Casting a wider legal fishnet: Assessing opportunities to combat fisheries crime with a focus on the South African abalone poaching and trafficking crisis
Journal: Open University of Cape Town (University of Cape Town)
Year: 2018

The fisheries sector is a fundamental global industry for human prosperity worldwide as fish and fish products are among the most-traded food commodities worldwide. However, the fisheries sector is linked to a high degree of illegality. Fisheries crime is a multifaceted phenomenon – frequently transnational and organised in nature – which comprises a range of various crimes along the fisheries value chain, including corruption, money laundering as well as tax and customs fraud. The abalone poach