You are viewing the M&G archive site. Go to mg.co.za →
The Mail & Guardian has a new home. Visit the new mg.co.za →
No image available
/ 4 December 2007

Govt announces diving ban in certain perlemoen areas

In a further effort to protect South Africa’s fast-diminishing perlemoen stocks, Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism Marthinus van Schalkwyk has imposed a ban on scuba diving and snorkelling in certain areas along the Cape coast. The envisaged prohibition, subject to a process of public comment, will take effect from February 1 next year.

Agentic Plugin — AI for WordPress