MEXICAN raSHERY LEGISUHON 



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TITLE III 

 Regarding the taking of species 



CHAPTER I 



Fishing 



Article 44. For the purposes of Article 15, fraction I, of the Fishing Law, the 

 seasons that the Ministry of Agriculture and Developaent may decree in the matter may be 

 absolute or partial. 



Article A5* By absolute closed season is understood that iihich is decreed for a 

 determined zone and prohibits the taking of the species that inhabit it. 



Article A(>» By partial closed season is understood that which prohibits the taking 

 of one or more specifically mentioned species and it may include an the waters of national 

 Jurisdiction or only part of them. 



Article 47. The prohibiting laws may also be general or localj the former, when the 

 closed season applies to all the waters of the Republic or of one of its coasts; the latter 

 when the closed season is confined to a specific region. 



Article AS. Absolute closed seasons may never be general. 



Article 49. Lastly, closed seasons may also be tenporary or permanent. Temporary 

 closed seasons shall be those applicable for <»ily a certain season of the year; permanent 

 closed seasons shall be those covering a period of one or more yeara at a time. 



Article 50. TOien the Ministry of Agriculture and Development decrees an absolute and 

 definite local closed season it shall, in the same decree, establish the corresponding 

 zone of refuge as provided in Article 2 of this Regulation. 



Article 51. The Ministry of Agriculture and Development, niien decreeing a closed 

 season, shall state clearly in the corresponding decree whether it is absolute or partial, 

 temporary or permanent, local or general. 



Article 52. The utilization of products caught before a closed season is in^osed may 

 be effected while the closed season is in force under the condition that before the end of the 

 lawful fishing period the ccmcessionnaires or holders of permits submit due proof to the Fish- 

 ing Offices in their districts, of the stock they had in storage when the closed season became 

 effective, caught before that time, for which a corresponding visit of inspection shall be 

 made. 



Article 53. A record of the inspectiwi effected in accordance with the provisions of 

 the preceding article shall be drawn up in triplicate, attested by two witnesses, and shall 

 state: 



I. TNhere and irtien the inspection t>ook place. 



II. Name of the interested party. 



III. Number, date and other data regarding the permit or concessl(Xi under 

 which the exploitation was effected, 



IV. State of preservation and number of kilos of the species captured prior 

 to the closed season. 



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