WWF's school-lunch campaign, meant to increase students' awareness of overfishing and sustainable seafood consumption, ended earlier this month. Students, parents, and teachers all learned something new about marine conservation.
Ten primary schools took part in the Sustainable Seafood School Catering Programme, in which they had to provide sustainable seafood to their students for lunch once a month. This part of the campaign started last September.
The whole programme began in June 2009. WWF has organised a series of activities over the past two years, including talks, workshops and visits to marine conservation centres.
'Sustainable seafood' involves species that can maintain or increase their numbers in future without harming the ecosystem. They include clams from China, salmon from Alaska, and rock lobster from Australia.
Wong Chi-yan, a teacher at the Kowloon City Baptist Church Hay Nien Primary School which took part in the programme, said students were very enthusiastic.
The school organised a sustainable seafood recipe competition and small class projects, apart from the monthly lunch.