MEXICAN KISHERY LEGISLATION 



The exploitation taxes are given in Appendix IV (Practical 52-81). For Mexican boats and 

 for foreign boats operating under "Via la pesca" clearances it is considered that the charges 

 for these clearances are exploitation taxes (Appendix V). 



Bie fees for the furnishing of maritime services are stated in Appendices IV and V and 

 include such items as: 



'For llexicam boats (Appendix IV): 



1. Permits 



2. Contract-concession fees 



3. Identification cards 

 U» Registry of vessels 



5. Registry- of gear 



6. Use of foreign boats 



For foreign boats (Appendix V): 



1. General permit 



2. Use of foreign boats 



3. Registry' of vessels 

 It. Registry o£ nets 



5. Identification cards 



In addition there is a charge for navigation permits as required by the conununicaticxi 

 laws (Appendix VII, Art. 193). 



The fees for the furnishing of maritime services are also assessed an additional 10^. 



All the fees and taxes contained in Appendix V, Article 1, relative to boats operating 

 under "Via la pesca" clearances, are increased by 25% when the penaits are taken out in the 

 United States (Appendix V, Art. 6). 



As an example of the revenue obtained from the major fishery taxes, there are given 

 below in tabular form the amounts listed by the iiexican Fishery Department as having been 

 received during 194-1 in accordance with the various specific taxes and fees. Each item is in 

 accordance with the particxilar tariff to which it refers. Bie tariff of February 1, 1933 is 

 Appendix IV and the tariff of November 17, 1939 is Appendix V. For 1941, over 1U% of the 

 r-evenue Mexico obtained from her fisheries was derived from taxation of American boats operat- 

 ing off the West Coast of Mexico. 



This table is from "Actividades Pesqueras de Mexico", Secretaria de Marina, 1941, p. 201. 



OBJECT RECEIPTS 



I. TARIFF OF FEBRUARY 1. 1933 . 



Fracs. 1-12. Gen. pennits for all waters $ 6,400.00 



P^acs. 13-26. Local pennits, large scale 25,480.00 



Fracs. 27-36. Local permits, small scale ^ 3,943.00 



Fracs. 37-42. Special sport fishing permits \ 14,947.00 



Fracs. 45-46. Contract-concessions 1,770.00 



Frac. 47. Identificaticm cards 9,499.00 



Frac. 48. Boat registration. ]] 8,183.00 



Frac. 49. Net registration y -' J 1,979.75 



Frac, 50. Trawl registration V!^i£3>'Yv' 720.00 



Frac. 51, Diving gear registration r^ y/ 760.00 



Carried forward 73,681.75 



