South African abalone, a curious fist-sized sea snail, is a highly prized morsel in East Asia and the unwitting instigator of 30 years of trouble for fishing communities along Africa's southern coast.

Police have arrested a suspected poacher in South Africa found with tens of thousands of dollars' worth of dry abalone, a coveted delicacy smuggled mainly to Asia, the environment ministry said on ...

A chef fries abalone from South Africa on June 29 at a restaurant in Hong Kong. Hong Kong is importing between 2,000-3,000 metric tons of illegal South African abalone a year, the report estimated.