^JEXICAN FISHERY LEGISLATION 



The Confederation may also buy and sell in ooMnon the products of the federations. 



Acccarding to the Mexican Fisheries Department, in the various federal entities there 

 are the follovting numbers of legally recognized fishing cooperatives (as of May 7, 1947): 



Lower California 21 



Sonora 21 



Sinaloa 19 



Nayarit 4 



Colima 1 



Michoacan 2 



Guerrero 2 



Oaxaca 2 



Chiapas 12 



Chihuahua 1 



Hidalgo 3 



lEexico 1 



Tlaxcala 1 



Taraaulipas 7 



Veracruz 19 



Tabasco 3 



Campeehe 5 



Yucatan 1 



Total 125 



the membership varies in number from U to 53B individuals. In all, there are 7,639 

 fishermen listed as members of legally recognized cooperatives. As shown in the tabulaticm 

 below, the majority (64^) have a membership of 50 or less persons. 



No. of members No. of cooperatives % of total 



11-50 80 64.0 



51-100 26 20.8 



101-150 12 9.6 



151-200 3 2.4 



201 ,4 ^ 3.2 



Totals 125 100.0 



Wiere federations exist, the fishing cooperatives are required to be affiliated with 

 the federation. Some cooperatives (It is understood that there are not many of these) 

 have become separated from the federations by means of the "amparo" — a legal procedure 

 which in some respects is con^^arable to our injunction. There are eight federations and 

 the zones pertaining to each are as follows: 



1. Federacion Regional de Sociedades Cooperativas de la Industria Pesquera Ba.ia 

 California, with headquarters in Siisenada, B.C. — Northern Lower California, Pacific 

 Coa^t only. 



2. Federacion Regional de Sociedades Cooperativas de la Industria Pesquera Ba.ia 

 California Territorio Stir, with headquarters in Santa Rosalia, B. C. — All of southern 

 Lower California. 



3. Federacion Regional de Sociedades Cooperativas de la 31nduatria Pesquera Golfo de 

 California. Tdth headquarters in Nogales, Sonora — Northern Lower California, Gulf side, and 

 the state of Sonora as far south as Yavaros, 



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