FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 1988
BOTH FORUMS WILL START AT
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THE TWO FORUMS ON THE WESTERN
REVISED BOUNDARIES FOR TWO FISH CULTURE ZONES
REVISION OF THE BOUNDARIES OF THE SHA TAU KOK AND YIM TIN TSAI FISH CULTURE ZONES UNDER THE MARINE FISH CULTURE ORDINANCE WAS ANNOUNCED BY THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT TODAY (FRIDAY).
A NOTICE ON THE REVISION WAS PUBLISHED IN TODAY'S GAZETTE.
UNDER THE REVISION, THE BOUNDARIES OF THE SHA TAU KOK FISH CULTURE ZONE ARE RELOCATED SOUTHWARDS BY 60 METRES AND EXPANDED IN THE SAME DIRECTION FROM THE EXISTING 5.4 HECTARES TO 18 HECTARES.
THE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN BOUNDARIES OF THE YIM TIN TSAI FISH CULTURE ZONE HAVE ALSO BEEN EXTENDED BY 20 METRES, RESULTING IN AN
INCREASE IN SIZE FROM 11.7 HECTARES TO 13.6 HECTARĖS.
THE SENIOR FISHERIES OFFICER OF THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT, MR K.W. CHAN, EXPLAINED THAT THE REVISION WAS MADE TO MEET THE OPERATIONAL NEEDS OF MARICULTURISTS IN THESE AREAS.
THE SHA TAU KOK AND YIM TIN TSAI FISH CULTURE ZONES ARE AMONG THE 28 ZONES DESIGNATED BY THE GOVERNMENT SINCE THE ENACTMENT OF THE MARINE FISH CULTURE ORDINANCE IN 1982, THESE TWO ZONES OCCUPIED BY 95 AND 184 LICENSEES RESPECTIVELY.
ARE FULLY
KOK FISH TO OXYGEN
"AS WATERS IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE SHA TAU CULTURE ZONE ARE RELATIVELY SHALLOW AND HAVE BECOME PRONE DEPLETION AND HENCE FISH KILL, THE MARICULTURISTS IN THE AREA HAVE EXPRESSED A WISH TO RELOCATE THEIR ACTIVITIES TO DEEPER WATERS, MR CHAN SAID.
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"THE DECISION TO REVISE THE BOUNDARIES OF THE ZONE WAS MADE AFTER A REVIEW OF THE SITUATION AND CONSULTATION WITH THE NORTH DISTRICT BOARD AND RELEVANT GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS.
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