Under the headline of a supposed "return to normality," the press in Galicia, Spain, has begun to triumphantly disseminate the first results of the summer Loligo squid fishing campaign in the Malvina Islands . While the Faro de Vigo newspaper celebrates that its 16 vessels average between 40 and 45 tons of catch per day , what they systematically omit is that this activity is doubly illegal: it violates Argentine national sovereignty and tramples on the laws protecting natural resources in force in our country.

The "snapshot" of biomass: A relative increase

The technical report, based on 64 scientific trawls carried out by the vessel Monteferro between February 3 and 18, estimates an initial biomass of 41,725 tons . The Spanish fishing sector highlights that this represents a 35% increase compared to the stock detected during the same period in 2025 (when a meager 31,000 initial tons were recorded).

However, this figure is misleading when viewed out of context: in 2025, the fleet harvested approximately 56,000 tons of squid, even though the second season had to be cut short due to the collapse of the resource . What they are now celebrating as "recovery" is merely a biological respite after years of extreme overfishing, used by the colonial administration to project a false image of sustainability.

A web of illegality: The breakdown of Argentine laws

In addition to the blatant violation of national sovereignty and United Nations resolutions (such as Res. 31/49 ), the operation of the Galician fleet with British licenses constitutes a systematic crime under the Argentine legal framework:

The "Thermometer" of dispossession

Using squid as a "thermometer" for Galician industry is a self-incriminating admission . Vigo's economy depends on the exploitation of resources that belong to the Argentine people. This interdependence between Spanish capital and the usurping power in the Malvinas is not only a geopolitical challenge, but also an act of corporate piracy that disregards all legal boundaries in our country.

Clearly, there will be no "normality" possible as long as these companies continue to finance the British colonial occupation, operating outside of Argentine law and profiting from the plundering of our sea.