Reclaman la creación de un registro público de embarcaciones accesible a toda la ciudadanía

The NGOs “Sin Azul no Hay Verde” (Without Blue, There Is No Green) and the Environmental Policy Circle have published a report criticizing the lack of transparency in Argentina’s fishing sector regarding decision-making processes and access to information. The document highlights that, although there is public debate about profitability and extraction rights, there is a critical shortage of data on environmental sustainability and the actual performance of fishing vessels. This absence of transparency hinders citizen oversight of common resources and impedes proper evaluation of quota allocations. The organization points out that current public information is fragmented, cumbersome to obtain, and difficult for non-experts to analyze, thereby violating citizens’ right to know how natural resources are managed. Unlike other countries, Argentina lacks a unified, accessible public registry detailing the fleet, its permits, owners, and sanction history. This situation prevents effective accountability and perpetuates a dynamic in which private interests can prevail without sufficient public scrutiny. This report is relevant to the open data movement because it exemplifies the urgent need to transform complex administrative data into structured, user-friendly public information. The demand for a transparent digital registry not only improves democratic governance but also sets a precedent for other state sectors to adopt similar openness standards, ensuring that information about shared resources is truly public, accessible, and usable by civil society.

Source: aimdigital.com.ar
Published on 2025-03-20

Reclaman la creación de un registro público de embarcaciones accesible a toda la ciudadanía

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