1605 · 廣東、香港地區 · 日期僅記到年份
明萬曆三十三年(1605年),朝廷以廣東珠池所產蜃蚌數量日減為理由,頒令停止官方採珠,且不許百姓私自撈取,此後香港一帶的採珠活動便逐漸沒落。
In the 33rd year of the Wanli reign of the Ming dynasty (1605), the imperial court, on the grounds of declining numbers of pearl oysters in Guangdong's pearl pools, ordered a halt to official pearl harvesting and forbade private gathering, after which pearl diving in the Hong Kong area gradually declined.
來源 《香港志·總述 大事記》 · p.107