Marine Ecology & Aquaculture Laboratory MEAL
for ocean health and seafood sustainability
“The greatest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it.”
– Robert Swan
State Key Laboratory of Marine Pollution
Consortium of eight universities led by
City University of Hong Kong, China
We are an interdisciplinary research team who love the sea and seafood based in
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and the State Key Laboratory of Marine Pollution
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), China
Seafood nutrition and contamination
Amino acids, fatty acids, heavy metals, POPs, antibiotics, climate change, ocean acidification
Microplastics and their impacts
Nanoplastics, plasticisers, FTIR, O-PTIR, Raman, SERS, oxidative stress, scope for growth
Marine aquaculture technologies
Feed formulation, immunity, artificial breeding, pearl oysters, seaweeds, multi-trophic aquaculture
Conservation of marine ecosystems
Corals, bivalves, biodiversity, artificial reefs, 3D printing, micro-CT, bioerosion, biofiltration
MEAL Marine Ecology
& Aquaculture Laboratory
海洋生態及水產養殖實驗室
MEAL externally supported or funded by
