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MONDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1990

OVER THE NEXT FIVE DAYS, DELEGATES WILL BE EXCHANGING VIEWS EIGHT SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS ON DIVERSE TOPICS RANGING FROM FISHERIES

CONSERVATION.

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"WITH BETTER UNDERSTANDING AMONGST SCIENTISTS FROM WHOM GOVERNMENTS SEEK OPINION TO HELP FORMULATE POLICIES, THIS WILL PERHAPS PAVE THE WAY FOR INTER-GOVERNMENTAL DISCUSSIONS, AND FINALLY AGREEMENT ON COLLABORATIVE FISHERIES MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATION, DR LEE SAID.

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A CASE IN POINT WAS THE NORTH SEA FISHERIES WHERE COMMUNICATION AMONG SCIENTISTS LED TO INTER-GOVERNMENTAL DISCUSSIONS AND EVENTUALLY AGREEMENT ON A COLLABORATIVE FISHERIES MANAGEMENT SCHEME, HE ADDED.

"I AM HOPEFUL THAT WHAT HAPPENS IN THE NORTH SEA CAN ALSO HAPPEN IN THIS REGION,' DR LEE SAID.

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UNDERLINING THE IMPORTANCE OF THE FISHERIES INDUSTRY IN KONG, DR LEE SAID FISHERIES PRODUCE WAS POSSIBLY THE ONLY FOOD THAT THE TERRITORY COULD ALMOST BE SELF-SUFFICIENT.

IN 1989, HONG KONG'S

HONG

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FISHERIES PRODUCTION AMOUNTED TO SOME

243,000 TONNES VALUED AT $2,400 MILLION.

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ALTOGETHER THE INDUSTRY SUPPLIED 70 PER CENT OF THE DEMAND OF LOCAL 5.7 MILLION POPULATION WITH AN AVERAGE PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION OF 40 KG EACH YEAR. THIS PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION FIGURE IS AMONG THE TOP FIVE OF THE WORLD.

TURNING TO THE SWIRE MARINE LABORATORY, DR LEE BELIEVED THAT WITH ITS COSY YET INEXPENSIVE ACCOMMODATION PLUS RESEARCH FACILITIES OPEN TO BOTH LOCAL AND OVERSEAS SCIENTISTS, THE NEW LABORATORY WOULD CERTAINLY BECOME A FOCUS OF MARINE BIOLOGY RESEARCH IN THIS PART OF THE WORLD.

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THREE FISHERIES OFFICERS FROM THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT

AND MR MR ALBERT LEUNG, MR EDWARD WONG

JOSEPH SHAM TOOK PART IN THE AFTERNOON SESSION TODAY AND SPOKE RESPECTIVELY ON DEEP SEA PRAWN RESOURCE ON THE CONTINENTAL SLOPE SOUTH OF HONG KONG, TREATMENT AGAINST ECTOPARASITES OF MARINE FISHES AND THE FISHING PERFORMANCE OF THE FIRST PAIR OF STEEL TRAWLERS LICENSED IN HONG KONG.

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