Report says Chinese White Dolphins close to extinction in Hong Kong

The population of Chinese White Dolphin in Hong Kong waters has dropped drastically. According to the latest annual Marine Mammal Monitoring Report issued on 1 August 2019 by the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD), only 16 dolphin calves were spotted, which is the lowest since 2003. Concerned groups such as the WWF-Hong Kong urges the Government to take immediate action to set up a ‘Dolphin Conservation Management Area’ in the western and southern waters off Lantau Island to protect the critical foraging and resting habitats, to stringently manage vessel traffic and noise, as well as dolphin ecotourism activities in these waters.