British research ship could cause environmental damage in Argentina

The Federal Fisheries Council stated in Minute 23 that it had no objections to the entry of the British research vessel James Cook to conduct a campaign in the Argentine Sea. This decision was made based on verbal notes from the British Embassy, which may be suspected to lack details of the type of data to be collected as well as the campaign plan and the instruments to be used. REVISTA PUERTO had access to documentation that allows us to know the scope of the cruise. As we have already pointed out in another article on this subject, the James Cook ship is dedicated to collecting information for two projects. One, the RIBOD Project (Intelligent Network of Drifting Buoys) which in principle could be considered acceptable, if the economic, legal and moral reasons expressed against the authorization of the campaign are set aside. This project is being developed in collaboration with the University of Buenos Aires (UBA) and is linked to the Pampa Azul initiative. Its objective is to ...