{{short description|Hong Kong government department}} {{Redirect|AFCD|the English football team|A.F.C. Dunstable}} {{Use Hong Kong English|date=April 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2019}} {{Infobox government agency |agency_name = Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department |nativename_a = 漁農自然護理署 |logo = Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department.svg |headquarters = 5/F, Cheung Sha Wan Government Offices, 303 Cheung Sha Wan Road, Kowloon |employees = 1,830 [https://web.archive.org/web/20090911161706/http://www.afcd.gov.hk:80/misc/download/annualreport2007/eng/appendix16.html] |budget = HK$897.5m (2008-09) [http://www.budget.gov.hk/2008/eng/pdf/head022.pdf] |chief1_name = Leung Siu-fai |chief1_position = Director of Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation |chief2_name = So Ping-man |chief2_position = Deputy Director of Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation |parent_agency = Environment and Ecology Bureau |website = [https://www.afcd.gov.hk/ www.afcd.gov.hk] }} {{Chinese |order=ts |t=漁農自然護理署 |s=渔农自然护理署 |j=jyu4 nung4 zi6 jin4 wu6 lei5 cyu5 |p=Yú Nóng Zìrán Hùlǐ Shǔ |altname=Agriculture and Fisheries Department |t2=漁農署 |s2=渔农署 |j2=jyu4 nung4 cyu5 |p2=Yú Nóng Shǔ }} {{Politics of Hong Kong}}
The '''Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department''' ({{zh|漁農自然護理署}}; formerly the '''Agriculture and Fisheries Department''' ({{zh|漁農署|labels=no}}) before 2000, of the Hong Kong Government is responsible for agriculture and fisheries in Hong Kong, conservation projects and issues, and managing the country parks and special areas.
It currently reports to the Environment and Ecology Bureau, though previously it was under the Secretary for Food and Health from 2007 to 2022, Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food and Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works, and before 2000, the Secretary for Economic Services. The department is also responsible for issuing special, transshipment and pet import permits for pet animals, plants to be transshipped through or imported into Hong Kong.<ref>[https://www.afcd.gov.hk/english/quarantine/qua_ie/qua_ie_ipab/qua_ie_ipab_idc/qua_ie_ipab_idc.html afcd.gov.hk - Import of Dogs and Cats]</ref>
==History== The name and remit of the department was previously: * 1946-1950 - Agriculture Department * 1950-1960 - Department of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Forestry * 1960-1964 - Agriculture and Forestry Department * 1964-1973 - Agriculture and Fisheries Department<ref>[https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/tb09qx61p Hong Kong. Department of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Forestry. Annual departmental report], HKUL Digital Repository</ref>
==Director== The department is headed by the ''Director of Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation'' (titled ''Director of Agriculture and Fisheries'' before 2000). The current director is Dr Leung Siu-fai.
===List of directors=== * Jack Cater (1964-1965) * Edward Hewitt Nichols (Apr 1966 to Jan 1980)<ref>[https://search.grs.gov.hk/repository/img?ori=1&id=vTVYemQfEkI%2FcJwyndeUyg%3D%3D Director of Agriculture and Fisheries to Retire], p12, HKGIS Daily Information Bulletin, 6 July 1979</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.histsyn.com/2023/01/cs1975.html | title=香港政府職員名冊 Civil Service Staff List 1975 }}</ref> * Dr John Morrison Riddell-Swan (Mar 1980 to 1985 or later)<ref>[https://app.legco.gov.hk/member_front/english/library/member_detail.aspx?id=627 John Morrison RIDDELL-SWAN], Legco Members database</ref><ref>[https://www.elegislation.gov.hk/hk/1985/ln18!zh-Hant-HK Public health notice], Hong Kong Gazette No. 4/1985,11 Jan 1985 </ref><!-- there is further evidence that he held the position in Dec'84 and Apr'85, eg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/03/Hong_Kong_Trail_Plaque.jpg --> * Lessie Wei (1997 to 2002) * [https://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-tw/黃志光_(1955年) Alan Wong Chi-kong] (17 Aug 2009 - 25 July 2015)<ref>[https://www.csb.gov.hk/english/info/1964.html Senior appointments], Civil Service Bureau, 7 Aug 2009</ref><ref>[https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201507/20/P201507200617.htm Senior appointments], info.gov.hk, 20 July 2015</ref> * Dr Leung Siu-fai (July 2015 to present)<ref>[https://www.socsc.hku.hk/srcac/bio/2%20Leung%20Siu%20Fai/Biography_Dr%20SF%20LEUNG%20(DAFC).pdf Biography: Dr. LEUNG Siu-fai], HKU Faculty of Social Sciences</ref>
== History == In January 2022, the AFCD banned the importation of hamsters after some were infected with COVID-19; in January 2023, the AFCD lifted the ban, but required that imported hamsters test negative for the virus.<ref>{{Cite web |last=AFP |date=2023-01-05 |title=Hong Kong to resume hamster imports a year after mass cull over links to Covid outbreak |url=https://hongkongfp.com/2023/01/05/hong-kong-to-resume-hamster-imports-a-year-after-mass-cull-over-links-to-covid-outbreak/ |access-date=2023-01-06 |website=Hong Kong Free Press HKFP |language=en-GB}}</ref>
==See also== * Agriculture and aquaculture in Hong Kong * Fish Marketing Organisation * Hong Kong Herbarium
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Category:Hong Kong government departments and agencies Category:Agriculture in Hong Kong Category:Fisheries in Hong Kong Category:Environment of Hong Kong Category:Country parks and special areas of Hong Kong Hong Kong Category:Environmental agencies
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