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R11.3 Million Abalone Earnings

7 November 2011 by Alan

The Minister of Fisheries has admitted in Parliament that a staggering 590 tons of abalone was confiscated by the department of fisheries during the 2010/2011 financial year. While this admission is jaw-dropping, what is even more alarming is her further confirmation that during the same financial period, the department is recorded to have earned R11,3 million from the sale of confiscated abalone.

Read More on the Feike Management Blog and see what the sale COULD HAVE netted the department.

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