MEXICAI'I FISHERY LEGISLATION 



I. From the boundary of the United States of North America to the port of 

 Uanzanillo, in the waters of the Pacific Ocean, including the Gulf of California. 



II, Ftom the port of Manzanillo to the border of the Republic of Guatemala, in 

 the waters of the Pacific Ocean. 



III. In all the waters of the Gulf of Mexico. 



Article 76. Ihe use of caiinon, harpoon-lances, in the fishing of whales is not included 

 in the prohibition established by fraction III of Article 59 of this Reg\ilation. 



Article 77. Not only the oil of the whale shall be utilized but all the other products 

 derived from that aniraal. 



CHAPTEE II 



Regarding the lobster 



Article 78, It is absolutely prohibited to capture lobsters or crawfish measuring less 

 than 265 millimeters or more than /VOO millimeters from end to end, exclusive of legs, claws 

 and antennae. 



Article 79. Fishermen who en^loy the system of traps in the capt\ire of lobsters or 

 crawfish shall be careful to examine them, returning to the sea entirely alive female lobsters 

 carrying eggs and those of a size the taking of which is prohibited by this Regulation. 



Article 80. It is absolutely prohibited to scrape or cause to diss^pear in any manner 

 the spawn of female lobsters. 



Article 81. Violation of the provisions of the preceding articles of this chapter shall 

 be the responsibility not only of those performing the capture but also of those dealing in 

 lobsters or crawfish. 



Article 82. On the last day of the lawful season for the exploitation of lobster, the 

 traps and apparatus employed in the capture of this species shall be withdrawn. With respect 

 to live lobsters of the measurements fixed in this Regulation, captured up to this date, the 

 provisions of Article 52 of the same shall be followed. 



CHAPTER III 



Regarding shrimp 



Article 83. (x) In estuaries where there exist trap systems, fixed or stationary, 

 fishing of shrimp may not be effected with hand, purse, or any other kind of nets, except 

 dip nets. Nets may be used in the capture of other species but only at a distance of not 

 less than one thousand meters from the place where the stationary fisheries are located. 



Article 84. (xx) In accordance with the EegtOations established by the Ministry of 

 Forestry, Fish and Game, at the close of the shrimp fishing season in estuaries wheire trap 

 systems, fixed or stationary, are employed, the traps, weirs or other installations must be 

 removed, this not affecting the provisions of Article 65 of this Regulation. 



Article 84 bis. (xxx) Fishery products other than shrimp which are captured by the 

 use of trawls, drag nets, weirs and other methods, fixed or stationary, shall be wholly 

 utilized or disposed of in the domestic market or national industry. 



(x) (xx) and (xxx) As amended by Decree of November 7, 1939, published in Diaro Oficial 

 of November 29, 1939. 



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