With a famed traditional fisheries industry but facing a
decline in marine species, the waters of Kerala in south-west India will be
place under the microscope, under a new programme to record and register
ecologically important reefs and rocky areas along its coastline. Hong Kong’s
recent ban on trawling was a huge step for a decimated fisheries sector, also a
thriving fragment of the city’s history. To more effectively restore the health
of marine fish stock, the SAR government may need to establish a similar
biodiversity register to spot areas of habitat destruction, demarcate marine
protected areas and to design ecosystem-based fishing management policies.
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