MEnCAN FISHERY LEGISU.TION 



Article 19* Adnlnlstratlve penults shall be granted for cmunerclal fishing when the 

 products are utilized in their natural state, as well as for sport fishing. "Die permits 

 shall be general, local and special. 



Article 20. The general permit shall be Issued to authorize fishing in all the waters 

 of national ownership in the Republic. Ihe local permit shall be to authorize it in a 

 given section of these waters. 



Article 21. Special permits shall be issued to authorize the fishing of species the 

 preservation of which is especially importantj permits Issued for sport fishing shall also 

 be of a special character. 



Article 22. A contract-concession may not be granted to cover a period greater than 

 fifteen yearsj nor may permits of more than a year's duration be granted, all such contracts 

 and permits to be null and void after the expiration of the periods stated. 



Article 23. An essential requirement for the granting of any of the authorizations 

 referred to in this chapter, with the exception of those related to sport fishing, shall 

 be the posting by the concessionnaires or those requesting penults, of a guarantee satis- 

 factory to the Ministry of Agriculture and Development, that all the obligations stipulated 

 will be faithfully complied with. Without the posting and acceptance of this guarantee, 

 the peimit granted shall have no legal value. 



Article 24. The violation of the terms of contract-concessions and permits shall be 

 pvinishable by the cancellation of the contract-concession or permit, as the case may be, or 

 a fine not to exceed one thousand pesos, or both. 



Article 25« Under the terms of the regulations of this law, permits may be used only 

 by the persons or ccn^anies to whom they have been Issued and shall be non-transferable. 

 In accordance with the provisions of the same regulation, it shall be the duty of all those 

 engaged in fishing for exploitation purposes to carry with them credentials to Identify 

 them with the permission granted. 



Chapter IV 



Fishing Control 



Article 26. Ihe Ministry of Agriculture and Development shall be responsible for the 

 inspection and patrol of fishing activities under the terms of the present law and the 

 dispositions irtiich may be issued thereunder. 



Article 27. It shall be the duty of persons holding concessions or permits to see that 

 the employees engaged by them in connection with their activities comply with the provisions 

 of the applicable laws and with the terms of the permits; such persons shall, therefore, be 

 held responsible for any violations connnitted in cc«inection with the fishing activities 

 undertaken in line with their contract-concessions or permits and shall incur the penalties 

 due, without this affecting the penalty imposed upon the person directly committing the 

 violaticn. 



Article 28. Holders of concessions and permits shall be obliged to prove their comli- 

 ance with each and every obligation contracted under the authorizaticai granted them and to 

 render detailed and verified reports on the work done by them under the teims of the 

 regulations. 



Article 29. Ihe penalties applicable to violations of this law, its regulations and 

 related dispositions, as well as the authorizations granted under the law, shall be deter- 

 mined by the Ministry of Agriculture and Development, in accordance with the following 

 principles: 



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