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看了以下的新闻过后，不知大家还会不会去吃鱼翅？
加雅娜生態度假村餐廳
不供應魚翅羹
2008-09-28 15:46:11
【亞庇廿七日訊】魚翅有價，導至全球平均有一百萬條的鯊魚難逃厄運被捕殺。
據海洋科學及動物專家瑪貝曼加芝博士(Dr. Bernardette Mabel Manjaji Matsumoto)在一項介紹沙巴的鯊魚及魟魚之講座會上指出，全球共有兩千種鯊魚及魟魚 ，沙巴至少也有卅六種鯊魚及四十二種魟魚 ，最新的一種品種是最近在京那巴登岸發現。
該項講座會是在加雅娜生態度假村的海洋生態究中心舉行，以提高大眾對沙巴海洋生態正受威脅的醒覺意識。
據該度假村公關顧問妮拉克麗斯娜表示，為響應州政府曾宣佈所有的政府餐宴，將不點魚翅湯，加雅娜生態度假村的亞魯亞魯餐廳也同樣不煮魚翅湯。
她強調，將捕捉到的鯊魚在切除魚鰭後，將牠再扔進大海讓牠自生自滅，或活活餓死的做法實在太殘忍了，我們應對人類的這種殘酷行為感到羞恥。
她說，隨著捕魚活動過量，目前已導致鯊魚及魚的數量大跌。
也是沙巴律師公會環境及氣候改變小組主任的她表示，沙巴大學的婆羅洲海洋研究院應該多透過媒體向大眾傳達有關沙巴的海洋生態正受威脅的訊息。
她強調，該研究院也應在京那巴登岸的動物走廊委員會中扮演積極的角色，此委員會是在旅遊、文化及環境部下管轄。該區的生態正受農業及園坵的開發，造成許多生物包括瀕臨滅種的動物受到威脅。
她呼籲教育部應在學校進行講座及教導兒童勿吃魚翅，讓他們明白保護生態的重要。
华侨日报 http://ocdn.founder.net.my/news.php?newsid=33376
DAILY EXPRESS NEWS
Resort takes shark's fins off it's menu
27 September, 2008
Kota Kinabalu: At least one resort here has started the ball rolling to prevent sharks being cruelly mutilated for their prized fins at sea.
In doing so, it has become the first tourism establishment in the State - and perhaps the nation - to implement a previous Federal Minister's call (Science, Technology and Environment Minster Datuk Azmi Khaled) to government agencies and departments to stop serving shark's fin soup at functions.
Gayana Eco Resort will refrain from serving shark fin soup at its recently-refurbished Alu Alu Seafood Restaurant.
"Killing sharks and throwing them away just for their fins is a despicable and shameful practice that must be stopped," said Nilakrisna James, spokesperson and PR Consultant for the resort.
Internationally renowned marine scientist and zoologist Dr Mabel Manjaji Matsumoto, in a dinner talk on "Sharks and Rays of Sabah" at the resort, Thursday, said some 100 million sharks are killed yearly for their fins.
Of the estimated 2,000 species of sharks and rays worldwide, it is believed that in Sabah alone there are 36 species of sharks and 42 species of stingray, with some of the latest species found in the Kinabatangan region.
The talk, which was organized by Gayana Eco Resort's Marine Ecology Research Centre (MERC) to create awareness of the marine biodiversity in Sabah and the threats to our unique and endangered marine life.
Meanwhile, Nilakrisna, who is also the Organising Chairman of Sabah Law Association's Sub-committee on Environment and Climate Change, suggested that the Borneo Marine Research Institute (BMRI) at Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) give the public more insight into threats to Sabah's marine life through the media.
"The BMRI at UMS should also be allowed to participate more proactively in the Kinabatangan Corridor of Life committee under the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Environment. We are aware of threats to terrestrial life forms as a result of development and plantations but more must be known of the threats to the aquatic life forms which for the most part are just as rare and endangered," she said.
She hoped the Education Department would also hold such talks for school children "as habits such as consumption of shark's fins should be stopped early in life."
"The children who study in Sabah must understand and appreciate the gifts and unique biodiversity that we have here.
"The fact is we have at our doorstep the most incredible educational experience that you won't get anywhere else on earth. That puts us on par with developed nations and we should capitalize on this opportunity and be proud of it."
Director of MERC, Alvin Wong, was satisfied with the good turn out, saying that in the past one would rarely see more than 20 persons at such talks. "With over 50 environmental enthusiasts at this talk, I am optimistic that the function MERC plays in this society will eventually bear fruit.
Propagation and restoration of life are at the heart of what we do at MERC but to achieve full awareness and success, there is a time factor in building up momentum," he said.
Set on its mission in achieving eco-certification, Gayana Eco Resort was recently declared by the Mayor as a "litter free resort" and announced its vision to be Asia's No.1 Luxury Eco Resort.
http://www.dailyexpress.com.my/news.cfm?NewsID=60091
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