Foreign Minister Diana Mondino signed an international UN agreement that paves the way for regulations that protect national waters.
After participating in the Peace Summitthe chancellor Diana Mondino visited the New York headquarters of the UN to include Argentina in the list of countries fighting for the regulation of fishing activity in international waters. The fact becomes relevant due to the massive influx of foreign ships that prey on maritime fauna at Mile 201 and violate the limit of the Argentine Sea.
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Its about Agreement on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biodiversity beyond National Jurisdictions, which had the accession of 91 countries but the ratification of only seven. Once that number rises to 60, a international regulatory body.
“We took a giant step in protection of our waters against illegal and indiscriminate fishing. This agreement will be a turning point in the preservation of our sea beyond mile 200. This government is and will be inflexible in the defense of all our territory,” the chancellor celebrated on her social networks.
The expectation is that parliamentary activity can consolidate the diplomatic initiative that represents the signature of the agreement. In that sense, The Chamber of Deputies has the Maritime, River, Fishing and Port Interests Commission: In their last meeting, on May 29, they ratified international agreements, protocols and conventions related to the navigation of fishing vessels.
What is Mile 201
It is estimated that from the Argentine coast, the national sovereignty of the Argentine Sea reaches about 200 miles. Beyond that line is where lines of foreign vessels – predominantly of Asian origin – are set up for maritime extractivism. Being beyond the territorial platform, the activity is unregulated and is characterized by predation of local fauna and even by radar blackouts for periods of time to violate this limit (what is known as Exclusive economic zone).
The problem is accentuated because, at mile 201 near the Chubut city of Comodoro Rivadaviathere is a reserve called Blue Hole, one of the marine areas with the greatest biodiversity and quantity of fauna in the world. If a global regulatory body is created in a binding manner, it could be established marine protected areas of fishing with international regulation and request Environmental impact studies.
