The Spanish fishing sector, mainly made up of Galician shipowners, is crying out loud, accusing them of being displaced from fishing grounds in international waters where they must compete with the Chinese fleet subsidized by their State, for the exercise of uncontrolled and unregulated fishing. of which they themselves were and are main actors.
A report presented by CePesca , the Spanish Fisheries Confederation , which does not mention that it itself benefits from subsidies to fishing and naval industrial activities, with funds from Spain and the European Union; It emphasizes the scenario of the South Atlantic , at the limit of the Argentine EEZ (Exclusive Economic Zone) of 200 miles, describing a Spanish reality that observes only the Chinese and not the Spanish ships that also participate in the looting. Even less the theft associated with British performing in Malvinas .
According to the dossier, the weight of the Spanish fleet is decreasing in international fishing grounds while China 's fleet, due to pressure, is gaining the main fishing areas of the planet.
In reality, what the report reveals is neither new nor unknown. It simply becomes relevant because the powerful fishing industry of the hypocritical motherland feels the consequences firsthand and thus registers its concern.
CePesca denounces the “unreported and unregulated illegal fishing” that destroys marine life especially in Ecuador , Chile , Uruguay and Argentina , on the one hand, and Jamaica , Costa Rica , Panama , Guyana and Suriname , on the other. Of course, the blame is placed solely on China by scholars.
The report on “the searchlights of hundreds of Chinese fishing boats that shine about 200 miles off the Argentine Atlantic coast where they catch tons of squid” is shocking , something that Argentina and its South American neighbors have been denouncing for decades.
As has been published dozens of times, the report indicates that the mere presence of foreign vessels within the 200-mile border of Argentina is not illegal. It is, however, when these vessels turn off their satellite identification system and generally enter in Argentine jurisdiction to finish depredating the resource and filling its wineries.
“It is in this area where many Galician fishing vessels or Galician companies domiciled in South American countries used to fish, which are now being displaced by large Chinese fishing vessels,” the report confesses in conclusion, revealing the true interest of the publication.
In short, the same as always.Large fishing powers on a global scale are waging an impressive commercial battle off the Argentine coast as a setting, disputing our resources that they continue to prey on and whose sustainability is increasingly threatened.
