIONS RECEIVED BY THIS DATE WILL NOT AFFECT THE DATE OF THE ORIGINAL APPLICATION FOR BALLOTING PURPOSES.
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