Industrias Pesqueras Weathers the Civil War

The Republican Parliament passes the Fisheries Act, which included scrapping bonuses and credit for shipbuilding. Fishing is recognized by the Administration as an economic activity of note. Yet, the sector's long-cherished aspirations vanish.

War breaks out in 1936, and the best vessels are requisitioned for the military. Accounts in the journal *Industrias Pesqueras* bear witness to the tragedy. Valentín Paz-Andrade survives but is banished to inhospitable locations in the mountains of Ourense in the dead of winter.

The maritime sector plunges into a deep economic crisis, and the magazine loses several of its contributors. Some die at the front—such as the two sons of Manuel Domínguez Macaya, president of the Association of Fishing and Fish-Processing Industries. Others are murdered, like the journalist Manuel Lustres Rivas. Many are forced into exile, including Castelao, Odón de Buen, Domingo Quiroga, and Manuel Martínez Risco.

A dictatorship begins to take shape under the shadow of autarky and the Corporate State. A state-controlled economy emerges in opposition to economic liberalism.