世界自然基金會推出一個既方便又容易使用的海鮮選擇指引，以推廣食用綠色和可持續生產的海鮮。這是東亞首個以最新的資訊編製的海鮮選擇指引，包括多個海鮮品種。本會鼓勵消費者及公司宴客時積極使用選擇指引，作為他們在市場購買海鮮和出外用膳時的參考。

本選擇指引將超過60種常見的海鮮品種分為三類：以綠色代表「建議」類別；黃色代表「想清楚」類別；及紅色代表「避免」類別。本會建議消費者食用綠色「建議」這個類別的海鮮同時亦建議消費者停止選擇紅色「避免」的品種。至於黃色「想清楚」種類則介乎「建議」和「避免」之間，喜歡食用海鮮的人士在選購這類海鮮時應考慮清楚。

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4月22日為世界地球日。你是否想為保護地球出一分力？清水灣鄉村俱樂部將於這個特別日子，舉辦「Run for the Earth」活動。所有報名費將捐贈予世界自然基金會香港分會，以推行保育及環保教育項目。

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從實際角度看，農夫辛勤耕作，因為他們可賺取利潤。今年，「助養綠魚兒計劃」將發展一個全新的商業模式，增加本地以傳統管理方式生產的淡水魚以及養殖有機魚類的市場價值。計劃目的是鼓勵養魚戶能在后海灣一帶繼續從事魚塘養殖業，使魚塘能得到積極的管理，讓野生動物特別是水鳥可在那兒棲居。

要做到可持續發展，計劃必須要平衡經濟、環境及社會各方面的需要。我們將突顯養魚戶管理魚塘的方式，以及這些管理措施對環境、生態以至香港整體社會的正面影響的重要性。我們將鼓勵參與這計劃的養魚戶繼續以傳統方式養殖魚兒，當中包括讓植物在魚塘邊生長，以及在冬季放塘，令水鳥可依靠塘底的細魚為食糧。養魚戶所進行的管理方式必須為根據良好水產養殖管理的指引，符合環境保護原則。由於魚類不會經化學處理，並對人體健康有益，養殖有機魚類可為社會帶來直接及額外的經濟收益。本會盼望首批有機試驗魚苗可於今年夏季推出。

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WWF has launched a convenient, easy-to-use Seafood Guide to promote the consumption of green and sustainably produced seafood. This is the first seafood guide in East Asia to cover a wide range of seafood using the latest information. Consumers and corporate diners are encouraged to actively use the Guide as a reference when buying seafood at markets and dining out.

More than 60 popular seafood species are included in the Guide. They are placed into three categories; Green - "Recommended", Yellow – "Think Twice" and Red – "Avoid". Consumers are advised to consume Green – "Recommended" species and stop selecting Red – "Avoid" species. The Yellow – "Think twice" species are in-between the "Recommended" and "Avoid" categories, and seafood lovers are advised to consume them warily.

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22 April is the Earth Day. Would you like to do something to protect our Earth? The Clearwater Bay Country Club organizes "Run for the Earth" on this special occasion. All entrance fee will be donated to WWF Hong Kong for conservation and environmental education programmes.

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Realistically, a farmer keeps on farming because they benefit economically from farming. This year, the 'Adopt-a-green' fish farm project is planning to develop a new business model for increasing the market value of locally produced freshwater fish based around traditional management practices and the raising of organic fish. The idea is to encourage fishpond farmers around Deep Bay to continue pond-fish farming so that the fishponds can be actively managed in a manner that maintains their importance for wildlife, particularly waterbirds.

To be sustainable, the scheme must balance economic, environmental and social considerations. The importance of the fishpond farmers' management practices in managing the ponds and its positive impacts to the environment, ecological importance and the Hong Kong society as a whole will be highlighted. Participating fishpond farmers will be encouraged to continue their traditional way of cultivating fish. This includes allowing vegetation to grow on the pond banks, and draining the ponds down in winter when waterbirds can feed on small fish trapped in the bottom. The management practices that carried out by the farmers must also be environmental-friendly under the Good Aquaculture Practices guidelines. The raising of organic fish provides direct and extra economic return to the community through the reassurance that fish have not been chemically treated, and will be good for people's health. We hope that the first batch of fish fry for our organic trial would be stocked by this summer.

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