Labridae

Restaurant promotes environmentalism while you dine on endangered species

20 Feb 2010

Practise what you preach - not. That seems to be the motto of restaurant and wedding banquet chain Choi Fook. Its Kwun Tong branch now boasts the city's largest indoor aquarium, measuring more...

9:13AM

T-shirt winner has the measure on wrasse

23 May 2007

Here is the last word on the endangered, ugly-but-cuddly Napoleon wrasse. Yesterday we asked how long they grow.

8:08AM

He may not be pretty, but the Napoleon wrasse is too tasty for his own good. Let's try to save him

22 May 2007

Meet the Napoleon wrasse. Maybe not as pretty as most of the socialites that appear on these pages, it's nonetheless an integral part of the community and one severely at risk from...

7:59AM

Talkback

6 Apr 2007

Should savage pruning be classified as felling?

12:50AM

At-risk status adds to appetite for reef fish

1 Apr 2007

The most expensive fish at seafood restaurants has been in even greater demand among mainland visitors since it gained legal protection as an endangered species, restaurant managers say.

12:19AM

Expand your word power

30 Jan 2007

Greedy HK decimating reef fish

The city's insatiable appetite for fresh seafood is stripping Asia's coral reefs of fish, says a new report that for the first time...

4:20PM

Opinion

Workers pay the price for our bargains

5:20AM

Howard Winn

Barry Cheung makes waves in Moscow

3:47AM

Mainlanders chief consumers of endangered Napoleon wrasse

Mainland tourists are the major consumers of the endangered Napoleon wrasse at seafood restaurants in the city.

3:44PM

Greedy HK decimating reef fish

Stock of wrasse and other species down 99pc in some areas

The city's insatiable appetite for fresh seafood is stripping Asia's coral reefs of fish, says a new report that for the...

3:44PM

WWF urges regional push to save species

Humphead wrasse is one of Hong Kong people's favourite seafood.

But environmentalists have reminded gourmets and fisheries that the endangered species will face extinction unless...

9:46PM

Bid to protect fish succeeds

Intense lobbying paid off for local conservation activists at a recent conference of the Convention on International Trade of Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (Cites) in Bangkok.

12:29AM

Reef delicacy and great white get better protection

The surprise ruling means restaurants must get permits for humphead wrasse

A sought-after delicacy and the most feared creature in the sea will come under better protection after a...

11:33PM

Hong Kong to come under conservationists' spotlight

Tighter trade regulations on six endangered species related to Hong Kong will be discussed when conservationists gather at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna...

8:50PM