Two Eastern Cape policemen who worked in a court dealing with cases of perlemoen poaching were themselves arrested this week for allegedly plundering the endangered species. Wayne Kuhn and Willem van ...

Cape Town - Environmental Affairs and Tourism Minister Valli Moosa announced on Wednesday a huge increase in fines for perlemoen (abalone) poaching. The maximum fine for poaching perlemoen goes up to ...

Cape Town - A ban on recreational diving for perlemoen (abalone) and the allocation of harvesting rights to individual divers, not companies, are the key features of a new draft policy aimed at ...

In 2024, poachers stripped the Nelson Mandela Bay coastline of an estimated R1.2-billion worth of perlemoen, which ends up in Asia via the black market. Hundreds of illegal divers operate along the ...

Holidaymakers flocked to the beaches around Nelson Mandela Bay as the region enjoyed beautiful weather and calm seas for most of the festive season. Unfortunately, these conditions were also favoured ...

Most of the 30 suspected members of a perlemoen poaching syndicate arrested in a Scorpions raid in Gansbaai on Friday, lived lavish lifestyles and drove luxury vehicles. This is according to Scorpions ...

A proposal that could curb the illegal trade in perlemoen has fallen between two stools, with neither the Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism nor its fisheries arm able to explain why the ...

A haul of perlemoen worth about R1-million was found hidden in the bushes along Port Elizabeth’s Marine Drive on Friday. Police spokeswoman Colonel Priscilla Naidu said members of the Port Elizabeth ...

Perlemoen worth R86,000 was confiscated and a suspect arrested after a high-speed chase by Gqeberha flying squad members and Humewood police on Thursday. Police spokesperson Capt Sandra Janse van ...

Traditional fishermen and coastal communities are confused and bewildered by the perlemoen ban, the Masifundise Development Trust said on Friday. It was reacting to the Cabinet announcement on ...

Cape Town — Police attached to the Western Cape's organised crime unit, assisted by border police, seized 16,500 frozen perlemoen (abalone) when they raided a factory in Parow on Thursday night, ...

Saul is speaking to GroundUp about the Doring Bay Abalone farm based in the small West Coast fishing village, 40 kilometres north of Lamberts’ Bay. The land-based farm extends along the harbour. The ...