MEXICAN FISHERY LEGISUnON 



boundary line with the United States of America, and in Salina Cruz, Oaxaca, for all vessels 

 coining from any point south of the international boundary line with Guatemala. 



Article 5. To obtain a general fishing permit, the interested parties shall fulfill 

 the following requirements: 



I. Ihey shall pay the fees specified in the General Plsning Tariff, provided they 

 have not been modified by the Federal Executive in conformity with Article 3 of 

 this Law. 



II. They shall prove that they own or have the right to use the vessel or vessels wnich 

 it is proposed to devote to fishing in national waters of the Pacific. 



m. If groups of fishermen are owners of fishing vessels, they shall also ^ive proof 

 that they are organized in accordance with the laws of the country in which they 

 reside, to engage in coinmercial fishing. 



IV. They shall present a detailed report which is to contain the following data: 



a) Full name (s) of the person, persons or groups directly interested, and their 

 addresses. 



b) Name and nationality of each of the vessels to be used, 



c) Places and dates of registry. 



d) Tonnage of each. 



e) Names and nationalities of the respective masters or captains. 



f ) Amount of marine insurance carried, if any, and the name of the insuring 

 company. 



The authorized representatives of vessels or of captains or masters must register in 

 the respective Delegation before obtaining the "Via la Pesca" warrant of the vessel in 

 question. 



V. They shall guareuitee the fulfillment of their fiscal obligaticxis to the satis- 

 faction of the General Treasury of the ^federation and the Department of Forestry 

 and of Hunting and Fishing or the dependencies of both these Departments, by 

 means of a cash guarjintee which miost be deposited in national territory, in 

 accordance with Article 43 of the Regulation of the General Fishing Law in 

 effect. 



Article 6. The Delegations of the Department of Forestry and of Hunting and Fishing 

 shall not authorize the "Via la Pesca" warrant for any vessel which, having operated under 

 a general fishing permit, attempts to apply for a different general permit without first 

 having cancelled the former permit sind again registered the vessel as specified in the 

 foregoing Article. 



Article 7. The masters or captains of fishing vessels, those directly interested, or 

 the legal representatives thereof in the case of companies or groups, may make protest to 

 the offices or agents of the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit when they encounter 

 undue obstacles in the securing of general permits for fishing of the "Via la Pesca" 

 warrants to which this Law refers, or to effect the corresponding fiscal payments. Such 

 offices or agents must take care to prevent action by mediators and whenever they find a 

 complaint justified, shall attempt to remedy the causes thereof and shall notify the 

 Ministry of Finance and Public Credit by the most rapid means available. 



Article 8. The "Via la Pesca" warrant must be applied for by the captain or master of 

 each vessel and niay be issued only when the interested parties give proof: 



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