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保育工作與成果 – 海馬

海馬在世界自然保護聯盟瀕危物種紅色名錄中被
列為易危或瀕危，正受著沿海發展、過度開發、
誤捕、海洋污染和非法野生動物貿易的威脅。
海馬經常被出售作為水族館展品或被風乾作為傳統
中醫藥用途，每年估計有超過二千萬隻海馬被非法
買賣。香港不幸地成為亞洲非法海馬貿易的核心
地帶，每年進口超過二百二十萬隻海馬，其中百分之
八十來自泰國。

© Shadow Sin

Conservation efforts and achievements — Seahorse
Listed as either vulnerable or endangered on the IUCN Red List,
seahorses are threatened by habitat degradation or destruction due
to coastal development, over-exploitation, bycatch, marine pollution
and the illegal wildlife trade.
Often sold as aquarium pets or dried for traditional medicine, more
than 20 million seahorses are estimated to be illegally traded every
year. Unfortunately, Hong Kong is a major regional hub for illegal
seahorse trade with an import of over 2.2 million seahorses every
year, 80% of which from Thailand.

Seahorse Survey and Tagging Project
The seahorse survey conducted by OPCFHK aims to document the
number, species diversity, size, sex and distribution of seahorses in
© Shadow Sin shallow coral communities above seven metres and in the adjacent
areas of Hong Kong. It generates useful data that can be disseminated
海馬普查及標籤計劃 to governments, conservation groups, and the general public to
help formulate effective conservation management plans, and raise
保育基金的海馬普查及標籤計劃記錄香港水深七米 awareness about the importance of seahorse conservation and marine
以內水域的淺珊瑚群落及鄰近地區的海馬數量、 conservation in general. In 2018/19, OPCFHK performed four survey
物種多樣性、大小、性別和分布。普查所得的數據 dives, during which five seahorses were sighted and tagged.
會與各地政府、保育團體和公眾分享，以協助制定
有效的保育計劃。普查亦提高人們對海馬和整個
海洋保育重要性的認識。在二零一八至一九年度，
保育基金共進行了四次潛水考察，期間發現並標記
共五隻海馬。

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