This is a very sad article. part of me is outraged, as the abalone resource in the Cape is basically in a spiral, but then I also look at the poor guys who do the diving to support families. I've dived and I wouldn't even contemplate doing what they do....

But the thing that really enrages me: this is of course the result of poor economic policy and government. I mean, what are poor guys from the Eastern Cape doing in Gansbaai swimming amongst sharks? They have no other choice......I assume they have little education, there are definitely no opportunities in their home communities, so they are having to scratch out a living......tragic actually.