Yan Chau Tong Marine Park

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Yan Chau Tong Marine Park

Yan Chau Tong Marine Park is located on the northeast coast of Plover Cove Country Park which was designated in July 1996. The total sea area of this marine park is about 680 hectares and is made up of two portions:

The first portion at Yan Chau Tong (Double Haven) is bounded by the high water mark along the coastline of the mainland in the west including Sam A Chuen and that of Double Island in the east.
The second portion is located next to Lai Chi Wo and bounded by the line linking Chung Wan Tsui and the northern tip of Kau Lo Tau.

Yan Chau Tong is well-known for its rich fishery resources. Here, two important ecological habitats, including both mangroves and seagrass bed, act as nursery grounds for larvae and juvenile of fishes and many different marine lives.

Seagrass bed

Seagrass is a marine flowering plant that grows on sandy and muddy substrate. Seagrass functions to prevent the loss of coastal soil. It also provides shelter for juvenile and larvae of most fishes and marine invertebrates, and serve as food for some marine lives such as sea urchin and fishes.

Mangroves

Two important mangrove sites in Yan Chau Tong Marine Park are Lai Chi Wo and Sam A, covers an area of about 2.7 hectares and 3 hectares respectively. All the eight species of true mangrove recorded in Hong Kong can be found at Lai Chi Wo while 7 species, except the Heritiera littoralis, could be found at Sam A. Mangroves bed commonly act as nursery grounds for juvenile of fishes and other marine invertebrates and provide food for different coastal marine lives.

A wide variety of landforms, such as bays, projecting headlands, peninsulas, rock cliffs, sand pits and beaches found within Double Haven (Yan Chau Tong) create diversified beach types ranging from mudflat to rocky shores. Some local people apprasie this area and called it "Mini Kweilin" in Hong Kong.