The government has created a special command to strengthen security in national maritime areas

A new measure has been taken by the government to strengthen security measures on the national maritime areas. As in previous years, hundreds of foreign ships – most of them China-, arrived mid-December at South atlantic with his views on predation by fishing, after venturing off the coasts of Ecuador, Peru and Chile. Argentina, to protect its jurisdiction and its resources, will have a special surveillance command.

The Department of Defense published this Tuesday in the Official Bulletin the Resolution 244/2021 through which the Joint Maritime Command whose mission will be to lead “Permanent surveillance and control of maritime fluvial areas” with the objective of “Contribute to the preservation of the vital interests of the Argentine nation.”

From the wallet you manage Agustin Rossi underlined that the national maritime areas and the South Atlantic “They constitute an area of ​​strategic value because of their reserves of natural resources, as they are a means of international trade and constitute a natural gateway for national interests on the Antarctic continent.”

Argentina exercises its sovereignty and jurisdiction over various maritime spaces, including areas where freedom of navigation “And the principle of flag state jurisdiction governs foreign ships that sail beyond our country’s territorial sea.” In this context, “surveillance makes it possible to contribute to the national strategic alert detection and identification of anomalies which constitute indications of an effect on national interests in the maritime domain ”.

This command will depend on the Joint Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces, through the Operational Command of the Armed Forces, which will act in coordination with the Argentine Navy and will have the naval, naval and aerospace resources to carry out its task. In addition to the maritime patrol, its mission will be to carry out search, rescue and traffic control operations in the southwest and the southern Atlantic.

At the end of January, the executive power created a specific body to strengthen controls on massive fishing in the Argentinian Sea and its subsequent sale abroad. The Catch and Export Certification Coordination Unit was created with the responsibility of inspecting cargo declared by vessels, among others.

On the other hand, in order to prevent unauthorized vessels from piercing the line that separates the open sea from the internationally recognized exclusive exploitation zone such as Argentina, the permanent presence of ships and aircraft of the national state (prefecture of the navy and the navy) in specific areas has been ordered.

In addition, the Navy uses its flight systems and research sensors to combat illegal fishing. Missions are conducted both day and night, in the same way that fishing vessels for hake and squid operate. The Argentine Naval Prefecture count with a Geographic information system (SIG, for its acronym in English) which makes it possible to obtain from a single platform all the information available on the movements, technical and administrative data of fishing vessels sailing around the world. This tool is essential for prevention: illegal vessels often turn off their radars to avoid surveillance and to be able to breach areas where fishing is prohibited. They are called boats “non-collaborative“. The Coast Guard is attempting to locate these GC-28 Prefect Derbes of this maritime patrol force.

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