MEJHCJLN FISHEHT LEGISLATION 



Article 54, As the products referred to in the two preceding articles are sold, the 

 concessionnaires or licensees shall notify the Fishing Office in their district, requesting 

 the authorizaticsi to sell these products, which must be entirely sold within a period which 

 shall not exceed half the duration of the' closed seascn. Dealers in these products shall 

 be obliged to obtain a duplicate of the order of sale to irtiich this order refers or to 

 request exemption therefrom. 



Article 55. Violation of the provisions contained in the preceding article shall be 

 imputable not only to those who do the fishing but also those dealing in the products in 

 question . 



Article 56. (x) Mexican and foreign boats which request pennits to fish only for 

 bait in territorial waters of the Republic shall satisfy the requisites fixed by the law 

 covering the subject and this Regulation, for fishing in general in all national waters. 

 Therefore no special licenses will be issued in the future for the taking of bait. 



Article 57. (xx) For rights to the exploitation of the products obtained, the boats 

 to irtiich the previous article refers, shall pay the full fees shown in the schedule of 

 rates, considering the products taken in national waters* 



(x) and (xx) As amended by Decree of December 28, 1933, published in Diario Oficial of 

 December 29, 1933. 



Article 58. Permits for sport fishing do not give the holder the right to fish during 

 closed seasons. 



Article 59» Without prejudice to the prohibitions of a special nature established in 

 Title IV of this Regulation, it is absolutely prohibitedj 



I. To empty or allow to run into waters inhabited by fish, any substance 

 poisonous or harmful to them, except in case of force majeure. 



II. (x) To throw into marine or fluvial waters or to abandon on the shores or 

 banks, fishery products and their waste matter, except under the circxunstances covered 

 by article 91 of this Itegulation. 



(x) As amended by Decree of November 7, 1939, published in Diario Oficial of November 23, 

 1939. 



HI. To make use of explosives in waters inhabited by fish when the use thereof 

 causes their death. 



IV. To strike or contaminate the waters with substances having as their object the 

 stunning, blinding or killing of the fish. 



V. To destroy or change the spawn o"f species of fish without the authority of the 

 Ministry of Agriculture and Development. 



VI. To catch fish, reptiles, crustaceans and other aquatic species of a size smaller 

 than that permitted in this Regulation or in the orders that the Ministry of Agriculture 

 and Development may issue. 



VII. (x) To use trawls, drag nets and all other nets in bays, estuaries, lagoons 

 and in general, in protected waters situated within the littoral line, as well as in 

 maritime territorial waters in which non^nigratory species exist, which in the Judgment 

 of the Ministry of Forestry, Game and Fish, may be damaged by the use of said method of 



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