The Navy allowed 290 Chinese fishing vessels to enter the Argentine sea due to a violent storm. Given the emergency, they stopped fishing at mile 201 and took refuge near Comodoro Rivadavia.
It was four times the number of ships at the Battle of Midway. Later determined that they should not fish in Argentine waters. The entire operation was supervised by the Minister of Defense, Luis Petri, who made the fight against illegal fishing one of the axes of his management. It is estimated that the Chinese take more than $2.7 billion a year in squid and other species.