Argentina considering phasing out Patagonian ports' fisheries exports

Monday, July 25th 2016 - 10:51 UTC

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The Argentine government is considering phasing out the incentives which benefit Patagonian ports fisheries exports. The announcement was made by Jorge Metz, Ports Under Secretary during a recent visit to Bahía Blanca although pointing out the issue was still under consideration by the cabinet chief office, but some advances would be made public in a month's time. Read full article

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Bisley
There is no reason why government should be financially propping up fisheries, or any other industry, at the public's expense. It's up to the people involved to find a way to make their business profitable, or do something else. It's better to work for less, than not work at all.
Jul 25th, 2016 - 03:10 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Marti Llazo
“...no reason why government should be financially propping up fisheries...”

To understand the why, one must understand peronism, which has no interest in allowing private industry to be independently profitable and takes sometimes Draconian measures to prevent such outcomes. Peronismo is founded on the notion that it is the obligation of employers to keep useless and unproductive people on the rolls and to provide lavish benefits, irrespective of how unprofitable an enterprise may result, and that when private industry cannot absorb all of the country's dead wood, then it is the obligation of government to tax the productive sector in favour of providing comfortable salaries for the noncontributors, the inefficient, and the politically supportive. This allows the nonproductive members of society to be counted as part of the much-touted but largely artificial middle class in this country.

Véase 'redistribucionismo,' reekie.
Jul 25th, 2016 - 04:55 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Pugol-H
So fish processing plants, fish exports subsidised through the ports, where is the fish landed in the first place?

If it is being landed there, does it really make sense to process it there then drive/rail/fly? it to a port further north for export.

Or even move the processing plant north and move raw fish about?

If the fish is landed there (I have no idea about that), then aren’t they being paid for what would or should happen anyway?

Just a thought.
Jul 25th, 2016 - 06:10 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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