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<b>FISHING</b>
<img width=88 height=10 border=0 src="../iconos/b88p.gif"><a href="ecopesig.htm#bonaerense">Sea
Fishing in the Northern or Buenos Aires Sector</a><br>
<a href="ecopesig.htm#sur">The Southern or Patagonian Sector</a><img width=11 height=11 border=0 align=ABSMIDDLE src="../iconos/bolas_11x11.gif">
<a href="ecopesig.htm#lagos">Lake and River Fishing</a>
In 1994 the Argentine
fish output was more than <b>900,000 tons</b>. <b>Fish</b> accounted for a <b>77
per cent</b>, <b>shellfish</b> for a <b>21 per cent </b>and <b>crustaceans</b>
for a <b>2 per cent</b>.
Most domestic output
comes from the <b>fishing of hake</b>.
<b>Sea
Fishing in the Northern or Buenos Aires Sector</b>
This sector has
about 88,900 sq. mi. (230,000 km<sup>2</sup>), almost a fourth of the <a href="../tierra/geoin/textoingles.html#mar" target=_blank><b>Argentine
Sea</b></a>, where half the total fish output in the country is caught . The
<b>main ports</b> are: <b>Mar del Plata, Necochea, Quequén, Ingeniero
White, Bahía Blanca and Río Salado</b>. The most important port
is <b>Mar del Plata</b>, as it has an infrastructure which allows for all the
production stages to be carried out. The Mar del Plata fleets catch an <b>80
per cent</b> of the total Buenos Aires output.
<b><a href="../tierra/geoin/textoingles.html#patagonia" target=_blank>The
Southern or Patagonian Sector</a></b>
The main ports
are: <b>Ushuaia, Madryn, Deseado, Comodoro Rivadavia</b> and <b>San Antonio
Oeste</b>. In this area they catch <b>hake, king-crab, squid</b> and <b>mussels</b>.
In <b>Peninsula de Valdés</b> <b>kelp</b> is usually collected.
<b><a href="../tierra/geoin/geo120ing.html" target=_blank>Lake
and River</a> Fishing</b>
It only accounts
for a <b>2 per cent</b> of the total output due to, among other reasons, water
pollution. In <b>Paraná, Plata and Uruguay</b> rivers they catch <b>shad,
silversmelt, cat-fish, dorado and patí</b>. The <b>Patagonian lakes</b>
are characterized by the seeding of <b>salmon and trout</b>.
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For further information:
<a href="http://www.mecon.ar">Ministerio de Economía-Indice</a>
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