The police received a report at 1:00 this afternoon (25th) that a member of the public found an injured sea turtle in Sai Kung. The police officers arrived at the scene and found that the sea turtle was dead. They then notified the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) to send personnel to the scene to deal with it.
The Fisheries and Conservation Department responded to the inquiries of "Hong Kong 01" and stated that the sea turtle carcass was an adult green sea turtle with a carapace about 100 cm long and 50 cm wide. The Department is arranging further examination of the sea turtle carcass.
Ge Zhanrong, an assistant professor of the Department of Infectious Diseases and Public Health at City University of Hong Kong, said that the school has received the dead turtle and will dissect it to find out the cause of death.
Green sea turtles appear in the waters of Hong Kong from time to time. According to the AFCD, adult turtles can have shells up to 120 centimeters long and weigh about 200 kilograms. They mainly feed on seaweed. Juvenile green sea turtles mainly eat jellyfish, small fish and shrimp.
Sham Wan Beach on Lamma Island is the only place in Hong Kong where green sea turtles come ashore to lay their eggs from time to time.
According to the AFCD, the shell of an adult turtle can be up to 120 centimeters long and weigh about 200 kilograms.
(Photo from AFCD website)
Sham Wan Beach on Lamma Island is the only place in Hong Kong where green sea turtles come ashore to lay their eggs from time to time.
(Photo from AFCD website)
According to the website of the Fisheries and Conservation Department, Sham Wan Beach on Lamma Island is the only place in Hong Kong where green sea turtles come ashore to lay eggs from time to time, and it is also one of the few green sea turtle nesting places in the South China Sea.
However, the number of green turtles that lay eggs there is very small, and they only come to the beach to lay eggs every few years.
Considering the important scientific value of Shenwan, the government designated Shenwan Beach and the nearby shallow waters as sites of special scientific value in 1999. In the same year, Shenwan Beach was designated as a restricted area according to the "Wild Animals Protection Regulations".
Since April 1 last year, the restricted area has been extended from the beach to the adjacent green sea turtle breeding waters, and the restricted period has also been extended from 5 months to 7 months each year (from April 1 to October 31 to strengthen the protection of green sea turtles. .Entering restricted areas without permission, the maximum fine is 50,000 yuan.
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