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April
The dolphin boat survey for April has been conducted on 13 April (Friday).
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The Chinese white dolphin we
saw on 13 April |
This time the HKDCS survey mainly focused on waters off West and Northwest Lantau to collect data of those Chinese white dolphins. Although both sites are the dolphin hotspots, we could only find the dolphins in West Lantau that day. Altogether we spotted eight groups of Chinese white dolphins, one of which was following a hang trawler for feeding, while another was following a pair trawler. Pair trawler has once again proved to be a “Dolphin magnet” as it attracted 16 animals at a time!
Below is the survey data collected on 13 April:
West Lantau
Distance traveled |
20.3 km |
Areas where Finless porpoise were spotted |
Waters off Shan Shek Wan, Peaked Hill and Fan Lau |
Number of Finless porpoise sighting |
8 |
Total number of Finless porpoise |
30 |
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The dots on the map are locations where we have sighted the Chinese white dolphins on 13 April. The large piece of land on the right is the Lantau Island. |
Northwest Lantau
Distance traveled |
30.1 km |
Number of Chinese white dolphin sightings |
0 |
Total number of Chinese white dolphin |
0 |
Individuals that we encountered in West and Northwest Lantau on 13 April:
NL149, CH37, CH108
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