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Arrested Spanish trawler could have sailed into Argentine EEZ because of a mal functioning GPS
The Galician company which owns the “Playa Pesmar Uno” arrested last Sunday by the Argentine Coast Guard allegedly for illegal fishing in the South Atlantic, admits the trawler could have involuntarily sailed into the EEZ, because one of the three GPS on board was malfunctioning. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesNo wonder the previous article was pulled as it mentioned the FAKLANDS being involved via a reference to FALKLANDS registered ship. Obviously Mercopress got it wrong or misinformation from our friends the Argies trying to make it the FALKLANDS problem. These Latins are so predictable.
Feb 08th, 2018 - 08:12 am - Link - Report abuse +2According to Argentina the Falklands has no EEZ.
Feb 08th, 2018 - 10:08 am - Link - Report abuse -2Falklands – Territorial Waters: https://www.academia.edu/10574593/Falklands_Islands_Territorial_Waters
“These Latins are so predictable.”
Feb 08th, 2018 - 11:22 am - Link - Report abuse -2So's Brit Bob.
TWIMC...
Feb 08th, 2018 - 12:55 pm - Link - Report abuse -5The original...,“dissapeared” article about this trawler focused heavily in the “fact” that it was illegally detained on its passage of Argentinean Waters from Caladero Malvinas to Uruguay...
No other News Agency in the world reported that “fact”...
But don't take me word for it...Google “Playa Pesmar Uno” for the last week and see for yourself...
The true fact..., already accepted by the Spanish authorities and owners of the ship is that the trawler was detained well inside Argie territorial waters with his nets on the water..., fishing...
The 3 (three) GPS systems and webcams on board confirm this...
The Spanish Captain's defence only argument to reduce the fines is that the Captain's favourite GPS somehow malfunctioned...
Odd. The article I read that has since disappeared said no such thing. It mentioned that the Argentine coast guard claimed the ship was fishing inside the EEZ, while the Spanish captain said they were in international waters. It also wrote that the GPS data should solve the controversy, which apparently it has, in Argentina's favour.
Feb 08th, 2018 - 01:37 pm - Link - Report abuse 0http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http://en.mercopress.com/2018/02/06/falklands-licensed-trawler-arrested-for-allegedly-fishing-in-argentine-eez
Greatest lies of all times:
Feb 08th, 2018 - 01:47 pm - Link - Report abuse +41. We had a problem with the GPS
2. The check is in the mail
3. Don't worry about the dog, he's never bitten anyone
4. Argentina will honour its obligations
Greatest lies of all *time*
Feb 08th, 2018 - 02:17 pm - Link - Report abuse -2Mr. DemonTree...
Feb 08th, 2018 - 03:18 pm - Link - Report abuse -3That must be version 1.1
The one i remember must have been 1.0... or 0.9.. or whatever...
Maybe you can find it in cache... This technically unsavvy Patagonian can't...
I'm not an expert but you could look in your own browser's cached files, that might be the only place it still exists, and then only if you haven't visited the link since reading it. I don't know what browser you are using so you'd have to look up how to do that.
Feb 08th, 2018 - 04:19 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Or you could try searching for the article with different search engines (yahoo etc do still exist) and look at the cached version on each. They will all have taken it at slightly different times, but it wasn't up for very long in the first place, so I wouldn't be too hopeful. Also be warned, you will probably end up clicking the link and overwriting your own browser's cache if you do this. (This is assuming the headline was the same and Mercopress just rewrote the article.)
Or I could forget the whole thing...
Feb 08th, 2018 - 04:40 pm - Link - Report abuse -3They saw that their lies were too blatant and they deleted them...
End of story,,,
I can't see anything wrong with the version I saw, so I'm still mystified why that was deleted. The one they deleted last week was behind a paywall on another site which might explain the hasty removal, but this one was all over the place.
Feb 08th, 2018 - 04:51 pm - Link - Report abuse 0How unfathomable are his decisions and unexplainable are his ways
Feb 08th, 2018 - 05:23 pm - Link - Report abuse -4Romans-MI6
FWIW, I saw the original on MercoPress' facebook page but didn't bother reading it.
Feb 08th, 2018 - 05:40 pm - Link - Report abuse +1Mercopress is run by god? That explains the low editorial standards...
Feb 08th, 2018 - 05:45 pm - Link - Report abuse -2@ZB
How do you know it was the original if you didn't read it?
Mr. Demontree...
Feb 08th, 2018 - 06:14 pm - Link - Report abuse -4Not by God... just by its Engrish representants on Earth...
As one can see on the signature...
Zaphod Beeblebrox knows..., because he is Zaphod Beeblebrox..., President of the Galaxy (a role that involves no power whatsoever, and merely requires the incumbent to attract attention so no one wonders who's really in charge, a role for which Zaphod is perfectly suited)
@DemonTree...“Greatest lies of all *time*....”
Feb 08th, 2018 - 09:40 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Greatest pedant of all times.
@ML
Feb 08th, 2018 - 09:59 pm - Link - Report abuse -3You must know I don't usually point out mistakes, but that one is interesting because it is the sort not usually made by a native speaker. It could just be a typo, but you did say you aren't an Anglo...
Yeah, it doesn't matter how good they think their English is...foreigners always give themselves away...;-)
Feb 09th, 2018 - 02:04 am - Link - Report abuse -4ALWAYS...
Feb 09th, 2018 - 11:02 am - Link - Report abuse -3https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-xnB57UYBkQ
Two more kirchnerist officials busted for corruption after Interpol involved, with no GPS to blame it on this times:
Feb 09th, 2018 - 07:54 pm - Link - Report abuse +2https://www.lanacion.com.ar/2108021-se-entregaron-los-exintendentes-kirchneristas-de-corrientes-buscados-por-corrupcion
Hear, hear.
Feb 09th, 2018 - 07:58 pm - Link - Report abuse -3The GPS wasn't working properly (one of three devices in the vessel). Asking for a reduced fine because this would be akin to me saying to the police who stopped me: “My car's speedometer was reporting a lower speed, so can you please reduce my fine?”
But look at the following pearl from our ineffable Marti, who manages to take another shot at Argentina in the above story's context (Look, he was awarded three-plus points!).
”Greatest lies of all times: We had a problem with the GPS (and) Argentina will honour its obligations”
I am sure Argentines are very hurt and actively looking at deporting the miscreant to any country willing to claim him.
Hey Marti...
Feb 10th, 2018 - 11:53 am - Link - Report abuse -1let the good time roll...;-)
”The company revealed that the vessel operates from Montevideo, from where it sailed on January 11, and normally “fishes in Malvinas”
Feb 11th, 2018 - 10:56 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Not normally now.
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