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Article: hka -- HK uses satellite to track endangered green turtle
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- November 10, 2002
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hka -- HK uses satellite to track endangered green turtle
HONG KONG, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- Satellite tracking is used to trace
the migratory route and feeding ground of a green turtle by the
Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) of Hong
Kong for the conservation of this highly endangered species.
"This is the first time Hong Kong applied this technique to trace
a green turtle," AFCD Nature Conservation Officer Simon Chan Kin-
fung said at a media briefing Saturday on the conservation work and
breeding result of green turtles in Hong Kong this year.
"Green turtle is the only species of sea turtles that breed in
Hong Kong. Its only existing nesting site in Hong ...