Fishing softens Mily’s blow and secures the movement of 80 Galician capital vessels
Sovereignty of territorial waters is out of question Even before the 1982 UN conference, when the Galician fleet was expelled from Boston or Canadian waters. Therefore, in addition to bilateral agreements with countries such as Morocco or Mauritania, it was joint ventures and subsidiaries that allowed the sector to maintain its activity in a large part of the world’s fishing grounds from then on. This concept of sovereignty, which the Argentine ultraliberals proposed to abolish xavier miley, putting fishing and entry permits up for auction, revoking the fleet rights it has enjoyed for decades and dragging the country’s fishing industry into unequal competition with a multitude of Asian vessels. A strategy to bring in dollars – officially, to turn Argentina into a symbol of “ideas of independence” – which prevented the continuity of 80 fishing vessels and trade worth more than 400 million euros with the Galician capital. That checkmate has been saved.
This Friday, after strong protests in Mar del Plata and the full union of all employers and unions related to fishing, the Meili government – through Santiago Caputo and Minister Guillermo Franco – sent a reform proposal to parliamentary groups of decree Which included these changes in fisheries management. “The obligation to land in Argentina remains. It is clarified that the bidding system will not be international. Current requirements regarding local crew have been maintained,” said the document, which FARO has access to. extreme industry pressureAssistance was provided to all the governors of the coastal provinces (Buenos Aires, Chubut, Santa Cruz, Tierra del Fuego and Río Negro) and through the opposition parties PRO (Republican Proposal), UCR (Radical Civic Union) and We Make the Federal coalition. He has achieved his goal.
Caution
However, and taking into account that this weekend will be intense in terms of negotiations, the sector prefers to remain alert until new words. macrodecree (Omnibus law) is not completely official. “The halls of Congress are a wildfire, a hell of news. It is possible that we will not have everything clear until next week,” said a manager of one of the country’s major fishing companies. It is true that Chubut Governor Ignacio Torres had anticipated just hours earlier that there was consensus to “flip” the Miley reform. “Your concern is the issue of tenders, the guarantee of sovereignty of Argentina’s 200-mile sea, the issue of unloading national labor in Argentine ports, we discuss all these issues,” he said during a video conference with a hundred actors. Explained during. Sector across the country.
“We don’t have the numbers to resolve the stoppage issue”
Ignacio Torres – Governor of Chubut
However, in the same virtual meeting, Torres admitted that They did not succeed in persuading the government to take another ultraliberal step back: The increase in withholding, Today, fishing products are taxed at up to 9%, so that those who generate the most added value on land (processing factories) pay almost no tariffs. But Meily put a single rate of 15% on the table, which would mean a cost of more than 50 million euros per year for the duration of its application (until 2026) for Galician capital companies alone. In the same document that was circulated among delegates yesterday, where it was made clear that quotas would not be auctioned, Miley’s team promises zero withholding for regional economies. But fishing is not included in the list of products exempt from export taxes. This, at least for the time being, is the relief given to the forestry, flax, rice, dairy, fodder or liquor industries. “We can’t do that, we don’t have the numbers to overturn the moratorium issue, and there the battle has to be fought from the other side, it is the economy. Our proposal is that there should be a gradual reduction in value addition. We propose to set a limit of less than 8%,” the governor of Chubut explained to representatives of fishing, logistics and shipbuilding. So, if Miley’s reversal with fisheries management regulation becomes official, tariffs are still a battle to be fought.
Success of “Banderzo” in protecting the territory: “Citizens be aware”
About 600 people participated yesterday in a “Banderazo” called by all employers and unions associated with fishing and maritime activity against the omnibus law, which proposes the regulation of fishing and the auction of permits to the highest bidder. The event was held between Avenida de los Trabajadores and 12 de Octubre. A shipowner representative briefly told FARO, “It was a success, citizens are becoming aware of what it means.”
“Decades ago, fishing in Argentina ceased to be a mere extractive activity to become a branch of the food industry,” said the manifesto handed out to passersby – many of whom were tourists – marching alongside the protesters. “A fleet composed of more than 800 vessels that does everything from so-called industrial to artisanal fishing supplies numerous processing plants distributed throughout the coast, creating thousands of jobs and transforming raw materials into coveted food. by international markets for its quality,” he said.
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