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本地保育工作 Local Conservation Efforts

蘇眉：以新科技保育瀕危物種
Humphead Wrasse: Devising New Technology to Preserve an Endangered Population

© Palau Steve Lindfield

急需打擊非法貿易的工具 Better Tools Are Needed to Discourage Illegal Trade
蘇眉在香港屬受保護物種，食肆必須申領管 The humphead wrasse is protected in Hong Kong – only licensed shops
有許可證，才能在指定時段按限額管有及售 are allowed to hold and sell a restricted number of wrasse at a given time.
賣蘇眉。然而，每年市場錄得的蘇眉買賣記 However, the number of humphead wrasse sold each year is more than
錄，往往高於許可證指明的上限，足證非法 the legal number, a strong indicator of illegal trade. Humphead wrasse is
貿易問題存在。事實上，中菜一直視蘇眉為 considered to be a delicacy and popular in Chinese cuisine. They are sold at
珍饈，向來不乏饕客支持，在市場上有價有 a high retail price, making illegal trade lucrative enough to be a threat to their
市，豐厚利潤促成非法貿易，對本地及海外 local and non-local populations. Unfortunately, the general public currently
has no reliable way to tell whether the fi sh they are consuming come from a
種群帶來威脅，而且公眾目前並無可靠辦法 legally licensed source.
辨別所買的蘇眉是否來自合法產源。

為甚麼蘇眉的保育工作如此重要？
Why Is Humphead Wrasse Conservation Important?
蘇眉是珊瑚礁生態的重要守護者之一，因為牠們最愛捕食棘冠海星。沒有蘇眉的存在，棘冠海星的數量會激增和過分侵
蝕珊瑚，繼而令珊瑚生長失衡，危害珊瑚礁的結構。

Humphead wrasse play an important role in coral reefs, which are home to many marine species. Without their presence,
the crown-of-thorns starfi sh – their favourite meal – can grow out of control, leading to a disparity of coral growth and
bioerosion that endangers the reef's structures.

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