USnCAN FISHERY LEGISIATION 



APPENDIX 11 



Signed Janviary 27, 1933. Published Februaiy 1, 1933 



REGULATION OF THE fiailNG UW 



TITLE I 



General 



SOLE CHAPTHl 



Article 1* For the purposes of article one of the Fishing Law, biological products 

 shall be all those having such origin, even though they may subsequently have iindergone a 

 natural transformation in their native habitat. 



Article 2, For the purposes of the Fishing Law, this Regulation and other dispositions 

 in the matter, by resei^red zone of refuge is meeuit that destined to the creation and procre- 

 ation of the fishery species peculiar thereto, in which it is prohibited at all times to 

 fish, pursue, or disturb in any manner the species mentioned. These zones shall be establish- 

 ed by order of the Ministry of Agriculture and Development, in accordance with article 50 of 

 this Regulation, 



AiTticle 3. A reserved zone for cultivation is one granted to an individual, a con^any 

 or a juridical entity for the purpose of obtaining for his or their exclusive benefit the 

 acclimatization, conservation, development, improvement and exploitation of the species which 

 may exist or be hatched within it. Ihese zones shall be granted by means of the respective 

 contract-concessions, in accordance with the provisions of Article 18 of the Fishing Law. 



Article U» A reseirved zone for fishing is one granted to an individual, a conqjany or 

 a juridical entity for the purpose of exploiting for his or their exclusive benefit the 

 fishing resources already existing therein. This right shall be granted in the following 

 order of preference: 



I. To regional groups of fishermen organized in accordance with the law, in 

 cases where in the judgment of the Ministry of Agriculture and Development it may be 

 necessary as a means of insuring them a livelihood, to grant rights covering this type 

 of zone, regardless of the species or resources that they may exploit. 



II. To concessionnaires engaged in the industrial exploitation of the fishing 

 wealth of the country by means of the establishment of packing plants upon national 

 territory. 



Article 5. A common exploitation zone is one established to insure a means of live- 

 lihood for the regional fishermen organized according to law, in which it is absolutely 

 prohibited to issue peimits to private individuals, for the exploitation of the species 

 referred to in the Decree establishing it. 



Article 6, Zones of common exploitation shall be established under the following 

 conditions: 



I. Ilhen the regional fishermen are duly organized according to law. 



II. When, after due study on the part of the Ministry of Agriculture and 

 Develojaient, the insufficiency of the reserved fishing zones to insure a means of 

 subsistence for the regional fishermen is proved, as well as when it may be necessary 

 to prohibit fishing in said zones to a private Individual to attain this end. 



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