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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1992

"SINCE THE ISSUE OF THE NOTICES, WAN AND YIM TIN TSAI FCZS WITH ILLEGAL RECTIFIED THEIR RAFTS,' HE SAID.

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MARICULTURISTS IN SHAM OR OVERSIZED STRUCTURES HAD

"WITH THE HELP OF THE TAI PO DISTRICT BOARD AND DISTRICT OFFICE, THE OTHER 31 MARICULTURISTS WITH THESE STRUCTURES HAD UNDERTAKEN TO RECTIFY THEIR STRUCTURES BEFORE THE END OF APRIL NEXT YEAR.

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ON AQUACULTURE, THE MEETING WAS INFORMED THAT A REPRESENTATIVE OF HONG KONG HAD BEEN ELECTED AS CHAIRMAN OF THE GOVERNING COUNCIL FOR 1992/93 OF THE NETWORK OF AQUACULTURE CENTRES IN ASIA-PACIFIC (NACA).

THE NACA IS AN INTER-GOVERNMENTAL BODY SET UP TO PROMOTE TECHNICAL CO-OPERATION IN AQUACULTURE AMONG MEMBER COUNTRIES OR TERRITORIES IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION.

IN A RECENT MEETING OF THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF NACA HELD IN HONG KONG, REPRESENTATIVES OF OFFICE INTERNATIONAL DES EPIZOOTIES (QIE) HAD AGREED TO SUPPORT AND CO-OPERATE WITH NACA ON PROJECTS RELATING TO THE PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF FISH DISEASE.

HONG KONG WOULD STAND TO BENEFIT FROM THESE JOINT PROJECTS IN RESPECT OF INFORMATION ON THE IMPACT OF WATER QUALITY ON FISH HEALTH.

ON THE CAPTURE FISHERIES SIDE, ACAF MEMBERS WERE CONCERNED THAT FISHERMEN WOULD BE AFFECTED BY DREDGING ACTIVITIES IN THE TERRITORY IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS.

AN OFFICER OF TIE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT REPORTED TO THE MEETING THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAD CONDUCTED TWO REGISTRATION EXERCISES FOR FISHERMEM OF SMALL CRAFT WHO CLAIMED TO BE AFFECTED BY DREDGING AT TATHONG CHANNEL AND EAST OF TUNG LUNG CHAU AND RY DUMPING ACTIVITIES AT SOUTH OF CHEUNG CHAU.

REGISTERED ONE CONDUCTED

THE EXERCISE CONNECTED WITH DREDGING ACTIVITIES HAD 1,300 VESSELS WHILE 319 CLAIMS WERE REGISTERED FOR THE ON SOUTH CHEUNG CHAU, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

"THESE CLAIMS WERE BEING PROCESSED AND THE GOVERNMENT WAS REVIEWING THE PRESENT PROVISION OF EX-GRATIA ALLOWANCES FOR THE AFFECTED FISHERMEN, HE ADDED.

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THE MEETING WAS ALSO INFORMED THAT THE MARINE BORROW ARBAS AT MIRS BAY AND WEST OF CHING CHAU HAD BEEN DR-GAZETTED IN VIEW OF THE LIKELY ADVERSE IMPACT ON ENVIRONMENT AND FISHERIES.

ON THE RECEPTION OF WEATHER INFORMATION AT SEA, NOTED THAT UPON THE DEPARTMENT'S REQUEST, THE INTERNATIONAL BAD INCREASED THE FREQUENCY OF WEATHER FISHERMEN AT SEA FROM TWO TIMES A DAY TO THREE TIMES WEATHER CONDITIONS AND FOUR TIMES DAILY DURING TYPHOON.

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