Opinion Article: The Wandering Spreadsheet, the Worst Precedent with Argentine hake, and the Kilograms that Left the Group
ARGENTINA Tuesday, June 30, 2026, 05:00 (GMT + 9)
The quota allocation of Argentine red shrimp (Pleoticus muelleri) progresses, and along with it, the complaints from Mar del Plata shipowners regarding the participation of actors outside the Subsecretary. The precedent of the hake that contradicted the law. The Director of Control, Juampi Sciuto, released the weight restrictions for boxes of fresh-fish vessels in Madryn. “The freezer vessels are going to get 90,000, the coastal vessels from Rawson agreed on 80,000 and will distribute from there with the artisanal fleet, they are going to keep 15,000 for the Administration Reserve, and whatever is left will go to the fresh-fish vessels,” explain those who have access to the small group of managers handling the quota allocation of Patagonian red shrimp (Pleoticus muelleri). Those are, in broad strokes, the figures entered into the columns of the Excel spreadsh... FULL STORY