Photographic Guide to Red Tide Causative Organisms in the South China Sea
This photographic guide is produced by a group of experts and professional organizations - K.C. Ho, I.J. Hodgkiss, S.H.Lu, H.Y.I.Lam, The Open University of Hong Kong, and Department of Ecology & Biodiversity, The University of Hong Kong.
It originally was published and distributed as a poster. Now it is available on line. In this guide, there is a comprehensive chart which illustrates clearly the relationship of the "Red Tide Family".
It should be a must see of our visitors. Once again, thank Prof. K.C. Ho for his courtesy.
Original Guide (925KB)              Small Size Edition (79KB)

Red Tide Monitoring System Improved
The Agriculture and Fisheries Department (AFD) has had set up 16 monitoring stations in its phytoplankton monitoring programme, covering wider areas of Hong Kong waters. Upon detection of increasing number of harmful species, monitoring will be intensified so that government can immediately alert mariculturists to take mitigatory measures to minimise loss.
Noting that existing technology was till far from being able to predict or control red tide occurrences, AFD stressed that to strengthen monitoring and to communicate efficiently amony mariculturists would be a practical approach to minimise loss.

Is it safe to eat these fishes?
In Hong Kong, millions of farmed fish died because of toxic red tide in April 1998.  Some officials first said it was safe to eat the fish -- so long as they weren't beginning to rot. But, says Prof. I. J. Hodgkiss, "the honest answer is that we don't know."