mentions the seahorse, I believe everyone is familiar with it. Its head is like a horse, but its body is very different from the real horse. Its cute appearance is deeply loved by people. The seahorse is an endangered national second-class protected animal. In recent years, a large number of seahorse groups have appeared in the coastal areas of Qingdao's west coast. Guardian of the Bay".
Not long ago, Zhang Xiong, head of East Asia of the IUCN Sea Dragon Expert Group and associate professor of Sun Yat-Sen University, led his team to conduct scientific research at the West Yangjiawa Wharf in Langya Town. They come here regularly every year. In addition to diving observations, observing the catch of fishing boats is also an important way to study the seahorse population.
Zhang Xiong, head of East Asia of the IUCN Sea Dragon Expert Group and associate professor of Sun Yat-sen University: "You see, this is what we call the Japanese seahorse, the only one that can be found here, and the number is relatively large. This is the seahorse of Japan. It is an endangered animal that we are very concerned about by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, and it is a national second-class protected animal. It can be seen in a large area in our Qingdao West Coast New Area. Other sea areas may be within a range of 100 square meters. It is good to find one or two. However, the density in this sea area is very high, basically ten times or even dozens of times that of other sea areas.”
The seahorse species discovered is the Japanese seahorse, which is mainly distributed in the northern waters of China, and the number of observed populations varies with Seasons and water temperatures vary from year to year. From October to November every year, the coastal waters of Langya become an important habitat for Japanese seahorses.
Zhang Xiong, head of East Asia of the IUCN Sea Dragon Expert Group and associate professor of Sun Yat-Sen University: "Why are there so many seahorses here? On the one hand, the improvement of water quality is an important factor, and on the other hand, there must be a better water environment. It may be that some seaweeds growing here, the basis of the complex habitat in the sea, can provide a good environment for the attachment and settlement of seahorses." The settlement in the sea area benefits from the efforts made by our district to protect the waters through the renovation of the Blue Bay in recent years, as well as those "Blue Bay Guards" who have been promoting and protecting the marine ecological environment for many years. Among them, a marine ecological environmental protection public welfare organization established by fishermen has played a great role in marine ecological protection.
Liu Shujie, head of the Lanwan Ecological Environment Public Welfare Service Center in Qingdao West Coast New Area: "After we officially registered, the District Ocean Development Bureau will be our supervisory unit. First, we will provide training for fishermen to know how to protect the marine environment. Among the top fishing captains, excellent and responsible ones are selected to form a seahorse habitat patrol team, to discourage and drive away some illegal boats, and then to clean beaches and bays, go deep into rural areas, markets, and piers, and carry out some publicity activities."
2018-present , "Blue Bay Guards" went deep into more than 40 fishing village docks, organized beach and bay cleaning activities, drove away more than 300 illegal fishing boats, cleaned up more than 10,000 kilograms of marine plastic waste, trained more than 300 fishermen, driven More fishermen have participated in the protection of marine ecology.
Liu Shujie, head of the Blue Bay Ecological Environment Public Welfare Service Center in Qingdao West Coast New Area: "Because fishermen are a large group, the users of the ocean are fishermen, and the beneficiaries are also fishermen, but the protection of the oceans and fishermen are not involved. Big pain point.Our team hopes to start from us, bit by bit, to drive fishermen across the country to participate in the marine conservation cause. Our marine conservation cause in China will definitely do well. "
Qingdao News Broadcasting Convergence Media Reporter: Li Yuefeng
