PolyU Science researchers advance marine conservation and sustainable seafood research

A team led by Dr James Kar-Hei Fang, Associate Professor of the Department of Food Science and Nutrition, employed automated mapping techniques using Raman microspectroscopy to extract and characterise microplastics accumulated in local seafood. The study revealed that each gram of fresh mussel meat contained 0.2 to 1.8 items of microplastics. It is estimated that each Hong Kong resident could ingest up to 10,380 microplastics annually through consumption of bivalve shellfish.

Separately, Dr Fang has recently received the 2024 Pew Fellowship in Marine Conservation, one of the six global awardees and the sole awarded scientist from East Asia.

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