Fish Feed Bags Project

Fish Feed Bag

Citizen Science Research Project

 

This summer there has been a high volume of industrial size fish feed bags reported both in the sea and washing up on the beaches around HK. Plastic Free Seas has teamed up with HKU Environmental Geochemistry & Oceanography Research Group to investigate this issue.

We are asking the public to help with documenting these occurrences. When you are out by the sea, cleaning beaches, doing water sports or hiking along the coast, if you come across these empty bags, please let us know by taking pictures and filling in the following google form. This information will give us a better understanding of the scope of the problem, help to determine the source of this pollution, as well as create baseline data for future reference.

Photo credit: Living Lamma

Google Survey Form

We suggest you copy this link to your phone for easy access.

https://forms.gle/CJ2aqru7QS3cZP8H7

Fish Feed Bag Findings

 

Every two weeks the information from submitted google forms will be reported.

Find out which brands are the most commonly found, how many we are finding and which locations around Hong Kong are the most polluted by these plastic sacks! Click on the images below for a larger view.

Did You Know?

Fish Food bags have been washing up on Hong Kong beaches in significant quantities at various times of the year for many years, but this is the first time any data on these polluting items has been collected.

Did You Know?

The more information we can collect from different parts of Hong Kong about Fish Feed bags, the more likely we will be able to work out source points and stop these sacks from being dumped in our waterways. Join us!