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Abalone Update: Minister Sacked?

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Abalone Update

Abalone Update: Minister Sacked? Abalone Update: Minister Sacked?: Many years of utter mismanagement has finally come home to roost, and the commercialabalone fishery has officially come to ruin. The newest total allowable catch for abalone (TAC) has been announced at about 12 tons (lastseason was about 42 tons.)To put it in perspective, my quota is … Read more

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Abalone: Policies that turn Quota Holders into Poachers

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Busted! Quota wars in the abalone industry

Abalone: Policies that turn Quota Holders into Poachers Abalone: Policies that turn Quota Holders into Poachers: In 2004, in a great leap towards undoing the wrongs committed in the apartheid era, 301 abalone quotas were awarded, mostly to individuals from previously disadvantaged fishing communities. The Fishing Rights Allocation Process (FRAP2004) was fair and open to … Read more

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