Chairperson, I hereby give notice that I shall move at the next sitting: That this House -
(1) notes that -
(a) the Department of Environmental Affairs has reported that abalone poaching has reached a crisis point; and
b) large sections of our coast are not monitored and that the Department has lost control;
2) requests the Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs to immediately start an investigation to establish why this state of affairs occur and take immediate steps to remedy it.