MEXICAN FISHERY LEGISUTION 



Article 7, Reserved fishing or hatching zones shall not be more than twenty kilo- 

 meters long by four kilometers wide for migratory species. In the case of sedeotary 

 species, the fishing or hatching zones shall not be more than three kilometers long and 

 two kilometers wide. Lastly, the reserved fishing zones authorized for regional groups 

 of fishermen may be larger, in the discretion of the Ministry of Agriculture and Develop- 

 ment, in relation to the number of fishermen in the group to which granted. 



(x) The Department of Forestry and Game may issue concessions covering a larger area 

 than those heretofore stipulated, to private parties, for zones reserved for exploitation 

 or cultivation, only in the case of exploitation of aquatic plant species of maritime waters. 



(x) As amended by Decree of July 16, 1937, published in Diario Qficial July 17, 1937. 



Article 8. The zones reserved for hatching or fishing purposes mentioned in the 

 preceding articles shall always refer to one or more species of fish, specifically 

 mentioned. 



The zones of ccoimon exploitation may refer to all the species of fish found therein. 



Article 9. In the case of sedentary species, the granting of reserved fishing zones 

 implies the granting of the corresponding hatching zone, and the ooncessionnaires are 

 obligated to cultivate the species in question in the zones assigned to them. 



Article 10. For the purposes of granting fishing permits, the national fishing wealth 

 shall be divided into two classes: general and special; the former includes all the species 

 not covered in Title IV of this Regulation as special. 



TITLE II 

 Fishing Authorizations 



CHAPTER I 



Contract-Concessions 



Article 11. Contract-concessions, whether for general or special fishing shall be 

 granted direct by the Ministry of Agriculture and Development. 



Article 12. Contract-concessions for fishing shall include: 



I. Tine rights granted by the concession, in accordance with the law, this 

 Regulation and other dispositions existing in the matter. 



II. Itie obligations which must be complied with by the concessionnaire under 

 the Law, this Regulation and other dispositions existing in the matter, taking into 

 consideration the nature of his operations and the species with which they have to do. 



III. The duration of the contract-concession. 



rv. The reasons for which the contract-concession may be declared null and void. 



V. "Die periods within which the concessionnaire must camnence and finish the 

 packing plants that he obligates himself to caistruct, or the limits of the reserved 

 zones for fishing or hatching, the systems used, and the general plan of work. 



VI. The guarantee that the concessionnaire must post to insure the i\ilfillment 

 of his obligations. 



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