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This means that most 84 恇怱ḍ⤎⤎⢅⊇ῲạ䙫䢚㍹㔥㈴⏖㔥㈴⏖ㄆ㈴ ⎾⽾∗˛榀㸖⅝⯍㛰⽯⤁⼳嶚䎴岛䙫㵞 Ọ凛⤎惏⇭㔶ㄆ䙫㵞㳲䔆⡪⎱Ⱜἶ⅝ of the sensitive marine habitats and their 㳲䔆ㄲƏὲ⥩㮻⊇⊹㮻㵞恫⤁⒨䨕䙫䎱䑁例吤Ə⻝䶦ᷴ䴼䙫䳬㨠㝾ƏṆ㛰Ḕ Ḕ䙫䎴岛䉐䨕Ə㚒㜑⽾∗㲼⽲㢄㕮㛰 vulnerable species are not yet effectively 䨕䟚䎱䑁⒨䨕㖣ㇸῸ䙫㰛⟆䈔⥴欌湾Ə㮻 ⊇⊹㮻㵞㒨㛰䙫⒨䨕㛛尷⮳ 取䙤㵞屁˚榓師埠䬰㛰嶊䙫㵞㳲䔆䉐Ƅ㵞⯝⛽⋥⊹⇡✏㜓✗㉥⽾∗䙫䎴岛 㔯✗ῄ孞˛⛇㭋Ə䕝⤎⮝恇曉䅐⚩Ə protected by regulations. Everyone should ˥㵞⯝˦*Ə὇⏑奨㋰⛽䴉橌Ⱈ⏖Ọ䛲∗唁䂡⤮妧䙫㵞㳲㙖屈Ə㎉䴉䔆⑤Ḳ GLIIHUHQWKDUGFRUDOVSHFLHVWKULYH 㬊峅⤎凑䄝吓䉐㘩Əㆰ婙䛈憶恦ℴ⹙ know how to appreciate nature and how to 2 㹷䙫併Ə⟠棱ῄ孞䒗⡪䙫ヶ嬿˛㵞⯝⛽⏑㘖ῲ敲⦲Ə὇⏖Ọ凮⏳㨊㄂⥤⤎凑 km LQRXUZDWHUVHYHQPRUHWKDQWKRVH Ҹୌ IRXQGLQWKH&DULEEHDQސٵ 㓥凑䄝䒗⡪˛ minimize their own environmental impact 1,650 䄝䙫㛲⎲ᷧ嵞⏳怱Ə䙣㍿㛛⤁䙫䔆ㄲ㙖滅Ə≜怇凑ⷘ䙫㵞⯝⛽Ƅ when in the field. 榀㸖㰛⟆两杉䨴Ɲ⹚㖠⅓憳 7RWDO+RQJ.RQJPDULQHDUHD Welcome aboard! NP ᶣ᳉㓭Ჾᵙ⫍㊎䟸濕⴩ḞἘỉ孞孪ᶹ Here are a few gentle reminders about Usually, visiting incredible coral reefs and seeing stunning marine life 䕂弈⩠濣 how to be a responsible nature visitor: involves an expensive holiday. 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Make sure diving gauges and other gear are 㮶⹛↓⭊Ə⏵㵞䁊䙫㽕敺⸝㳌䀿䂡暢怵 㖣㽂㰛∴Ə㪉㟌㈧㛰㸓憶塏⎱♏㜷ⷙ clipped and secured so that they do not dangle, ↓䙫㰛泌㎷ᾂ䛂⮛ 1637 䉉⛡㉊⥤Ə恦ℴ✏吤㰛⽳墒櫭儒䙫♏ risk entanglement in or damage to corals or other 㜷乶吾ㇽ䠛⣅䎱䑁⎱⅝ẽ䔆䉐˛ marine life. (YHU\ZLQWHUWKHLQWHUWLGDOPXGIODWDW 㖣⹛楽㬈㖣榀㸖䙣䏥Ḕ取䙤㵞 'HHS%D\LVDGLQLQJWDEOHIRUDQDYHUDJH 屁䙫劚幋 ἴ㖣⌾Ḓⳝ㷘䁊䙫㲀䀿Ə✏㮶⹛⅔㛯 9. 7KHVDQG\EHDFKDW6KDP:DQLVVSHFL¿HGDVD RIZLQWHULQJZDWHUELUGV ᷧ㗌凚⌨㛯ᷰ⌨ᷧ㗌㛪≪䂡䥨⌧˛㈧ restricted area from 1 June to 31 October during &KLQHVHZKLWHGROSKLQVZHUH the nesting season of green turtles. No visitors are ILUVWVSRWWHGLQLQ+RQJ 㛰怱⮉ᷴ⏖✏怀ῲ䶇㵞澃䔉⍜䙫⭊䮧 .RQJ ∴⽧婙嘼˛ allowed during this period. 㮶⹛⌨ṳ㛯凚侳⹛ṻ㛯Ə怱ạᷴ⮃∴ 10. Do not land on islands which are home to White- ⽧䙤兠㵞浗丨㭽䙫ⳝⶣ㴢⊼ƏỌℴ樞 bellied Sea eagle breeding sites during their breeding season (December to May). This will 㓥㵞浗⎱⽘柦⅝丨㭽ㇷ⊆䍮˛ prevent disturbance to the birds and avoid reducing © CatHolloway/WWF-Canon 㰵⪴◔ 妧屁㘩Ə⇮⋦忤忷ㇽ⹙㓥㵞屁䙫∴怙 their breeding success. © Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department 巖䷁˛ 11. While dolphin watching, never chase or cut across 䕝὇ㅉ㭌㖣⤎凑䄝㘩Ə㲦忻⏖⌻⊐㷬 the course of dolphins. 䏭冇㨤ㇽ⻉䉐Əḍ㢫何㖣恐䕝䙫❪✥ *㜓✗⛽Ḫ䶃㜓✗⛽ḪḪ䶃⏯㔦⺃⅓ⷪ⏯㔦⺃⅓㔦⺃㔦 䙫媦㟌䴷㞃媦 㞃⎱㜓✗⯯⮝㜓✗ 䙫䟻䩝⠘␱䙫䟻䩝⠘ 俳ㇷ˛⟡㖣俳ㇷ˛⟡㖣ῄ備ῄ備䏭䔘Ə䏭䔘ƏᷧẂ䔆ㄲ㔶ᷧẂ䔆ㄲ ㄆ䙫✗滅ḍ✗滅 12. Wherever you are, if you notice plastic bottles or ㇽ⛅㔝䮘ⅎ˛ Marine Biodiversity Map ᷴ⋬㋓ᷴ⋬㋓✏怀✗⛽ⅎ˛㭈徵㿶妤㜓㛪䶙柨Ə㟌斘䶙柨Ə㟌 ⭳㕛䙫⎪俪㕛䙫⎪ 䛕拫Ɲ拫 wwf.owf.org.hk/m/marinemap˛ debris, remove it and place it in an appropriate recycling or rubbish bin. * The map is producedduce based on the best available data from governovove mentme surves ys and researcheaearc conducted by local expertperts. Somem ecologicallycall sensitive sites are notno indicind atedted fofor conservatiovat n © Adam Minu reasons. Please visit ourouur websiteit for the list of referre ence: wwf.org.hkrg.h /mari/mar nemap/en/e . 䊈䌘乢勻 㰵㯉⎸ᴱ朜↓䄧 媑榀㸖㒨㛰尷⮳⎱⒨䨕⤁㨊⋽䙫䎱䑁Əἣ㘖⤐㖠⤃孁ƏἭ⅝⯍ḍ Ḕ取䙤㵞屁㘖榀㸖㰛⟆㛧⤁ạ婴嬿䙫⑳⎾▃㄂䙫㵞㳲ⓡṚ桅⊼䉐Ə㒨㛰㴢㼸敲㛾䙫晤ℰ ᷴ䄝Ə✏㜓㸖㰛⟆⏖Ọ㉥∗尷⮳䙫䎱䑁䉐䨕Ə⋬㋓䟚䎱䑁˚⅒㔥 『㠣⑳姵⥤䙫⣽塏俳ㇷ䂡˥吓ạ忞˦Ə㘖榀㸖⛅㭟㘩䙫⏰䥌䉐Ə䉇Ὸ㛧▃㭈✏㜓㸖奦杉 䎱䑁Ƌ⥩廆䎱䑁Ə㟚䎱䑁ƌ⎱溸䎱䑁˛Ṳ⯍ᷱƏ⽯⤁ạỌ䂡䎱䑁 䙫湠㷈㰛ẋ䔳✗⌧㚉㳚˛ㇷ⹛䙫Ḕ取䙤㵞屁Ə䚕冁␯䱰䳬剙Əẕ湾䙫⣽❲Ə⊇ᷱ⥤⊼⎱ 㘖㵞Ḕ㣴䉐Ə⅝⯍䉇Ὸ㘖⊼䉐⑉Ƅ ⤁K䙫䤥ẋ塏䏥Ə廼㗺⎽⽾⤎䜥㭈⾪˛⏍ᷧ䨕榀㸖䙫㵞㳲ⓡṚ桅⊼䉐㘖㱆屁Ə∮▃㄂✏ 䟚䎱䑁⛇㒨㛰⟬䡓䙫⣽檏檣俳⽾⏴˛⤎惏⇭䟚䎱䑁惤㛰⏴䂡埙溪 © FelixChan 㜓㸖⌾杉䙫㰛⟆⇡㱹Ə䉇Ὸ㱹㛰傳气Ə䁗剙䙫㱆屁⌨⇭⮚侅⎱曊Ọ㌰㑟Ə✏憵⣽忤⯲⅝ 嗢䙫㵞嗢桅䔆䉐⮫Ⱜ檻ⅎƏ⹒⊐䟚䎱䑁␟⎽棱⇭˛䔘㖣埙溪嗢曧 劚幋ḍᷴ⮠㗺˛⏖ッƏ怀⅐䨕㵞㳲ⓡṚ桅⊼䉐䙫㕟憶㖣徸⹛㛰ᷲ昴䙫嶏⋉Ə✏憵⣽䙫䊧 奨ℬ嶚䙫ℰ䷁怙堳ℰ⏯ὃ䔏Ə⛇㭋䟚䎱䑁▃㭈㖣暘唤䙫㵞䁊⎱㷬 㲨₀⎾⧨僬˛ ⾠䙫㵞㰛⌧⟆ὃ吤党滅˛凚㖣ⱓ⅒㔥䎱䑁䦸䙫廆䎱䑁⑳㟚䎱䑁Ə Ⱈ㕊吤⇭ⷪ㖣㰛㷘䳫凚䱚䙫㰛⟆˛溸䎱䑁∮㒨㛰ᷧ庒㞻杘䙫 Marine mammals 溸剙ㇽ壷剙ⅎ檏檣Ə⸟奲㖣㰛㷘凚䱚䙫㰛⟆˛䉇Ὸ䙫例吤⽉ 䊧〉孱吓⋽Ə⏖Ọ㘖⮭暭ㇽ䧧䕶䙫⇭ⱻ䔆敞Ə⎯ㇽ㘖␯枔䊧Ə㔬 Hong Kong’s most well-known, indeed famous marine mammals are the Chinese 㛰˥㰛Ḕ㨠˦Ḳ⏴˛ white dolphin and the finless porpoise. A Hong Kong icon, Chinese white dolphins are readily seen in Hong Kong’s western 䎱䑁䂡⏫㨊㵞㳲䔆䉐㎷ᾂ棆䉐⑳ἶ㈧ƏṆ䂡娘⤁⅞┭㥔⃠‣䙫歁 Yau © Cynthia 桅㎷ᾂ䔉⍜⎱備劾⠛✗˛ waters. Their striking pink appearance when they become adults, their playfulness and their complex social behaviour has long made them highly-popular. Their Coral communities © Alan Leung counterparts, finless porpoises, are shy and elusive, making them much harder to observe in the wild. The porpoises have grey bodies and lack dorsal fins, and are Strange as it may sound, Hong Kong is home to prosperous, 㰵⭶彈䕂䏝❁◮ more commonly found in our southern waters. Unfortunately, both mammals have highly-diverse coral communities, including hard corals, in recent years suffered an alarming decline in numbers and their status is now octocorals (such as soft corals and gorgonians) and black corals. 榀㸖㲦ⲟ㻦ⷪ䎴岛䙫䔆⡪✗Ə⥩䳬㨠㝾˚㽕敺⸝㳌䀿ƏṆ⏖㉥∗榓師埠⎱㵞匰䙫幋⽘˛ threatened. 䳬㨠㝾㘖恐ㆰ⊂⽯⼞䙫㜏㜓㣴䉐Ə⸟奲㖣㵞㵑廪⯸䙫湠㷈㰛ẋ䔳䙫廆峑㵞ⲟƏ⥩㲚⏊ᷧ In case you were wondering, yes, corals are actually animals. ⸝˛㽕敺⸝㳌䀿∮㘖ᷧ䈮櫭廆䙫㵞ⲟ䔆⡪Ə㷋㳌⑳溶✆✏ᷧẂ⎾✗䏭ⰶ暃⋬⛴⎱⏑㛰廼 Hard corals have hard exoskeletons, most also have symbiotic © SamanthaLee ⾕㵞㵑䙫✗⸝ⅎ㱰䨴Ə㘖㒨㛰檿䔆䉐䔆䔉⊂䙫憴奨䔆ㄲ䳢䵘˛榀㸖㛧⤎䙫㽕敺⸝㳌䀿ἴ algae known as zooxanthellae living in their tissues from which 㖣⏵㵞䁊Ə㮶⹛䂡㕟Ọ吓姯䙫㰛泌Ə⋬㋓䕀泌⎱ 泌㎷ᾂ棆䉐˛ their food can be obtained; this limits their distribution to more shallow and sheltered waters. Octocorals are softer corals and 榓師埠ḍᷴ㘖埠Ə⾅䔆䉐⭟妹⺍䛲䉇Ὸ⑳囿囂㛛䂡䛟徸˛⛂⃫⹛ỌὭƏ䉇Ὸᾄ䄝ῄ㋨⟡ are more widely dispersed through 8 to 10 metres of Hong Kong 㜓庒檻⽉ㄲᷴ孱Ə⛇㭋⸟墒䨘䂡˥㴢⋽䟚˦˛⹣榓師埠⁝䈥✏榀㸖䙫㲀䀿⎱㳌䀿朙杉˛ ZDWHUV%ODFNFRUDOVKDYHÀH[LEOHHQGRVNHOHWRQVZKLFKDUHEODFN 㵞匰㘖ᷧ䨕✏⭳⅏墒㵞㰛㵟㱹ᷲẴ僤䔆⬿䙫㛰劘㣴䉐˛㵞匰⹱㘖㵞㳲䙫⤎⮳侨Ə䂡娘⤁ or brownish in colour with pale tentacles. They form many 㵞⹼⊼䉐㎷ᾂ棆䉐⑳⹮孞㈧Əẍ㘖歁桅˚䔙㮣桅⊼䉐⑳榓師埠䙫備劾✗˛ different colony shapes: densely or sparsely branched, or even © Michelle and Peter Wong whip-like in appearance - they have even been called “underwater trees”, and usually be Intertidal habitats found at depths of 4 to 30 metres. Hong Kong’s intertidal zones are thriving habitats full of life, where mangroves, 㰵殣 Corals provide food and shelter for a huge diversity of organisms. They are spawning intertidal mudflats, horseshoe crabs and seagrasses can all be found. Mangroves 䙤兠㵞浗㘖榀㸖⅝Ḕᷧ䨕㛧⤎❲⑳併湾䙫䕀泌Ə㖣㜓✗丨㭽䙫⯸㖣ṳ⌨⯴˛ㇷ⹛䙤兠㵞 DQGQXUVHU\JURXQGVIRUVRPHFRPPHUFLDOO\LPSRUWDQWUHHI¿VK are specially-adapted woody plants which usually occur along sheltered soft 浗㊒吾ᷧ庒㐝䜣䙫侤㯂Ə䳻䙤䙫栔˚僟˚ᷲ兠⑳ⰥⷛƏ凮㷘剙䙫棂侤⽉ㇷ⼞䂯⯴㮻˛暽 shores with freshwater flows; river estuaries are a good example.
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