Fishing Crisis: Losses of USD 200 Million and Vessels Stopped Due to Union Conflict
In what the chambers of shrimp fishing companies describe as "the most serious crisis in the history of Argentine fishing," some 5,000 seamen are still out of work and the export losses for the country already exceed USD 200 million.
The conflict confronts, on the one hand, the companies that operate "freezer" vessels (those that, in addition to fishing, process and pack shrimp in "factory ships"), and on the other hand, the unions of fishing captains, naval drivers and seamen. The latter sector is the one...
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