MEXICAN FISHERY LH}ISLATION 



BOOK THREE 



CHAPTER II 



Wo lies in waters of federal jvirisdiction 

 in the ports and in federal zones 



Article 175. No norks of any type may be performed in Traters of federal Jurisdiction or 

 in river or lake general ways of communication or on beaches or in federal zones, without due 

 authorization of the Ministiv of Communications. The same requirement shall be necessary in 

 order to occupy them, extract material from or dump material on them. In cases of these 

 authorizations, prior technical advice shall be obtained frcmi the Ministry of National Defense, 



Article 180. Right of preference to obtain the authorizations referred to in the previous 

 articles will be granted to: 



I. Groups of laborers, cooperatives and comptanies who build docks, warehouses, ship- 

 yards, drydocks, ways, fish packing plants or any other work connected with navigation; 



II, Groups of laborers, cooperatives and companies authorized for the exploitation of 

 the natural resoxirces of the surface or subsoil waters of the zone intended to be occupied, 

 or teirain contiguous to itj 



m, Ihe owners, renters or those having the usufruct of terrain contiguous to the 

 zones requested, and 



IV, Groups of laborers, cooperatives and public service con^janies, when the works are 

 directly related to such services. 



CHAPTER lU 



Of navigation 



Article 189. Navigation in territorial seas of the Republic is free to boats of all 

 countries in the terms of International Law and Treaties. 



Foreign vessels navigating in Uexican waters sire obliged by virtue of this fact, to 

 comply with the laws of the Republic and of its various regulations. 



Article 190, The high seas ports of the Republic are open to the commerce of all nations. 

 Intercoastal ports and other points on the coast or aLLong the river banks are also open to 

 boats in the traffic permitted to them in accordance with the provisions of this Law. 



Article 191. Boats from any foreign port, arriving at a Mexican port, must be provided 

 with the necesssiry consular clearance papers, in accordance with the regulatory provisions. 



Article 193 • Although the privileges mentioned in this article constitute jin exclusive 

 prerogative for Mexican merchant ships, foreign ships with the peiToirtion of the Ministry of 

 Communications as long as the latter deans it advisable, mays 



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