Spanish Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food (MAPA) Elena Espinosa has met the Spanish fishing companies operating in Argentina and also signed a fisheries scientific research cooperation agreement that would benefits both Spain and Argentina in future. The agreement was aimed at establishing joint ventures in Argentina.
Espinosa expressed that this visit help to join forces with the Argentine Government so that the Spanish companies can continue to provide jobs and generate income. She underlined that significance of Argentina for the Spanish fishing industry because the catches from the Spanish fleet do not fulfill Spain’s demand.
She informed that the agreement started with a cruise of Argentine and Spanish scientists on the Miguel Oliver, Spain’s main oceanographic research vessel, in the South Atlantic to collect information to help address the sustainability of that fishery. According to her the science agreement extends for four years and will promote research programs, personnel training, exchange of information and the joint use of equipment and technology. In other words this agreement will benefits both the nations and will generate more employment opportunity in both countries.
