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THURSDAY, MAY 5, 1994

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WATER QUALITY IN MARICULTURE ZONES SET TO IMPROVE

MARINE FISH CULTURE ZONES WATER QUALITY IN OR NEAR TERRITORY IS EXPECTED TO IMPROVE FOLLOWING GENERAL USE BY PELLET FEED.

MARICULTURISTS

OF THE

IN THE

THE ACCEPTANCE AND MORE ENVIRONMENTAL-FRIENDLY MOIST

SENIOR AQUACULTURE THE REMARK AFTER A THE ABERDEEN

THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT'S FISHERIES OFFICER, DR PATSY WONG PAT-SHUN, MADE TWO-DAY MOIST PELLET FEED PRODUCTION WHOLESALE FISH MARKET WHICH ENDED TODAY (THURSDAY).

PRODUCTION DR WONG SAID THE

AT DEMONSTRATION

OF

FEED WAS RESEARCH, WITH REPRESENTATIVES

OF THE MOIST PELLET BY THE DEPARTMENT DEVELOPED

AFTER SEVERAL YEARS EXPERIMENTS AND TRIALS, AS WELL AS CO-OPERATION OF THE LOCAL MARICULTURE INDUSTRY.

THE FEED DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANCY STUDY IN 1989 TO MARICULTURE ON HONG KONG WATERS.

FOLLOWED A GOVERNMENT-COMMISSIONED ASSESS THE

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT

OF

A

TRASH

"THE NEW FEED FORMULATION, COMPRISING TRASH FISH, FISH MEAL, BINDER AND A VITAMIN MIXTURE, IS TO REPLACE THE EXISTING MINCED FEED WHICH HAS MORE WASTAGE AND LEACHING,

ABLE TO "THE NEW FEED HAS BEEN SCIENTIFICALLY PROVED AS BEING MINIMISE THE POLLUTION LOADING ESPECIALLY IN HONG

FAIRLY KONG'S

SHELTERED FISH FARMS.

SUITABLE FOR THE FISH SPECIES CULTURED IN LOCAL WATERS.

IT IS ALSO

BEEN

OBSERVED

ΤΟ

SUCH

ALSO "FISH FED WITH THIS MOIST PELLET HAVE GROW HEALTHIER AND BETTER ABLE TO WITHSTAND ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS AS COLD SPELL,' SHE SAID.

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THE NEW FEED WAS INTRODUCED TO LOCAL

MID-1993.

MARICULTURISTS

IN

THE DEPARTMENT'S KAT O FISHERIES SUB-STATION HAS STARTED A IN NEARBY NUMBER OF SHORT-TERM TRIALS WITH VOLUNTEER MARICULTURISTS

CULTURE ZONES, FISH

SHE SAID, ADDING THAT RESPONSE FROM MARICULTURISTS HAS BEEN PROMISING,

THE DEPARTMENT HAS DRAWN UP A PROGRAMME TO EXTEND THI MOIST PELLET TO THE INDUSTRY WITH THE AIM THAT ALL WOULD USE THIS ENVIRONMENTAL-FRIENDLY FEED BY 1998.

DR WONG SAID THE TWO-DAY DEMONSTRATION AT THE ABERDEEN WAS WELL-RECEIVED BY LOCAL MARICULTURISTS.

THE USE OF MARICULTURISTS

PILOT PLANT IN

BY

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"I HOPE THROUGH THIS DEMONSTRATION, MARICULTURISTS WOULD BE

VIEW ABLE TO MASTER THE PRODUCTION TECHNIQUES WITH A

TO SETTING PLANTS SIMILAR AND RUNNING

TRADE ASSOCIATIONS FOR SUPPLY MEMBERS ON A NON-PROFIT BASIS, SHE SAID.

UP

то

BECOME AS THE PILOT PRODUCTION PLANT HAS NOW WILL FIRST PRODUCE MOIST FEED FOR MARICULTURISTS IN THE ISLAND ON A COST-RECOVERY BASIS.

OPERATIONAL,

IT

NEARBY LAMMA

/MARICULTURISTS FROM