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/ 16 January 2004

Abalone on the brink of extinction

Spotters for abalone poachers in the small tourist town of Hermanus on South Africa’s southernmost coast spot the police from afar and often mock them as they try to clamp down on the burgeoning illegal trade. ”Afternoon inspector — there are perlemoen (abalone) poachers down there inspector, you must go look,” one of the men says mockingly.