Bold move on abalone harvesting
27 November 2015 - 02:39
The government plans to give the country's entire abalone fishery to small fishing cooperatives run largely by poor fishermen. The move is likely to prompt a backlash from about 300 commercial abalone rights holders - many previously disadvantaged fishermen from Hawston - who stand to lose their individual rights and their fishing livelihoods.
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