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ECOLOGY MONITORING
4.1.1
All
marine-based construction activities for the HKBCF project were completed in
January 2019. No marine-based construction activities will be undertaken under this
Contract. However, the ET of this Contract or another ET of the HZMB is
required to conduct post-construction dolphin monitoring in accordance with
Section 10.7 of the updated EM&A Manual.
4.1.2
The
CV of the proposed dolphin specialist for this Contract has been submitted to
IEC for review prior to submission to AFCD for approval.
4.1.3
According
to the Proposal on Post-construction Dolphin Monitoring (PCDM) prepared by
Contract No. HY/2013/04 which has been verified by ENPO and approved by EPD on
8 March 2019 (EPD ref. () in Ax(5) to E771/E1/100) , the completion date of the PCDM is in
February 2021. Therefore, the reporting of Chinese White Dolphins monitoring
works under this contract was completed on 1 March 2021.
4.2
Monitoring Locations and
Methodology
4.2.1
In
accordance with the requirements of the updated EM&A manual, the dolphin
monitoring programme have adopted the standard line-transect method (Buckland
et al. 2001) to survey the pre-set and fixed transect lines defined by AFCD in
the Northeast Lantau (NEL) and Northwest Lantau (NWL) survey areas. The layout
map of the transect lines provided by AFCD is presented in Figure 4.