Thursday, May 17, 2007

Abalone Poachers in New Zealand Threaten Survival of China's Banquet Treat

(Bloomberg) -- Scott Bernie, a New Zealand fisheries officer, kicks a pile of abalone shells at Oteranga Bay, evidence poachers have visited the site west of Wellington. Barred from carrying a weapon, he wears a knife-proof vest for protection.

``Over there, a possum hunter came across four blokes poaching abalone,'' says Bernie, 28. ``They had five huge sacks full and pulled a knife on him. Luckily he had his gun.''


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