Argentina: Mar del Plata concentrates almost half of the fishing landings

The Undersecretariat of Aquatic Resources and Fisheries updated the official statistics of fishing landings in all ports as well as the participation of each fleet in the declared catches of the main species. Based on better numbers in squid and hake landings, Mar del Plata concentrates the majority of the landings until May 7. The local maritime terminal received 140,809 tons of the 311,799 tons that the entire fleet landed in all ports on the maritime coast until that date. This receipt of 45.17% of the total catches reaffirms the preponderant role that the port and the Mar del Plata fishing industry have in the map of activity. Far behind are Patagonian ports, led by Puerto Madryn with 47,737 tons and Puerto Deseado with 45,633 tons. Then comes Rawson with 38,060 tons and Caleta Paula with 18,844. The Santa Cruz terminal shows significant growth in the year-on-year comparison from the transfer it received from Chubut of 3 thousand tons of social quota of hake. In the first four ...