According to the Asociación Cámara Argentina Pesquera (CAPEAR), 806 fishing vessels are fishing in Argentinian waters. a small portion (79) Ships belonging to the Galician capital, which has been consolidated in the country for more than three decades and is one of the pillars of the development of the mining or maritime industry. The sector now facing a radical change in the ‘status quo’: the so-called Omnibus LawFormulated by President Javier Milei, it proposes a global offering of fishing rights, opening fishing grounds to foreign fleets or exempting companies from the obligation to land in national ports.
An “abomination” willing to implement in the eyes of the industry through emergency decree If it cannot receive the approval of the legislature, ‘missile’ The entire business community, ports and union chambers positioned themselves against it with unprecedented unanimity. Only yesterday Five governors of Argentine Patagonia issued a joint statement for Censoring the president’s plans ultraliberal
“They will have a devastating impact,” say Gustavo Melella (Tierra del Fuego), Claudio Vidal (Santa Cruz), Ignacio Torres (Chubut), Rolando Figueroa (Neuquén) and Alberto Weretilneck (Río Negro). His counterpart in the province of Buenos Aires (Axel Kicillof) also failed to meet the norm, so Governors up and down the coast of the country stood up. “We reject the imposed changes and think that it is time to defend sovereignty, resources and jobs for Argentine workers, because if the proposed reforms are implemented, there will be a devastating consequences” he adds in the statement. More than 75% of the crews of Galician capital ships are local; as Faro de Vigo of the Ibérica Prensa Group has previously noted, based on a study by researcher Fabián Pettigrew, the wages paid to the entire fishing industry in the country are the highest in the entire Argentine economy. In summary, the turnover of companies Grupo Iberconsa, Nueva Pescanova, Vieirasa or Profand exceeds 400 million euros and is a net producer of foreign currency for the country (almost all production is exported).
Data
- 806 fishing permits in the Argentine Republic. It corresponds to all types of vessels, from outriggers, trawlers, freshers, freezers or jiggers.
- 79 ships from companies with Galician capital. They focus on hake, shrimp and squid fishing. They freeze it on board and also process the raw materials in factories scattered along the coast of the country.
- > 2,000 direct jobs. Iberconsa Group, Nueva Pescanova and Profand lead the way in direct employment creation on Argentine territory. More than 75% of the crew is also local.
Business sources argue that it has deep roots in Argentina. “We have been there for over thirty years. “As Argentinians, we are fighting a political struggle, because that is who we are, our companies are Argentinians.” This is, in essence, a message that the mayor (mayor) shares. General municipality of Pueyrredon –its capital is the city of Mar del Plata–, Guillermo Montenegro. “Through social networking worth millions of dollars a year, this impacts the development of other industries, such as the maritime industry.” Strategic support, he continued, “cannot be enacted out of ignorance or haste.” According to data obtained from Galician companies established in the country, Direct employment created is well over 2,000 employeesWithout taking into account the derivative of the 45% share held by the Vigo company Wofco in Conarpesa.
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“Life goes on for us. If it continues like this, this law will last twenty years, even if it is lost later. Milei“, called on the president of the Sea Fishermen’s Association (Simape) yesterday: Pablo Trueba. This was followed by Antonio Solimeno, Cristina Ledesma, general secretary of the Union of Fish Industry Workers (SOIP); Mariano Retrivi, president of CAPEAR; president of the Navy Drivers Association (Siconara); or national fisheries inspector Carlos Monteño. “Saving the fish cost us a lot of money, let’s not give it up now. “It hurts so much,” the second said.
At the meeting, ahead of the sector’s bilateral talks with MPs and senators, voices were also heard against “catastrophic consequences” in terms of employment, considering that the bus also eliminates the obligation to carry a certain number of crew. Argentines. “I spoke to an official yesterday and he asked me what the fishing area was,” said Solimeno, who has more than a dozen ships, including the ‘Ponte de Rande’, gathered in Construcciones Navales Santodomingo (Vigo). This is a historical reference to the mining industry important for Galicia and the processing of seafood in a fishery.