MEXICAN FISHERY LEGISUTION 



APPENDIX XI 



DECREE ESTABLISHING ZONES OF ODUUON EXPLOITATION 



IN LOiKER CALIFORNIA, TJim RESPECT TO TOE CAPTURE 



OF TOTOABA, CUFBINA AND CABRILLA 



Signed January 23, 1930. Published February 13, 1930. 



DECREE: 



Article 1. The fishing zone in the Gulf of California north of parallel 27 is declared 

 a zone of common exploitation for the exclusive use of the regional fishermen. 



Article 2. Fishing of totoaba, curbina and cabrilla is reserved for exploitations 

 authorized in the zone established in the preceding article. 



Article 3. Exploitation in the zone established by article 1 is subject to the 

 following : 



I, (x) It may be permitted only to the cooperative societies organized by regional 

 fishermen; with the understanding that such cooperatives shall admit as members only those 

 persons meeting the requirements established by the General Law of Cooperative Societies. 



(x) As amended on October 13, 1933, published in Diario Oficial of November 1, 1933. 



II. Ttye constitution and by-laws of the Fishery Cooperative Society must meet the 

 apjproval of the Ministry of Agriculture and Development, or the offices which it authorized. 



III. The other requirements established in the Fishery Law, Regulations and Tariff Act 

 which shall rule in all instances not mentioned in this Decree, must be fulfilled. 



TRANSITORY ARTICLES: 



Article 1. (x) The fishery concessionnaires who have packing plants installed within 

 the waters of the Gulf of California, are excluded frcm the obligation of affiliating them- 

 selves with the cooperative societies of the region, as long as the species they capture are 

 not those designated in jirticle 2 of this Decree, and are not destined for export in a fresh 

 state, but for processing in those plants. 



(x) As amended on October 13, 1933, published in Diario Oficial of November 1, 1933. 



Article 2. All other species of fish or marine products of the Gulf of California, 

 which can be utilized for industrial or commercial purposes, are excepted from these provisions. 



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