President underlined "mafia" for tragedies in fisheries

MAR DEL PLATA. Unemployment on the rise in the industry. Succession of the subsidence of the ships and the claim of relatives of the missing


submarine ARA San Juan
. It's the storm fronts that are waiting for the president


Mauricio Macri
in his visit yesterday to


Mar del Plata
where he led a meeting with more than fifty fishermen and trade unionists, an activity which in the local harbor is experiencing economic difficulties and a succession of tragedies at sea.

Then in the time and half the duration of the meeting was put forward on a broad and timely agenda ranging from the necessary renewal of commercial vessels to the possibility of renegotiating the collective agreements in the sector, the head of the l 39; State concentrating on the recent loss of life of fishermen

"We must put an end to the mafias that prevent safety in the sea", he remarked at the opening of this working table .
after meeting family members of some of the 25 crew members who have died or disappeared from the recent shipwrecks of the San Antonino, Repunte and Rigel ships. "Enough maritime accidents, that everyone badumes its responsibilities," insisted in a message aimed at Prefectura Naval Argentina, a force that allowed the ships, a responsibility that the executive has just delegated to the Ministries of Transport and Security.

C & # 39; also a wake-up call Shipowners, who were asked not to sail ships without optimal conditions and invest to improve or change them. Héctor Sanitá, father of a crew member of the recently sinking Rigel fisherman, was raw with these businessmen. "Boat owners pay insurance, go to the shipyard, put money, build a bigger boat and ready," he had accused after leaving a private meeting with Macri.

Yesterday was the fourth meeting of the President with fishing entrepreneurs – the first had less than ten guests – and the first in Mar del Plata with the participation of union leaders. All sitting face to face and around a table with over 60 chairs made their plans. There was also the Minister of Labor of the Nation, Jorge Triaca, and that of the agroindustry,


Luis Etchevehere

In the multipurpose hall of National Institute for Research and Development of Fisheries (Inidep) were then identified as the main problems to be solved for a sector whose annual exports exceed $ 2 billion (almost 30% more than the red meat market) and new markets to exploit. Secretary of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, Guillermo Bernaudo, said
THE NATION that there are agreements with Russia and a large niche in China for shrimp and king crab.

At the meeting, chambers of commerce insisted on export refund policies and adjustments

Guilds debuted with their claims. The Maritime Fishermen's Union (Simape) insisted on safety issues on board. "We invite you to see the broken and abandoned boats," he said as he left the meeting, but in keeping with the recent adjustments in the lifeguard requirements. Cristina Ledesma, head of the Fish Industry Workers' Union (SOIP), spoke of emergencies due to reduced work on land that fishing has. "We have 336 colleagues who take plants because they stay on the street," he said of an activity that brings together 11,000 workers. "It takes work already because the city catches fire," he warned later.
THE NATION . The guilds also made a positive sign to the proposal that Macri approached to revise the collective agreements