abalone

For a good number of years local residents were not allowed to harvest abalone for domestic consumption. Suddenly a permit for nine tonnes has been issued to a Western Cape company to harvest in the Eastern Cape waters. And for the same period only poachers benefited from this area, with the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries chasing these culprits. The local St Francis Bay and Jeffreys Bay communities are up in arms about the recently issued experimental fishing permit of … [Read more...] about Questions Around Abalone Harvesting Permits