MEXICAN nSHERY LEGISUTION 



APPENDIX XVIII 



DECREE YiHICH RESERVES FOR THE EXCLUSIVE USE 



OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE COASTAL TOVINS 



■nffi FISHING OF SHRIMP BY STATIONARY GEAR 



IN NATIONAL WATERS OF NAYARIT AND SINALOA 



Signed November 7, 1939. Published November 28, 1939. 

 DECREE: 



Article 2. There is reserved for the exclusive use of all the fishermen inhabiting 

 the coastal towis, the fishing of shrimp accomplished by means of stationary gear in national 

 waters of the States of Ndyarit and Sinaloa. 



Article 3. The exploitation of shrimp, by use of such methods of fishing, can be done 

 in national waters of said states, only by coastal fishermen organized in cooperatives duly 

 recognized by the law, or trtiich may be organized in the future. 



Article it.. The determination of zones for each cooperative legally created or to be 

 created, will be made by the Department of Forestry and of Hunting and Fishing, taking into 

 consideration the productive potentiality of the fisheries under exploitation and the 

 intensity of fishing. These zones may be changed by said Department if social necessity 

 and public interest demand. 



Article 5. The exploitatioi of shrin^ by the cooperative societies, shall be carried 

 out in accordance with the Fishing Law, Regulations and Tariff Act, respecting the closed 

 seasons and other regulations in effect or to be promulgated. 



Article 6, The Department of Forestry and of Hunting and Fishing shall be responsible 

 for the enforcement of this decree, with the cooperation of the proper local authorities. 



Article 7. All permits and contracts previously authorized shall continue in force 

 until their expiration, and no new authorizations shall be granted to organizations which 

 do not fulfill the reqiiisites fixed in this decree, regardless of the zone in which shrin^ 

 are to be captured. 



APPENDIX XIX 



DECREE RESERVING THE EXPLOITATION OF THE VARIOUS SPECIES 

 OF CLAMS FOR THE REGIONAL FISHERMEN ORGANIZED IN COOPERATIVE SOCIETIES. 



Signed October 25, 1940. Published November 15, 1940, 



Article 1, The e:5)loitation of the various species of dams in all the marine waters 

 of tiie Republic is reserved for the regional fishermen legally organized into cooperative 

 societies or who may organize into such societies in the future. 



Article 2. The exploitation of clams by the cooperative societies shall conform in all 

 details to the Fishing Law and Regulations in effect, as well as the tariff that may be 

 established and all the dispositions that may in the future be issued taking into account 

 the potential production of the localities which it is intended to exploit. 



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