MEXIC AN FISHERY LSaiSLATION 



Article 67. Diving equipment, nets, lobster traps and other devices that are not 

 fixed or stationai^, with the exception of those mentioned in Article 69 of this Regula- 

 tion, shall be registered by the holders of concessions or permits in the Fishing Offices 

 in their districts. 



Article 68, The registration to which the preceding article refers shall include: 



I. The name of the holder of the concession or i^ermit. 



II, The name of the apparatus registered, its make and other data necessary for 

 its identificatim. 



Ill, In the case of nets, the n^asurements of the meshes taken on the side of the 

 opening when the net is wet. 



IV, The kind of fishing for which the device is used, 



V, The fee paid for the registration thereof. 



Article 69. Rods and hooks, fishing tackle and harpoons shall be exempt from 

 registration. 



Article 70. Fishing for sport and that for personal consumption may be effected only 

 with hook and line, tackle and other fishing devices transportable by the fisherman himself. 



Article 71. The free importation of machinery, apparatus and devices for fishing 

 destired for the packing plants of fish products that may be established in the country 

 in accordance with the law in the matter and this Regulation, cannot be decreed without 

 previous consent of the llinistry of Agriculture and Development, 



TITLE IV 



Regarding the species requiring special permits 



Article 72. For the purposes of article 21 of the Fishing Law, by special pennit of 

 exploitation sliall be understood the authorization granted to catch the species enumerated 

 in this Title; without detriment to the right of the holder of the pemit, under the 

 corresponding contract-concession, to utilize them industrially, 



CHAPTER I 



Regarding the irtiale 



Article 73. For the puiposes of this Regulation, by irtiale shall be understood the 

 cetacea included zoologically in the following species: rtiale, balaenoptera . megaptera. 

 hyperoodon . physeter and rhachionectes . 



Article 7^. It is absolutely prohibited: 



I. To kill or capture whales or young whales that have not reached their full 

 development in order to make their exploitation worth while. 



II. To use poisoned harpoons or rifles and, in general, all fishing devices that 

 do not insure the death and capture of the whale. 



Article 75» The exploitation of the whale shall be effected by means of exclusive 

 authorization in the following zones: 



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