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本地保育工作 Local Conservation Efforts
海洋生物擱淺行動組:調查本地海洋野生生態健康
Marine Life Stranding Response Team: Investigating the Health of Local Marine Wildlife
第一手深入調查並提供支援
二零一九至二零二零年度，行動組共處理五十一宗鯨 豚擱淺個案，與去年度相比，中華白海豚的擱淺個案 急增逾一倍，更是自二零零六年保育基金與漁護署合 作以來錄得的最高記錄，為香港海洋生態敲響了嚴峻 的警號。在海洋公園獸醫及海洋生物護理團隊的專業 支援下，行動組透過進行解剖及收集樣本，辨識擱淺 海洋生物的死因、其棲息地及健康狀況，所得數據有 助修訂出更有效的保育措施。一般而言，大部分鯨豚 擱淺個案中，人類活動是導致其死亡的主因。
First-hand Investigations and Support
During 2019/20, the Team responded to 51 cetacean stranding cases in total, an alarming rise that includes an approximately two-fold increase in Chinese white dolphin stranding cases over the previous period, and a record high since its founding in 2006 in collaboration with AFCD. With the support of veterinary and marine animal husbandry experts from Ocean Park, the Team conducts necropsies and collects samples of these stranding cases. This is done to identify the cause of death, habitat and health of each victim so as to refine significant conservation measures. Generally, most cetacean stranding cases result in deaths primarily caused by human activities.
香港鯨豚擱淺個案
Stranding Cases in Hong Kong
2018/19
2019/20
中華白海豚
Chinese white dolphins
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江豚
Finless porpoises
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其他
Others
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以下三宗於二零一九至二零二零年度的擱淺個案例子，均顯示與人為因素有關:
Here are three stranding cases from 2019/20, demonstrating how human activities could lead to a dolphin or porpoise’s death:
擱淺個案一:中華白海豚誤吞整個「鬼網」
Stranding Case 1: Chinese White Dolphin Ingested an Entire Ghost Net
二零一九年八月十四日，大嶼山貝澳發現一具雌性 成年中華白海豚屍體，其胃部有三分之二的空間被 一個棄置的漁網佔據，令該條海豚活活餓死，這正 是海洋垃圾危害生態的有力證據，而「鬼網」更是 海洋生物的死亡陷阱。
On 14 August 2019, a female adult Chinese white dolphin carcass was found at Pui O, Lantau Island. An abandoned fishing net occupied two-thirds of its stomach, which led to its death by starvation. This is a stark example of how marine debris, and “ghost nets” in particular, are death traps to marine animals.
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