
这些行为包括捕捉活海参、使用金属工具挖取海螺和蛤蜃,以及拾取珊瑚骨架。
These included catching live sea cucumbers, using metal tools to dig out sea snails and clams, and picking up coral skeletons.
绿色和平组织发现,在香港联合国教科文组织地质公园内一个热门景点,国庆节“黄金周”单日记录到约100起游客捕捉海参和挖取海螺、蛤蜃的事件,去年也发生过类似事件。
About 100 incidents of visitors catching sea cucumbers and digging up sea snails and clams were recorded at a popular spot in Hong Kong’s Unesco-listed geopark on a single day of the National Day “golden week”, a green group has found, following similar incidents last year.
绿色和平组织周二(10月6日)表示,位于西贡高岛地质徒步旅行线的波平洲段,在另一天也到处是垃圾。
The Po Pin Chau section of the High Island Geo Trail in Sai Kung was also strewn with rubbish on a separate day, Greenpeace said on Tuesday (Oct 6).
在附近的浪茄海滩上,该组织记录到了近90起对环境造成危害的行为,包括攀树、乱扔垃圾和扰乱野生动物。
At nearby Long Ke Beach, the group recorded nearly 90 instances of environmentally damaging behaviour, including climbing trees, littering and disturbing wildlife.
绿色和平组织10月4日对锋岛南端的蛤门湾(又称求水洲)进行现场检查时,记录到3010名游客抵达。
A Greenpeace site inspection on Oct 4 recorded 3,010 visitor arrivals at Hap Mun Bay, at the southern end of Sharp Island, also known as Kiu Tsui Chau.
绿色和平香港的活动人士何顺权表示,黄金周期间额外投入的公共资金和人力未能遏制破坏行为。
Greenpeace Hong Kong campaigner Ha Shun-kuen said additional public funding and manpower allocated during golden week had failed to contain the damage.
相关措施包括农业渔业及保护署(AFCD)派出100多名人员到徒步和旅游热点,以及在波平洲实施预约制。
Measures included the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department’s (AFCD) deployment of more than 100 personnel to hiking and tourist hotspots, as well as a reservation system at Po Pin Chau.
“这表明,仅在个别旅游景点超载暴露后加强执法,不过是一种零星的‘止痛’措施,无法从根本上解决日益严峻的过度旅游问题,”他说。
“This indicates that strengthening enforcement only after overcapacity is exposed at individual tourist spots is merely a piecemeal ‘painkiller’ approach that fails to tackle the continuously expanding problem of overtourism at its source,” he said.
10月1日至5日,绿色和平组织对西贡多个热点进行了现场调查,包括地质公园内的蛤门湾、靠近东坝的波平洲段以及浪茄海滩,以统计游客数量并记录破坏行为。
Between Oct 1 and 5, Greenpeace conducted field surveys at several Sai Kung hotspots, including Hap Mun Bay within the geopark, the Po Pin Chau section near the East Dam and Long Ke, to count visitors and record damaging behaviour.
10月4日在蛤门湾,当天,该组织记录到超过100起游客采集海洋生物或珊瑚残骸的事件。
At Hap Mun Bay on Oct 4, the group recorded more than 100 incidents involving visitors collecting marine life or coral remains.
当天下午3点,多达23名游客同时在挖掘,没有看到任何官员巡逻或干预,该组织表示。
At 3pm that day, as many as 23 visitors were digging at the same time, with no officers seen patrolling or intervening, the group said.
据格林皮斯表示,哈普门湾的水域支持珊瑚群落,但政府拟定的海洋公园边界仅涵盖尖岛的东西两侧,不包括哈普门湾。
The waters of Hap Mun Bay support coral communities, but the government’s proposed marine park boundaries cover only the eastern and western sides of Sharp Island, excluding the bay, according to Greenpeace.
该组织警告称,将执法力度集中于拟定的海洋公园内,可能会把游客推向哈普门湾,从而对其沿岸生态环境造成压力。
The group warned that concentrating enforcement efforts within the proposed marine park could push crowds towards Hap Mun Bay, putting pressure on its coastal ecology.
何表示,仅通过对破坏珊瑚的保育工作实施季节性封闭磷磷洲步道,才能有效保护自然环境。
Ha said only seasonal closures of the Po Pin Chau trail for restoration work could effectively protect the natural environment.
格林皮斯敦促政府立即评估香港所有乡野热点地区的游客承载能力,并为每个地点设定上限。
Greenpeace urged the government to immediately assess the visitor capacity of all countryside hotspots across Hong Kong and set a cap for each location.
从长远来看,该组织呼吁制定一项以保育为优先的生态旅游政策,要求定期监测游客对环境的影响,并制定相应的应对措施。《南华早报》已就此事联系农林渔牧事务部。
In the longer term, the group called for an ecotourism policy that prioritised conservation, required routine monitoring of visitors’ environmental impact and set out measures to address it. The South China Morning Post has contacted the AFCD for comment.
去年十月,格林皮斯在人满为患的尖岛记录到了类似行为,当时游客挖起海星、海胆、海参、螺和蛤蜃。该组织还记录到有人乱扔垃圾、点非法烹火以及踏踏珊瑚的情况。8月份,启动了实名预订系统,以更好地管理磷磷洲的游客流量。
Last October, Greenpeace documented similar behaviour on an overcrowded Sharp Island, where tourists dug up sea stars, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, conches and clams. The group also recorded littering, illegal fires lit for cooking and trampling on coral. In August, a real-name booking system was launched to better manage crowds at Po Pin Chau.
农林渔牧事务部此前在国庆黄金周期间对尖岛展开了执法行动,加强了热门潜水点和沿岸地区的巡逻。本文最早发表于南华早报。
The AFCD previously carried out enforcement operations on Sharp Island during mainland China’s National Day golden week holiday, stepping up patrols at popular snorkelling spots and along the coast. This article was first published on SCMP.