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Profile of the illegal abalone (Haliotis midae) fishery in the Eastern Cape, South Africa: organised pillage and management failure
Raemaekers, S.J.-P.N.; Britz, P.J. (2009). Profile of the illegal abalone (Haliotis midae) fishery in the Eastern Cape, South Africa: organised pillage and management failure. Fish. Res. 97(3): 183-195. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2009.02.003
In: Fisheries Research. Elsevier: Amsterdam. ISSN 0165-7836; e-ISSN 1872-6763, meer
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Trefwoorden
    Illegal fishing
    Haliotis midae Linnaeus, 1758 [WoRMS]
    Marien/Kust
Author keywords
    Abalone; Compliance; Fisheries management; Illegal fishing; IUU; TURF

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  • Raemaekers, S.J.-P.N., meer
  • Britz, P.J.

Abstract
    Since 1997 the Eastern Cape of South Africa has become a major source of supply for the illicit abalone trade as illegal fishers have located a substantial abalone (Haliotis midae) resource. We determined illegal fishing effort and yield in the Port Elizabeth-based abalone fishery, and used biological indices to determine the impact of fishing on the abalone stock. The failure of the state to issue fishing rights and conduct effective sea-based compliance, combined with the incentives to fish abalone (high price, low cost, ease of access) created the conditions for a full scale illegal fishery to emerge very rapidly. By 2005, the scale of the fishery was remarkable: a fleet of 30 purpose built vessels existed, harvesting 1000–2000 tons of abalone with an export value of 35–70 million USD per year. The uncontrolled fishing effort had a dramatic effect on the stock: the average size of abalone decreased significantly, densities declined in the sampling areas, but recruitment of young abalone was still observed at the heavily fished Cape Recife site. It is concluded that the illegal fishing operations and the resultant ecological effects on the abalone resource, reflect deficiencies in South Africa's current abalone fisheries management and compliance paradigm.

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