A combined operation between about 50 Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife and SAPS members, supported by two helicopters and a fleet of bakkies and trucks, led to the confiscation of 42 fishing craft at False Bay last week.
The rudimentary boats, belonging to locals in the Nkunduse region on the southern boundary of False Bay, were all destroyed, along with nearly 5km of gill nets.
Besides the illegal plundering of fishing stocks, Ezemvelo CEO Bandile Mkhize said the boats were also being used to ferry rhino poachers across the lake onto the eastern shores of the iSimangaliso World Heritage Park.
