Ni defensa ni seguridad. El mito de la pesca ilegal china en el Mar Argentino y la implementación de una política interagencial

Abstract

This paper analyzes the design of an interagency public policy between the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Security of the Argentine Republic to address the problem of “illegal” fishing in the South Atlantic. The design and implementation of this policy, through the Federal Security Force, the Argentine Naval Prefecture and the Joint Maritime Command, was the result of the normative framework and the clash of interests between those agencies and not a consequence of a securitization process promoted, mainly, by the United States, as a response to the participation of the People’s Republic of China in different regional issues, among them, fishing in Latin America.