Discovery commission local series Abalone Wars
The Discovery Network has commissioned a new local series, Abalone Wars. The series is the largest commitment Discovery has made since the start of the production initiative Discovery Ignite in 2007. The announcement:
Abalone Wars is the latest project to be commissioned locally by Discovery Networks and marks the largest single commitment Discovery has made locally since the Australian production initiative, Discovery Ignite, was launched in 2007.
Shot in stunning high definition, Abalone Wars ventures inside the high stakes game of one of Australia’s most dangerous professions – the hunt for green and black abalone from the ocean floor. In never before seen footage, these extraordinary men and women face off with Great White Sharks, some of the planet’s most hostile waters and battle against the multi-million dollar black market, in their search for the prized delicacy dubbed – abalone ‘gold.’
As the crews put their lives on the line to fish their abalone quotas, illegal poachers attempt to feed the black market, keeping Australia’s fisheries police on high alert. For every ten tonnes of abalone legally harvested, one tonne is gathered in clandestine operations up and down the Australian coast.
