Cetaceans in Hong Kong
Chinese White Dolphin 中華白海豚
Here you can find out the general information of Chinese white dolphins in Hong Kong, including their distribution, abundance, social structure, behaviours, life history, threats they faced, and conservation effort to protect them.
Finless porpoise 江豚
This section will introduce the poorly-known finless porpoises in Hong Kong, including their differences from Chinese white dolphins, their distribution, abundance, life history, threats they faced, and conservation effort to protect them.
Other Cetacean Species 其他品種
Besides the two resident cetacean species, 15 other confirmed species and 2 other unconfirmed species have occurred in Hong Kong in the past. Here you can learn more about their characteristics and their past records in Hong Kong.
Cetacean Strandings in Hong Kong
Whales, dolphins and porpoises stranded regularly along the 800-km long of coastlines in Hong Kong. Find out more about the causes of these strandings, how scientists recover the stranded cetaceans, as well as some interesting cases of live-stranded cetaceans in Hong Kong!
HK Cetacean Literature Database
If you are interested in more serious readings, here we provide a comprehensive list of scientific literature that has been published on various aspects of Hong Kong cetaceans. Some of these scientific papers and reports are available in PDF format in our archive collection, and you can email us to obtain copies of them (info@hkdcs.org) by stating your purpose of using these papers.
