WHITE GOLD // South Africa's most valuable snail (Abalone Documentary)
WHITE GOLD // South Africa's most valuable snail (Abalone Documentary)
The South African perlemoen is regarded as the most valuable abalone in the world, but the abalone fishery in South Africa is facing a major crisis. With wild abalone populations plummeting due to decades of illegal harvesting, this peculiar sea snail faces commercial extinction.
Researcher Warren Witte is looking into the viability of a new…
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There is one thing no one speaks about and that is the impact the poaching has on juvenile fish that live in the rock pools. There are some juvenile fish like mussel cracker that live off tiny shellfish. We don't have to be scientist to know that our coastline is being ruined. Then we wonder why our fish stocks are also dwindling.
Now I definitely want to eat some abalone before it's all gone.
Great doccie! Thank you for spreading the word about these amazing creatures.
People should be asking the question as to who buys the poached seafood, same as all the poaching of land animals in the region.
Beautiful documentary! Well done to the team! 🙌
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Beautiful animal ! Amazing documentary !!
Amazing documentary! Thanks for creating and sharing. A powerful story and such amazing footage. These are such amazing creatures and we cannot afford to lose them. Lots of love from Cape Town.
how many ton this company/farm sell abalone yearly?
So do you think it's better to open for recreational .Are we saving it so the government can steal more. In the last 26 years I have not tasted ablone when we where younger we where able to catch them .so now the only people getting any is overseas and poachers .it does seem unfear than in my own country it is to have any. Makes me sad.
thanks for this documentary
, it was very valuable information for me. i hope to make a research about many kind of abalone founded in Libya beaches I see them every time I visited the sea.
I was doing a research about abalone (confiscated abalone).This research staggers me, it is great insight.Thank you
The Abalone has also a very big influance on fish species. When they spawn they put millions of small abalone in the water that your smaller species depend on.There where Abalone is in the water and thriving there is life. Then we want to know why our fish stock are plummeting. From overfishing and poaching are some reason, but if we take the food away from the juvenile fish they don't stand a chance. This is all due to mans greed. The South African government and it's people needs to wake up if we don't protect our resources from the criminals there will be nothing left for the future. The sea should be restocked and the ban from taking out abalone should be lifted. The ban has caused a black market making it lucrative for poaching and has closed all the businesses that was benefiting from the recreational activity. This also have removed all the eyes of the people who cared for the environment. These recreational divers, family's would have been the eyes and ears for the police. I am sure some politician was bought that's why nothing gets done to stop this travesty.. China is ruining our country by supporting poaching.
Very good documentary,it is always nature that pay a high price and if we don't put nature before greed we will be the one that will have to face the consequences
hahaha the far east? you guys realise that its probably just as far west? Sorry about the dry humour but great work, the only real way to stop that last 10% of poaching is to provide an adequate industry that lures people away from gangstar behaviours.
Good Job. Very insightful
Amazing job done by our fellow South Africans!
I was searching about Abalone thoughtout the Internet and this is the best material that I have found. Thank you
This was a great documentary. I learned a lot about abalone poaching.
Great work more please
Great insight. Thank you
This is a really good documentary, thanks man
Great job man, amazing videography. Makes for a beautiful documentary! Deserves more subs and views for sure man! Keep up the good work!!!!
Great documentary.
Wow – this documentary really blew me away. I have very superficial and limited knowledge about abalone poaching, and your film gave me a some insight into the problems and possible solutions. to this problem. Beautifully filmed and narrated.