MEXICAN FISHSHY LB3ISUTI0N 



APPENDIX ni 

 CONTRACT-CONCESSION 

 (DIARIO OKLCIAL, Thursday, February 21, 19/^6) 



MINISTRY OF MARINE 



CONTRACT - concession granted Messrs. ( & ), for the develc^ent of general 



fisheries and the marine turtle in particular, in the waters of the Pacific Ocean. 



At the margin, a seal beauring the inscription: Federal Executive Power. — United Mexican 

 States. — Mexico. — ^Ministry of Marine. — ^Directorate General of Fisheries and Allied Industries. — 

 Regulation, Contract and Permit Section. — File iiOl/264. — ^Ant. B-<Vl-2723. 



COMTRACT - concession granted by the Ministry of Marine to Citizens ( _& ), 



for the development of general fisheries and particularly the marine turtle, in waters of 

 the Pacific ocean, requiring the establishment of a processing and packing plant and a 

 freezing plant in the State of Guerrero. 



Article 1st, — In the text of this contract-concession the Ministry of Marine will be 

 referred to as "the Ministry*' and the Citizens ( & ), "the concessionaires". 



Article 2nd, — The concessionaires state that they are Mexican citizens, in fall possession 

 of their civil rights and up to date in the pajment of income tax. 



Article 3rd. — The Ministry authorizes the concessionaires, jointly and together, to par- 

 ticipate in general fisheries and particularly that of the marine turtle until such time as this 

 species is reseirved for utilization of Fishing Cooperatives, in waters of the Pacific ocean; and 

 to obtain from these legally authorized cooperatives, the fishery pix>ducts resetted for them, 

 with the understanding that such products are to be used exclusively for puiTJOses of processing, 

 the waste material to be used for fertilizers, this authorization not to be considered as of an 

 exclusive character. 



Article 4th. — The duration of this contract—concession shall be of five years from the 

 date on which it enters into effect, renewable for a further ten years to complete the fifteen 

 authorized by article 22 of the current Fishery Law, provided that during the first five years 

 the concessionaires have ccanplied with each and every clause of the contract and can show to 

 the satisfaction of the Ministry, that they have invested a miniaium capital of $60,000.00 

 (sixty thousand pesos) Mexican currencyj and that they have not violated the laws, regulations 

 or other rulings covering fisheries, or any of a federal character related thereto; with the 

 understanding that at the termination of this contract either by expiration of the period of 

 tijie, by revocation, or by default, all material improvements made for the enterprise will 

 become the property of the nation, in accordance with this concession. Such material will be 

 delivered to the Ministry by the person authorized, up to the sum of $60,000.00 (sixty thousand 

 pesos) Mexican currency, in accordance with the inventoriss appearing in the corresponding Hie. 



Article 5th. — The concessionaires have the right to; 



1,— Effect the capture of the products covered by the legal phrase "Genersil fisheries" 

 and of the marine turtle, in accordance with the provisions of article 3rd of this contract. 



II, — Request and obtain from the Ministry, a reserved fishery zone which, if and waen it 

 is deemed in order, will be granted them in accordance with articles ^, 7 and 106 of the Fish- 

 ery Regulations mentioned, for which, in addition to the payments stipulated in this contract, 

 they will pay the corresponding sums in accordance with clause 4-5 of the current Fishery Tax 

 Law. 



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