NEWS
Puerto Rawson dredging.
Around $ 400 million pesos will be allocated to dredge the port of Rawson.Finally, the long-awaited construction by the fishing sector will be carried out.
The national government allocated a budget for the removal of muds.It is expected that it will have an execution period of 9 months.
Source: www.revistapuerto.com.ar
New objective for maritime transport: reduces greenhouse gases.
The key points of the project propose to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 50% in the maritime fleet by 2050.
As a short-term measure, it was proposed to reduce the carbon intensity of all ships by 40% by 2030.
Source: www.nuestromar.org
The fishing sector requests to reduce withholdings on exports.
Chubut plants ask the government to reduce withholdings for value-added seafood to zero.
From the fishing sector they report that certain products do not become competitive and should not pay withholdings, for example hake.
Source: www.revistapuerto.com.ar
The shrimp season is advancing.
The boats are heading towards subareas 7 and 8, recently enabled for fishing.
A notable concentration of shrimps is allowing excellent catches, with a majority percentage of sizes L1 and L2.
The catches made in the area were approximately 3 tons per hour, reaching peaks of 5 tons.
Source: www.revistapuerto.com.ar
Squid & Prawn: Argentine export results during the first semester.
The price of squid fell 30% compared to last year, in all markets. Making itself felt the low demand of the Chinese market.
On the other hand, the price of whole shrimp and the volume of sales increased during the first half of the year. Until the month of June, a total of 29 thousand tons were sold, 75% more than last year.
According to the report presented by the Chamber of Freezer Fishing Shipowners of Argentina, exports of frozen fish products until June reached a total of 236 thousand tons for an approximate value of 855 million dollars.
Source: www.revistapuerto.com.ar
