MEXICAN FISHERY LEGISIATION 



CHAPTER III 



General dispositions regarding 

 fishing permits aad contract-concessions 



Article 26. Exploitation contract-concessions or permits issued to cover fishing in 

 Mexican waters confer upon the holder thereof the right to c^ture, process and sell, or 

 to capture and sell, respectively, the fishing products obtained, without prejudice to a 

 third party enjoying greater rights. 



Article 27. Holders of fishing concessions or permits, when the authorizatic«i to 

 effect fishing exploitation activities is issued directly by the Itiiiistry of Agriculture 

 and Development, shall render, at the end of each calendar year, a detailed and duly 

 attested statement of the exploitation activities carried out, the products sold for 

 domestic cons\aii?5tion, and of the works and improvements, if any, effected by them. 

 Holders of local permits shall render the statement to which this article refers every 

 three months. 



Article 28. The Ministry of Agriculture and Development may request holders of 

 fishing concessions or permits to furnish any and all data relative to operations or 

 works effected under their fishing authorizations, which it may require for the proper 

 performance of its functions. 



Article 29. When the holder of a concessiwi or permit is a foreign company, individual 

 or Juridical entity, the following clause shall be inserted: "Ihe concessionnalre or licensee 

 expressly declares that, for all the purposes of this authorization, he agrees to consider 

 himself as a Mexican and therefore he shall not enjoy, with relation to its validity, inter- 

 pretation and fulfillment, any greater rights or privileges than those granted by Mexican 

 laws to citizens of the Republic. Consequently, he renounces, for the purposes of this 

 authorization, all his rights as a foreigner and binds himself especially not to request the 

 diplcmatic intervention of his country in anything relating thereto. He agrees, also, that 

 this clause is an essential condition of his authorization and that non-observance thereof 

 will cause such authorization to become null and void and make him liable in addition, to 

 the loss in favor of the nation, of any works or investments that he may have made." 



Article 30. Holders of concessions or permits may not unload the products captured, in 

 the case of those destined for export, except in the port indicated in their authorization, 

 nor without the cargo having been inspected by employees of the fishing office. In the case 

 of products destined for domestic consumption, the unloading may not be effected without a 

 statement of quantity to the fishing office. 



Article 31. Holders of fishing concessions or permits engaged in the exploitation of 

 that wealth, are obligated to secure from the fishing offices with j\irisdiction over them, 

 identification cards to be carried by persons employed by them on their vessels, as pro- 

 vided in Article 25 of the Fishing Law. 



Article 32. The identification cards to which the preceding article refers shall be 

 valid for one calendar year, they shall be issued upon forms dxily approved by the Ministry 

 of Agriculture and Development, and shall state: 



I. The name of the person to whom issued. 



II. The name of the concessionnalre or licensee under whom the person referred 

 to in the pi-eceding claiise works on each fishing trip. 



III. The nature and conditions of the contract-concession or permit under which 

 trips are made and operations conducted. 



Article 33. Holders of fishing concessions or permits shall report to the fishing 

 offices having jurisdiction over them the identification cards which should be cancelled 

 because the persons to whom they were issued no longer work for them. 



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