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Illegal Fishing: Prefecture Detected a Portuguese Vessel in the Argentine Sea
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(OPI Chubut) – The Argentine Naval Prefecture identified this Sunday a Portuguese flag trawler that was fishing illegally in the Exclusive Economic Zone Argentina (ZEEA). From the national government indicated that it governs the policy of “zero tolerance” against illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, and noted that the Argentine Naval Prefecture detected this Sunday a foreign vessel in alleged fishing task in the exclusive zone. By using…
“Argentina is the only country in the region that does not publish such data,” said Consuelo Bilbao, director of the Environmental Policy Circle, who warned that the lack of an online registration weakens institutional transparency and hinders citizen control over a key sector for the country’s exports.
The Argentine Naval Prefecture identified a Portuguese-flagged fishing vessel carrying out maneuvers compatible with trawling within the Argentina Exclusive Economic Zone, in a new episode of alleged illegal activity in the Argentine Sea. The vessel involved was the Coimbra, located about 700 meters inside waters under national jurisdiction. According to the force, the detection occurred during the early hours of April 19 through the Coast Guard…
"Tolerance zero" in Mar del Plata: how they protect themselves from foreign ships in the exclusive zone of Argentina.
This Sunday, April 19, 2026, the Coast Guard System of the Argentine Naval Prefecture detected an illegal incursion into the so-called “Milla 200”. It is the fishing vessel Coimbra, of Portuguese flag, which was caught carrying out maneuvers compatible with trawling within national jurisdiction. The vessel, which had sailed from the port of Montevideo on February 25, was located at the height of Cabo Dos Bahías, in the province of Chubut. Accord…
The Coimbra vessel was located 700 meters within the exclusive zone. The application of new digital protocols allows penalties without physical persecution. Read more
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