The crisis in fishing is worsening: the Federal Council refused to lower taxes on extraction

The president of the Chamber of Shipowners of Fisheries and Freezers of Argentina (CAPECA), Eduardo Boiero, warned about the serious situation that the fishing sector is going through, especially the fishing of prawns. He assured that there are high costs of production and falling international prices. He pressed for workers to reduce their wages. In statements to Radio Rivadavia, Boiero explained that the fishing sector is an important generato…

The deputy for the Valparaíso region, Luis Cuello (PC), accused the National Renewal bench of criminalizing the support it has given to artisanal fishermen in the discussion of the Fraccionamiento Law, this after the opposition committee called for sanctions in the Ethics Commission for the presence of Neck [...] The post Member Neck accuses RN bench of criminalizing its support to artisanal fishermen appeared first on Radio Nuevo Mundo.

This week, at a new meeting of the Federal Fisheries Council, the sector's request to reverse the increase in the Single Extraction Law (DUE), a tax paid by companies for extracting living resources from the Argentine seas, was re-examined.Despite the attempts of the chambers and the secretary of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, Carla Seain, the Council authorities did not accompany this request, so the DUE remained "as it was."The last inc…