FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1986
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NEW FISH CULTURE ZONE DESIGNATED
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A NEW FISH CULTURE ZONE HAS BEEN DESIGNATED UNDER THE MARINE FISH CULTURE ORDINANCE AND SEVEN EXISTING ZONES HAVE BEEN REVISED.
A NOTICE TO THIS EFFECT WAS PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE TODAY (FRIDAY).
THE NEW ZONE, COVERING 15 HECTARES AT YIM TIN TSAI (EAST), SHUEN WAN HOI, TAI PO, BRINGS TO 28 THE TOTAL NUMBER OF ZONES ESTABLISHED FOR FISH CULTURE SINCE THE ORDINANCE WAS ENACTED IN 1982.
THE SEVEN REVISED ZONES ARE KAT 0, TAP MUN, KAU LAU WAN, SHAM WAN, LEUNG SHUEN WAN, TAI TAU CHAU AND CHEUNG SHA WAN. THE REVISION HAS RESULTED IN THEIR TOTAL AREA INCREASING FROM 28.2 HECTARES TO 37.5 HECTARES.
THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHIES DEPARTMENT'S ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (FISHERIES), DR CHRISTOPHER LEE, SAID THE NEW ZONE AT YIM TIN TSAI (EAST) WAS DESIGNATED PRIMARILY TO ACCOMMODATE MARICULTURISTS FROM YUNG SHUE AU FISH CULTURE ZONE WHO WERE AFFECTED BY A FISH KILL IN THE AREA LAST DECEMBER.
+OVER THE YEARS, REQUESTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM MARICULTURISTS TO EXPAND SOME OF THE MORE POPULAR ZONES. THE REVISION SHOULD BE ABLE TO CATER FOR UP TO 200 APPLICANTS ALREADY WAIT-LISTED FOR THESE ZONES,+ HE SAID.
DR LEE SAID THE DECISION TO DESIGNATE A NEW ZONE AND TO REVISE THE BOUNDARIES OF SEVEN ZONES WAS MADE AFTER CONSULTATION WITH OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS CONCERNED AND THE RELEVANT DISTRICT BOARDS.
HE SAID THAT FOUR CATEGORIES OF MARICULTURISTS WISHING TO APPLY FOR LICENCES TO PRACTISE MARINE FISH CULTURE IN THE NEW ZONE AT YIM TIN TSAI (EAST) WOULD BE GIVEN PRIORITY CONSIDERATION. THEY ARE
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LICENSEES IN YUNG SHUE AU FISH CULTURE ZONE WHO PREVIOUSLY PRACTISED IN YIM TIN TSAI (EAST) BEFORE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MARINE FISH CULTURE ORDINANCE IN 1982;
OTHER LICENSEES IN YUNG SHUE AU FISH CULTURE ZONE:
LICENSEES FROM OTHER ZONES WHO PREVIOUSLY PRACTISED IN YIM TIN TSAI (EAST) BEFORE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ORDINANCE; AND
* LICENSEES FROM OTHER ZONES WHO PREVIOUSLY PRACTISED
ELSEWHERE IN TOLO HARBOUR BEFORE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ORDINANCE.
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