HK FISHING INDUSTRY CHARTS NEW COURSE

Technology offers range of solutions for proud trade's revival

When the COVID-19 pandemic left 60 percent of Hong Kong's fishermen without any income, Gary Wong Po-man seized his chance and saw his sales of fish triple.

Wong, who attributes his success to technology, runs a laboratory-like fishery at his company, Smart Farming Hong Kong.

Unlike traditional fishermen, he operates on land at a farm in Fung Ka Wai, a village in the city's Yuen Long area, where he has constructed 12 circular pools, each containing 40 metric tons of water. The pools, which are 7 meters in diameter and 1.5 meters deep, are encircled by blue plastic sheeting.