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Poachers infiltrate Fisheries Department

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Perlemoen poaching war escalates


Eish, corruption in the allocation of quotas, the allocation of permits, transfer of fishing rights - this is poor governance :evil: and paradise for abalone, lobster and line fish poachers. Since 2009 Tina Joemat-Pettersson's fisheries department has been without Deputy Director-General and the patrol vessels continue to rot in Simons Town Harbour.

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Source: JBAY NEWS - Perlemoen Poaching is out of Control

The Democratic Alliance (DA) recommends the following steps to prevent further destruction of poor communities and to replenish the stock of valuable abalone on our shoreline:

Reverse the Department’s incentive to wait for abalone to be poached before intervening. The Department of Fisheries relies on the sale of confiscated abalone to fund a substantial part of its operational budget. It thus has a financial interest to ensure that large scale poaching continues so that the product can then be confiscated and sold for a profit.

Re-institute Operation Trident with appropriate institutional support such as the Green Courts. Operation Trident replaced Operation Neptune in 2004. It was a three-pronged initiative that focused on intelligence gathering and collapsing of syndicates, the establishment of green courts to ensure high prosecution rates and jail times and on-the-ground enforcement with the deployment of an additional 70 South African Police Service (SAPS) officers to the Overberg, in addition to dedicated Overstrand Conservation official and a 24 hour call centre to report poaching. At least part of the battle against abalone poaching is to convince the illicit industry that the costs are simply too high.

Create incentive structures to secure community policing to exterminate the demand side. This is obviously the most challenging aspect of eradicating abalone poaching. Gangs have deeper pockets than many households in abalone-concentrated communities and sell products (such as tik) which are attractive escape mechanisms for people whose lives are characterised by deprivation. Gang activity has shattered the social fabric of these communities. Rebuilding social capital is necessary to overcome the narrow interests of gangs.

Reverse the rapid collapse of the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. The growing institutional failures and collapse of governance at the department is a direct contributing factor to uncontrolled poaching. South African waters remain completely open to vast and unchecked, illegal, unregulated and unplanned fishing as our R 1 billion fleet of patrol vessels continue to lie idle in Simons Town Harbour.


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Perlemoen found in Johannesburg house

2012-08-10 21:05

Johannesburg - Perlemoen worth millions of rands was discovered at a house in Oakdene, Johannesburg, police said on Friday.

It was found in various rooms at different stages of being dried, said Lieutenant Colonel Katlego Mogale.

"The middle of the sitting room was occupied with a large cooking pot which was attached to [a] gas bottle used for the cooking of [perlemoen]."

The kitchen equipment and the perlemoen were estimated to be worth R4.5m.

No arrests have been made.


- SAPA


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:-? what is Perlemoen


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nan wrote::-? what is Perlemoen
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Thanks nan and Penga - I was about to aske the same question. ;-)


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Perlemoen is Aberlone. \O


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22 arrested in perlemoen crackdown

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2012-08-24 22:04

Johannesburg - Twenty-two men have been arrested and nearly 3000 units of perlemoen seized in the Western Cape in the past two days, the agriculture department said on Friday.

Eight men were arrested on Friday morning when they were caught diving for perlemoen at Robben Island, the department said in a statement.

A team of department officials shot the engines of the poachers' rubber dinghy after they rammed their boat.

Four divers were arrested and another four surrendered on the island.

The 8m dinghy was confiscated, and 416 perlemoen were seized.

"Apart from marine-related charges that will be laid against the men, it was also decided that due to the violent nature of the actions of the poachers, a case of attempted murder will also be laid against them," the department said.

They would appear in the Cape Town Magistrate's Court on Monday.

On Thursday, department officers caught three men diving for perlemoen in Gansbaai. Sixteen others ran away. Diving gear, a global positioning system device and 377 perlemoen were confiscated.

At 20:15 on Thursday, the same team chased a silver Nissan Maxima. The driver and a passenger abandoned the car. The team found 1 761 units of perlemoen inside.

"Moments later on the same road, our officials also stopped a Nissan Hardbody double-cab and arrested the driver and 10 other passengers."

A total of 343 units of perlemoen were confiscated.

The people arrested would appear in courts in Cape Town and Hermanus on Monday.

- SAPA


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This country is getting close to being in a state of anarchy and the powers that be are unwilling to sort it out. O/


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